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A Santa Cruz man was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of assault after finding his girlfriend with another man. 43-year old Patrick Kilpatrick was taken into custody from his home on the 100 block of Grant Street Saturday after striking a 47-year old man with a bat and car. Kilpatrick was booked into Santa Cruz County jail on 2 counts of assault with a deadly weapon.
2 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN SOUTH MONTEREY COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND, AND THEIR CHILD WAS PLACED WITH CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. MIGUEL ORTEGA AND GLORIA MARTINEZ HAD THEIR 10 MONTH-OLD CHILD IN THE BACK SEAT OF THEIR CAR WHEN THEY WERE STOPPED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT NEITHER ORTEGA, NOR MARTINEZ, HAD APPROPRIATE FOOD OR SHELTER FOR THE CHILD, AND THEY WERE TOO DRUNK TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES, MUCH LESS AN INFANT. ORTEGA AND MARTINEZ WERE BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT, RESISTING ARREST, AND VIOLATING PAROLE.
A 23 YEAR-OLD SOLEDAD MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF GUN AND GANG-RELATED CRIMES. FRANKIE CARLOS ALVAREZ, A SELF-PROFESSED NORTENO GANG MEMBER, SHOWED SOLEDAD POLICE OFFICERS WHERE HE HAD HIDDEN A 9 MILLIMETER SEMI-AUTOMATIC HANDGUN (THAT HAD BEEN REPORTED IN A RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY IN SOLEDAD). ALVAREZ WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL.
A MAN WHO WAS ROBBED IN LATE JULY SAW HIS ROBBERS AGAIN LATE LAST WEEK, AND REPORTED THEM TO THE WATSONVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 21 YEAR-OLD SHONN MONTALVO AND 22 YEAR-OLD ROBERT AVILA WERE THEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF ROBBERY. THE 2 WERE BOOKED INTO SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JAIL, AND HAVE SINCE MADE BAIL.
A 31 YEAR-OLD WATSONVILLE MAN SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES WHEN HIS VEHICLE VEERED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC ON FREEDOM BOULEVARD FRIDAY MORNING. HE WAS AIR-LIFTED TO AN OUT-OF-COUNTY TRAUMA CENTER FOR TREATMENT. THE 63 YEAR-OLD HALF MOON BAY MAN WHO WAS DRIVING THE PICK-UP TRUCK THAT WAS HIT ESCAPED SERIOUS INJURY…AS DID HIS DOG. THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT (WHICH OCCURRED JUST SOUTH OF WHITE ROAD) IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED.