Police Briefs
Where are you going with my TV?
Two men and a woman were in the middle of trying to steal a television from a house near the intersection of Sycamore and Oak Glen avenues in Morgan Hill when the homeowners found them, about 3:15 p.m. Nov. 16.
The three suspects had the television unhooked and moved out of the living room, but took off when confronted, also taking a $15 baseball cap. However, sheriff’s deputies caught up to all three suspects five minutes later and arrested them on suspicion of burglary, conspiracy to commit a crime and probation violation.
The three arrested were Vicente Cardenas Crisostomo, 25 of San Jose; Katherine Hernandez, 28, of San Jose; and Jose Guadalupe Rodriguez, 53, address unknown.
Couple has a rude awakening
A man and a woman were asleep in a trailer at 7100 block of Croy Road in Morgan Hill when they heard a knock at their door, 8:30 p.m. Nov. 14. The man answered the door to find his neighbor and an unknown man.
The neighbor wanted to talk to the man about a prior assault, but the man did not want to talk about it.
The neighbor and his friend walked a few steps away, but then turned and the neighbor struck the trailer owner with a large hammer several times in the left forearm and nose.
Both suspects are at large. The neighbor is described as a 40-year-old white man, about 5-foot-9-inches, 150 pounds, with brown hair and eyes. The other suspect is described as a white man about 6 feet tall, 250 pounds with brown hair and glasses.
12-year-old boy robbed twice
A 12-year-old Hispanic boy was robbed of his skateboard and his mp4 player in successive attacks, about 5 p.m. Wednesday.
The boy was skateboarding on the 700 block of West Ninth Street when a Hispanic male approached him, pushed him off his skateboard, picked up the skateboard and left.
While the boy was on the ground, a car pulled up and two Hispanic males exited the vehicle. They pushed and shoved the boy, keeping him on the ground and rifling through his pockets. Then, they took his mp4 player, got back in their car and left.
– Staff Reports
