A 70-year-old woman was transported to the emergency room
covered with urine and fecal matter, as well as scratches and bite
marks from two ferrets – and police think her two sons are
responsible for allowing her to fall into such sordid health.
Parolee caught after chase through yards
A parolee was chased through backyards after he punched a woman in the face, police said.
Salvatore L. Aleman, 39, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for a parole violation about 7:15 p.m. Monday. Police chased him on foot through the residential area near La Crosse Drive and Piazza Way, setting up perimeters around the neighborhood with their patrol cars, according to police reports.
Aleman jumped over fences surrounding residents’ back yards, attempting to hide. When police caught up with him near the corner of West Edmundson Avenue and Piazza Way, they pepper sprayed him.
Aleman was treated for the effects of the pepper spray, and for possible ingestion of drugs, the police report said.
No evidence of burglary found in Courtesy Chevrolet trespassing
Four young men who police originally accused of burglary, one of whom was bitten on the face by the Morgan Hill Police K-9 officer, have been charged with misdemeanor trespassing by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office.
Two of the suspects are charged with an additional count each of resisting or delaying an officer, also a misdemeanor, according to District Attorney’s Spokesman Nick Muyo.
Wesley C. Aatlo, 20, and Sergio B. Salciccia, 20, were charged with trespassing and resisting or delaying an officer. Thomas W. Tirey, 20, and Michael Solorio, 20, were charged with one count each of trespassing.
The charges are related to an Aug. 29 incident in which the four young men, all Morgan Hill residents, were arrested on the property of the former Courtesy Chevrolet building at 17100 Laurel Dr.
Police responded to the property about 1 p.m., when the building’s alarm went off. When Morgan Hill officers arrived, they saw Tirey and Solorio walking away from the building and arrested them. They then searched the building with the MHPD K-9 unit and found Aatlo and Salciccia on the roof.
Police said they gave multiple commands to Aatlo and Salciccia to show their hands and come out of the shadows. Salciccia complied but Aatlo remained lying down with his hands hidden, Sgt. Jerry Neumayer said shortly after the incident.
Worried that Aatlo might have been hiding a weapon, officers unleashed the K-9 dog and commanded him to bite the suspect. The dog bit Aatlo on the face and head and was then called off by his handler, Officer David Ray.
No weapons were found. The four men were arrested on suspicion of commercial burglary. However, prosecutors at the District Attorney’s office did not find evidence of burglary and charged them with the trespassing counts, which Muyo described as “less egregious” than burglary.
The four defendants will next appear in court Nov. 12.
Suspected stabber helper pleads guilty
Michael Rolen, 26 of Morgan Hill, pleaded guilty to being an accessory to an attempted murder allegedly perpetrated by his cousin, Charles Rolen, 30.
The younger Rolen will be sentenced for the felony at an Oct. 6 hearing at South County Courthouse. Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Cindy Hendrickson said the maximum sentence for the charge of accessory is 32 months in state prison.
Charles Rolen is accused of stabbing Ernest L. Andrews, 49, in the neck and head with a kitchen knife Aug. 5. The stabbing occurred during the evening inside Andrews’ apartment at Villa Ciolino Apartments, and followed an argument that turned physical, according to police reports.
At the time, the Rolens were staying in an apartment upstairs from Andrews, and the three visited each other under friendlier circumstances numerous times prior to the stabbing. The three men had been drinking alcohol on the night of the stabbing, police reports said.
Charles Rolen was arrested hours after the incident at his mother’s apartment, where he was staying. Michael Rolen was arrested shortly after that for his involvement in the crime, which consisted of concealing Charles’ blood-stained clothing in a nearby trash container.
Hendrickson said Charles Rolen’s attorneys from the Santa Clara County Public Defender’s office are in the process of evaluating whether or not he is mentally fit to stand trial.
His next court proceeding is Tuesday at South County Courthouse.
Morgan Hill men accused of abusing mother
A 70-year-old woman was transported to the emergency room covered with urine and fecal matter, as well as scratches and bite marks from two ferrets – and police think her two sons are responsible for allowing her to fall into such sordid health.
Police arrested Brian Carter, 41, and Jon Carter, 50, on suspicion of elder abuse likely to produce great bodily harm, according to Morgan Hill Detective Greg Dini. The two brothers lived with their mother, the victim, and were her primary caregivers at their home on Burnett Avenue in Morgan Hill.
Someone from Kaiser Hospital in San Jose called police about 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, when Brian Carter brought the woman to the emergency room. After responding to Kaiser, police responded to the family’s home, where they discovered two ferrets and “an enormous amount of feces and urine,” Dini said.
Further investigation revealed that the woman, who could not walk or care for herself, had numerous open bed sores and urine and feces on her body. She also had scratches and bite marks from the ferrets that lived at the home.
