Crime

Man Arrested For Making Death Threats, Extorting Money from Ex-Wife

Submitted by Central Coast News on Friday, May 10th, 3:25 pm

By Chaas Toborg - email

SOQUEL, Calif. - A man is in jail for allegedly threatening his ex-wife and her new boyfriend and extorting money from them.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Deputies say a woman called them May first, accusing 48-year-old Steven Husong of the crimes, both of which are felonies.

Officers learned Husong had nine guns registered to him. That ex-wife told the Sheriff's Office some of those guns weren't registered to him, a tip they said was credible.

After staking him out, investigators arrested Husong in the area of Highway 17 in Soquel, without incident.

He was booked on two counts of making Terroristic Threats and Extortion and is being held on $100,000 bail.

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Storm Family Says He Thinks He's a Cop

Submitted by Brooke

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013, 1:08pm

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. - The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office held a news conference Thursday morning to provide updated information about crimes which 42-year-old Dimitri Storm allegedly committed.

Investigators believe Storm has stolen 10 cars, burglarized 40 vehicles, carried out an armed robbery, pointed a gun at a landowner in the Santa Cruz mountain summit area, and fought with Sonoma County deputies.

The sheriff's office believes he is armed and dangerous, and it is now asking the community to keep their eyes and ears open and call 911 immediately if Storm is spotted. The sheriff's office says it has extra deputies in the mountains now, and that it will send deputies urgently to 911 calls.

According to investigators, Storm's criminal history dates back to 1989.

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Missing Woman Found Dead In Boulder Creek, Sheriff's Office Says

Submitted by Central Coast News on Tuesday, April 9th, 1:31 pm

BOULDER CREEK, Calif. - The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office has confirmed to Central Coast News that a woman who went missing last week has been found dead in Boulder Creek.

The body of 54-year-old Wendy Elizabeth Rivas was found in a ravine near East Lomond Street on Saturday. A cause of death has not been released.

According to the sheriff's office, Rivas went missing from her home on Wednesday.

Authorities called off the search for her on Friday because they had no leads.

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Aptos Man Uses Father's Badge, Plays Cop

Submitted by Brooke

Monday, May 28th, 2012, 12:47pm

A 30 year old Aptos man pretended to be a cop, and then got arrested by the real thing last week.

Santa Cruz police were called to a motel on Pacific Avenue, where employees said Randy Costere was being loud in the hallway, talking to two women at 4 a.m. When staff asked him to keep the noise down, Costere said he was conducting an interview and showed the employee the gun on his hip and a badge.

Costere didn't threaten the man.

Santa Cruz police found Costere in the motel room with the two women and arrested him on charges of impersonating an officer, carrying a loaded firearm in public and giving a false name to an officer.

The gun and badge belonged to Costere's father who is a retired police officer and was out of town at the time.

SOURCE: Santa Cruz Sentinel

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Parrot Abandoned at Grocery Store in Capitola

Submitted by Brooke

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012, 12:09pm

Parrot Abandoned at Grocery Store in Capitola

Capitola police want to know who left a red parrot in the Trader Joe's parking lot last week.

The man pulled up in a brown van to the parking lot on Clares St. in the afternoon on May 15, and put the Macaw on top of the shopping carts in front of the store, then drove away.

Witnesses called 911 and police were able to get it to come to one with a large glove. The bird was taken to Native Animal Rescue on 17th Ave in Live Oak. Later, the bird was transfered to For the Birds, a San Jose avian veterinary hospital.

The red parrot was not in good shape. Experts said it was thin, dirty and only about 40 years old, or mid-life.

It also had signs of abuse, scrapes on its face and feet and gum stuck in its feathers.

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Bicyclist Hit By Car, Second Bicyclist Crashes

Submitted by Brooke

Monday, May 7th, 2012, 4:06pm

SOQUEL, Calif.- Two men riding bikes on Soquel-San Jose Rd. on Saturday, left in an air ambulance after crashing when a car hit one, causing the crash.

One bicyclist was a 53-year-old Capitola man, the other a 35-year-old Soquel man.

The car, a possible dark Audi, passed the bikes near Rocky Road and then clipped the lead bike when returning to the lane, said Santa Cruz CHP. The second bike went down trying to avoid the downed cyclist.

According to investigators, the car fled the scene.

SOURCE: Santa Cruz Sentinel

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Aptos Man Hits Car, Flees, Hits Mobile Home Park

Submitted by Brooke

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012, 10:49am

SANTA CRUZ - CHP officers arrested an Aptos man after he struck another driver's car, fled the accident scene and then crashed in a mobile home park.

Investigators said Karl Peterson was driving on Highway 1 near the Bay Avenue off-ramp when he collided with a car.

Peterson then fled further south on Highway 1, entered the Aptos Pine Mobile Home Park, where he crashed into a parked car, a mailbox, a fence and a utility pole.

Peterson was arrested and booked on suspicion of felony hit and run, felony DUI, possession of narcotics, driving on a suspended license, driving without insurance, and violating probation.

SOURCE: SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL

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