A suspected burglar is facing a slew of charges after an alert neighbor spotted the burglar breaking into a home earlier this afternoon. The neighbor called our dispatch center just before 1PM to report they had heard someone break a window and then saw a man crawl into the garage of a vacant home on the 100 block of Clifford Street. Officers arrived within minutes and spent close to an hour attempting to get the suspect to come out of the house. A drone from the Capitola Police Department was r

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An alarming crime tactic has made its way to Watsonville — it’s known as “bank jugging,” and it involves thieves often waiting in bank parking lots or near ATMs to target people carrying cash. They then follow their victims from the bank to their next destination, creating an opportunity to steal their money. Our Officers responded to what we now believe was an attempted “bank jugging” incident Wednesday afternoon. An employee from a grocery store on the 1900 block of Main Street alerted the vic