September 9, 2005

Evergreen Area Police report

8/26
Under the Influence of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Methamphetamine, Assault on an Officer, Resisting Arrest and Use of Force
Enesco and Othello avenues
Officers made a vehicle stop on the suspect for a traffic violation. The suspect began to struggle with the officer as he attempted to take him into custody. The suspect bit the officer’s hand during the struggle. Additional units arrived at the scene and subdued the suspect by the use of pepper spray. An officer and the suspect sustained minor injuries from the incident. Both were transported to the hospital for medical treatment. The suspect was booked into county jail for the above charges.

8/26
Drive-by Mail Theft
3000 block of Delta Road
At about 3 p.m., an Evergreen resident witnessed a mail theft from one of his bedroom windows. While on the phone, he noticed a newer model silver VW Jetta drive up to his mailbox, and a man on the passenger side open it up. The resident ran out to try and get a license plate number, but the car had left the scene. When he checked his mailbox, he found that they had taken his outgoing credit card payment and replaced it with a grocery store coupon book—timing the theft just before the mail carrier arrived. The resident immediately canceled his credit card and filed a mail fraud report with the federal government. No further leads have been uncovered.

9/1
Felony Warrants
Smithers/Quimby
Officers conducted follow-up on a vehicle that fled from them on 8/30 and identified the driver. Follow-up revealed that the driver had two felony warrants and an associated address in the area of Smithers/ Quimby where the suspect’s girlfriend lives. While conducting follow-up with additional officers at this location, they located the suspect hiding in a closet. The suspect confessed to driving the vehicle that fled from the officer. He was arrested for the warrants as well as for fleeing from the officer.

9/1
Carjacking
Eastridge Mall
A female went to use the ATM located outside the mall at about 3 a.m. As she was leaving in her vehicle, she observed another vehicle following her through the parking lot. She stopped to see if it might be someone that she knew. A Hispanic male exited the other vehicle, entered the passenger side of the victim’s vehicle and brandished a knife. The suspect made a slashing motion with the knife but missed the victim. The victim, in fear of her life, fled from the vehicle. A second suspect drove off in the victim’s vehicle while the first suspect returned to the suspect vehicle and drove it away from the scene. The victim was not injured. The suspects are still at large.

9/1
Coroner’s Case
2500 block of Alvin Avenue
An 82-year-old male died of natural causes. A friend found him in the morning after getting no response via phone.

Editor’s Note: Although most of the crimes posted here are directly derived from the San Jose Police Department, because of the large volume of calls received, the SJPD reports to the media just a fraction of the actual crimes that occur. If you would like to ensure the Evergreen Times prints a crime to alert your neighbors to a possible trend, e-mail: bea@timesmediainc.com a very brief description of the crime, the date it occurred, the street name and block number, and a police report number so that we can verify the validity of the incident.