Police Log: Sword Fights, Stolen Cars, Fishy Vandalism

Sonoma Police Log: March 25 - March 30

Friday, March 25

Vandalism: A 19-year-old female reported that a 19-year-old Santa Rosa man had dented her car in Depot Park.

Missing Person: Two Sonoma men - Balthazar Maciel, 24, and Jose Bermudez, 20, are still missing after they left for a trip to Mexico on March 19. The young men left in a yellow Hummer, and were supposed to make a brief stop in Long Beach, CA on their way back to Sonoma. Repeated calls to their cell phones have not received responses, a police unit confirmed that the two never passed through border crossing back into the U.S. 

Saturday, March 26

Vandalism: A 37-year-old man reported severe damage to his 1987 tan Volkswagon, parked on the 900 block of Manor Dr. The lower-left side of the wind shield was cracked and had a dent, damage caused, presumably, by a flattened pellet located two feet into the street.

Vandalism: A 30-year-old female reported severe damage to her 2000 black Dodge Durango in the Maxwell Village parking lot. Between 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. someone had scratched every surface of the car, including the roof, she said.

Sunday, March 27

Drunk in Public: Police arrested a 20-year-old El Verano resident, who they found urinating in front of Tavern. As the young man buttoned his jeans, deputies walked him to a patrol car, where they cited him for being drunk in public, public urination and the social host ordinance, and released him to his mother.

Under the Influence: Police responded to the reports of a man who said his 30-year-old son was intoxicated, out of control and destroying family property at their home on the 1900 block of Eighth Street East. The son told police that he had snorted cocaine earlier in the day. The 30-year-old man is on probation in three separate cases, said police, and was booked into county jail.

Lost Property: A woman reported her wallet missing after she left her purse in a taco bell. By the time the woman returned her wallet - which contained a drivers licence, credit card, birth certificates for her four children and $7 - was missing.

Monday, March 28

DUI: Police arrested Samuel Ricords, 34, charging him with driving his black Nissan Xterra under the influence of alcohol. Officers pulled him over on the 800 block of West Spain St., after they spotted his vehicle speeding. Ricords blew a .18 on a preliminary alcohol screening test, and was transported to county jail.

Vandalism: A resident of Brockman Lane reported that his house had been vandalised during the evening: eggs, shrimp, cocktail sauce, condiments - including mustard and ketchup - and toilet paper were strewn throughout the yard. The perp also poured bleach onto his lawn.

Wednesday, March 30

Petty Theft: A resident reported that the rear window of his 2003 Toyota Matrix was broken, and a piece of its front bumper trim had been taken.

Assault: A 24-year-old female tried to break-up a fight between her boyfriend, a 26-year-old transient and friend in the Plaza by smashing the friend on the head with a wooden sword, then a skateboard. The friend obtained gashes on his head and neck. The woman was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, her boyfriend charged with being drunk in public; both were booked into county jail. When asked by police why she was carrying a wooden sword the woman responded, "I'm a pirate."