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# Transient Arrested for Attempted Grand Theft Auto on Seventh Street
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/102902-story-20021029-3/
- Published: 2002-10-29T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:49:31.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

■ Gregory Lemont Watson was arrested for attempted grand theft auto on Oct. 15\. At 1:05 a.m., Santa Monica police found Watson in a car on the 1400 block of Seventh Street. A witness who was sleeping across the street said he saw Watson break the car window, enter the car and try to start it.

The car’s owner told police he did not give Watson permission to enter his car. Watson, a 26-year-old male transient, was arrested. Bail set at $20,000.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 29, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/102902.pdf?ref=smdp.com)