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# SMC's free 'Woman in the Dunes' screening kicks off literature-to-film series
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/crime-watch-20050429/
- Published: 2005-04-29T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T23:56:26.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Promenade, #archive-import

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AT 11:45 A.M. ON APRIL 13, Santa Monica Police responded to the 2500 block of Lincoln Boulevard regarding suspicious activity. The reporting party called police and provided a license plate, at which time he was informed it was a stolen vehicle. When officers arrived at the scene, the reporting party said he saw a male and female get out of a vehicle and walk away quickly. Responding officers checked the area and eventually stopped two subjects in the 600 block of Olympic Boulevard. A field show up was conducted, and the reporting party positively identified two suspects. Alvin Kelly, Jr., 43, a transient, and Kellie Elaine Hawkins, 28, were arrested. Kelly and Hawkins were booked for auto theft and parole violation. Kelly had no bail. Hawkins’ bail was set at $20,000.

AT 11:06 P.M. ON APRIL 14, Santa Monica Police responded to the 1400 block of the Third Street Promenade regarding a theft. When officers arrived to the scene, they spoke to a store employee, who said two suspects entered the store, removed security sensors from clothing and attempted to leave the store without paying. An anti-theft security alarm activated, and two suspects were stopped and found to be attempting to steal $1,114 of clothing. Brian Buzby, 21, of Santa Monica and Tracy Meara, 27, of Santa Monica were arrested and booked for grand theft. Bail was at $30,000 each.

AT 9:09 A.M. ON APRIL 15, Santa Monica Police responded to 20th Street and California Avenue regarding a non-injury traffic accident. When officers arrived to the scene, they spoke to one of the parties, driving a Ford Expedition, and asked for a driver’s license and insurance information, at which time the driver said she had neither. Officers asked the driver who owned the vehicle, and the driver replied she did not know, that she had stole the vehicle the day before in Carson. A computer check revealed the vehicle was in fact stolen, and the driver was arrested for grand theft auto. Connie Star Tran, 23, of San Diego was booked for grand theft auto and a parole violation. No bail was set.

AT 10:30 P.M. ON APRIL 16, Santa Monica Police responded to the 1300 block of the Third Street Promenade regarding an assault. When officers arrived to the scene, they contacted a movie theater employee who said the suspect attempted to gain entry into the theater without a ticket. The suspect was refused entry and was involved in a fight with employees, and bit one of them on the hand. He was taken into custody and later released to the SMPD. Ali Hasson Jones, 33, a transient, was booked for assault and two parole violations. He had no bail.

AT 12:13 A.M. ON APRIL 18, Santa Monica Police responded to the 1400 block of Pacific Coast Highway regarding a robbery investigation. When officers arrived to the scene, they spoke to the victims who said they were walking to their parked vehicle when four suspects approached them and demanded their purses. Suspect one and two, both females, struck the victims and stole her purse. One of the suspects simulated a weapon. However, no weapon was seen, and the suspects fled in a two-door 1997 black Thunderbird with tinted windows. The first suspect is described as a 20-year-old black female, about 5 feet, 4 inches tall, 200 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. The second suspect is described as a 17-year-old black female, 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 120 pounds, with black hair and blue eyes, wearing a white tank top. The third suspect is described as a 19-year-old black male, 6 feet tall, 190 pounds, with black hair and having a dark complexion, wearing a black baseball cap with a yellow “P”, a black long-sleeve shirt and pants, with two ears pierced. The fourth suspect was described as black male, in his 20s, 6 feet tall and 230 pounds, with dark hair and having a dark complexion, wearing a dark blue or gray short-sleeved shirt with a tattoo of his name on the left side of his neck. Property taken were two purses with miscellaneous identification and $90 in cash.

AT 3:40 P.M. ON APRIL 19, Santa Monica Police responded to the 1300 block of Fourth Street, Bank of America, regarding a forgery suspect there. When officers arrived to the scene, they spoke to the employee, who said the suspect was attempting to cash a fraudulent check at the bank. The suspect was still at the bank when the officers arrived, and he was taken in to custody. Curtis Dale Sanders, 42, of Downey, was arrested for forgery, commercial burglary and parole violation. No bail was set.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 29, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/042905.pdf?ref=smdp.com)