Saturday, October 10, 2020 at 3:38pm.
While patrolling near the 100 block of Wilshire, SMPD officers were flagged down by a resident who was following a suspect dressed in all black that she witnessed looking through vehicles and trying bicycle locks in a secured garage located near the 700 block of Ocean Avenue. Officers stopped the suspect near 2nd Street and during a search discovered multiple plastic bags containing a white substance believed to be methamphetamine along with a small metal hammer. Cedric Vandeweghe from Riverside, CA was arrested for 11377(a)H&S – Possession of Meth and 466pc – possession of burglary tools.
Cedric Vandeweghe was arrested last November at the CVS on Lincoln Blvd as reported in Crime Watch.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 23, 2020. Read the original PDF.