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# Crime watch
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/crime-watch-342/
- Published: 2022-08-11T20:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-04T16:40:22.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Crime, CRIME WATCH, News, new, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 12:28

Crime Watch is culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

**On July 30 at approximately 10:45 p.m.,**

Officers responded to the 300 block of the Santa Monica Pier for a battery that had just occurred. The suspect, later identified as Kevin Pitts, threw a water bottle at another male in the area and proceeded to hit him from behind with a closed fist. The victim was desirous of prosecution and Pitts was arrested for battery. Pitts was released with a citation with a court date of Sept. 12, 2022.