Hotel has an uninvited guest
By This police report was prepared by Daily Press staff writer Ryan Hyatt.
• At 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 4, the Santa Monica police responded to a luxury beach hotel on the 1700 block of Ocean Avenue regarding a burglary suspect. When officers arrived to the scene, they spoke to security personnel, who said the suspect had entered hotel rooms using a screw driver. One of the occupants arrived to the hotel room and discovered the suspect. The suspect said the hotel had given him the room and that there must have been a mistake. As the hotel room occupant and the suspect walked toward the hotel desk, the suspect fled the scene. He was later detained. William Davis, 40, from Los Angeles, was arrested for burglary. Bail was set for $80,000. • At 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 1, Santa Monica police were called for assistance regarding two women fighting on the 1500 block of Palisades Park. When officers arrived to the scene, they separated the combatants. During their investigation officers learned the suspect who assaulted the victim had done so at the request of her boyfriend, because the victim had put a restraining order on him. Casandra Marie Alvarado, 21, was arrested for assault. Bail was set for $47,070. • At 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 1, Santa Monica police officers on routine patrol were flagged down by a citizen on the 1400 block of the Promenade alley. The citizen reported seeing the suspect using a wooden mallet to try to break the windows of a a 1987 Toyota Corolla parked in the alley. Officers detained the suspect as he was walking away. An investigation revealed the car had been stolen a few hours earlier in Lancaster. The victim had gone to the store in Lancaster and when she came out she saw the suspect drive away in her car. She notified the Lancaster Police Department. Manuel Alberto Cano, a transient, was arrested for grand theft auto and transported to Santa Monica jail. Bail was set for $20,000. • At 10:40 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 1, the Santa Monica police were on patrol on the 1600 block of Seventh Street when they observed three suspects standing together who appeared to be involved in narcotics activity. When officers walked up to where the suspects were standing, they found a metal container with white powder inside which later tested to be cocaine. Ronald Reginold Granger, 49, from Los Angeles; Arturo Thomas, 45, a transient and Eddie Ray Roberts, 43, a transient, were arrested for drug possession and parole violations. They were transported to Santa Monica jail. No bail was set. • At 9:20 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 3, the Santa Monica police responded to the 500 block of Ocean Avenue regarding a suspect who was sleeping in the Palisades Bluffs. When officers arrived to the scene, they spoke to the suspect, who told them he had throwing knives in his pants. The suspect showed the throwing knives to the officers. Upon further inspection, officers found other illegal knives hidden in the suspect’s boots. David Jonathan Stomp, 35, a transient, was arrested for possessing a concealed weapon and transported to Santa Monica jail. Bail was set for $20,000. • At 11:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 3, the Santa Monica police responded to the Santa Monica Pier regarding a suspect chasing people around with a knife and threatening them. When officers from the police substation on the pier arrived to the scene, they detained the suspect. During their investigation, they searched the suspect, who had a knife hidden in his waistband. Arnaldo Reyes, 19, of Los Angeles, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. Bail was set for $30,000. • At 3:25 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 3, the Santa Monica police responded to the Robinsons-May department store at Santa Monica Place mall regarding a suspect who had stolen jewelry. When officers arrived to the scene, they spoke to security personnel, who said the suspect had removed the items of jewelry and failed to pay for them. The suspect was detained by store security. Laura Ann Carter, 38, from Alhambra, was charged for grand theft and parole violations. She was transported to Santa Monica jail. No bail was set.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 13, 2005. Read the original PDF.