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# Letter: Thanks to the Boathouse and its owner Naia Sheffield
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/crimewatch-20020417/
- Published: 2002-04-17T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:14:33.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Main St, #archive-import

Man caught red handed making threat ■A man threatening to blow up the Santa Monica police station was caught red handed and arrested by police last month.

At 8:35 a.m. on March 18, 9-1-1 operators received a call from a man threatening to blow up the Santa Monica Police station. The call was traced and officers raced to a pay phone on the 2600 block of Main Street where they found John Marshal Treseder still speaking to the 9-1-1 operator.

Treseder was arrested and taken to Santa Monica Jail. He was booked for reporting a false bomb threat. His bail was set at $50,000\. ■At about 9:15 p.m. Sunday, April 7, a man entered a business on the 2300 block of Ocean Park Boulevard, brandished a handgun and demanded money from an employee. The employee complied, and the suspect ran off with $200 in cash.

The suspect is described as a black male in his 30s, 5’ 8”, 160 lbs., and was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, baggy black pants and had a thin goat-tee. ■At 2 a.m. on Sunday, April 7, a woman walking outside her apartment on Sea View was knocked to the ground by an attacker. The man tried to unbutton her pants, but the victim was able to fight him off. The man fled on foot.

The suspect is a white male 5’ 8”, 175 lbs. and was wearing green army pants. ■At 11 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, a woman was getting out of her car in an underground parking garage on the 900 block of Third Street when a man knocked her on the head with an object and demanded her money. He grabbed her bag and fled on foot.

The woman’s injuries were minor. The suspect made off with $8 in cash, the woman’s identification and personal items.

The suspect is a black male, 23-26 years old, 5’ 10”, 185 lbs. and was wearing a blue tank top shirt, shorts, a jacket, and a black rag on his head. ■At 11:30 p.m. on April 2, a man walking in the 2500 block of Sixth Street was approached by a man carrying what looked like a handgun wrapped in cloth. The suspect demanded money and reached into the victim’s pocket. Finding no money, the robber demanded the victim’s wallet. The victim opened his wallet, which also contained no cash. The suspect walked away.

The suspect is a black male, 18-25, 5’ 10” and was wearing a dark jacket and dark pants. ■On March 18, a man was attacked while walking down a city street at about 11:10 p.m. He was walking in the 1800 block of Colorado when a man approached him and asked for a cigarette. The victim told him he didn’t have one and kept walking. Seconds later, he was jumped from behind and tackled to the ground. The victim stood up and the suspect ran east on Colorado Avenue.

The suspect is described as a white male, 30s, 6’, 180 lbs., and wearing a white coat, dark pants and a thin mustache.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 17, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/041702.pdf?ref=smdp.com)