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# Crime Watch – Pier puncher
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/pier-puncher/
- Published: 2019-11-19T14:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-12T00:43:40.000Z
- Description: On November 4, at 2:21 p.m. Officers responded to the area of 400 block of Santa Monica Pier to hand
- Author: Editor
- Tags: Crime, CRIME WATCH, Featured, News, Santa Monica Pier, santa monica police, smpd, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 12:50

On November 4, at 2:21 p.m.

Officers responded to the area of 400 block of Santa Monica Pier to handle a radio call of a male suspect who had punched an employee in the face. Other employees and Harbor Guards were holding down the suspect. The victim suffered a laceration to his face. The suspect was placed under private person’s arrest. Steven Daniel Vavrick, 41, was arrested for battery and a warrant. Bail was set at $35,000.