Sheriff’s log: March 17 to 22

This week opened with a knucklehead pretending to have been kidnapped, followed by the usual ritual of a warrant arrest, a couple of burglaries and a couple of drug possession charges.

Deputies were dispatched to the above location when county communications informed them that the reporting party had called via a call box located on Highway 1. The reporting party said that he was kidnapped and needed assistance. Deputies contacted the subject who claimed that the previous night he fell asleep in Sacramento and when he woke up he was in San Mateo County. He later changed his story and admitted that he was traveling to southern California and wanted the Sheriff’s Office to assist him with traveling aid.

While Deputies were on routine patrol they noticed a vehicle parked in a parking lot with a male subject sleeping inside. Deputies contacted the occupant to check on his welfare. The occupant told Deputies that he was sleeping in the vehicle because he planned to go fishing early the next morning. A routine check with county communications revealed that the subject had an outstanding warrant. He was placed under arrest and booked into the county jail. 

Deputies were dispatched to the above address on the report of a residential burglary. The victim reported that someone had entered his home through an unlocked bedroom window and stole various items. A neighbor saw a suspicious vehicle in front of the residence at the time of the burglary.

Deputies were on routine patrol when they noticed a vehicle being driven by a male subject whose license had been suspended. They contacted the driver, age 42, of Montara. He was arrested for driving without a license. Deputies conducted an inventory check of the vehicle before it was towed and at that time they discovered drugs and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle. He was booked into the county jail without further incident.

Unknown subjects entered the open garage of a residence on 11th Street and took a bicycle. The garage had been left open all night and the bicycle was left unsecured.

Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a man, age 43 of Montara. Deputies had prior knowledge that his license was suspended. Deputies conducted a search of the vehicle and found drug paraphernalia as well as drugs. He was arrested and booked into the county jail.