Crime & Safety

Juvenile Arrested for Allegedly Stealing from Smoke Shop Sunday Morning

Two other people who were reportedly with him are being sought.

Santa Cruz Police got a call at 2:55 a.m. Sunday that someone heard glass breaking at a smoke shop on the 1300 block of Soquel Avenue and heard three men talking about breaking in.

Police found two men at Seabright and Gault, but one escaped. One was arrested. He is 17 and was booked into Juvenile Hall.

The owner of the smoke shop identified stolen goods on the youth

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