Crime & Safety
Transient Arrested After Allegedly Robbing Woman Downtown at Knifepoint
Police found him shortly after the 3 p.m. daylight robbery Monday.
Santa Cruz Police arrested a transient with a knife Monday afternoon on Pacific Avenue, after a short standoff in which guns were drawn.
Enrique Villa, 44, was arrested at Pacific Avenue and Cathcart Street after a woman reported being held up at knifepoint on the 900 block of Pacific.
Police got the call and officers began searching for the suspect. A witness had also followed him. Villa held the knife while police surrounded him at gunpoint, and eventually he dropped it.
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He was booked into Santa Cruz County Jail for assault with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest and an outstanding warrant.
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