Police arrested five during the Taste of Morgan Hill festival on
Sunday, but most of the problems and calls for service during the
annual celebration were routine.
Morgan Hill – Police arrested five during the Taste of Morgan Hill festival on Sunday, but most of the problems and calls for service during the annual celebration were routine.
There were no arrests related to the downtown activities on Saturday, according to Morgan Hill police Sgt. Jerry Neumayer.
Wesley King, 31, of Watsonville, was booked into Santa Clara County Jail for violation of probation and possession of stolen property after he allegedly stole a $250 flute from a festival vendor, Neumayer said. The flute was recovered and returned to the vendor, he said. King was on probation for theft.
Three teenage girls were also arrested for theft. Two 14-year-olds and one 16-year-old were cited for stealing jewelry and released to their parents, Neumayer said.
A man was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public after a woman claimed he was urinating in front of a downtown business near the M&H Tavern. The man was later released without a citation.
“We had some parking problems, people parking in front of residential driveways, we had some gang activity that we confronted them on, sent them on their way somewhere else, and we had some people walking around with open containers, drinking alcohol that was not purchased at the festival,” Neumayer said. “We did cite one person for having an open container, but the majority of the others poured it out right there.”
On Friday, before the festival began, officers were called to the Tennant Station shopping center at approximately 9:25pm for a physical fight between a male and a female. The man had fled before officers arrived, but was later located and arrested.
Joe F. Curado, 47, of San Jose, was cited and later released on suspicion of driving under the influence and for alleged battery, vandalism and destroying a cell phone.
He allegedly pushed his girlfriend down while they were fighting, shattered a window of her vehicle and took her cell phone so she could not call police. She did not require medical attention.
