Two men were arrested for rape Friday night, as Morgan Hill
police officers scrambled to deal with a number of calls for
service, including fights and a burglary.
Morgan Hill – Two men were arrested for rape Friday night, as Morgan Hill police officers scrambled to deal with a number of calls for service, including fights and a burglary.
Morgan Hill police Sgt. Jerry Neumayer said Friday night was particularly busy for officers on duty as two rapes were reported.
Ambrose Romero, 44, of Morgan Hill was booked into Santa Clara County Jail for rape after an incident in the parking lot of Ernie’s Bar on Monterey Road. Neumayer said the alleged rape occurred at approximately 11pm, near closing time for the bar. Witnesses told police they saw a woman with her pants and underwear down around her knees in the parking lot, with a man standing near her, pulling up his pants.
The woman was “very inebriated,” he said. Romero had also been drinking, Neumayer added.
Also on Friday, the parents of a 15-year-old girl reported she had been having sex with Miguel Presencion, 22, of San Martin, who was already on probation for burglary. Presencion was booked into county jail for alleged unlawful sexual intercourse with a person under age 18.
Morgan Hill police Det. Kevin Beilmann was called in to investigate the rapes.
Officers were at Strikes lounge after a report of a fight in the bar when they contacted Anthony Brewer, 35, of Morgan Hill for alleged possession of marijuana. Neumayer said Brewer refused to leave the bar, and officers had to force him out, charging him with resisting arrest.
While officers were investigating the rape calls and the reports of fights at Strikes, a burglary was reported at the Cingular store in Cochrane Plaza shopping center, Neumayer said. Approximately $1,000 in headsets and other items were reportedly stolen from the store, but officers could not respond at the time because they were on other calls.
“We just didn’t have enough officers to handle everything,” Neumayer said.
