Milpitas Police have clamped down on nefarious activities, racking up multiple arrests over the weekend. One such tech-savvy capture involved an Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) tagging a vehicle tied to a hefty felony theft, with a 44-year-old suspect behind the wheel, linked to a $15,000 construction material heist.
The tech toy alert came in last Thursday, a tick before midnight, and resulted in a high-stakes game of cops and robbers that ended with the suspect—who hails from San Jose—slapped with charges of grand theft and traffic violations, along with honoring a pair of outstanding warrants from a neighboring district, according to a Milpitas Police Department Facebook post.
In a separate incident, Milpitas' finest cracked down on a 38-year-old Castro Valley man in the wee hours of Friday, rustling amongst the quiet of commercial lots. The man's night went from bad to worse when he was found festering in narcotics, drug paraphernalia, and an outstanding theft warrant. A fleeting attempt to escape the law's grasp was futile; he was soon in cuffs and facing bookings for a warrant, narcotics violations, and resisting arrest.
And on Saturday, Milpitas Police happened upon a slumbering driver, soused beyond the wheel. The 47-year-old Pittsburg man with a history of DUIs was found inebriated at Great Mall Pkwy., and as if scripted by past transgressions, he was booked under felony DUI charges. That same morning, the officers did not rest, apprehending a 34-year-old female from Salinas at the intersection of Ranch Dr. and a hard place due to multiple outstanding warrants for crimes including theft, burglary, and narcotics offenses.
Completing the weekend's scorecard of arrests was the capture of a 42-year-old female found early Sunday with over 50 grams of methamphetamine—intended for anything but medicinal purposes. She was booked for possession with intent to sell, highlighting the relentlessness of the midnight shift and the regularity of the problematic drug trade within city limits.
Milpitas Police take this time to gently prod the community, reminding them to keep vigilant and report crimes and suspicious activity to 9-1-1 for emergencies or to the non-emergency number 408-586-2400.
