In our “Interesting Call of the Week” Category, we have
this:
Yesterday a couple parked their truck on Harvey West Blvd to
watch a little Pop Warner Football. When
they returned back home, they realized a wallet and a cell phone had been
taken from their truck.
Using their “Find My Phone” app, they were able to track
movement of the phone. They tracked the
movement of the phone from downtown to the Homeless Services Center at 115
Coral Street. At this point they called
the police. When Officer Fincutter
arrived, the victim rode with her as they tracked the phone across the
pedestrian footbridge over the San Lorenzo River to Felker Street. Down Felker Street to Ferrell’s Donuts on
Ocean Street.
The victim was able to send an “alert” to her phone, when
out of Ferrell’s Donuts comes or suspect with a donut and cup of coffee in hand….and
a phone beeping in his pocket that he can’t shut off.
OK, OK let’s take a minute for you to get all the "cops at
the donut shop" jokes out of your mind…. :-)
Our suspect is arrested red-handed with the victim’s phone
and credit cards from the stolen wallet.
A further search found burglary tools, cocaine and heroin on our
suspect. We also located this watch.
If you recognize the watch and it belongs to you, please
contact our investigations unit at (831) 420-5820 to provide proof of ownership
and make a report of the stolen property.
Here is our suspect
This is Dennis Allen Ballard, 45 years old. He lists his address as "transient" or "115 Coral Street".
Mr. Ballard has an extensive history of arrests including drug and
trespassing charges. In fact, this year
alone he has been arrested by our officers 8 times. He is on active probation 4x over for his past arrests.
