On December 30, 2014 at approximately 2:45 a.m., Officer
Whaley responded to the report of broken glass in the 1100 block of Soquel Ave.
A witness had reported hearing the glass break and found the front glass door
to a commercial business shattered. Upon Officer Whaley’s arrival, the subject
responsible for the damage was not located but blood evidence was found at the
scene that indicated the subject responsible may have injured themselves. There
was also a cell phone found at the scene. The subject stole an unknown amount
of money from the register. Officer Whaley was able to view video surveillance of
the crime and provided a description of the subject to other officers.
On the same date at approximately 4:00 a.m. , Officer Whaley
located a subject walking in the area of Ocean St and Coloma that matched the
description of the subject he viewed on the video surveillance. While speaking
with the subject, Officer Whaley noticed the subject had cuts on his chin and
hands that were consistent with the blood evidence found at the scene. The
subject was kind enough to identify the cell phone collected at the scene as
his property for Officer Whaley. The subject was also in possession of money
with blood on it. The subject was identified as James Lewis Wesley, 46 years
old, and a Watsonville resident.
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Wesley was taken into custody for felony vandalism,
commercial burglary, and probation violation. Wesley was found to be on
probation for felony vandalism, and burglary.
Great work by Officer Whaley once again!!
