The Santa Monica Police Department responded to 389 calls for service on March 18. Below is a sampling of those calls chosen by the Santa Monica Daily Press staff.
Battery, 21st/Delaware, 12:07 a.m.
Battery, 2300 block Main, 12:10 a.m.
Battery, Main/Hill, 1:33 a.m.
Fight, Main/Pier, 2:12 a.m.
Trespassing, 2100 block Santa Monica, 3:13 a.m.
Disturbance, 2600 block 23rd, 4:38 a.m.
Assault, 600 block Wilshire, 6:53 a.m.
Burglary, 1500 block 11th, 7:51 a.m.
Vandalism, 2400 block Main, 8:33 a.m.
Burglary, 1300 block 2nd, 9:05 a.m.
Battery, 10th/Montana, 9:22 a.m.
Petty theft, 1600 block Appian, 9:26 a.m.
Petty theft, 800 block Montana, 10:42 a.m.
Hit and run, Euclid/Washington, 11:41 a.m.
Trespassing, 1400 block Lincoln, 11:54 a.m.
Drinking in public, 1700 block 11th, 12:43 p.m.
Disturbance, 1600 block 7th, 12:56 p.m.
Fire, 1800 block 12th, 12:58 p.m.
Hit and run, 1000 block Wilshire, 1:16 p.m.
Disturbance, 200 block the Pier, 2:22 p.m.
Burglary, 400 block Broadway, 2:51 p.m.
Hit and run, 400 block Alta, 2:58 p.m.
Elder abuse, 2400 block 30th, 3:04 p.m.
Auto burglary, 400 block PCH, 3:32 p.m.
Auto burglary, 1100 block PCH, 3:55 p.m.
Grand theft, 300 block Colorado, 4:12 p.m.
Hit and run, Lincoln/Olympic, 4:28 p.m.
Disturbance, 800 block Cedar, 6:39 p.m.
Battery, 10th/Montana, 6:40 p.m.
Car crash, Ocean/Pico, 7:09 p.m.
Hit and run, Lincoln/Arizona, 7:28 p.m.
Petty theft, 1300 block Ocean Park, 8:13 p.m.
Identity theft, 1700 block Centinela, 8:25 p.m.
Disturbance, 200 block Santa Monica, 9:05 p.m.
Armed robbery, 500 block Santa Monica, 9:33 p.m.
Defrauding innkeeper, 1500 block PCH, 9:45 p.m.
Person with gun, 1500 block 2nd, 10:23 p.m.
Disturbance, 600 block Colorado, 10:29 p.m.
Disturbance, 1300 block 3rd, 11:07 p.m.
Prowler, 2300 block Ocean Park, 11:20 p.m.
The Santa Monica Fire Department responded to 36 calls for service on March 18. Below is a sampling of those calls chosen by the Santa Monica Daily Press staff.
Injuries From Assault 21st/Delaware, 12:10 a.m.
Injuries From Assault 2400 block, Main St., 12:12 a.m.
Emergency Medical Service (EMS) 1100 block, 7th, 6:55 a.m.
Injuries From Assault 600 block, Wilshire, 6:57 a.m.
(EMS) 3000 block, Glenn, 8:31 a.m.
Assist LAFD 400 block, Lincoln, 9:05 a.m.
(EMS) 23rd/Hill, 9:09 a.m.
(EMS) 1200 block of 6th, 9:18 a.m.
Wires Down 700 block, Hill, 11:31 a.m.
(EMS) 1500 block, Ocean, 11:32 a.m.
(EMS) 2600 block, Centinela, 11:43 a.m.
Elevator rescue, 1100 block, 4th, 12:12 p.m.
Structure fire, 1800 block, 12th, 12:58 p.m.
(EMS) 1800 block Olympic, 2:40 p.m.
(EMS) 2500 block Pico, 2:53 p.m.
(EMS) 1200 block 4th, 3 p.m.
(EMS) 1300 block 5th, 3:31 p.m.
(EMS) 1700 block Centinela, 3:45 p.m.
Elevator rescue, 1100 block 4th, 4:44 p.m.
(EMS) 1300 block Lincoln, 5:13 p.m.
Wires down, 700 block Copeland, 5:26 p.m.
(EMS) 1800 block Lincoln, 5:40 p.m.
(EMS) 3100 block Neilson, 5:48 p.m.
(EMS) 1500 block Ocean, 6:21 p.m.
Automatic alarm, 1900 block 6th, 6:29 p.m.
(EMS) 3000 block Santa Monica, 6:52 p.m.
(EMS) 2400 block Ocean Park, 7:05 p.m.
(EMS) Ocean/Pico, 7:11 p.m.
(EMS) 1700 block Ocean Park, 7:21 p.m.
Carbon Monoxide Alarm, 500 block Georgina, 9:28 p.m.
(EMS) 1200 block 6th, 10:16 p.m.
Automatic alarm, 1500 block Ocean, 11:29 p.m.
(EMS) 1700 block Cloverfield, 11:57 p.m.
Incident of the day
On March 6 at approximately 5:40 p.m., a Santa Monica police officer working a plain-clothes detail in the downtown area saw a suspicious man, later identified as Jose Luis Sanchez, loitering near the ground-level elevators of Structure 4 (1321 2nd St.).
Since a burglary to a vehicle had recently been reported at Structure 6, the undercover officer asked uniformed officers to stop Sanchez and watched him as he left the parking structure.
Sanchez then crossed the street and entered a vehicle parked in a public parking lot nearby.
The uniformed officers located Sanchez and saw he had a passenger, later identified as Damien Holland, in his vehicle.
The officers learned Holland was on parole, so they conducted a search of the vehicle. The officers then found several credit cards that belonged to other people, as well as several items that had been purchased from Nordstrom with the credit cards.
Nordstrom's security camera video later showed that both Sanchez and Holland used the credit cards to make the purchases. Both men were then taken into custody and booked at the Santa Monica jail.
Sanchez, 34, of Woodland Hills, had bail set at $20,000. Holland, 34, of Santa Monica, had bail set at $20,000.
