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WOMAN ROBBED AT SHORELINE A woman was robbed at a country music concert at Mountain View’s Shoreline Amphitheatre on April 26, according to police. The victim was watching the concert from the sloped grass section of the venue when she was pushed from behind by a man, she fell forward and the man grabbed her purse and ran off, said Sgt. Dan Vicencio of the Mountain View Police Department. She described the robber as a thin white man in a black hooded sweatshirt, Vicencio said. The woman told Shoreline security, but “according to her statement, they didn’t seem to care,� Vicencio said. In any case, they did not locate the robber. She called police the next day.
IPAD, JEWELRY STOLEN A home in the 1000 block of Madison Drive was burglarized on April 26, police said. One of the two victims in the burglary returned home to find her bedroom ransacked and $15,000 in jewelry and an iPad were missing. A husband and wife live in the home, according to Sgt. Dan Vicencio, public information officer with the Mountain View Police Department. Both left in the morning. The wife returned home at about 12:15 p.m. and first noticed the iPad was gone. When she entered her bedroom she found drawers left open, clothes strewn about and an empty jewelry box on the floor. Police believe the burglar, or burglars, entered through a bathroom window, Vicencio said. The couple said they had left the window open “about an inch.� Police found the screen to the bathroom window on the floor and the window wide open. Investigators have no suspects and no witnesses have come forward, Vicencio said.
ESCAPED SUSPECT CAUGHT A domestic violence suspect who escaped from a patrol car in North Fair Oaks on Thursday night, April 25, was captured Saturday evening in Mountain View, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. Juan Carlos Valencia, 27, was taken into custody around 5:14 p.m., Sheriff’s Deputy Rebecca Rosenblatt said. Valencia was first arrested Thursday after people in the 2700 block of Devonshire Avenue reported a domestic violence assault in progress. Deputies found Valencia and a female victim on the sidewalk, and after conducting interviews, arrested Valencia for allegedly assaulting and injuring his girlfriend. He was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a patrol car, but escaped on foot. Deputies pursued on foot and searched the area, but were unable to find him. He was booked into San Mateo County Jail on Saturday evening on a $135,000 warrant on suspicion of domestic violence, false imprisonment with violence, violation of a protective order, and terrorist threats. Bay City News
proposes to add are a half-time communications coordinator for his office, an associate civil engineer, an associate city planner, a plan-check engineer, an assistant building inspector, a financial analyst for the finance department and an office assistant for the building department. The new jobs come as the city projects budget surpluses in fiscal years 2013-14 and 2014-15. “This is the first year we’re not projecting a deficit for next year, so we feel good about that,� Kong said. Rich noted that Silicon Valley’s economy is leading the country out of the recession, and “I would argue we are leading Silicon Valley.� The result is a projected $4.6 million rise in revenues from hotel taxes, property taxes and sales taxes for the city next year, while expenses rise by only $3 million in the proposed $98 million general fund budget. It is projected that $3 million will be left over at the end of the current fiscal year on June 30. The surpluses will to be used to fund reserves and many of the the new positions Rich has proposed (which will also receive funding from other sources) as well as $375,000 in firefighter overtime pay and $85,000 to continue the city’s popular “Energy Upgrade� program, which provides energy audits of people’s homes in order to help residents reduce energy use. Council members also supported $533,600 in other budget increases, including $90,000 in increased funding for janitorial services, $74,600 for new computer hardware and software, $40,000 to help meet increased demand for aquatics programs, a $44,400 increase for supplies and staff at the teen center, $63,500 to enroll another 80 kids in city-run summer camps, and $60,000 for new youth and adult classes run by the city. Email Daniel DeBolt at ddebolt@mv-voice.com
BICYCLE COLLISION Police are currently investigating who was at fault in an April 29 collision between a car and a bicyclist near the intersection of West Dana Street and Shoreline Boulevard. No one was seriously injured in the accident, which occurred at around 7:30 a.m. on Monday, according to Sgt Dan Vicencio of the Mountain View Police Department.
BREAK-IN NETS NOTHING Someone broke into the garage of a home on the 1700 block of Vassar Avenue, but left without taking anything, according to police. Sometime between 12 p.m. and 9 p.m. on April 24, someone forced entry into the garage of the house while no one was home, according to Sgt. Dan Vicencio, public information officer with the Mountain View Police Department. Nothing was reported missing. Mountain View Voice staff
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