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October 30, 2009
October 30, 2009 - November 5, 2009
Volume XII, Issue 32
In This Issue...
State Park Budget Cuts Hit Home
Capitola Says No to Another Rispin Extension Request
Capitola City Manager To Retire
Planning the New Scotts Valley Library
Surfing Comes Home to Boulder Creek
More Trouble at the Brookdale Inn
Loma Fire Contained
VCUM Kicks Off Thanksgiving Food Drive
SV's Red Ribbon Week Promotes Drug-Free Lives
Plaque Commemorates Lime Works
Bounty of Pjs
Water Manager Praises Conservation Efforts
Wells Fargo Gives $24K to Local Schools
Change Your Clock, Change Your Batteries
Thirty-Meter Telescope Discussion
Crimebeat
Crime Beat 10/30/09
No Charges in High School Sports Fundraising Money Theft
Environment
Rain or No Rain? Forecasters Don't Know
The Weather Twins
Mark Stone Advocates Banning Single-Use Bags
Newsmakers
Scotts Valley High Haunted Hospital Raises Money to Fight Cancer
New Boulder Creek Business Board Continuing Most Seasonal Events
Monning Holds Office Hours
Redwoods League Announces Grants
People
Scotts Valley Chamber Announces 2009 Honorees
The Mid-County Post > Crimebeat
No Charges in High School Sports Fundraising Money Theft
Scotts Valley Police thought they had uncovered who was responsible for the theft of more than $25,000 raised by the Harbor High football team and stolen from the coach's office in Scotts Valley. However, the District Attorney's office decided the case is not strong enough.

Chief deputy district attorney Jeff Rosell announced Oct. 28 that unless additional information is forthcoming, no charges will be filed.

"We recently received follow-up investigation by Scotts Valley Police. Unfortunately, there is still insufficient evidence to determine who is responsible for the theft," he said.

Both Scotts Valley Police and the D.A.'s office had been cautious about their chances of prosecuting a suspect. Although police confirmed the investigation named a single individual, no name was released.

The evidence is circumstantial and faces a high burden of proof, attorneys warned previously.

The stolen money — about $13,500 in cash and $12,000 in checks — was raised by the Harbor High football team over the summer and was being held by the team's coach in his office when it was taken from his locked desk in late August just as school began. The coach was eliminated as a suspect after passing a lie detector test, Scotts Valley Police earlier confirmed.

Nothing else was taken or disturbed in the office.

The loss is covered by the Santa Cruz City School District's insurance policy, district officials have said.
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