Man arrested at Los Gatos Whole Foods after refusing to leave when store closed

"Jan. 22 PETTY THEFT: 7:16 p.m. at Ace Hardware on Los Gatos Boulevard. A man came into the store and said he would take a lighter. He took some lighters and left on foot southbound on Los Gatos Boulevard. The caller said they were unsure if the store wants prosecution. The loss was only a "few dollars." TRESPASS: 9:10 p.m. at Whole Foods on Los Gatos Boulevard. A man who was suspected of being intoxicated was refusing to leave while staff was trying to close the store. The incident ended in a misdemeanor arrest."

"Jan. 24 VEHICLE ACCIDENT: 8 a.m. at Lark Avenue and southbound Highway 17. A white minivan collided into the median and the airbags deployed. PETTY THEFT: 9:09 p.m. at West Main Street and Lundy Lane. A woman said a suspect took her tan Trader Joe's bag off a bench on the corner around 8:40 p.m.. The bag contained work files, medical records and other items. She told police she heard a passerby say, "Hershel, don't take the bag" at the time of the incident. Jan. 25 BURGLARY: 10:40 a.m. at Moore Clinical Aesthetics on Los Gatos Boulevard. A caller got to the business on Sunday morning and noticed the door was pried open."

On Jan. 22 a man took several lighters from Ace Hardware on Los Gatos Boulevard and walked southbound; the store caller was unsure whether prosecution was desired and reported only a "few dollars" loss. Later that evening a suspected intoxicated man refused to leave Whole Foods on Los Gatos Boulevard while staff closed, resulting in a misdemeanor arrest. On Jan. 24 a white minivan collided into the median on Lark Avenue near southbound Highway 17 and deployed airbags. That night a tan Trader Joe's bag containing work files, medical records and other items was taken from a bench at West Main Street and Lundy Lane. On Jan. 25 a business on Los Gatos Boulevard was found with a pried-open door at Moore Clinical Aesthetics.

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