Crime & Safety

Attempted Theft at Los Gatos Pollard Road Safeway

According to police, 45-year-old man was observed taking groceries and alcohol from the store, fled the scene and resisted arrest. He was booked into Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of commercial burglary.

the supermarket at 1500 Pollard Road was also targeted for theft, according to police.

On Aug. 13, at 10:10 p.m., Adam Earl Troy Parker, 44, was arrested by Los Gatos-Monte Sereno police on suspicion of taking groceries and alcohol from the store.

Parker was also found to be in possession of a Billy club and drug paraphernalia after he was apprehended following a police pursuit and resisting arrest, according to a police report.

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Jani was caught as he was exiting the store stealing bottles of liquor. Police say he had entered the store with the intent to commit the theft, the report said.

Safeway management at the Pollard Road location declined comment just as management at the Union Avenue location did when contacted about the earlier incident. Managers referred calls to Safeway corporate headquarters in Pleasanton.

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