Elk Grove Police Daily Watch Summary

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Night watch

Time: 0026 hours
Report: 23-001031
Charges: PC 243(E )(1)
Location: CONFIDENTIAL
Suspect: ANTHONY, PAUL (WMA, 41, ARRESTED)

Time: 0027 hours
Report: 23-001032
Charges: PC 3056
Location: Bond Road/ Elk Crest Drive
Suspect: GENTIS, STEVEN (WMA,34, ARRESTED)

Suspect: 0350 hours
Time: 23-001034
Report: PC 530.5 (E ), 182(A)(1), 466, 496(A), 459, 530.5(C)(2)
Charges: Elk Grove Boulevard/ Orchard Valley Drive
Location: BUN, STEPHEN (AMA, 41, ARRESTED) STRATTON, VAZH (WFA, 28, ARRESTED)

Day watch


Time: 1458 hours
Report: 23-001043
Charges: PC 273.5(A)
Location: CONFIDENTIAL
Suspect: ALSTON, XAVIER (BMA, 26, ARRESTED)

Evening watch


Time: 1939 hours
Report: 23-001048
Charges: WARRANT
Location: 9100 block of Elk Grove Florin Road
Suspect: TAYLOR, ANTHONY (BMA, 41, ARRESTED)


Time: 1940 hours
Report: 23-001049
Charges: HS 11350(A)
Location: 7400 block of Laguna Boulevard
Suspect: GARCIA, JUSTIN (WMA, 38, ARRESTED)

Crime Tips Via Text Messaging through “TipSoft”

Members of the community having information regarding criminal activity can send tips via SMS text message by entering CRIMES (274637) on their cell phones, followed by Tip732 (agency identification number) and the message. Once users type in their message and press send, they will receive a confirmation text indicating that the message was received.

“Tipsoft” should not be considered a replacement for contacting the Elk Grove Police Department via telephone (916) 714-5115 (non-emergency), (916) 714-5111 / 911 (emergency) or (916) 691-0411 (anonymous tip line). Instead, “Tipsoft” should be seen as an alternative method of contacting law enforcement to provide information regarding non-urgent illegal activity, such as unsolved cases, vandalism, graffiti, theft and narcotics related issues.

You can help Elk Grove Detectives solve a crime by providing information. You may remain anonymous, but please, let us know what you know.

* All information is obtained from the Elk Grove Police Department Daily Watch Summary. Booking photos are provided by the Elk Grove Police Department if the suspects are still in custody.  

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Pursuant to both California and federal law, there are extensive protections for media publication of public record information, including arrest records and mug shots. Arrest records and mug shots that are “newsworthy matters of which the public has the right to be informed” are protected speech and may be published without risk of legal ramifications. (See, e.g., Coverstone v. Davies (1952) 38 Cal.2d 315, 323; Kapellas v. Kofman (1969) 1 Cal. 3d 20, 38.) As the Elk Grove Laguna News posts information regarding recent local crimes and arrests for the use of Elk Grove residents, these records are clearly newsworthy to local residents who have a right to be performed of crime occurring locally. Arrestees and suspect’s privacy rights are not violated by “prompt and accurate public reporting of the facts and circumstances of his arrest.” (Loder v. Mun. Ct.(1976) 17 Cal. 3d 859, 865, 553 P.2d 624, 628.)

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