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UPD makes arrest
Josh Weaver
Issue date: 2/28/07 Section: News
Officers from the San Jose State University Police Department arrested Fernando Valdez Tuesday afternoon at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library for theft of a compact disc, a $7,500 outstanding warrant and for resisting arrest, said UPD Sgt. John Laws.
Laws, the arresting officer, said that Valdez is a transient who has been arrested before for various disorderly conduct violations at the library. The warrant, Laws said, was issued for providing false information to a police officer.
In yesterday's incident, Laws said that the suspect attempted to leave the library with a CD and set off the alarm.
When approached by security Valdez pleaded that he had already checked out the CD and that he left the case on the third floor.
The story proved to be fabricated and Valdez refused to give the security officer his name and that is when Laws said he was called to the scene.
"When I attempted to arrest him, he decided he didn't want to be arrested," Laws said. "He decided he wanted to fight me, so I put in a call for emergency back up."
Corporal Eric Wong and Officers Mike Silva and T.F Lee arrived to assist Laws in apprehending the suspected thief.
A handcuffed Valdez was led through the third floor of the library amongst curious onlookers to the elevators.
He was escorted out of the library and taken away in a UPD squad car.
Laws, the arresting officer, said that Valdez is a transient who has been arrested before for various disorderly conduct violations at the library. The warrant, Laws said, was issued for providing false information to a police officer.
In yesterday's incident, Laws said that the suspect attempted to leave the library with a CD and set off the alarm.
When approached by security Valdez pleaded that he had already checked out the CD and that he left the case on the third floor.
The story proved to be fabricated and Valdez refused to give the security officer his name and that is when Laws said he was called to the scene.
"When I attempted to arrest him, he decided he didn't want to be arrested," Laws said. "He decided he wanted to fight me, so I put in a call for emergency back up."
Corporal Eric Wong and Officers Mike Silva and T.F Lee arrived to assist Laws in apprehending the suspected thief.
A handcuffed Valdez was led through the third floor of the library amongst curious onlookers to the elevators.
He was escorted out of the library and taken away in a UPD squad car.
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