On Saturday, April 28, at 2:20 p.m., officers of the Santa Monica Police Department responded to Parking Structure 1 at 1234 Fourth Street regarding a report of a female senior citizen who had been left unattended and somewhat stranded in a parked vehicle on the rooftop of the parking structure.
After the officers had arrived at the scene they began to investigate the case when the suspect, a caretaker (?) arrived.
The suspect admitted that she had been wrong to leave the lady alone, but said that she had some important things to take care of. The old lady was left alone and unattended for about 20 minutes, she stated.
The officers arrested the caretaker (?) and she was charged with elder abuse.
As this 33-year-old Los Angeles woman was being booked the officers were advised that an immigration hold be placed upon the suspect, therefore bail was not given at the time.
Editor’s Note: These reports are part of a regular police coverage series entitled “Alert Police Blotter” (APB), which injects some minor editorial into certain police activities in Santa Monica. Not all of the Mirror’s coverage of incidents involving police are portrayed in this manner. More serious crimes and police-related activities are regularly reported without editorial in the pages of the Santa Monica Mirror and its website, smmirror.com.
