The end of last week was peppered with poor choices by few Scotts Valley men, each arrested on charges related to drugs and/or alcohol.
Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office arrest logs show the following:
On March 8, Pedro Florez Gomez, 26, was pulled over at Scotts Valley Drive and Victor Square at 9:18 a.m. and charged with DUI and driving on a suspended license, both midemeanors.
Earch in the morning of March 9, Allante Blocker, 20, of Scotts Valley was arrested for being drunk in public in downtown Santa Cruz.
At 5:01 a.m. on March 9, Riley Alton Thomas, 19, of Scotts Valley, was taken from Mount Hermon Road to Santa Cruz County Jail on two felony charges — possession of narcotics and probation violation. He was being held on $15,000 bail.
Lastly, just 13 minutes after Thomas's arrest, Scotts Valley resident Justin Daniel McClelland, 29, was arrested for public intoxication, fighting in a public place and resisting arrest. His bail was set at $4,000.
