This morning at around 7:00 a.m., multiple police units rushed to Sero Teishi to tend to a tense and dangerous situation. A naked man entered private property wielding a knife and intended to steal the company truck. As more information has come forward, unfortunately the situation is much more serious than was initially thought.
According to witnesses at the scene, this person had been trying to destroy company trucks on the property for quite a while. He went from one truck to the other until he finally managed to start one. His intentions were clearly to try and steal the truck, but he did not appear to know how to drive it or know the lay of the land. In the end, he did not manage to get very far. Inside the truck, authorities found the knife wrapped up in a shirt.
The police rushed to the scene, and after a brief chase, they managed to detain the suspect. The Police K9 Unit was also present to provide Santa Cruz police with much-needed reinforcements.
After further developments, the suspect has been identified as Jean Pierre Croes, and he had been wreaking havoc all night before the incident with the truck.
Another business owner had contacted the police earlier that night as they had captured Jean Pierre attempting to enter their Barbershop. Authorities also did not know that Jean Pierre went to a home in Santa Cruz and stabbed two people with a knife. This knife was later found in the truck he attempted to steal, wrapped up in a shirt. Those two victims are now both in critical condition and fighting for their lives.
Jean Pierre is no stranger to the police, he has committed multiple criminal acts in the past and has even been incarcerated before. Unfortunately, as soon as he was released, he continued being a menace to society and has now caused two innocent victims to be in critical condition.
Authorities now have Jean Pierre in custody, but it is unknown whether he committed other criminal acts that the police are not yet aware of.
We will continue to monitor this case closely for more information.
