Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputies arrested an attempted carjacking suspect in Aptos. Friday evening officers responded to the Safeway parking lot, where a man reportedly tried to steal an occupied vehicle. Up on arrival officers located Andreas Gonzales Vera inside another vehicle. Vera was uncooperative and a Santa Cruz PD canine officer was deployed and Vera was taken into custody. Vera was arrested for various felonies to include attempted carjacking. His bail was set at 200 thousand dollars.
