Every night since the homeless protest moved to the front of City Hall, SCPD officers have been visiting the site, ticketing some participants and arresting others. Among those ticketed Monday night was Mark Greer, a 29-year-old convicted child molester. The following morning Officer Ron Inoyue noticed that Greer was at the protest, so he had him arrested. Greer was booked in the County Jail under a false name, but when he was fingerprinted, his identity became apparent. He is a registered sex offender from San Luis Obispo, who is supposed to register with the police each month, but has failed to do so since June. He has five warrants for his arrest in San Luis Obispo.
In addition to Greer, three people were arrested for sleeping at the site, and one person was arrested for public intoxication. Read more at Santa Cruz Sentinel.
