{"id":441430,"date":"2026-08-23T19:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T19:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/441430\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T19:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T19:42:17","slug":"saratoga-residents-defrauded-in-separate-incidents-the-mercury-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/441430\/","title":{"rendered":"Saratoga residents defrauded in separate incidents \u2013 The Mercury News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aug. 11<\/p>\n<p>Theft by false pretenses: A Saratoga resident reported that someone emailed them acting as their employer and ultimately tricked the victim into sending money via gift card codes for a total loss of about $3,400.<\/p>\n<p>Aug. 12<\/p>\n<p>Theft by false pretenses: A Saratoga resident reported that someone acted as an Apple employee, claimed their pay account was compromised and ultimately convinced them to send money via gift card codes for a total loss of about $4,750.<\/p>\n<p>Aug. 13<\/p>\n<p>Vandalism: At 6:18 a.m., deputies responded to a disturbance at a residence in the 18000 block of Allendale Avenue. An investigation revealed the suspect smashed several flowerpots and punctured three tires on a vehicle, causing damage estimated at approximately $1,820.<\/p>\n<p>Aug. 16<\/p>\n<p>Reckless driving: At 2:40 a.m., deputies stopped a motorist on Saratoga Avenue at Highway 85 after deputies observed the motorist committing multiple reckless driving maneuvers. The vehicle was towed, and the suspect was cited and released.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aug. 11 Theft by false pretenses: A Saratoga resident reported that someone emailed them acting as their employer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[184,7,138,181,23,100,88,90,89,198,199,39965,200],"class_list":["post-441430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-saratoga","tag-saratoga-crime-blotter","tag-south-bay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}