The man running for the Area 5 seat on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees has been arrested on felony charges.
Curt Wilcox faces felony charges of perjury, improper voter registration and filing a false declaration of candidacy, according to court records.
The charges stem from paperwork he filed in connection with his candidacy for the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees.
He was booked into Santa Cruz County Jail in lieu of $30,000 bail, jail records showed.
It was not immediately clear what led to his arrest or what specifically he is accused of doing.
In an August interview, Wilcox told The Pajaronian that he was living in Shasta County but planned to move to Santa Cruz County. He said he was using his father’s Area 5 address as his mailing address.
Wilcox also said he was seeking the seat despite having no political leadership experience and little knowledge of PVUSD.
County Clerk Tricia Webber said at the time that his paperwork met the legal requirements to run for the seat and that her office does not investigate candidates’ credentials beyond verifying their paperwork.
Wilcox’s daughter-in-law, Brooke Wilcox, previously told The Pajaronian that Wilcox attacked her with a stun gun during a 2017 confrontation as she and her children were preparing to leave property where her family had been living.
She alleged that he shocked her repeatedly, causing her to lose consciousness, and that she suffered a broken foot during the confrontation.
Court records show that Wilcox was convicted in a separate Capitola case stemming from June 2023. The records show a conviction for resisting or deterring an officer, which was later reduced to a misdemeanor, as well as a vandalism charge listed in his sentencing records.
Assistant District Attorney Ilia McKinney did not immediately return a call for comment.
