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Soledad man sentenced to 6 years in prison for child molestation

SOLEDAD — Soledad resident Giovanni Lopez Orozco, 25, was sentenced on June 24 to six years in prison for committing one count of lewd...
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Travel nurse gets 40 years to life in prison for child...

GREENFIELD — Travis Harris, a 40-year-old travel nurse from Scotts Valley, was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison on June 4 after...
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Salinas Valley State Prison inmate sentenced to life without parole for...

SOLEDAD — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced April 30 that Salinas Valley State Prison inmate Juan Jose Bueno, 30, was sentenced to serve...
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Salinas Valley State Prison inmate gets life sentence for murdering fellow...

SOLEDAD — Salinas Valley State Prison inmate Jaime Demicio Romero, 32, was sentenced to serve a term of 45 years to life in prison,...
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Greenfield man convicted of first-degree murder for 2020 shooting

GREENFIELD — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced April 18 that a jury convicted 21-year-old Greenfield resident Jonathan Rojas of first-degree murder. On Dec. 31,...
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Travel nurse found guilty of child molestation in Greenfield

GREENFIELD — Travis Harris, a 40-year-old travel nurse from Scotts Valley, was found guilty by a jury on several charges related to child molestation,...
County of Monterey

Monterey County to honor crime victims with courthouse ceremony, dove release...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Join members of the community in honoring victims of crime on Friday, April 11, from 12 to 1 p.m. at the...
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Salinas Valley State Prison inmate sentenced to life in prison for...

SOLEDAD — A Monterey County judge sentenced Tyrone Owens, 41, an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad, to a total term of...
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Man charged with murdering ex-girlfriend from Greenfield in 2010 cold case

GREENFIELD — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced Feb. 5 that Noel Aguilera Ledesma, 43, currently a resident of Yuma, Ariz., has been arrested...
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Salinas vice principal from Gonzales faces DUI charges

GONZALES — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced Feb. 7 that Manuel Basaldua, 34, of Gonzales has been arrested and charged with felony DUI...

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Valenzuela named new Soledad chief of police

SOLEDAD — City of Soledad has announced the appointment of Patrick G. Valenzuela as its new chief of police. Valenzuela comes to Soledad from the...