Crime Reports

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. SOLEDAD Feb. 278:27 p.m. Traffic violation on Front St.10:52 p.m. Possession of drugs on Palm Av. Feb. 2812:42 p.m. Domestic violence on Larkspur St.3:58 p.m. Info Report (person) on Main St. March 16:23 p.m. Domestic Violence on Gardenia...

SOLEDAD — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is placing Level IV high-security sections within its facilities — including Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad — on modified program in response to a surge in violence against staff and incarcerated persons, effective March...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. SOLEDAD Feb. 163:29 a.m. Possession of drugs, violation of probation on H De La Rosa Sr St.2:40 p.m. Assault on Third St.6:11 p.m. Codes and Ordinances violation on Front St.9:32 p.m. Attempted burglary on Market St. Feb....

KING CITY — King City Police Department has announced that Adrian Vasquez Martinez, a 22-year-old resident of Greenfield, was arrested on Feb. 27 in connection with a shooting that occurred last year. King City detectives, along with officers from the Greenfield Police Department and the...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. SOLEDAD Feb. 17:47 a.m. Misconduct on Front St.5:57 p.m. Domestic violence on Vosti Av.10:28 p.m. Domestic violence on Malmfeldt Cr.11:25 p.m. Domestic violence on West St. Feb. 211:17 a.m. Misconduct on Gabilan Dr.3:12 p.m. Shoplifting on H...

GREENFIELD — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced Feb. 21 that Greenfield resident Gustavo Espinoza Villalobos, 33, has been sentenced to 25-years-to-life in state prison by Superior Court Judge Mark Hood. On Dec. 13, 2024, a jury found Villalobos guilty of three counts of lewd...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY Jan. 282:05 p.m. Domestic Violence on Meyer St.10:09 p.m. Unlicensed driver on Broadway St. Jan. 299:45 a.m. Driving without a license on Amherst Dr.10:48 a.m. Annoying phone calls on Broadway St.12:00 p.m. CPS Report on...

GREENFIELD — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced Feb. 5 that Noel Aguilera Ledesma, 43, currently a resident of Yuma, Ariz., has been arrested and charged with the cold-case murder of his ex-girlfriend, Yvette Martinez, in 2010. On Oct. 10, 2010, a vehicle was discovered...

GONZALES — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced Feb. 7 that Manuel Basaldua, 34, of Gonzales has been arrested and charged with felony DUI charges from on an incident on May 12, 2024. Basaldua, vice principal at an elementary school in Salinas, has been charged...

UPDATE (Feb. 21): On Feb. 20 at about 3:38 p.m., Soledad Police were notified by Flock cameras that the suspect vehicle had entered the city. Officers reviewed the footage and located the vehicle parked at the suspects’ residence. Police surrounded the home and safely...