Crime Reports

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY Oct. 11:24 p.m. Violation of court order on Canal St.10:15 p.m. Bench warrant on Lynn St. Oct. 28:00 a.m. Mail theft on N. First St.10:00 a.m. Violation of court order on Carlson St.4:30...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield resident Eleuterio Dominguez Ortiz, 38, was sentenced on Dec. 19 to 40 years in prison for committing four counts of forcible lewd acts upon a child under 14. “These offenses are serious and violent felonies and considered strikes under California’s Three Strikes...

SOLEDAD — On March 22 and 23, Monterey County Sheriff’s Office deputies assigned to the Patrol Division took reports of a burglary that occurred at a residence in the 300 block of Espinosa Road in Salinas. The incidents occurred on back‐to‐back days and a...

SALINAS VALLEY — A Monterey County judge has ruled that Angel Evans, 18, will be tried as an adult for his alleged role in a deadly shooting spree earlier this year that left six dead and 11 injured in South Monterey County.  Evans was 17...

SOLEDAD — On Sept. 18, a Monterey County jury found David Fernando Hernandez, 34, of Soledad, guilty of felony resisting an officer with force or violence, misdemeanor driving under the influence of a drug, misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance, misdemeanor possession of drug...

GREENFIELD — A traffic stop in Greenfield turned into a pursuit Wednesday afternoon for local officers, with the chase ending safely in the 200 block of 11th Street and the vehicle occupants in handcuffs. Following the pursuit by Greenfield Police, the driver — 25-year-old Juan...

SOLEDAD — In the early morning hours of Dec. 16, Monterey County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) deputies were dispatched to a report of a suspicious vehicle driving through a residential area along the 32000 block of McCoy Road in Soledad. The vehicle was reported to be...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY June 2712:52 p.m. Battery on Wentworth St.4:36 p.m. DUI on N Mildred Av.8:48 p.m. Missing person on Pearl St. June 284:39 a.m. Matter of Record (taser deployment) on Bassett St.9:12 a.m. Disobeying a court order on Bassett...

A victim of a shooting in the area of Vosti Avenue and Fifth Street in Soledad died March 3 at 8:32 a.m., according to the Soledad Police Department.

GONZALES — Tele Matangi, 37, of Pittsburg, was sentenced to 150 years to life in prison on May 29 after being found guilty by a jury of multiple charges arising from a daylong crime spree in September 2023. Matangi was convicted of carjacking, attempted carjacking,...