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March 7, 2026

Police Briefs – Published Mar. 14

Police Briefs are obtained from the local police departments.

Police locate inmate who walked away from Salinas Valley prisonĀ 

A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation inmate who walked away from the minimum-support facility at Salinas Valley State Prison on Aug. 2 was apprehended Saturday morning in Linda, in Yuba County.

Monterey County begins planning process for Family Justice Center in King City

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office has scheduled a community forum on Thursday to discuss the planning process for creating a Monterey County Family Justice Center, South County Office in King City. Members of the public are encouraged to attend the Sept. 22...

Police Briefs — Published April 5

Police Briefs are obtained from the local police departments.

Drunken driver crashes into Greenfield middle school shed

GREENFIELD — A vehicle crash at Vista Verde Middle School late Saturday night resulted in significant damage to a maintenance shed located on the school grounds. The incident occurred just after 11 p.m. when a vehicle traveling south on the 50 block of 12th Street...

Soledad man sentenced to prison for 4th DUI

SOLEDAD — Soledad resident Enrique Lopez, 30, was sentenced to two years in state prison on Jan. 27 after pleading no contest to driving under the influence. On March 19, 2018, at 12:29 a.m., California Highway Patrol officers observed Lopez traveling westbound in a dark-colored...

Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published March 1, 2023

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. GREENFIELD Feb. 174:09 p.m. Domestic violence and child abuse on 10th St.6:56 p.m. Warrant on Paloma Wy. Feb. 187:12 a.m. Hit-and-run on 13th St.1:46 p.m. Outstanding warrant on Maple Av.2:00 p.m. CPS Referral on 8th St.2:31 p.m....

Photo released of possible suspect vehicle in Heredia homicide

King City Police Department has released a photograph of the possible suspect vehicle involved in the June 2016 murder of Martin Heredia as part of the ongoing investigation.

Jury convicts Soledad man of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated

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SOLEDAD — David Merino Ramirez, 32, of Soledad was convicted by a jury of murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving on a suspended license on Feb. 16. On Aug. 21, 2020, around 9 p.m., Ramirez was driving northbound at speeds exceeding 80 mph...

Soledad, Greenfield search warrants lead to arrests for weapon violations

SOLEDAD — On the morning of June 18, Soledad Police detectives, with assistance from the Greenfield Police Department, Cal Fire, Monterey County Probation Department, California State Parole and members of the South Monterey County Task Force, served two simultaneous search warrants in the cities...

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Salinas man pleads no contest in violent May 2025 domestic incident

SALINAS VALLEY — A Salinas man has pleaded no contest to multiple charges stemming from a May 2025 incident in which he stabbed his...