Crime Reports

GREENFIELD — Police have arrested two of a dozen suspects involved in the burglary of a Greenfield marijuana facility. According to Greenfield Police Department, 12 suspects showed up in three vehicles at a marijuana facility on Cherry Avenue on March 21. Security staff called 911, and...

SOLEDAD — Law enforcement officials from seven agencies assisted in the arrest of four Watsonville gang members Saturday night following a chase that began in Soledad and ended near Watsonville High School, after the suspects threw four handguns out the windows of the vehicle. According...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield resident Andres Espinoza, 21, was sentenced to four years in state prison on July 27 for last year’s collision that resulted in the death of victim Norbert Azevedo Jr. “The victim’s wife, siblings and two young children gave impact statements to the...

WATSONVILLE — Two Watsonville men were arrested early Tuesday morning on suspicion of fatally shooting a man and a woman near Gonzales on Oct. 23. David Ireta-Reyes, 24, and William Garcia-Fuentes, 25, were arrested on $2 million warrants, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said. On Oct....

GREENFIELD — A Greenfield police officer has been convicted of battery for attacking his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend while off-duty during a party in May 2022, announced Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni on Thursday. Christian Tapia-Leon, 31, an officer employed by the Greenfield Police Department,...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY Sept. 128:00 a.m. Vehicle towed (parked over 72-hours) on S Vanderhurst Av.8:00 a.m. Vehicle towed (parked over 72-hours on Broadway St.11:35 a.m. DUI on Jayne St.11:43 a.m. APS Report on Bassett St.6:00 p.m. Burglary on Bluff...

A spike in violent crimes this month has left two residents dead and two others injured from four shootings reported in King City and Greenfield, and now local investigators are asking for the public’s help in finding those responsible for the gun violence.

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...