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Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published April 8, 2026

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Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY March 111:36 a.m. Unlicensed driver on Bernardo Av.12:41 p.m. Violation of court order on Calcagno St.3:54 p.m. Failure to provide insurance on Division St.7:43 p.m. Battery on Broadway St.7;45 p.m. Agency outside assistance on N....

Search warrant leads to Soledad man’s arrest for drug and gun possession

SOLEDAD — A Soledad man was arrested on nearly a dozen gun- and drug-related charges following a multi-agency search warrant operation earlier this month. Officers from the Soledad Police Department, Salinas Valley State Prison, the Correctional Training Facility and the Department of Homeland Security served...

Taylor Farms plans to rebuild Salinas facility after 4-alarm fire

SALINAS — Multiple agencies from across Monterey County responded to a four-alarm fire that severely damaged Taylor Farms’ food production facility in Salinas last Wednesday. The 225,000-square-foot building, located in the 1200 block of Abbott Street, had been closed for the winter but was in...

Greenfield teen arrested for possession of ‘ghost gun’

KING CITY — On March 16, at about 10:13 p.m., officers from the King City Police Department responded to the 400 block of Jayne Street regarding a report of subjects cocking a handgun and getting into a vehicle not known to the area. When officers...

Police Reports | Published Aug. 12, 2020

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY July 288:59 a.m. Petty theft on Broadway St.1:42 p.m. Local bench warrant on Pearl St.3:59 p.m. Property vandalism on S Mildred St.5:32 p.m. Child cruelty/battery on N Vanderhurst Av. July 291:24 p.m. Dog bite on Canyon Del...

Police Reports | Published Jan. 22, 2020

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. GREENFIELD Jan. 138:47 a.m. Missing juvenile on Oak Av.10:45 a.m. Lost property report on 5th St.11:59 a.m. Vehicle registration fraud on Pinnacles Av.11:59 a.m. Possession of burglary tools on Pinnacles Av.2:05 p.m. Lost property report on Paloma...

Police Briefs — Published May 3

Police Briefs are obtained from the local police departments.

Greenfield man gets 30 years-to-life for murder after intentionally running over pedestrian

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GREENFIELD — Greenfield resident Paulo Cesar Alcaraz Ortiz, 27, has been sentenced to 30 years and eight months-to-life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder for intentionally running over Guadalupe Garcia. On Nov. 16, 2021, Ortiz was in a car stolen from a friend’s...

Police Briefs | Published Jan. 2, 2019

Police Briefs are obtained from the local Police Departments.

Jury finds Greenfield man guilty of child abuse

GREENFIELD — A Monterey County jury has found 38-year-old Marcelo De Jesus of Greenfield guilty of child abuse. On Nov. 14, 2019, his 15-year-old daughter skipped school and went to the movies with her friends. When she got home, De Jesus brought her into a...

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Greenfield police seek man wanted for attempted murder

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating Ponciano Guzman Martinez, 39, who is wanted for attempted murder. According to the...