Crime Reports

SOLEDAD — Detectives from Soledad Police Department have arrested 34-year-old Main Street Middle School teacher Marina Ramirez Rico for having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old male former student. During an investigation on a different case, a video was located “showing the two engaged in...

GREENFIELD — A Greenfield teenager was arrested last week for drunken driving and other charges following a police pursuit on Highway 101. On Saturday evening, Oct. 1, a patrol officer observed a vehicle driving in an unsafe manner and “believed the driver to be under...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY Dec. 316:00 a.m. Stolen vehicle on N Vanderhurst Av.9:06 a.m. Telephonic harassment on Broadway St.1:40 p.m. Violation of probation on Broadway St. Jan. 13:19 p.m. Petty Theft on Rio Vista Dr.3:24 p.m. Violation of probation...

SALINAS VALLEY — Local authorities served three search warrants in South Monterey County last week that resulted in three arrests and the seizure of four pistols and one semi-automatic assault rifle. Just before 5 a.m. on Aug. 4, officers from the Greenfield and Soledad police...

Police Briefs are obtained from the local police departments.

GREENFIELD — A Monterey County jury found Greenfield resident Imeldo Ramirez Merino guilty of first-degree murder on Oct. 14. The jury also found true a special circumstance that Merino, 28, intentionally killed Benito Godinez Canales by means of lying in wait with personal use of...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Police Department and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) conducted a search warrant June 10 at the residence of a known gang member involved in sales of illegal narcotics in the 1200 block of Greenleaf Loop in Greenfield. The search warrant resulted...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. GREENFIELD March 1510:44 a.m. Traffic violation on Pepper Dr.3:00 p.m. Child molestation on El Camino Real.4:39 p.m. Assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse on Scott Cr.6:46 p.m. Battery and petty theft on...