Crime Reports

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced July 22 that four owners of local smoke shops and markets throughout Monterey County have paid civil penalties for unlawfully selling flavored tobacco products, among other violations of law. The sale of flavored tobacco products is...

Police Briefs are obtained from the local police departments.

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY Aug. 279:22 a.m. Mental Health Hold on S Vanderhurst Av.6:23 p.m. Driving on a suspended license on Broadway St.10:23 p.m. Reckless driving on S Mildred Av.11:06 p.m. Battery on a cohabitant on...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Police Department has received a $65,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to support its ongoing enforcement and education programs to help reduce the number of serious injuries and deaths on local roads. “We are grateful to receive this...

SOLEDAD — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office has announced that a man is recovering in the hospital following a Soledad police-involved shooting that occurred late Thursday night near the 1700 block of Vosti Avenue in Soledad. At about 11:38 p.m. on Nov. 14, Soledad Police...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY June 11:06 a.m. Unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia on HWY 101.6:01 p.m. Battery on a cohabitant on San Antonio Dr.8:40 p.m. Missing person/recovery report on Pearl St.9:16 p.m. Burglary on San Antonio Dr.9:56 p.m. Burglary on...

SOLEDAD — Soledad resident Giovanni Lopez Orozco, 25, was sentenced on June 24 to six years in prison for committing one count of lewd act upon a child under 14 years. “This offense is a serious and violent felony and is considered a strike under...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. SOLEDAD Oct. 311:39 a.m. Violation of probation on Main St.11:11 a.m. Info Report (assault) on Main St. Nov. 18:24 p.m. Traffic violation on Gabilan Dr.11:23 p.m. Civil matters on West St. Nov. 21:27 p.m. Burglary on Kidder St.3:28 p.m....

SOLEDAD — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced Nov. 18 that Michael Ellison, an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) in Soledad, was convicted by a jury of murder, attempted murder of a peace officer and attempted murder, all in the first degree. Ellison,...

BIG SUR — A Monterey County judge has found 31-year-old Ivan Gomez guilty of starting the Big Sur Dolan Fire, which seriously injured a firefighter and destroyed multiple residences, as well as throwing rocks at a vehicle, cultivating marijuana and 12 counts of animal...