Crime Reports

SOLEDAD — A man was taken into custody Tuesday after allegedly setting multiple fires in Soledad, according to the Soledad Police Department. At about 4:49 a.m. on Sept. 8, Soledad police officers responded to the area of H. De La Rosa and Front Street after...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY July 2612:00 a.m. Assault on Broadway St.8:12 a.m. Resisting arrest on Division St.11:20 p.m. Probation violation on Canal St. July 2712:19 a.m. Battery on peace office and drunk in public on Broadway St.6:30 a.m. Vandalism on...

GREENFIELD — A Greenfield man was sentenced to four years in state prison after pleading guilty to three residential burglaries committed in the city earlier this year, according to the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office. On Aug. 28, a judge sentenced Omar Onofre, 22, on...

GREENFIELD — An 18-year-old man suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound last Thursday after police said he accidentally shot himself at a residence on Palm Avenue. Greenfield police officers responded to the 1000 block of Palm Avenue after receiving a report of a possible domestic disturbance...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County has received a $250,000 federal grant to continue efforts aimed at preventing youth violence, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren announced Aug. 18. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Preventing Violence Affecting Young Lives, or...

GREENFIELD — Two additional suspects have been arrested in connection with this month’s violent group assault on Bianco Way that left an 18-year-old Chualar resident with serious head injuries, Greenfield police said. On Aug. 26, Jeremiah Joel Rodriguez, 18, of Salinas, was booked into the...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY July 168:53 a.m. Mental Health Crisis on Broadway St.4:41 p.m. Hit-and-run (resulting in injury or death) on Broadway St.5:03 p.m. Mental Health Crisis on Broadway St.5:53 p.m. Mental Health Crisis on Sycamore St.6:41 p.m. Drunk...

SOLEDAD — A state prison inmate serving a life sentence was convicted last Tuesday of assault with a deadly weapon for stabbing a correctional officer at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad, according to the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office. Curtis Hemphill, 57, was convicted...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield police arrested a Salinas man after investigators determined he was involved in a violent assault that left an 18-year-old Chualar resident with serious head injuries following an underage house party Friday night. Officers were dispatched at about 10:09 p.m. on Aug. 21...