Crime Reports

GREENFIELD — A Soledad man was arrested May 5 after Greenfield police officers reportedly found a loaded handgun inside his vehicle during an investigation on Ninth Street. Officers with the Greenfield Police Department responded shortly after 8 p.m. to the 100 block of Ninth Street...

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...

A teacher at Vista Verde Middle School in Greenfield was arrested last week for sexual misconduct with a minor.

Police Briefs are obtained from the local police departments.

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. GREENFIELD Dec. 99:06 a.m. Vehicle vandalism on Elm Av.9:12 a.m. Stolen vehicle on Walnut Av.3:16 p.m. Felony warrant on Walnut Av.6:16 p.m. Petty theft on El Camino Real.7:27 p.m. Probation violation on El Camino Real.9:33...

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...

SOLEDAD — SPCA Monterey County is currently caring for nine pet fantail pigeons who were found abandoned on the side of Highway 146 in Soledad last week.  SPCA humane officers are seeking information about the person who abandoned the birds.  In the evening on Aug. 10,...

On Tuesday, Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted of murdering George Floyd, the Black man whose death under Chauvin’s knee led to a nationwide uprising against police brutality last summer. The news was met with a kind of collective sigh of relief,...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. GREENFIELD April 2110:06 a.m. Mental Health Hold on Meadow Cr. April 226:53 a.m. Suspicious circumstances on S. El Camino Real.10:14 a.m. Municipal code violation (dog license) on Blanco Wy.10:22 a.m. Mental Health Hold on Elmwood Dr.12:33 p.m. Oral...

GONZALES — On March 14, a jury found Tele Matangi, 37, of Pittsburg, guilty of multiple charges arising from a daylong crime spree in September 2023. Matangi was convicted of carjacking, attempted carjacking, residential burglary, first-degree robbery, shooting at an occupied motor vehicle, being a...