Crime Reports

SOLEDAD — A Monterey County jury has convicted Moises Meraz Espinoza, an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad, of two counts of assault by a life prisoner for two separate, violent stabbings of fellow inmates, announced Monterey County District Attorney’s Office on...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY Aug. 2412:12 p.m. Minor illegally possessing live ammunition. Aug. 2511:38 a.m. Traffic collision on N. Vanderhurst Ave.2:00 p.m. Missing person report on Jayne St9:20 p.m. No vehicle registration on San Antonio Dr.10:01 p.m....

GONZALES — Gonzales Police Department has received a $30,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, aimed to reduce the number of persons killed and injured in crashes involving alcohol and other primary crash factors. The funded...

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...

Police Briefs are obtained from the local police departments.

A spike in violent crimes this month has left two residents dead and two others injured from four shootings reported in King City and Greenfield, and now local investigators are asking for the public’s help in finding those responsible for the gun violence.

SOLEDAD — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the Oct. 14 death of an incarcerated person at Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) in Soledad as a homicide. At about 5:15 p.m., staff observed Orlando Ochoa assaulting Israel Mendoza and responded by utilizing chemical...

Police Reports are obtained from the local Police Departments.

Police Briefs are obtained from the local police departments.

SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County Sheriff’s Office and King City Police Department investigators announced Thursday that they have developed information connecting the deadly mass shooting in King City and the double homicide near Soledad. On March 3, 11 residents were shot during a mass shooting...