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July 9, 2025

Monterey County DA’s Office warns against rental property scams

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MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office is alerting Monterey County residents and visitors that an increase in scams have affected renters and properties for rent. The scams vary in sophistication but share the same core fraud: the suspect will pose as the property...

Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published May 10, 2023

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. GREENFIELD May 110:30 a.m. Suspicious circumstances on Vazquez Av.11:00 a.m. Found property on El Camino Real.7:00 p.m. Hit-and-run on St. Charles Pl. May 28:00 a.m. Theft on Cedar Dr.2:01 p.m. Found property (wallet) on Hicks Dr.3:01 p.m. Traffic...

Shooting kills 2 Friday night in Soledad

SOLEDAD — Soledad Police Department is investigating a shooting that killed two people and injured another person Friday night. Officers responded to the report of a possible shooting at the 200 block of Eighth Street at about 9:24 p.m. on April 15. Police said multiple...

Chauvin verdict reverberates across California

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,...

Greenfield man gets 42 years in prison for child molestation

GREENFIELD — Greenfield resident Juan Hernandez Velasco was sentenced on June 7 to 42 years in prison for committing three counts of forcible lewd acts upon a child under 14 years old and two counts of lewd acts upon a child under 14 years...

Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published June 15, 2022

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY May 2312:08 a.m. Dead body found on S Second St.8:11 a.m. Vehicle towed (illegal blocking of an entrance) on Spruce Dr.11:43 a.m. Falsely identifying oneself to a police officer on Broadway St.2:20 p.m....

Jury convicts Soledad man of engaging in lewd acts, raping unconscious child

SOLEDAD — On May 3, a Monterey County jury found Soledad resident Raul Arroyo, 64, guilty of numerous lewd acts with a child between the ages of 14 and 15, and raping that same child when she was unconscious. In 2014, the victim, who was...

Jury finds Greenfield man guilty of child abuse

GREENFIELD — A Monterey County jury has found 38-year-old Marcelo De Jesus of Greenfield guilty of child abuse. On Nov. 14, 2019, his 15-year-old daughter skipped school and went to the movies with her friends. When she got home, De Jesus brought her into a...

Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published Oct. 30, 2024

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY Sept. 2611:30 a.m. Bench warrant on Broadway St.11:45 a.m. Fight at school on Broadway St.1:13 p.m. Possession of a controlled substance on S. Mildred Ave.3:00 p.m. Fight at school on Broadway St.5:00 p.m....

Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published Feb. 8, 2023

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. GREENFIELD Jan. 3012:46 a.m. Shoplifting on Walnut Av.3:35 a.m. Burglary on 8th St.9:06 a.m. Hit-and-run traffic collision on Heidi Dr.2:30 p.m. Fraud on Calaveras Wy. Jan. 311:41 p.m. Vehicle towed (parked over 72-hours) on 9th St. Feb....

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Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published July 2, 2025

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. SOLEDAD June 182:49 p.m. Traffic violation on Front St. June 199:36 a.m. Found property (gun magazine)...