Crime Reports

SALINAS — Two former employees of a Taylor Farms subsidiary have pleaded no contest to embezzling more than $3 million from the company and will serve state prison sentences, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced June 17. Karen Rodriguez, 38, and Elizabeth Vargas, 34,...

GONZALES — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced Feb. 7 that Manuel Basaldua, 34, of Gonzales has been arrested and charged with felony DUI charges from on an incident on May 12, 2024. Basaldua, vice principal at an elementary school in Salinas, has been charged...

SOLEDAD — Soledad police arrested an 18-year-old man Monday after officers responded to a report of a possible residential burglary and recovered a loaded handgun along his reported path of flight. Officers were dispatched at about 12:50 p.m. on Aug. 17 to the 500 block...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY Nov. 281:02 a.m. Matter of Record on Broadway St.1:37 p.m. Violation of a protective order on Calcagno St.1:57 p.m. Assault with a deadly weapon/criminal threats on Sussex Wy.4:57 p.m. Hit-and-run on N Vanderhurst...

GREENFIELD — Authorities recovered the body of a man Monday after a vehicle was discovered partially submerged in the Arroyo Seco River west of Greenfield, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office. The incident began Sunday, April 12, at about 4:30 p.m., when a kayaker...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY Dec. 2010:45 a.m. Outside Agency Assistance on Orchard St.1:53 p.m. Lost property on Bassett St.3:08 p.m. Petty Theft on N Russ Av.3:35 p.m. Under the influence of a controlled substance on Broadway Cl.11:00 p.m. Grand...

GONZALES — Gonzales Police Department completed the final day of training the entire police department on the Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) program on Nov. 30.   The ABLE training program was spearheaded in Gonzales by Capt. Juan Mendoza and Sgt. Kip Bowen, who...

MONTEREY COUNTY — A 23-year veteran of the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against his former employer alleging he was illegally fired after helping to form a union, refusing to endorse candidates for sheriff and opposing the sexual harassment of...

SALINAS VALLEY — Last Sunday, Oct. 2, the Information and Technology Resources (ITR) team at Hartnell College detected abnormal network activity that prompted a manual network shutdown.  Currently, Hartnell College is working with third-party forensic incident response specialists and federal law enforcement to investigate this...