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The Salinas Californian
April 25, 2018
A driver searching for a pair of headphones caused a fatal three-vehicle crash on Highway 101 in south Salinas Tuesday morning, authorities say. Three other ... Traffic had been slowing down before the crash due to a lane closure by California Department of Transportation work crews, Madueno said.
KSBW The Central Coast
April 19, 2018
Police identified the three arrested Greenfield gangsters as Gerardo Salas Jr., 20, Johnathan Davila, 20, and Michael Steven Gutierrez, 26,. Officers seized 42 grams of cocaine, two pounds of marijuana, and $1,500 in cash. They also found a clandestine BHO lab. Gutierrez, Salas, and Davila were arrestedÃâà...
The Salinas Californian
April 18, 2018
Salinas police say they arrested two men after they allegedly threw a stolen gun out of their vehicle as officers prepared to pull them over. The driver, Diego Aranjo Hernandez, 21, and his passenger Carlos Oliva Hernandez, 21, face gun charges after police arrested them Sunday afternoon, officers said inÃâà...
KSBW The Central Coast
April 17, 2018
During 2015, teachers, neighbors, and family members called Monterey County Child Protective Services and Salinas police several times, but Shaun ... When Huntsman, Curiel, the twins, and the oldest Tara sibling got into an SUV to suddenly move to Quincy, Calif., the twins smelled a terrible odor in theÃâà...
KSBW The Central Coast
April 3, 2018
A Monterey County Juvenile Hall officer is accused of sexually molesting a 15-year-old girl while she was an inmate, Salinas police said Tuesday. The victim told Juvenile Hall staff in Salinas that a 44-year-old juvenile institutions officer, Jesus Alvarez, " inappropriately touched her over a period of severalÃâà...
The Salinas Californian
April 2, 2018
A former Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System employee has sued a cardiologist at the hospital for allegedly fondling her breasts during a ... that as soon as it was made aware of the issues, the hospital informed the Salinas Police Department as well as the California Department of Public Health.
KTVU San Francisco
April 1, 2018
SALINAS, Calif. (BCN) - Salinas police are asking for the public's help in identifying a pair of suspects who passed off six bad checks at several CVS Pharmacy ... Police are asking anyone who may recognize the suspects to contact Detective Byron Gansen at (831) 758-7137 or byrong@ci.salinas.ca.us.
The Salinas Californian
March 30, 2018
A man shot by Salinas police while wielding a samurai sword in mid-February has pleaded no contest to assault and weapons charges. Javier Rodriguez, 45, had been accused of wielding a sword at officers who responded after he'd fired a gun into the air, said Danielle VanDamme, a deputy districtÃâà...
The Salinas Californian
March 30, 2018
He supported the California International Airshow Salinas, Rancho Cielo, California Rodeo Salinas, the Salinas Valley Half-Marathon, said Craig. Business owner Don Chapin called him a "pillar in the community" who nonetheless was approachable by anyone. "Giving back to the community was a priorityÃâà...
KSBW The Central Coast
March 30, 2018
A statement from SVMH reads: "Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System recognizes the serious nature of these allegations. As soon as the Healthcare System was made aware of the issues raised here, we informed the Salinas Police Department as well as the California Department of Public Health.
The Salinas Californian
March 30, 2018
Prosecutor Steve Somers said the complex nature of the case, which spans counties across Northern California, contributed to the case's lengthy timeline. In addition, both defendants have previously changed defense attorneys, who then had to review evidence that includes almost 7,000 pages of policeÃâà...
KTLA
March 27, 2018
Salinas residents Oscar Morales Camacho Sr., 63, and his 34-year-old son Oscar Maravilla Camacho Jr. stand accused of participating in a “straw purchase” ... The ATF has previously warned Southern California police chiefs that illegal firearm sales are an “emerging problem” for officers, the Los AngelesÃâà...
Patch.com
March 27, 2018
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — Two veteran Gardena Police Department officers, one of them a resident of northwestern Riverside County, are facing federal ... The indictment alleges that Oscar Morales Camacho Sr., 63, of Salinas, falsely certified that he was purchasing a firearm for himself in a 2017Ãâà...
Los Angeles Times
March 26, 2018
Previously, the ATF issued a memorandum to Southern California police chiefs warning that sales of illegal firearms is an "emerging problem" for officers. The two Gardena ... In fact, he was buying the gun for his son, Oscar Maravilla Camacho Jr., 34, also of Salinas, according to the indictment. Camacho Jr.
The Salinas Californian
March 25, 2018
Three people in Salinas have been arrested after authorities say they caught the trio with a stolen vehicle, five shotguns and a stolen license plate. Christopher Michael Watts, 52, Ha Ngoc Tran, 52, and Rickey Dinola, 36, were arrested after police and officers with the Peninsula Regional Violence andÃâà...
SFGate
March 20, 2018
Spike TV is taking its long-running reality TV show "Cops" out to the wild, wild west — of Sonoma County, California. ... Sonoma County sheriff's office, Santa Rosa police are looking forward to the production, following recommendations from former "Cops" hosts, police departments in Salinas and Stockton.
KSBW The Central Coast
March 20, 2018
SALINAS, Calif. —. Two elderly women were hit and dragged by a car in the parking lot of Walmart in Salinas Monday afternoon. One died from her injuries. Salinas police said two women, ages 80 and 87, were walking behind a parked car when the driver attempted to back out of a parking space.
The Salinas Californian
March 20, 2018
Anyone with information that may assist in this investigation is asked to contact the Salinas Police Investigations Bureau at 831-758-7226 or Detective Gabriela Garibay at gabriega@ci.salinas.ca.us. To remain anonymous, call the Salinas Police Department Anonymous Tip Line at 831-775-4222 or theÃâà...
The Salinas Californian
March 19, 2018
One woman is dead and another in serious condition after being dragged underneath a vehicle in the Wal-Mart parking lot, Salinas police say. Officers say they went to the Wal-Mart, 1375 N. Davis Road, Monday afternoon after receiving reports of a crash. There, they found two women, ages 80 and 87,Ãâà...
WFMY News 2
March 18, 2018
SALINAS, Calif. — Police announced Friday morning that a bus driver for the Salinas Union High School District is in custody on five charges relating to the alleged rapes of special needs children over the last 10 years, reports CBS San Francisco. Police reportedly began an investigation of Bill Harvey, 58,Ãâà...
CBS San Francisco Bay Area
March 17, 2018
SALINAS (CBS SF) — Police announced Friday morning that a bus driver for the Salinas Union High School District is in custody on five charges ... with information on the Harvey case should call the investigations bureau at (831) 758-7226 or Detective Gabriela Garibay at gabriega@ci.salinas.ca.us.
Monterey County Herald
March 10, 2018
Bernal's convictions include his third and fourth strike offenses under California's three-strikes law. The Salinas Police Department recovered a large amount of property from Bernal's residence and is actively seeking to reunite victims with stolen property. If you were the victim of a residential or vehicleÃâà...
The Salinas Californian
March 9, 2018
A man who broke into homes and cars in Toro Park and Salinas during a 2016 crime spree has been sentenced to 85 years to life in prison. During the multitude of burglaries, Ramon Bernal, 34, used his young daughter as a decoy while breaking into cars in Oldtown and he also pulled a knife on a familyÃâà...
KSBW The Central Coast
March 7, 2018
Mozingo said the group paid a Salinas man $100 to assault Dallas in a Carmel bar. The group planned to record the fight on video to make it appear as though the mayor had engaged in a bar brawl. The Salinas man's attack was thwarted by a retired police officer who happened to also be in the bar at thatÃâà...
KSBW The Central Coast
March 5, 2018
Salinas Police is asking anyone who may have information regarding this murder, or may have seen a vehicle fleeing the area to contact Detective CiroBarbosa at (831) 758-7145 or at cirob@ci.salinas.ca.us;or Detective Alberto Duran at (831) 758-7130 or at albertod@ci.salinas.ca.us. If you would like toÃâà...
CBS San Francisco Bay Area
March 4, 2018
SALINAS (CBS SF) — A fatal shooting Sunday afternoon in Salinas is being investigated as gang-related, police said. Officers responded at about 12:15 p.m. to ShotSpotter activity near Eisenhower and Arthur streets. As officers were on their way, police received several calls from people who saidÃâà...
KSBW The Central Coast
March 4, 2018
Salinas Police looking for missing 'at-risk' Salinas man. Share ... Calif. —. The Salinas Police Department is requesting assistance from the public in locating 23 year old Travis Walker. ... Walker lives in Salinas and is considered at-risk because he has not taken needed medication since he was last seen.
The Salinas Californian
March 3, 2018
Soledad police are investigating the killing of a man who died after he was found shot in a front yard Saturday morning. Police say the man, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of his family, was taken to Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, where he was pronounced dead. Officers wereÃâà...
KSBW The Central Coast
February 28, 2018
The aunt of a 6-year-old boy and 3-year-old girl who died after suffering brutal beatings and starvation in a Salinas apartment pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-degree premeditated murder and torture. While shaking and crying in court, Tami Joy Huntsman admitted that the 2015 killings of her niece andÃâà...
The Salinas Californian
February 27, 2018
A 15-year-old boy is in Monterey County Juvenile Hall after showing two girls an Airsoft gun and threatening to shoot them, according to Salinas police. Just before 7 p.m. Monday, Salinas police responded to reports of a threat with a gun at La Paz Middle School on North Sanborn Road. Two girls, ages 13Ãâà...
KRON4.com
February 27, 2018
Yet it appears that ICE selectively targets Latino neighborhoods, subjects people engaged in innocent activities to coercive questioning, and tricks people into opening their doors by misrepresenting themselves as local police. The people of California should make sure they document any interactions withÃâà...
The Salinas Californian
February 19, 2018
A Salinas man died in a motorcycle crash at San Juan Grade Road and Van Buren Avenue on Sunday afternoon. Around 12:15 p.m., Salinas police responded to the collision, and upon arrival, officers found that a Mazda had hit a motorcycle, according to Salinas police. The motorcycle driver, RudyÃâà...
KSBW The Central Coast
February 18, 2018
The motorcyclist killed in a Salinas accident Sunday afternoon has been identified as 34-year old Salinas resident Rudy Moreno. The accident ... The Salinas Police department said that the motorcyclist collided with a vehicle around 1 p.m. The motorcyclist was transported to the hospital but did not survive.
The Salinas Californian
February 17, 2018
A King City man was found dead from a gunshot wound and police are asking the public for information in connection with his death. King City police found Juan Manuel Ceja, 22, dead in ... More: Salinas Police ID 14-year-old boy killed in Russell Road shooting. More: DA: Man guilty of killing Salinas teen,Ãâà...
The Salinas Californian
February 17, 2018
Salinas police shot a man armed with a sword during a domestic disturbance in the 700 block of Jefferson Street around 8:45 p.m. on Friday night. That evening, a person went to Javier Rodriguez's home on Jefferson Street after hearing a dispute between Rodriguez and his girlfriend, said Monterey CountyÃâà...
KRON4.com
February 16, 2018
On Feb. 4, police responded to a disturbance on Kern Street in Salinas where family members of a 14-year-old girl were trying to grab her back from a car. And they did, discovering she had been victim to trafficking. Police identified one suspect as Daniel Amaro, and further investigations led to the arrestsÃâà...
KSBW The Central Coast
February 15, 2018
The girls were also taken outside of Salinas. "One of the areas was San Jose, where victims were given drugs and made to walk one of the malls while Amaro solicited possible purchasers," police said. Amaro was tracked down in Ceres, Calif. and Ceres Police Department officers arrested him during aÃâà...
Patch.com
February 14, 2018
Shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday staff members at the Salinas Valley State Prison who were performing security checks noticed Argueta lying on the floor in his cell, prison officials said. An alarm was sounded and responding staff immediately removed Argueta from the cell and began administering life-savingÃâà...
Patch.com
February 14, 2018
SALINAS, CA — A 25-year-old Salinas resident who was found guilty of two first-degree murders in November was sentenced today to life in prison, Monterey County prosecutors said ... Police finally arrested Azcona after a 12-hour standoff on Oct. 8, 2015, during which he hid in the crawlspace of a Salinas
The Salinas Californian
February 2, 2018
Salinas' homicide rate remained the highest in California for the first half of 2017, according to preliminary statistics from the Federal Bureau of ... Police investigate the scene of a quadruple shooting in Chinatown last year. ... On that front, Salinas' crime rate looks much better than California, Males said.
89.3 KPCC
February 1, 2018
A Los Angeles police spokesman says a middle-school shooting that wounded four children was unintentional. Spokesman Josh ... Diego Salinas had just dropped his 12-year-old sister at the school and was stunned when she called minutes later to say there had been a shooting. "There were so manyÃâà...
The Salinas Californian
January 18, 2018
Police have identified a 14-year-old boy who died after being shot while walking home on Russell Road Wednesday night. Enrique Sosa, of Salinas, died after the shooting Wednesday evening, Salinas police said in a press release Thursday. The homicide is the first one in Salinas this year. Sosa was aÃâà...
KSBW The Central Coast
December 31, 1999
A jury reached a speedy verdict Monday that determined the fate of Gonzalo Curiel, the man accused of torturing, starving, and beating three young children for months in their Salinas apartment. A jury found Curiel guilty of murdering 3-year-old Delylah Tara and 7-year-old Shaun Tara, and guilty ofÃâà...
KSBW The Central Coast
December 31, 1999
A Salinas bus driver, employed by the largest school district in Monterey County, has been charged with rape, kidnapping and stalking after police say he sexually assaulted two special needs students who rode his bus. Bill Harvey, 58, was employed by the Salinas Union High School District. He wasÃâà...
CBS 8 San Diego
December 31, 1999
SALINAS, Calif. — A teacher accidentally fired a gun Tuesday during a class about public safety at a California classroom, police say. Seaside High School teacher Dennis Alexander inadvertently fired one shot off at 1:20 p.m., according to a press release from the Seaside Police Department. He wasÃâà...
KSBW The Central Coast
December 31, 1999
Seven Salinas police officers responded to the school. Parents felt upset that they were not notified by school officials of the threat. No one answered the phone when they called to find out what happened, parents said. By 1 p.m., a long line of waiting, worried mothers and fathers stretched outside theÃâà...
The Salinas Californian
December 31, 1999
It is the fourth homicide of the year being investigated by Salinas police. Anyone who may have information regarding this murder, or may have seen a vehicle fleeing the area, is asked to contact Det. Ciro Barbosa at (831) 758-7145 or cirob@ci.salinas.ca.us; or Det. Alberto Duran at (831) 758-7130 orÃâà...
The Salinas Californian
December 31, 1999
The shooting occurred on Simas Street, just off Market Street, around 8:15 p.m., said Salinas Police Cmdr. Vince Mairoana. A nearby church, which was hosting an event for youth, was temporarily placed on lockdown as police responded to the scene. Preliminary investigation indicates the man was shotÃâà...
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