Crime Reports

A gunman opened fire Sunday evening on the last day of the Gilroy Garlic Festival, killing three people and injuring 12 others at Christmas Hill Park before police shot and killed him.

SOLEDAD — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are searching for a minimum-security inmate who walked away from Salinas Valley State Prison’s Minimum Support Facility in Soledad on Tuesday. FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/cdcr-officials-search-for-inmate-who-walked-away-from-salinas-valley-state-prison/

Police briefs are obtained from the local police departments.

A former Soledad High School teacher was sentenced this week to 280 days in county jail and three years of probation for having unlawful sexual intercourse with an underage student.

On April 11, Francisco Napoles Medina, 54, of Watsonville, was found guilty by a jury of felony driving under the influence of alcohol with three prior DUI convictions, two of which were felonies.

Police Briefs are obtained from the local Police Departments.

Police Briefs are obtained from the local police departments.

Police Briefs are obtained from the local Police Departments.

Police Briefs are obtained from the local Police Departments.

SOLEDAD — A Soledad High School senior who was set to graduate in June died this past weekend after ingesting a lethal dose of fentanyl. “Over the weekend our community suffered another tragedy due to a narcotic overdose,” Soledad Police said on social media Monday. Officers...