Crime Reports

SOLEDAD — Salinas Valley State Prison officials are investigating the May 31 death of 25-year-old inmate Elazer Black as a homicide. FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/salinas-valley-state-prison-investigating-inmate-death-as-murder/

Police Briefs are obtained from the local police departments.

Police Briefs are obtained from the local Police Departments.

SAN JOSE — A Soledad police officer died in an off-duty motorcycle crash in San Jose last Sunday morning. According to the California Highway Patrol, Cpl. Kevin McArthur was riding his Yamaha motorcycle on the connecting ramp from southbound Highway 87 to southbound Highway 85...

A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation inmate who walked away from the minimum-support facility at Salinas Valley State Prison on Aug. 2 was apprehended Saturday morning in Linda, in Yuba County.

As the Central Coast transitions into spring and summer, CAL FIRE has suspended all burn permits within the State Responsibility Area and Local Responsibility Areas under contract with CAL FIRE, in San Benito and Monterey counties.

Police Briefs are obtained from the local Police Departments.

Police Briefs are obtained from the local police departments.

Note to Readers: Following Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. GREENFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT Sept. 308:15 a.m. Vandalism report on Pinot Av.8:57 a.m. Suspicious circumstances on Oak Av.10:19 a.m. False pretenses report on Pasque Av.4:35 p.m. Suspicious circumstances on S El Camino Real.7:10 p.m. Domestic...

Joel Antonio Hernandez, 32, of Soledad, was sentenced to five years for vehicle theft by Monterey Superior Court Judge Pamela Butler on March 15.