Crime Reports

Police Briefs are obtained from the local Police Departments.

Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System (SVMHS) is offering a free presentation on how to avoid becoming the victim of scams and financial exploitation.

A teacher at Vista Verde Middle School in Greenfield was arrested last week for sexual misconduct with a minor.

An Army helicopter blew down two tent structures at Fort Hunter Liggett last Wednesday night, injuring 22 soldiers at the base.

An inmate who walked away from a minimum security facility at Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) in Soledad was apprehended Sept. 16 in San Francisco, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).

SOLEDAD — Former Soledad resident Ramon Rangel Mendoza, 60, was sentenced to 25 years in the state prison after he pleaded no contest to three felony counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old, involving force or duress. FULL STORY:...

Police Briefs are obtained from the local police departments.

Police Briefs are obtained from the local Police Departments.

A spike in violent crimes this month has left two residents dead and two others injured from four shootings reported in King City and Greenfield, and now local investigators are asking for the public’s help in finding those responsible for the gun violence.

Gonzales city officials formally submitted a response on Monday to a Grand Jury report that found law enforcement agencies in Monterey County lacked the adequate resources for rape kit testing. The city is required by law to respond to the report.