Crime Reports

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. GREENFIELD Dec. 124:08 a.m. Death by natural causes on Hutchinson Dr.9:00 a.m. Assisted CHP in a pursuit on S/B Hwy 101.10:05 a.m. Battery (on a school employee) on Elm Av.1:54 p.m. Vehicle towed (expired registration over...

LOCKWOOD — Lockwood resident Michael David Paulsen pleaded guilty to three counts of committing forcible lewd acts upon a child under 14 years of age.  Monterey County Judge Rafael Vazquez will sentence Paulsen, 62, on Feb. 13 to a stipulated sentence of 30 years in...

KING CITY — Sgt. Anthony Shaw and Officer Cody Hughes from the King City Police Department have been awarded the Medal of Merit for their bravery and heroism following the investigation of an armed robbery incident last June. Shaw and Hughes each received their medal...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. GREENFIELD Oct. 218:22 a.m. Property vandalism on El Camino Real.1:40 p.m. Assault (fight between juveniles) on Elm Av. Oct. 2212:20 a.m. DUI and unlicensed driver on 101 Frwy.1:20 p.m. Multiple runaway juveniles on Apricot St.7:22...

SAN LUCAS — A San Lucas man was shot and killed early Sunday morning, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office. Around 3:35 a.m. on Sept. 5, gunshots were heard in the 53000 block of Julius Street in San Lucas. Deputies responded and found Ricardo...

LOCKWOOD — Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Lockwood man in connection with a shooting in October 2020. According to the Sheriff’s Office, staff at Mee Memorial Hospital in King City reported a victim of a gunshot wound on the evening of Oct. 4....

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.

CENTRAL COAST — In downtown Salinas on Aug. 19 — joined by several dozen Central Coast elected officials, law enforcement leaders, business owners and local and state lawmakers — Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas championed historic new retail theft laws that will protect business owners,...