Crime Reports

SAN ARDO — A Monterey County judge sentenced Angel Rojas Lugos, 43, of San Ardo, to 142 years to life in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on May 19. On March 15, a jury found Lugos guilty of two counts of committing oral...

KING CITY — In an effort to reduce the number of motorcycle crashes, California Highway Patrol (CHP) King City Area will deploy additional officers beginning Friday on Highway 101 during Memorial Day weekend. Officers will look for violations by both motorcycle riders and drivers that...

KING CITY — While at the Salinas Valley Fair on May 19 at about 7:30 p.m., a Monterey County Sheriff’s Office deputy assigned to the Mounted Horse Patrol observed a physical fight outside the fairgrounds in King City between what appeared to be teenage...

KING CITY — Through continuing investigation, King City Police Department detectives identified several subjects as persons of interest in the April 15 shooting of a juvenile in the 600 block of Bishop Street in King City. On May 11, KCPD officers, along with assistance from...

KING CITY — King City Police Department is investigating a shooting that injured a juvenile Saturday night. On April 15, at about 8:43 p.m., officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 600 block of Bishop Street, where there was a celebration happening...

SAN ARDO — Monterey County Child Protective Services contacted the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office on March 20 at about 9:45 a.m. to report it had received information about an incident involving the sexual abuse of a child. At that time, the Sheriff’s Office Investigations Unit...

KING CITY — A 26-year-old man from King City has been arrested in connection with a commercial burglary that took place earlier this week. On March 22, at about 10:35 a.m., King City Police Department responded to a business in the 100 block of Broadway...

SAN ARDO — San Ardo resident Angel Rojas Lugos, 43, was found guilty on March 15 by a Monterey County jury of two counts of oral copulation on a child 10 years old or under and 14 counts of forcible lewd or lascivious acts...