Crime Reports

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...

Police Briefs are obtained from the local Police Departments.

KING CITY — Officers from the King City Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the 400 block of Ellis Street for a vehicle code violation on April 9 at about 10:26 p.m. During the traffic stop, the driver — 39-year-old Efrain...

MONTEREY COUNTY — A 23-year veteran of the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against his former employer alleging he was illegally fired after helping to form a union, refusing to endorse candidates for sheriff and opposing the sexual harassment of...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY April 52:50 a.m. DUI on S First St.10:58 a.m. Matter of Record (violation of court order) on Bassett St.12:52 p.m. Felony bench warrant on River Dr. April 712:00 a.m. Domestic violence on Rio Vista.2:30 a.m. Robbery on...

KING CITY — An officer-involved shooting occurred Monday evening, following the report of a stabbing incident in King City. Officers from the King City Police Department responded to the incident in the 1200 block of Bluff Avenue at about 6:15 p.m. on Dec. 19.  Upon arrival,...

A farmworker from Salinas died early Wednesday morning in a tractor accident on private property near the intersection of Old Stage Road and Chualar Canyon Road in Chualar.

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.

Police Briefs are obtained from the local police departments.