Crime Reports

A 29-year-old teacher from Pinnacle Academy Charter School in King City has been arrested for having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old high school student.

UPDATE (Dec. 6, 5:22 p.m.): On Monday, Dec. 6, Greenfield detectives developed information that identified Juan Arreola, 31, of Greenfield, as the suspect of the shooting that took place Friday on Elm Avenue. Arreola was located and taken into custody later that morning. During a...

KING CITY — King City Police announced the arrest of three suspects through the work of a multi-agency task force last Thursday. New case developments in the 2016 murder of Martin Heredia and the 2017 murder of Hipolito Carreno caused officers to take action after...

SALINAS VALLEY — A 20-year-old Soledad man died last Friday after his vehicle overturned on Los Coches Road near Greenfield while attempting to evade police during a pursuit. According to a report released Friday from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) King City Area, Soledad Police...

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...

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.

SOLEDAD — Salinas Valley State Prison officials are investigating the May 31 death of 25-year-old inmate Elazer Black as a homicide. At around 12:34 p.m. on Sunday, correctional officers responded to a disturbance inside a Facility B general population housing unit. Black had collapsed to...

UPDATE: Delgado was located at a fast-food restaurant in Nipomo on June 26. He was taken into custody and transported back to Salinas Valley State Prison. SOLEDAD — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are searching for a minimum-security inmate who walked away from...

KING CITY — Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a San Lucas man last Sunday. Monterey County Sheriff’s Office detectives, with the assistance of the SWAT teams from the sheriff’s department and the Salinas Police Department, served two search warrants...

GREENFIELD — An employee of South Monterey County Joint Union High School District was arrested Tuesday in connection with an embezzlement case, according to detectives from the South County Major Crimes Investigations Unit. On Jan. 13, detectives were notified of a possible embezzlement and began...