Crime Reports

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...

Column by Capt. Allen Rowe, King City Police Department

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...

Note to Readers: Following Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT Sept. 1612:20 p.m. Vehicle tow report on 2nd St.3:30 p.m. Vehicle tow report on N Vanderhurst St. Sept. 176:29 a.m. Felony warrant arrest report on Lynn St.8:50 a.m. CPS referral on...

SAN LUCAS — Kyle Anthony Griffith, 40, a resident of Ventura County, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison on Dec. 16 for causing a fatal collision that killed a 35-year-old King City woman last November. On Nov. 3, 2019, around 7:30 p.m.,...

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).

Note to Readers: Following Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT Nov. 182:38 a.m. Possession of methamphetamine on Broadway.8:25 a.m. Stolen vehicle report on San Antonio Dr.12:28 p.m. Fraud report on Bassett St.1:32 p.m. Missing person report on Bassett St.3:29 p.m....

A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for last year’s slaying of a local teenager who was found dead from a gunshot wound on the sidewalk near Oak Avenue Elementary School in Greenfield.

KING CITY — Leonardo Ramirez, 28, from King City, was arrested May 31 as a suspect in a rape and child molestation case, following a two-year police investigation.  On Feb. 3, 2018, officers from the King City Police Department responded to a reported sexual assault...