Crime Reports

BIG SUR — A Monterey County judge has found 31-year-old Ivan Gomez guilty of starting the Big Sur Dolan Fire, which seriously injured a firefighter and destroyed multiple residences, as well as throwing rocks at a vehicle, cultivating marijuana and 12 counts of animal...

KING CITY — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced Jan. 10 that Judge Rafael Vazquez sentenced Kevin James Powell to 76 years-to-life in state prison for first-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder. On Sept. 14, 2022, the deceased victim and his brother were in town...

SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad Police Department has arrested 33-year-old Rutilio Caliahua Quiahua, a King City resident, on multiple charges related to sexual offenses involving minors under the age of 16. The arrest, announced April 29, follows an extensive investigation in which Soledad Police detectives identified...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY Oct. 1812:00 a.m. Traffic collision on N. Russ St.5:01 p.m. APS report on Heritage Ct.7:46 p.m. Hit-and-Run report on Broadway St.10:47 p.m. DUI on Broadway St. Oct. 193:41 a.m. Domestic Violence on...

After a two-week long search, local law enforcement agencies have located and arrested a King City man who stabbed his girlfriend multiple times last month before fleeing the area.

KING CITY — Officers from the King City Police Department responded Jan. 29 to a report of a juvenile victim who said she had been sexually assaulted by an elder Hispanic male. The girl said she was walking in the 400 block of N. Vanderhurst...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY Nov. 81:25 p.m. Probation violation on Amherst Dr.1:49 p.m. Battery on S. Vanderhurst Av.3:45 p.m. Petty Theft on Division St. Nov. 94:06 a.m. DUI on N. Vanderhurst Av.7:58 a.m. Possession of a controlled substance on Canal...

Monterey County Sherriff's Office has arrested a man in connection with an animal cruelty case involving the theft and torture of a dog that was found severely burned near Soledad.

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY July 267:17 p.m. Grand theft on Sandringham St. July 277:58 a.m. Vehicle vandalism on Willow St.11:22 a.m. Code enforcement report (accumulation of garbage) on Bassett St.12:31 p.m. Code enforcement report (camping prohibited) on Sussex Wy.1:45 p.m. Failure...