Crime Reports

KING CITY — Two young children died in a fire in the early hours of Nov. 7, the City of King announced in a news release Monday.  Members of the King City Volunteer Fire Department received a 12:22 a.m. fire call at the 700 block...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County has been notified that a contractor providing behavioral health services to various clients experienced a network data breach that may have involved unauthorized access to the personal data of 4,201 county residents. The breach occurred between Aug. 25 and 27...

King City Police Department is investigating another gang-related shooting that injured one person Saturday evening.

KING CITY — Raul Lucas of Salinas has pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder while personally using a firearm for the benefit of the Sureno criminal street gang. On Dec. 26, 2021, 21-year-old Lucas and three other Sureno gang members met up in...

On Oct. 14 at about 5:15 p.m., King City police officers responded to South Third Street for a report of a victim who was suffering from a stab wound.

KING CITY — King City Police Department has planned a DUI checkpoint on Friday, March 14, from 6 to 11 p.m. at an undisclosed location within King City. DUI checkpoint locations are determined based on data showing incidents of impaired driving-related crashes. Their primary purpose...

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...

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.,...

LOCKWOOD — Heberth Reyes, 38, of Lockwood, was arrested May 9 on multiple counts of child molestation spanning over five years, announced Greenfield Police Department. The investigation was conducted collaboratively with the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office and involved two juveniles; one in Greenfield and the...