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SALINAS -- A 71-year-old man was found guilty of molesting three children in a two-year period, beginning when one was under the age of 10, the Monterey County District Attorney's office said Friday.Miodrag Vuletic of Monterey was found guilty by a jury on 28 charges of child molesting on Thursday, the prosecutor's office said in a statement.A father walked in on his daughter and Vuletic on Dec. 23, 2020. The girl, who was under 14, said she'd been molested for two years, the district attorney's office said.Her sister, also under 14, told investigators that she herself had been molested two to three times a week for over six months. The third child, also under 14, said she'd been molested on three occasions, according to the district attorney's office.The girls said they trusted Vuletic and were afraid they would get in trouble for talking about the abuse, the district attorney's office said.Vuletic faces a maximum penalty of 440 years to life when he is sentenced later this month, prosecutors said.

SALINAS, Calif. — Was it a violent past or a mental breakdown that led 67-year-old Erin Fischer to allegedly open fire on Jesse Grant, a Monterey County sheriff’s deputy, who went to Fischer’s apartment Wednesday morning to serve an eviction notice?. We may never know. Fischer was...

SALINAS, Calif. — The Salinas man who was killed after a nine-hour standoff with law enforcement has been identified. The Monterey County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that the deceased man was 67-year-old Erin Howard Fischer. The standoff started after Fischer fired at Monterey County Sheriff's Deputy Jesse...

(KRON) — Salinas police shot and killed a man who allegedly shot a Monterey County Sheriff’s Deputy on Wednesday, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Erin Howard Fischer, 67, was killed after an eight-hour standoff. Deputy Jesse Grant responded to 29 Sun Street, Apartment 201 at 7:49 a.m. Wednesday to serve a “court-authorized […]

SALINAS -- A suspect who shot and injured a Monterey County Sheriff's deputy was killed in a shootout Wednesday in Salinas following an hours-long standoff involving multiple law enforcement agencies. Just after 6 p.m. Wednesday, a visibly-shaken Sheriff Tina Nieto announced the end of the standoff in a brief statement to reporters."The suspect that we tried to get to peacefully surrender continued firing on our law enforcement agencies," said Nieto. "Just moments ago, the suspect was fatally shot. Um, and so, I just gotta say my prayers, my thoughts go out to everybody. This is very hard...

MONTEREY, Calif. — Monterey County Sheriff’s Deputy Jesse Grant, 40, is recovering after being shot while serving an eviction notice in Salinas on Wednesday. “Everyone’s optimistic with regard to the condition and the recovery of the deputy,” said the county’s chief communications officer, Nick Pasculli. “It could have been tragic but the trauma team at Natividad Medical Center did an amazing job of providing excellent care and very rapid surgery to take care of the injuries that the deputy received in the line of duty.”

A nine-hour standoff in Salinas ended with the fatal shooting of a suspect who had previously wounded a Monterey County sheriff's deputy during an eviction notice service. Despite peaceful negotiation attempts, the suspect continued to fire at law enforcement. Officials ultimately shot and killed the suspect, while the injured deputy faces a long recovery but is expected to survive.

A nine-hour standoff with a barricaded gunman in Salinas ended Wednesday with the gunman being fatally shot after he reportedly shot a Monterey County Sheriff’s deputy. Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced Thursday that Sheriff’s Deputy Jesse Grant went to 29 Sun St., Apt. 201 in Salinas at 7:49am to serve a court authorized eviction notice on Erin Howard Fischer, 67.

Rey Mashayekhi here, thinking about one of the longest-running public issues in Monterey County and what can be done to address it. At his swearing-in to the county Board of Supervisors in January, Glenn Church, who represents the North County area, reflected on the key issues facing the local government dating back to when his father, Warren, served on the board in the 1960s and 1970s.

Police killed a suspect believed to have shot a Monterey County Sheriff’s deputy, ending a nine-hour standoff in Salinas on Wednesday, May 31, that prompted a widespread response from local, state and federal law enforcement. The suspect, who had barricaded themselves in an apartment building near the corner of...

MONTEREY, Calif. — -Video from a previous broadcast. The California Highway Patrol is looking for the driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run in Monterey. According to the CHP, a silver vehicle struck a white 1988 Volkswagen van on Highway 1 near Aguajito Road around 3:40 p.m. CHP said the impact of the car caused the van to roll over multiple times. The driver of the van was taken to the hospital, where they were pronounced dead due to their injuries.

SALINAS, Calif. — Timeline of Salinas barricade, shooting:. At 7:49 a.m., Monterey County Sheriff’s Deputy received a routine call for service and responded to an apartment on East Market Street, near Sun St. to serve an eviction notice. At 7:56 a.m., the deputy asked for additional units to...

A Monterey County Sheriff's deputy is in the hospital undergoing surgery after being shot in Salinas on Wednesday morning, May 31—an incident that has sparked a widespread police response and an ongoing standoff with the suspect. The injuries are not believed to be life threatening, with Monterey County Sheriff...

A Monterey County deputy was shot and injured on Wednesday while serving an eviction notice in Salinas, resulting in an extended standoff involving several law enforcement agencies. A shelter-in-place order is still in effect for the area, and residents are advised to steer clear of the location due to traffic issues and ongoing safety concerns.

A Monterey County sheriff's deputy survived a shooting Wednesday morning by a suspect armed with an AK-47 and barricaded inside an apartment complex in Salinas. Law enforcement eventually shot the man to death.

SALINAS — A 101-year-old World War II veteran who survived a kamikaze attack on his ship was the guest of honor at a special Memorial Day tribute event at Salinas Valley Health. John Edward Laughton spoke emotionally about the 1945 air attack on his ship that took the lives...

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. - Most of the Peninsula was without power this morning. PG&E told KION that this morning a transmission outage impacted customers in parts of Monterey County. With light switches not working this morning for many on the coast could be bad for businesses. Greg Profeta who owns Forge in the Forest in Carmel had an experience this morning.

Camp Roberts Fire Department addressed smoke concerns as they conducted a 9,000-plus acre prescribed burn at Camp Roberts Thursday. Fire officials say that smoke from the controlled bun is normal and should continue for several days. They also say smoke from a prescribed burn is less intense and has a shorter duration of smoke compared to an actual wildfire.