CRIME & SAFETY
Convict arrested in Castroville for possession of narcotics and firearms
CASTROVILLE, Calif. — A traffic stop on Friday morning resulted in the arrest of a 34-year-old Castroville resident. The Monterey County Sheriff's Office Investigations Bureau Property Crimes Unit stopped the suspect on McDougall Street. Salvador Rocha was found in possession of a loaded firearm and narcotics that were packaged...
1 dead after crash with semi-trailer in Salinas
SALINAS, Calif. — California Highway Patrol said a man was killed after crashing on Saturday morning on Abbott Street north of Highway 101. CHP said that a 51-year-old man from Escondido was driving a 2012 Volkswagen southbound on Abbott Street. For an unknown reason, the man did not make...
Suspect in Marina 43-year-old cold case murders deemed mentally incompetent
MARINA, Calif. — A man suspected of two cold case killings from 1979 at Fort Ord was deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial, per Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni and Marina Police Chief Randy Hopkins. Jurn Lavern Norris, 69, was deemed incompetent to stand trial due to...
11 ‘SAP Norteños' South Bay street gang members charged for racketeering
(KRON) – Nearly a dozen members of the Salinas Acosta Plaza Norteños (SAP Norteños) street gang have been charged with a single count of racketeering, U.S. District Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey said. The indictment was filed on April 18 and unsealed on Thursday. The 12-page indictment alleges eight murders during the last five years, multiple […]
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