Police K9 helps nab Watsonville Fentanyl suspect
Monterey County Sheriff’s Deputies on Wednesday—with the help of a Belgian Malinois K9 officer named Rocket—arrested a Watsonville man after he was found with a large stash of illegal drugs.
Rodrigo Roy Marquez, 45, was charged with possession of narcotics for sale, driving on a...
Freedom man arrested for child sex crimes
Morgan Hill Police on Thursday arrested a Freedom man after he allegedly traveled to Morgan Hill to sexually assault a 12-year-old girl.
Alexis Javier Mendez-Gallardo, 21, was booked into Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of felony charges including rape of a child under 14;...
K9 helps nab suspect, find drugs, cash, gun
A man was arrested Dec. 4 after Monterey County Sheriff's deputies found drugs, cash and a loaded gun in a vehicle.
Around 3:15pm, detectives with the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Greenfield Police Department and a K9 officer, served a search warrant...
Blaze destroys Habitat for Humanity truck
A late-night fire destroyed a truck at the Restore, a thrift shop in downtown Watsonville run by Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay.
Firefighters responded to reports of a vehicle fire at 555 Main St. at 11:15pm and found a Ford F550 pickup fully engulfed in...
Suspect nabbed on bomb threat
Watsonville Police arrested a man on Jan. 28 for making a bomb threat to a local hospital.
WPD spokeswoman Erika Vazquez said WPD arrested 32-year-old Cody Burns on the 400 block of Hill Avenue after he reportedly “made a bomb threat targeting a local hospital.”
Officers...
Car stop leads to stolen gun, drugs, arrest
Monterey County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Castroville man Wednesday during a car stop for possession of a stolen handgun and a half pound of methamphetamine.
Around 12:24pm a deputy conducted a car stop for vehicle code violations in the 10700 block of Merritt Street in...
Photo story: Minor injuries in rollover crash
A 2015 Toyota Prius sits on its roof in Browns Creek on the 800 block of Browns Valley Road near Corralitos on the afternoon of Dec. 30. California Highway Patrol spokesman Israel Murillo said the driver suffered minor injuries and the passenger uninjured in...
Man shot to death in Main Street business center
A 34-year-old man was shot and killed Wednesday night near a suite of restaurants and businesses that includes Chipotle and Habit Burger on the 1300 block of Main Street at Auto Center Drive.
Police got a call about 8:30pm of shots fired and a person...
Letters to the Editor, March 27-April 2
Regarding benefit caps
The local teacher’s union, PVFT, has been loudly crying during negotiations with the school district, PVUSD, to not put a cap on...
