Operation “Chicken Hawk” Nets Seven in Monterey County
27 different agencies participated in Sweep SALINAS—Authorities from Monterey County along with agents Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and Homeland Security served six different search warrants...
View ArticleCops Seize Meth, Heroin, Marijuana
The Paso Robles Police Department Special Enforcement Team (SET) arrested a Compton man for felony possession of narcotics for sales and parole violations on Wednesday. Esteban Ortiz, 33 According to...
View ArticleDUI Driver Charged in Major Injury Accident
Montecito—home to the mega-rich and to celebrities like Oprah Winfrey—is not a neighborhood where drivers speed or drive erratically. It’s just too beautiful, as every street feels like a tree-shaded...
View ArticlePaso Robles Police Catch Cocaine Car Burglar
The Paso Robles Police Department now has in custody 21 years-old Mario Sanchez Jr. of Templeton after he allegedly attempted to burglarize a vehicle on Sunday. According to a press release from the...
View ArticleHome Invasion Thwarted by Angry Husband, Daughter
Jerrel Joseph Gower A man accused of trying to break into a Lake Forest home and getting into a scuffle with the residents was charged today (Thursday) with burglary and assault with a deadly weapon....
View Article39-year-old cold case murder solved…halfway
LONG BEACH—After almost four decades, Long Beach Police arrested a suspect in connection with a mysterious murder. But there’s still one impediment to completely solving the cold case: identifying the...
View ArticleClovis Officer Arrested for Domestic Violence and False Imprisonment
SANGER – Sanger police arrested a Clovis police officer Wednesday on suspicion of domestic violence. Kyle Pennington was on unrelated leave from the Clovis Police Department at the time of his arrest....
View ArticleOne Arrested in Rosamond Pot Bust
ROSAMOND — A 63-year-old Rosamond man was arrested in a major marijuana bust on Thursday. John Heinatz was arrested after officers from the Kern Narcotics Enforcement Team served a search warrant at a...
View ArticleSuspect Wanted More Than Coffee
Salinas- Authorities with the Salinas Police Department are looking for a young man who is wanted in connection with a Friday morning robbery of a Starbucks manager. On Friday morning at 10:09 a.m., a...
View ArticleAlert Vacaville Citizen Helps Nab Car Burglar
VACAVILLE – An alert Vacaville community member noticed Alfredo Ortega, 20, behaving suspiciously in her neighborhood and called police. Ortega, a Fairfield resident, was methodically peeking into one...
View ArticleRobbery Suspect caught trying to flee from police in stolen car
19-year-old Curtis Niles McFarland was arrested near 1440 Revere Ave in San Jose on May 23, 2013 when officers attempted to make a felony vehicle stop pursuant to VC 23103 (a) – reckless driving, and...
View ArticleTeamwork Leads To Arrest
Communication Between Officers plays Important Role SANTA CRUZ—Officers with the Santa Cruz Police Department arrested 27-year-old Felton resident Kyle Franks after surveillance footage caught him...
View ArticleCarjacking Suspect Arrested After Attack on Woman Driver
SAN JOSE -Justin David Johnson, 25, has been charged with carjacking under PC 215 that occurred on April 22, 2013. During the attack, Johnson had used force to take another person’s property under PC...
View Article‘Chef To The Stars’ appeals to women, and they pay the price
A Saugus man has been using an online dating service to appeal to women, claiming to be a high demand chef, a military special forces agent, and other government or elaborate and exotic professions,...
View ArticleHigh School Drama Teacher Placed on Leave Pending Police Investigation
A drama teacher at Corona del Mar High School was placed on leave today pending a school district and police investigation into an alleged battery, a school district official announced. Teacher Ron...
View ArticleLos Osos Church Vandalized
The St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Los Osos was vandalized early Sunday morning. Some of the damaged windows According to a press release from the San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Office, they received a...
View ArticleDetails emerge in Santa Monica College shooting
SANTA MONICA—A local community is starting to put the pieces back together after a June 7th shooting spree ripped across Santa Monica Community College and the surrounding area, killing five and...
View ArticleBank Robber Turns Self in
A man walked into the San Luis Obispo Police Station on Tuesday morning and turned himself into police for allegedly robbing two banks within the last two weeks. Steven Celaya According to SLOPD,...
View ArticleInvestigators Looking into Possible Murder-Suicide of Newlywed Fresno Couple
FRESNO – Police are looking into a possible murder-suicide that left a woman dead in a Fresno apartment and her new husband dead in Southern California. Santiago and Christina Flores The body of...
View ArticleTwo Males Arrested for Felony Vandalism in Midtown Sac
SACRAMENTO – Sacramento police have booked two male subjects on suspicion of vandalizing midtown with graffiti. The assailants are accused of defacing property in the area of 17th Street from H to S...
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