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Salinas, like Santa Maria, rife with gang violence

Written on 8 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

Salinas and Santa Maria, two cities similar in size and demographics, are experiencing epidemics of gang violence. Both cities had record homicide totals last year. [KSBY] In 2015, there were 13 murders in Santa Maria and 40 in Salinas. There... (Continue reading)

Salinas DMV employee traded drivers’ licenses for bribes

Written on 11 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A Salinas DMV employee pled guilty Tuesday for her part in a conspiracy to sell class A commercial driver’s licenses to people who had not passed the required tests. Five other people, including two DMV employees, were charged in a... (Continue reading)

Salinas mothers found guilty of torturing girl

Written on 17 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

A Monterey County jury found two Salinas women guilty Friday of torturing, starving, and chaining an 8-year-old girl inside their home. [Monterey Herald] In March 2014, Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies discovered the 8-year-old girl who weighed just 40 pounds and... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles robber preying on Payless Shoes

Written on 1 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A Salinas man accused of having an obsession with robbing Payless Shoe stores is the suspect in Sunday evening’s robbery of the chain’s Paso Robles store. Kelly Shawn Grimm, 40, allegedly robbed Payless Shoe Source stores in King City, Sand City and Salinas,... (Continue reading)

Child enters the world in Salinas Wal-Mart bathroom

Written on 9 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Salinas baby Asali Asante Robins exited her mother’s womb, not in a hospital bed, rather on the floor of a Wal-Mart bathroom. [Californian] Wal-Mart employee Rosaline Madrid, 38, gave birth to Asali late last month after feeling leg pain at... (Continue reading)

Gang member crashes into cop car in Santa Maria

Written on 21 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A Northern California gang member crashed his car into a police cruiser in Santa Maria on Saturday, causing moderate damage to the vehicle. [KEYT] Salinas resident Marcello Alvarez, 35, reversed his car into the police vehicle after an officer pulled... (Continue reading)

Salinas interpreter molests deaf students

Written on 14 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A former sign language interpreter for deaf students at North Salinas High School pled no contest to sexually molesting three underage students, officials announced Friday. On March 14, school authorities contacted the Salinas Police Department to report inappropriate sexual contact... (Continue reading)

Drivers airlifted from crash near Shandon

Written on 9 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A California Highway Patrol helicopter airlifted two drivers injured in a three-car crash on Highway 46 near Shandon Tuesday morning. CHP officers responded to a collision on Highway 46 east of Shandon at about 9 a.m. Tuesday. A woman driving... (Continue reading)

Court rules the names of officers involved in shootings are public

Written on 1 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that in most cases police departments must divulge the names of officers involved in on-duty shootings. [KXBW] In the past, departments claimed officer safety as a reason for withholding names. In a 6-1 decision,... (Continue reading)

Man arrested for Morro Bay man’s murder

Written on 14 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A Salinas man was arrested Thursday for allegedly murdering a Morro Bay man in December. Salinas Police officers arrested Hector Martinez at the Monterey County Courthouse where he was appearing on an unrelated case. Officers booked Martinez into the Monterey... (Continue reading)