Murder suspects who escaped Monterey County Jail caught by border patrol
The two inmates who escaped Monterey County Jail while facing gang-related murder charges were caught by the United States border patrol Tuesday night. Read More …
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Scottish fugitive who faked his own death in Monterey County caught in Colorado
Months after a Scottish sexual assault suspect faked his own death off the coast of Monterey County, authorities caught the fugitive in Colorado, and he is now in custody awaiting extradition to Scotland. Read More …
Scottish rape suspect accused of faking his own death in Monterey County
Monterey County Sheriff’s officials suspect a man who is wanted in Scotland on 24 counts of rape may have faked his own death as part of a plot to evade justice. Read More …
Suspects in Cholame tap room burglary arrested for pair of King City break-ins
Two teens from Colorado — a 13-year-old and a 16-year-old — are suspected of a string of burglaries last week that started at the Mission Trail Cider House taproom in Cholame and ending after they were arrested in Monterey County. Read More …
Monterey County deputies break up opium poppy grow
Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies destroyed thousands of opium poppy plants over the weekend that were being grown in a field in Moss Landing.
Last week, sheriff’s investigators learned of the grow site and confirmed that the plants were indeed Papaver Somniferum, commonly known as opium poppies. Read More …
‘Miracle boy’ charged with shooting firefighter from Paso Robles
A Santa Cruz man whose life was saved by a firefighter and who once dreamed of himself becoming a fireman has been identified as the gunman who shot and wounded a Read More …
Deputies chase shooter through Fort Hunter Liggett
Deputies arrested a man Monday evening who allegedly shot a U.S. Forest Service worker. The suspect then led officers on a chase through Fort Hunter Liggett in southern Monterey County. Shortly Read More …
Man suffers massive blood loss in Monterey County shark attack
A shark attacked a man who was spear fishing in the area of Pescadero Point near Pebble Beach Friday afternoon. The victim suffered massive blood loss but survived, according to the Read More …
LSD overdose led to music festival death
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department determined a 20-year-old Ventura woman who died at Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton in May after attending a music festival had overdosed on Read More …