Wednesday, the Pacific Grove City Council approved a request by Police Chief Darius Engels to “borrow” a motorcycle officer from the Carmel Police Department to chase speeders.
His department has 18 of an authorized 22 officers, and he would be able to pay for the loan of a motorcycle officer within the department’s approved budget.
Issuing traffic tickets “doesn’t generate a lot of revenue,” Engels said, but that’s not the point.
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Ex P.G. Business Owner Busted For Taxes & WC
The Monterey County District Attorney’s Office said Toan Cong Bui, 58, of San Jose, pleaded to one felony count of tax evasion in violation of Unemployment Insurance Code section 2117.5 and one misdemeanor count of failing to secure workers’ compensation insurance in violation of Labor Code section 3700.5.
Bui was the owner of several businesses including the Marina Gas & Heritage Days Inn located in Marina; Forest Hill Auto Sales, Gas Station & Food Mart located in Pacific Grove; and Jessie’s Gas Station & Food Mart located in Hollister. Bui has indicated he no longer owns the businesses.
Crosby 2010, Less Is More
Ollie says 48 fewer golfers is a positive step?
The PGA Tour and the Monterey Peninsula Foundation announced that the tour’s Policy Board today approved the reduction of the professional field for the 2010 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am from 180 to 156 players. The amateur field consequently will be reduced by the same number.
“This is a positive step in our continual quest to improve the event,” states Ollie Nutt, president and CEO of the Monterey Peninsula Foundation. “With the return of Monterey Peninsula Country Club to the rotation and the celebration of AT&T’s 25th year as title sponsor, this will further strengthen the experience for contestants and spectators alike.”
If This Is Christmas Decorations, It’s Gonna Be A Bad Season
Boy, that’s ugly. Goes well with the ugliest Xmas tree.
If This Is Christmas Decorations, It’s Gonna Be A Bad Season
New Monterey Police Blotter – October 2009
Massage studio busted again.
10/1/09 LOPEZ, FRANCISCO was arrested for public intoxication and providing false identification to a Peace Officer at Prescott and Cannery Row.
10/1/09 HOUSE, SCOTT was arrested for public intoxication at the head of Wharf 1.
10/3/09 MPD aided the City of Monterey in documenting the flow of raw sewage into the storm drain at Hawthorne St and Irving Ave.
10/4/09 BLOYER, Zethan was arrested for vandalism at the Blue Finn.
10/4/09 A victim reports the theft of items at Wave & David.
10/5/09 A victim reports a vandalism to her vehicle in the 500 block of Irving.
10/5/09 WRATHALL, RYAN was arrested for possession of a switch blade knife and fireworks at 466 Lighthouse.
10/7/09 TSCHUDIN, TRISTAN and DAVI, MICHAEL were arrested for burglary and conspiracy at 625 Cannery Row.
10/7/09 MPD towed a vehicle from Hawthorne and Reeside for expired registration.
10/7/09 TEMPLEMAN, TODD was cited for driving on a suspended license at Irving and Lighthouse.
10/9/09 KIM, CHUN-HUI was cited for conducting a business without a permit and failing to have a license displayed. SEO, HWANG CHIN was cited for conducting massage without a technician permit, both at 243 Foam Street.
10/10/09 MPD documented graffiti at 601 Wave.
10/10/09 MPD documented graffiti at San Carlos Beach.
10/10/09 MPD documented graffiti at 601 Wave St.
10/10/09 A victim reports the theft of items from her vehicle in the 200 block of Laine.
10/10/09 WOHLEMUTH, RYAN and FINAN, JOSHUA were arrested for assault with a deadly weapon at the Blue Fin, 685 Cannery Row.
10/13/09 ZIDLICKY, JAMES was arrested for an outstanding warrant at Lighthouse and Hoffman.
10/14/09 JEWETT, DANIEL was arrested for public intoxication and violation of probation in the 700 block of Cannery Row.
10/14/09 KENNY, SEAN was arrested for unlawful possession of Nitrous Oxide at Prescott and Hawthorne.
10/15/09 BAKER, PAULINE was cited for camping and open alcohol container at Bruce Ariss Way and Rec Trail
10/16/09 EMMETT, JASON and STAPLES, SARAH were both arrested for public intoxication at Hoffman and Hawthorne.
10/16/09 PRUE, FARRIKA was arrested for public intoxication on the Rec trail
10/16/09 BURGESS, LYNN and STERNBERG, BARBARA were placed under citizen’s arrest for shoplifting at NOB HILL.
10/17/09 ROYSTER, SEAN was arrested for public intoxication at 700 Cannery Row.
10/17/09 BISHOP, CAMERON was arrested for public intoxication at Bruce Ariss Way Park and Wave. She was also charged with battery on a police officer.
10/19/09 JILICH, MICHAEL RYAN was arrested for public intoxication at Hoffman and Hawthorne.
10/19/09 A victim reports the theft of items from his vehicle in the 600 block of Archer.
10/20/09 A victim reports a burglary to his residence in the 700 block of Oak.
10/20/09 ARAMBULA, JULIO was arrested for public intoxication at David and Hawthorne.
10/21/09 FELICIANO, RALPH was arrested for resisting arrest, possession of less than one ounce of marijuana, and a parole hold at Lighthouse and David.
10/21/09 An injury collision involving a pedestrian at Lighthouse and Irving.
10/23/09 DIMAGGIO, STEVEN and DIMAGGIO, JOE were arrested for assault with a deadly weapon at Prescott and Belden.
10/23/09 A victim reports the theft of a vehicle in the 800 block of Lighthouse.
10/23/09 MPD towed a vehicle from the 500 block of Dickman for having expired registration.
10/23/09 A victim reports a burglary to her residence in the 200 block of Lighthouse.
10/23/09 DEBRITO, NATHAN and CRANE, PATRICK were cited for being in possession of a shopping cart at David and Wave.
10/24/09 LOBRETTO, KIMBERLY was arrested for driving under the influence in the 200 block of Lighthouse.
10/25/09 MPD documented a missing person in the 300 block of Drake.
10/28/09 A victim reports a burglary to her vehicle in the 2200 block of Irving.
10/28/09 MPD documented graffiti at 484 Cannery Row.
10/28/09 A victim reports the theft of items from his vehicle in the 800 block of Filmore.
10/28/09 MPD documented a mutual battery in the 500 block of Lighthouse.
10/29/09 JEWETT, DANIEL was cited for urinating in public and open container on the Recreation trail and Prescott.
10/31/09 A victim reports the theft of his vehicle in the 400 block of Wave.
10/31/09 BRENNING, MARYBETH was arrested for driving under the influence at Foam and Drake.
Pet Killer Still Leaving Antifreeze Baited Food
Evidence points to another resident in the same apartment complex. People who torture animals often graduate up to other crimes. .
The person who placed a dish of antifreeze in a flower bed of a Pacific Grove apartment complex to kill a tenant’s cat in September set out two more bowls of the poison, this time adding food to the toxic soup so it would be more enticing to felines.
Pollacci’s Trial Delayed To Feb 2010
The trial of a Pebble Beach man accused of raping a woman in his father’s Pacific Grove liquor store was delayed until Feb. 1 after both sides asked for more time to prepare.
Thomas Pollacci, 50, is accused of assaulting the woman, an acquaintance, in a loft at Ron’s Liquors on April 21, 2008.
Governator Sends Coded Message
And it’s not “get to the choppa”
Schwarzenegger on Friday responded for the first time about a profanity-laced phrase spelled out on the left-hand margin in his veto message to a state lawmaker who had heckled the governor at a San Francisco event.
The governor smiled as he told reporters at the White House, “That was a total coincidence. It was one of those wild coincidences.”
Concepts In Business – Lets Go Bowling!
Moammar Shocked That Tourists Don’t Buy $22 Noodles
Shocked! Just Shocked!!
Also continues to slam the Farmers Market. Can’t let a day go by without dissing something that benefits the residents.
Ammar said the restaurants in Pacific Grove that are doing the best right now are moderately priced, family places such Holly’s Lighthouse Cafe or Vivolo’s Chowder House, for example.
“I actually heard some tourists talking one day and they said: ‘Instead of going to (higher-end) Fandango, let’s grab some sandwiches at the farmers market,'” he said. “I’ve seen tourists open their trunks to eat out of their coolers.”