Category Archives: Monterey Herald

Two Disguised Men Rob Head Shop

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Two masked men robbed a store clerk at gunpoint in Monterey at 7:04 p.m. Friday. Monterey police Sgt. Jeff Jackson said the men pointed a handgun at the clerk of Glass Roots, 765 Lighthouse Ave. The clerk cooperated, Jackson said, while the men took an undisclosed amount of cash, damaged some store property and ran out the back door. The employee waited in a storeroom for the men to leave before calling police.

Glass Roots

When a business district sinks as low as the Lighthouse Avenue corridor has, an increase in violent crime is not a surprise.

Drug paraphernalia shops, tattoo shops, karate ‘schools’, adult bookstores, massages, stop & rob markets, etc. Lower standards bring lower lifeforms..

Two Disguised Men Rob Head Shop

Country Club Gate Wamu Bank Robbed

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The man walked into the Washington Mutual Bank, located at 170 Country Club Gate Center at 9:17 a.m., and ordered employees to the floor, police said. He handed a teller a plastic bag and ordered her to fill the bag with the money from her till. Police described the robber as a thin white man in his 20s, between 5 feet 8 inches and 6 feet tall, wearing a black knit cap, dark sunglasses, blue jeans, and a white T-shirt covered by a red warm-up jacket with white piping on the sleeves and zipper area.

The weapon appeared to be a large semi-automatic handgun, police said.

Country Club Gate Wamu Bank Robbed

Armed Man Arrested After Standoff In P.G.

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An armed man who reportedly threatened suicide was taken into custody by Pacific Grove police following a standoff at his apartment Wednesday.

Police said Randel Lee Charles, 47, walked out of his residence at 6:41 p.m. after negotiating with police by telephone for 1½ hours.

Charles, police said, was apparently under the influence of alcohol, carrying a loaded gun and in possession of a number of illegal weapons.

Officers searching his apartment found a billy club, illegal ammunition, a handgun, shotguns and assault rifles.

Armed Man Arrested After Standoff In P.G.

Cynthia Hurley Charged With Elder Abuse

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Hurley, who is King’s legal caretaker, is suspected of involvement in the theft and resale of King’s gold and silver coins, according to Pacific Grove Police Chief Carl Miller.

Coins and other valuables were recovered Monday when police served search warrants at Hurley’s home, businesses and bank, Miller said.

Police at the time were responding to neighbors’ reports of squalid conditions. Officers searching the house found papers, kitchen appliances and dishes stacked throughout the house, and determined that King was living in unsafe conditions.

Cynthia Hurley Charged With Elder Abuse

P.G. Stalker’s Death Ruled As Suicide

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Ben Munhall

The death of a man who had served jail time for stalking a Pacific Grove High School student was a suicide, the county coroner and Pacific Grove police announced on Monday.

Benjamin Peter Munhall, 44, of Monterey, was found dead Saturday morning in the Asilomar beach tract area. He died of a cut to the throat; a double-edged razor blade was found nearby, police said.

P.G. Stalker’s Death Ruled As Suicide

P.G. Girl’s Stalker Found Dead On Asilomar Beach

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A 44-year-old man recently released from the county jail after serving time for stalking a Pacific Grove High School student was found dead Saturday morning in the Asilomar beach track area of Pacific Grove.

Pacific Grove Police said the body of Benjamin Peter Munhall of Monterey was found in the vicinity of the stalking victim’s residence.
Munhall was arrested on June 28, 2005, on suspicion of stalking, child annoyance and prowling. At the time The Herald reported that Munhall had met the girl at a Pacific Grove High School football game in September 2003, when she was 14. A week later he followed her home and gave her a gift. The victim reportedly told her parents about the man, but at that time police didn’t know his identity.

P.G. Girl’s Stalker Found Dead On Asilomar Beach

Another Charged In Olinger’s Slaying

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Angel Ruelas

Police also report killers’ parents obstructing.

Prosecutors said charges have been filed against Angel Ruelas, younger brother of Jacobo Ruelas, who has already been charged in Olinger’s death.

Pacific Grove Police Chief Carl Miller said Tuesday his department had also forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office a case against the Ruelas brothers’ parents for obstruction of justice. No charges have been filed against them.

Jacobo Ruelas was arrested May 13 after a massive manhunt in South County. He was linked to the crime when a palm print lifted from Olinger’s stolen car was matched with his palm print in a new state databank.

Miller said Tuesday afternoon that there is also forensic evidence against Angel Ruelas, including fingerprint and DNA evidence. Ruelas was transported to Monterey County Jail from Corcoran State Prison on Tuesday and is scheduled to appear in juvenile court this morning.

Another Charged In Olinger’s Slaying

P.G. Mayor Costello Steps Down – Medical Causes

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Our Cobra driving Mayor
Mr Costello Cobra

 

Jim Costello announced Thursday that he will step down after nearly two years as Pacific Grove’s mayor to focus on his battle with bone cancer.

“It has been my pleasure to serve the people of Pacific Grove for over 11 years, but as I leave office I know the city is in good hands,” said Costello in a written statement.

Costello will also retire from his duties as a teacher at Pacific Grove Middle School, where he teaches English, history and keyboarding.

P.G. was lucky to have a teacher like Costello, and a mayor with a sense of humor.

P.G. Mayor Costello Steps Down – Medical Causes