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Tom Pollacci Appears In Court

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Let’s all feel sorry..

Pollacci was accompanied to his arraignment Tuesday by defense investigator Richard Lee, who wrote a presentence report in the 1993 case describing Pollacci as a spoiled, self-centered man who was guilty of being presumptuous and using poor judgment, but who did not realize he was having sex without consent. According to the report, Pollacci told Lee that he had come to realize through therapy that he never learned any “boundaries” in his life.

“He says, quite frankly, that he was ‘spoiled’ and has long conducted himself as able to do pretty much whatever he pleases.”

Tom Pollacci Appears In Court

Pollacci’s Prior Convictions

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Sexual battery. Sees judge today.

Tom Pollacci

The affidavits list Pollacci’s prior convictions, which include battery in 1985, loitering on private property in 1990 and the two counts of sexual battery in 1993.

That case involved alleged separate rapes of two women, one of whom said she was possibly drugged and awoke to find Pollacci assaulting her.

The woman said Pollacci had brought her home from a first date at Rocky Point Restaurant. She was angry that he’d consumed a considerable amount of alcohol and suggested that he should go home, but he walked her into her apartment.

She told police she got a glass of water and went to her bedroom to change. When she came out she drank some of the water. She awoke the next morning thinking she was having a dream, only to realize it was real.

The second case involved a woman who said Pollacci sexually assaulted her in the parking lot of the Highlands Inn after the two had lunch, also on their first date.

Pollacci’s Prior Convictions

P.G. Woman Comes To The Rescue Of Sick Coyote

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Wile E Coyote Help

“I haven’t been able to get help,” said Jill Durward, a 69-year-old retiree who lives near Asilomar. “The last time I saw the coyote was five days ago, and it’s really sick, you can tell. I guess a lot of people don’t love coyotes.”

Durward said the animal, which is gray with patches of fur missing, surprised her near her home on Crocker Avenue. She had seen the animal before and surmised it may have been in the area of Sunset Drive, possibly crossing the road in an attempt to scrounge dead fish on the beach.

“I tried to give it its space,” she said.

She said repeated calls to local wildlife officials went unanswered. She went door-to-door asking people to help her find the animal and get it treatment. She said she received an indifferent response.

“Some people told me, ‘If the animal is sick, it should just be left to die,'” she said. “But that isn’t fair. The coyote has a right to live, just like we do. It’s like a sick dog, and it needs help. People just don’t seem to care if an animal is suffering.”

P.G. Woman Comes To The Rescue Of Sick Coyote

Oh Those Wharf Chowderheads Part III

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Remind me to never call Richard Rosen for services . .

Judge Tom Wills ruled Thursday that Mercurio’s expectations of privacy did not extend to the ocean floor and that the diver who found the pagers was working for Mercurio’s competitor, Chris Shake, not the police.

Mercurio is charged with one count of petty theft for allegedly tossing Shake’s seating pagers into the bay after luring in customers who were waiting on the wharf for tables in Shake’s restaurant, Old Fisherman’s Grotto.

Mercurio’s attorney, Richard Rosen, argued that Shake had the diver search beneath Domenico’s to pursue a criminal prosecution, violating Mercurio’s Fourth Amendment rights against unlawful search and seizure.

After two days of hearings on the matter, Wills said Thursday that only one of the dives — a sting operation that turned up no pager — involved the police. And he said Mercurio’s lease made it clear the city had every right to enter the water below the wharf for any reason.

Oh Those Wharf Chowderheads Part III

Chamber Of Commerce Gives “Best Motel” Award

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Tripadvisor reviews for Pacific Gardens Inn  say “dog friendly – pack your earplugs”.

“I wanted to hit the boards running,” he explained. “So I decided and it was agreed that I could first spend time at the lodge as an employee, learning the business on-site from the ground up. I did this undercover. None of the 13 staffers there knew that I was the future owner. For eight months I did just about everything, manned the front desk, served breakfast, swept floors and cleaned up, whatever.”

When Boerner took possession of the inn, the facility was ranked No. 13 in customer service by Tripadvisor.com, a hospitality Web site. Today, Pacific Gardens Inn has achieved a No. 1 ranking.

Chamber Of Commerce Gives “Best Motel” Award

When Moe Gives Advice, Ignore It

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Moe Ammar Dont Buy American

Chamber Of Commerce is actually discouraging people to take advantage of all the empty stores? Yet something as out there as a picture frame shop is thriving..

Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce President Moe Ammar said the business climate is particularly challenging, and he discouraged more than a few would-be entrepreneurs from launching a business because of timing.

Still, there are small-business owners such as Gobel who are finding ways to flourish. Some are launching first-time ventures. Others with established businesses are finding opportunities in expansion and acquisition.

When Moe Gives Advice, Ignore It

Oh Those Wharf Chowderheads Part II

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Attorney Richard Rosen. ha ha.

Fisherman’s Wharf restaurateur Sam Mercurio appeared to be in deep water Thursday in the case of his competitor’s missing seating pagers.

Testimony will continue this afternoon, but Judge Tom Wills seemed to indicate Thursday he thought Mercurio’s defense attorney was all washed up in his contention that a diver’s recovery of the pagers from the water beneath Mercurio’s restaurant constituted an illegal warrantless search.<

Shake and Mercurio faced off in a Salinas courtroom Thursday afternoon as prosecutor Mary Tatum fought defense attorney Richard Rosen’s motion to suppress the pagers as evidence because they were illegally seized without a warrant from Mercurio’s leased property.

Oh Those Wharf Chowderheads Part II

Cannery Row Street To Be Torn Up Again

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Cannery Row Hoffman

Work begins Monday, between Hoffman & Reeside. Can Cal-Am and the City Of Monterey pull this off? And, is the repaving project the result of the water main breaking all the time?

To reduce costs and minimize disruption to local businesses, the main replacement project will be conducted in coordination with the City of Monterey, which has a repaving project planned for the same area. . . In addition, construction will be halted during the weeks of April 5 and April 12 to accommodate the increase in visitor traffic associated with the spring break holiday.

Cannery Row Street To Be Torn Up Again