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Jonalyn Doniego, 26, of Seaside was arrested by Pacific Grove police about 11:50 p.m. at her Sonoma Street home, and booked into county jail on two counts of burglary and theft from a dependent adult.
Police said they conducted a lengthy investigation with the help of a private investigator of the suspected theft of jewelry, cash and credit card information from the woman at the Pacific Grove senior community.
Canterbury Woods Employee Charged With Stealing From Resident
An attorney for former Pacific Grove businessman Thomas Pollacci, 50, filed a motion to dismiss one of the rape charges, but a judge denied the motion Thursday afternoon.
Pollacci was sentenced to eight years in prison in June after a jury convicted him of raping a woman inside a loft above Ron’s Liquors in Pacific Grove.
Judge says no.
Judge Timothy Roberts told Jacobo Ruelas on Thursday he could not sufficiently prepare for a trial that has been rescheduled three times in three years and is now slated to begin April 4.
In addition to work already completed by his own attorneys, the judge said, there are 9,000 pages of reports that would have to be redacted to remove identifying information regarding confidential witnesses.
Ruelas, 31, is charged with murder during the commission of a robbery and carjacking in connection with the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Kristopher Olinger. A jogger found the Monterey High School student in a turnout above the Pacific Grove Recreation Trail on the morning of Sept. 19, 1997. He had been stabbed 24 times.
Wonder if he checks IDs in P.G.?
Marina police arrested Pacific Grove resident Benny Torres after he reportedly raped a woman somewhere in the 300 block of Reservation Road. Lt. Rick Janicki would not reveal any details of the case, other than to say the woman knew Torres and reported the rape at around 11:15 a.m. Officers’ investigation led them to Pacific Grove, where, with the help of colleagues from PGPD, they took Torres into custody.
Would the landlord at 17 Mile Drive Village steal a gun?
A Smith & Wesson .38-caliber Chief’s Special discovered in the SUV of a convicted felon arrested in San Jose last month for a suspected DUI crash had been stolen from a Pacific Grove man almost a half-century ago, according to police.
“He purchased the handgun in Southern California in 1963 after he had just gotten out of the Marine Corps, and he was living in Pacific Grove, renting a house near the old trailer park on 17 Mile Drive, in 1964,” he said. The gun was stolen, and he suspected the landlord.
Resident threatening to file California Environmental Quality Act lawsuit to keep rowdies away.
“The proposed project … will result in the detriment to the health, safety, peace, morals, comfort and general welfare of persons residing in the neighborhood as well as depression of property values in the immediate neighborhood,” he said.
Bridges contends the city has to complete an environmental impact report for the project before approving. His determination challenges Hefner’s Dec. 21 report, in which she recommended a much lower level of environmental review — a “mitigated negative declaration” — after weighing potential impacts on noise, community aesthetics, traffic and global warming.
Agha is the conservator…
Lillian Marie King, the colorful, longtime Pacific Grove woman who made headlines in 2005 after more than $2 million in gold and silver coins was stolen from her home near Asilomar State Beach, has died. She was 103.
According to court documents, King died Jan. 28 in her P.G. home, where she had been receiving round-the-clock help from caregivers.
Her attorneys and the conservator of her estate, Nader Agha, a Pacific Grove businessman who owns the Holman Building, said King had a youthful spirit despite her age. Even into her 100s, she was impressing those who cared for her.
A beach advisory has been posted at Lover’s Point Beach in Pacific Grove, Monterey County health officials said Wednesday.
It’s safe as long as there are no impaired drivers careening down the street.
J Ciccarelli’s report, delivered in November 2008, recommended the city consider moving the loading zone to Sinex or Fountain Avenue and prohibit parking or stopping on Forest outside of the school.
Pacific Grove Unified School District Assistant Superintendent Robin Blakely said Ciccarelli’s study looked only at pedestrian safety and sidewalks and was “quickly discredited” because it recommended moving the loading zone to Fountain Avenue, which is closed during school hours. Additionally, he said, there are already alternative drop-off and pick-up zones.
He said Forest Avenue in front of the school is “no more narrow” than other streets around the school and elsewhere in the city. If a city street is safe then drop-off should be safe, he said.
And there seems to be no prediction of crowds in P.G.
Thousands of golf fans are heading to the Central Coast, but travel at your own risk. We found out why most police departments on the Peninsula are not stepping up patrols for the AT&T Pro-AM. In Monterey, police say they’re not adding extra patrols. In Pacific Grove, same situation, police say not a whole lot is going on during the big event. However, in Carmel, you can expect to see more officers patrolling the streets.