Must have left the parking placard in the other semi truck
Lady Bank Robber Caught
OK, it never was the ex mayor.
Police said late Friday the woman believed to be the “Central Coast Bandit” has been apprehended and is in FBI custody after crashing her car in Paso Robles on Friday.
San Luis Obispo police Lt. Bill Proll said the woman, possibly a resident of the Watsonville area, fled from a local bank and was chased by California Highway Patrol officers as she raced north on Highway 101.
Proll said that the incident that led to her arrest began shortly before 6 p.m. Friday, as a woman appeared ready to rob a Golden One Credit Union in San Luis Obispo.
“An alert bank employee called police before she tried to do the robbery,” Proll said.He said San Luis Obispo police responded but decided chasing the woman’s vehicle across city streets would be too dangerous, especially “since nothing happened in the bank.”
But they alerted CHP officers, who pursued the woman on the 30-mile chase to Paso Robles, where her vehicle crashed and she was arrested, he said.
As of late Friday, she was in FBI custody, Proll said, who added he was confident police have the right woman.
Homeless Living In Cars Not Welcome In P.G.
The city can’t collect transient occupancy tax on a van dweller. Send them to Monterey instead. In the words of MoeAmmar “It’s the greatest thing to ever happen”.
“It came up with little fanfare, but I think people who advocate for the homeless got wind of it,” Mayor Bill Kampe said Thursday. The mayor and Councilmen Robert Huitt and Ken Cuneo cast dissenting votes.
About 10 people testified against the vehicle-sleeping ban, which Police Chief Vicki Myers said would give officers more latitude in contacting people in need of services.
“They didn’t want us hassling people in cars who are down and out … but this is exactly what the chief argued — to let people know about all the programs and to put them in the right direction,” Councilman Daniel Miller said.
The move came as the city of Monterey has been wrestling with homeless issues, and is exploring creating overnight parking spots for people living in vehicles.
Mail Getting Stolen In Beach Tract
Mail piles up when no one checks the box every day. Sing of the times when so many homes are weekend occupied or short term rentals.
The warning came after postal authorities recovered mail that apparently was stolen from the 900 to 1200 blocks of Shell, Surf, Egan, Crest, Ripple and Balboa avenues between February and this month.
Postal officials returned the recovered mail and informed police this week, said police Cmdr. John P. Miller.
Police advised the public to not leave mail in an unsecured mail box for long periods of time and, if taking an extended trip to have the postal service temporarily suspend delivery.
Miller said it wasn’t clear what kinds of mail were stolen. “We don’t know if it was if it was bills or just junk mail,” he said.
Car Week Thieves Take Corvette In P.G.
The police commander says it’s a rare thing to happen. Don’t forget all the motorcycles stolen during Moto GP week.
Meanwhile, the P.G. cops let the car thieves go on own recognizance.
Pacific Grove police said Wednesday that an El Dorado County resident reported his 1962 red Corvette vanished after he parked it late Saturday at a bed and breakfast.
The theft apparently occurred between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m., police Cmdr. John Miller said.
The owner said he parked at the lodging in the 300 block of Central Avenue and discovered the car missing an hour later when a friend came by.
The car owner said whoever took it must not have started the engine because he said “he would have heard if it was fired up,” Miller said.
Seen this car? Call the owner below. Don’t let the image of Pacific Grove get tarnished by indifferent cops.
A Police report has been filed with the Pacific Grove Police Department. PG1300883
Please contact owner, Pat 916
P.G. Car Burglars Caught
And cops let them go.
What?
The victim said he spotted two people in his vehicle about 1 a.m. in the 100 block of 19th Street. The burglars got into a waiting vehicle after the victim chased them.
Police said the suspects’ vehicle was spotted on Del Monte Boulevard a few minutes later and stopped by officers. Three occupants were arrested, and property from the burglary was recovered.
Arrested were Noziel Mendoza, 18, Jesus Nieto, 20, both of Castroville, and Joseph Olea, 27, of Salinas, police said. They were taken to the Pacific Grove police station and later released on their own recognizance, police said.
P.G. Sees Whooping Cough Outbreak
Very contagious, where’s it coming from?
Seven cases have been reported recently in Pacific Grove, most of them among adolescents. Health professionals are concerned the rise in cases happened because some people are declining the vaccination.
Symptoms of pertussis may include runny nose, sneezing and a mild cough, but develop into severe coughing fits after one or two weeks.
P.G. Woman Convicted On Elder Abuse Charge
Patricia Conklin, 47, was convicted on three counts of elder abuse in a jury trial that began on Aug. 5. Deliberations spanned the weekend, beginning on Friday before the final verdict was rendered on Monday.
In the first, Conklin pushed her mother during a verbal argument, causing the elderly woman to fall. When Conklin called 911 to advise her mother had slipped, dispatchers could hear her mother yelling she’d been thrown down. Transported to Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula, the woman was diagnosed with an intertrochanteric fracture, a fracture on the top of the femur bone just below the ball portion of the hip. The injury resulted in necessary surgery and several metal implants.
The second and third counts relate to endangerment on March 9. On that day, Conklin went to a skilled nursing facility to retrieve her mother from the surgery. At the location, Conklin demanded her mother’s release and accused the staff of wanting her mother’s money. She then threatened the staff and took her mother from the facility to her home which was ill-prepared for the elderly woman’s return.
Kidnapper Reported In Front Of P.G. High
Clad in a trench coat and a black fedora, a man insinuated Thursday he was going to kidnap a 15-year-old Pacific Grove High School student, police said.
Just before 3 p.m., an unidentified man approached a teenage boy on Sunset Avenue in front of the Pacific Grove High School stadium, according to a Pacific Grove Police Department release. The student told officers the man asked, “If you had a cell phone, would you be able to call someone if I kidnapped you?”
Bad guy being too obvious?
An “evil” character, a Film Noir character, or otherwise out-of-the-ordinary character, can always be identified (by the observant audience anyway) by the fact that he wears a concealing trenchcoat, fedora and occasionally dark glasses that are in no way seen as suspicious by any passers-by.
Nader Agha Back With Another Hotel Plan
But won’t his name cast a negative impression?
Agha said he intends to meet next week with city officials about the plan, which he said would retain the Holman Building in its design.
The Pacific Grove City Council on Thursday created a Holman Hotel Subcommittee with Mayor Bill Kampe and Councilman Alan Cohen to serve as a liaison between project proponents and the council.
“He has some conceptual drawings,” Kampe said of Agha’s new proposal. “We want to make sure we follow due process and not make a decision based on a pretty picture.”
Agha’s last pretty picture:
