P.G. Cops Responding To Car Ripoffs

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If you lock the doors, one burglar may move on. Or the may put a rock through the window to steal an iPod.

In an effort to catch burglars in the act, Pacific Grove police officers, using unmarked cars, recently staked out areas in the city where vehicle burglaries and thefts have occurred.

“We have been able to do some surveillance programs in direct response,” Miller said.

One of the stings netted the arrest of a Pacific Grove man who was going car to car and checking door handles, trying to find an unlocked vehicle, Miller said.

P.G. Cops Responding To Car Ripoffs

Carmel Does Not Want To Be Made Fun Of Over Pet Chickens

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Pro Chicken Mack

This coming from the town that bans ice cream cones.

At the Oct. 5 meeting, Yateman, a.k.a. “the chicken lady,” reiterated her desire to keep hens because they lay nutritious eggs, are quiet, produce fertilizer, eat bugs “and even in some cases, mice,” make good pets “and are very educational for children,” while having no negative consequences.

“I had two hens many years ago, with absolutely no problems,” she said, adding that The Pine Cone’s weekly police log often contains calls about barking and biting dogs, but “never anything about hens.”

So sympathetic was the audience to her plea, no one made the obvious counter-argument: There have been no complaints about hens because the town hardly has any, while dogs are everywhere.

Carmel Chamber of Commerce CEO Monta Potter said her organization works hard to market Carmel as a sophisticated destination for visitors, and while she did not take a particular position for or against chickens, she commented, “I would hope that we are not made fun of. I think it’s important that we continue to promote ourselves as a sophisticated city.”


Carmel Does Not Want To Be Made Fun Of Over Pet Chickens

Mayor Wants No Smoking In Public

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Monterey has an ordinance against smoking on the rec trail. Cuneo, Kampe and Cohen all opposed the action. Kampe said “It’s incredibly rare to encounter second-hand smoke in Pacific Grove.” Kampe has never walked past Juice & Java or Hazara’s I take it.

No Smoking Dogs

Are Pacific Grove’s smoking regulations strong enough?

Mayor Carmelita Garcia doesn’t think so. She proposed Wednesday that the city consider tightening rules about smoking in public places, particularly parks, beaches, recreation areas, outdoor dining areas and sidewalk tables in front of restaurants and coffeehouses.

The motion to ask staff to draw up an ordinance failed 3-3, with Cuneo, Kampe and Cohen opposed

P.G. Mayor Wants No Smoking In Public

37 Hand Grenades Found In Pebble Beach

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Travelodge Guy

A probation search on Thursday at the home of Joe Beverdine, 48 on the 2900 block of Sloat Road in Pebble Beach found 37 inert military practice hand grenades, deputies said.

On Tuesday, Monterey Police officers conducted a vehicle check, occupied by Joe Beverdine, in the parking lot of the Travel Lodge Motel, deputies said.

They found an altered practice hand grenade within the vehicle, causing the evacuation of the motel while the Bomb Squad responded and rendered the device safe, deputies said.

Beverdine is currently in-custody pending trial on $62,500 bail, deputies said.

37 Hand Grenades Found In Pebble Beach

Lookout For Cops On Vacation In P.G.

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If you can take county cars on vacation I guess it helps well paid cops have 2nd homes in P.G.

A driver was hurt when her car was rear-ended in Monterey by an off-duty Stanislaus County sheriff’s captain in a department vehicle, the woman says in a claim against the county.

Previous reports said no one was injured when Capt. Tim David, driving a sheriff’s Ford Explorer to his second home in Pacific Grove, ran into a Ford Focus on March 26.

The accident caused Sheriff Adam Christianson to issue a policy in April that prohibits taking home a car if an employee lives farther than 35 miles — Pacific Grove is about 120 miles — and will be away more than three days.

Lookout For Cops On Vacation In P.G.

Modesto Bee

Every Election A New Tax

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$90.00 a year for 10 years. My vote is a no. Cutback on necessary things during tough times first. I don’t see them trying anything but reducing hours.

Liberry

To supporters, the library parcel tax Pacific Grove residents will vote on Nov. 2, Measure Q, is the one chance the city has to guarantee funding to keep its century-old library open.

To opponents, Measure Q is an unnecessary add-on to the tax burden based on assumptions of facts that have not been discussed in public.

The ballot measure was debated Tuesday in a forum organized by the League of Women Voters. Linnett Harlan and Greta Miller of the Campaign Committee for Yes on PG Library faced former Councilwoman Susan Goldbeck and Jeffrey Flather of the Monterey Peninsula Taxpayers Association.

Every Election A New Tax

Pebble Beach Art Theft Updates

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Checking in on the Pebble Beach Art Theft story. This thing is all over the map it seems. Gay bashing, friend’s fathers who pilot helicopters, what next?

KSBW has the complaint file in a .pdf

Dr. Ralph Kennaugh and Angelo Amadio reported the theft of millions of dollars of artwork on Sept. 25, 2009, saying the missing collection contained works by Jackson Pollock, Van Gogh, Miro and Rembrandt.

No arrests were ever made, none of the missing art turned up, and the Sheriff’s Office subsequently talked about charging the two men with filing a false police report or insurance fraud.

The reported theft drew widespread publicity after Kennaugh and Amadio offered a $1million reward for the return of the artwork. But the Sheriff’s Office, within a few days, was painting a different picture of the case, suggesting that something was not right about the big art heist.

Pebble Beach Art Theft Updates

New Monterey Police Blotter – September 2010

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9/1/10 An individual was arrested for DUI of drugs and being under the influence of a controlled substance at David and Lighthouse.

9/1/10 An individual was arrested for possession of a dangerous weapon, possession of burglary tools, possession of narcotics paraphernalia, and being under the influence of a controlled substance in the 400 block of Drake.

9/1/10 An individual was arrested on an outstanding warrant in the 400 block of Drake.

9/1/10 An individual was arrested for an outstanding warrant at David and Lighthouse.

9/2/10 An individual was arrested for public intoxication on Cannery Row and Prescott.

9/3/10 A victim reports theft in the 800 block of Hawthorne.

9/3/10 A victim reports theft from the 700 block of Spencer.

9/3/10 An individual was arrested for prostitution and obstructing/resisting a peace officer in the 700 block of Lighthouse.

9/4/10 A non injury accident in the 600 block of Lighthouse Ave.

9/4/10 An individual was arrested for public intoxication at 600 block of Cannery Row.

9/5/10 An individual was arrested for public intoxication in the 400 block Cannery Row.

9/5/10 An individual was arrested for public intoxication at Prescott / Belden.

9/5/10 MPD documents a verbal argument on Cannery Row at Prescott.

9/4/10 An individual was cited for improper ID at Prescott and Cannery Row.

9/6/10 A victim reports theft in the 500 block of Lighthouse.

9/6/10 MPD documents a verbal dispute at 700 block of Foam.

9/7/10 MPD documents a verbal argument in the 400 block of Spencer.

9/7/10 MPD documents found property on the Rec. Trail near David.

9/7/10 A victim reports vandalism at Hawthorne and Hoffman.

9/7/10 MPD documents graffiti at San Carlos Beach.

9/7/10 MPD documents found property in the 400 block of Cannery Row.

9/8/10 An individual was arrested for possession of a controlled substance at Irving and Lyndon.

9/8/10 A victim reports fraud in the 400 block of Spencer.

9/8/10 An individual was cited for driving on a suspended license, failure to have ignition interlock device, unsafe speed, and no proof of insurance at Lighthouse and Hoffman.

9/9/10 MPD documents found property from Irving and Foam.

9/9/10 An individual was arrested for public intoxication and tampering with fire emergency equipment in the 600 block of Cannery Row.

9/9/10 A verbal argument in the 400 block of Drake.

9/9/10 An individual was arrested for threats and battery in the1100 block of McClellan Ave.

9/10/10 A non injury accident at David Ave / Lighthouse Ave.

9/10/10 A hit and run in the South bore of the Lighthouse tunnel.

9/10/10 MPD documents vandalism at Cannery Row and Drake.

9/11/10 MPD documents a dog bite in the 400 block of Cannery Row.

9/11/10 MPD documents found property at 700 Cannery Row.

9/11/10 MPD documented a verbal argument in the700 block of Newton.

9/12/10 A victim reports being battered in the 600 block of Lighthouse.

9/12/10 An individual was issued a citation for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana in the 700 block of Foam St.

9/12/10 An individual was arrested for public intoxication in the 600 block of Lighthouse.

9/12/10 An individual was arrested for battery in the 600 block of Cannery Row.

9/12/10 A victim reports theft from an unlocked vehicle in the 400 block of Wave.

9/12/10 A victim reports theft and use of Visa debit credit card from the 200 block of Laine St.

9/13/10 A victim reports theft from an unlocked vehicle in the 400 block of Spencer.

9/13/10 MPD towed a vehicle from McClellan and Archer.

9/13/10 MPD towed a boat trailer from McClellan and Archer.

9/13/10 MPD towed a vehicle from the 800 block of Pine.

9/14/10 A non injury accident on Lyndon S of Withers.

9/14/10 MPD documents suspicious circumstances in the 1000 block of Hoffman.

9/14/10 A victim reports theft in the 900 block of Archer.

9/14/10 MPD documents a fall of person on the recreation trail near Cannery Row.

9/15/10 An individual was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol at Lighthouse and Dickman.

9/15/10 MPD documents a civil dispute in the 400 block of Drake.

9/15/10 A hit and run at Lighthouse N of Hoffman.

9/16/10 MPD documents suspicious circumstances in the 400 block of Cannery Row.

9/17/10 A victim reports abuse in the 300 block of Drake.

9/18/10 MPD documented a domestic dispute in the 800 block of Hawthorne.

9/18/10 An individual was arrested for public intoxication at Prescott and Newton.

9/19/10 A victim reports battery in the 700 block of Cannery Row.

9/20/10 MPD documents graffiti in the 600 block of Wave.

9/21/10 A victim reports hit and run in the 600 block of Taylor.

9/21/10 MPD documents lost property at Lighthouse and Prescott.

9/21/10 An individual was cited for an outstanding warrant in the 200 block of Lighthouse.

9/22/10 An individual was arrested in the 300 block of David for possession of a concealed weapon and public intoxication.

9/22/10 MPD documents a domestic dispute in the 400 block of Spencer.

9/22/10 MPD towed a trailer from Archer and Line.

9/22/10 A victim reports burglary from the 600 block of Belden.

9/22/10 An individual was arrested for domestic violence in the 700 block of Taylor.

9/23/10 An individual was cited for an outstanding warrant at McAbee Beach.

9/23/10 A vehicle injury accident at Lighthouse and Prescott.

9/23/10 A victim reports receiving harassing phone calls in the 800 block of Spencer.

9/23/10 A victim reports receiving a fictitious check in the 700 block of Belden.

9/24/10 A victim reports vandalism in the 200 block of Littleness.

9/24/10 A victim reports burglary in the 600 block of Lily.

9/24/10 A vehicle injury accident at David and Cypress.

9/25/10 An individual was arrested for public intoxication at Lighthouse and Drake.

9/25/10 Two individuals were arrested for public intoxication on Prescott at Wave.

9/25/10 An individual was arrested for public intoxication at Dickman/Wave.

9/25/10 A victim reports theft from Spencer and Irving.

9/25/10 MPD investigated a report of subject brandishing a weapon in the 800 Block of Lighthouse.

9/25/10 An individual was arrested for public intoxication at Prescott and wave.

9/25/10 MPD documents a domestic dispute in the 400 block of Drake.

9/26/10 MPD documents found property on the recreation trail near San Carlos Beach.

9/26/10 An individual was arrested for an outstanding warrant at Prescott and Cannery Row.

9/27/10 MPD documents a domestic dispute in the 400 block of Drake.

9/27/10 MPD documents found property from Foam St.

9/27/10 A victim reports theft from Oak Newton Park.

9/27/10 MPD documents suspicious circumstances in the 400 block of McClellan.

9/27/10 An individual was arrested for DUI in the 500 block of Irving.

9/27/10 A victim reports a vehicle theft in the 1700 block of David.

9/28/10 A victim reports theft in the 400 block of Laine.

9/28/10 MPD towed a vehicle from the 500 block of Laine.

9/28/10 A non injury accident in the 600 block of Cannery Row.

9/29/10 An individual was arrested for public intoxication in the 400 block of Cannery Row.

9/29/10 A victim reports theft of services in the 700 block of Cannery Row.

9/29/10 A victim reports theft in the 1800 block of David.

9/29/10 MPD documents a dog bite in the 700 block of Hawthorne.

9/30/10 MPD documented a verbal argument in the 600 block of Cannery Row.

9/30/10 MPD documents lost property in the 400 block of Cannery Row.

New Monterey Police Blotter – September 2010

Got An Itch?

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Creepy.

An invasive snail recently discovered in San Francisco Bay has brought along its own unwelcome stowaway: a parasitic worm responsible for only the second known outbreak of “swimmer’s itch” along the Pacific Coast of the United States.

Swimmer’s itch, or cercarial dermatitis, normally crops up in freshwater. It is an immune system reaction caused when a certain type of parasite emerges from snail shells and attempts to burrow into a host’s skin. Usually, the parasite – a microscopic flatworm with a forked tail – bores into the legs and feet of birds, hitches a ride in the bloodstream and settles in the intestines to breed.

Got An Itch?