A spokeswoman for the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Tuesday that Jacobo Ruelas, 27, pleaded no contest to carjacking and robbery charges in that county in 1998 and was sentenced to six years in state prison.
Lana Wyant said Ruelas committed the robbery on May 5, 1998, and the carjacking on May 7, 1998. Details of the crimes were not available Tuesday afternoon.
While Ruelas did not enter a plea Tuesday, Martinez said he is denying guilt. The Salinas lawyer said Ruelas was raised by hardworking parents in Soledad and graduated from Gonzalez High School.
Rug Sale Tackiness Comes To P.G.
What’s the business with less credibility than used car sales?
Yep, the Magic Carpet business. Sale Signs that scream “LOST OUR LEASE”, “GOING OUT OF BUSINESS” or “LIQUIDATION SALE” are common either in print ad or on the store front.
See, every one of them does it, here is P.G.’s own:
No fewer than 11 signs shouting “REMODELING SALE”, right at the crossroads of the downtown. They win the prize for tacky storefront, formerly held by 17th Street Grill for the year round X-mas lights.
About 3 months later, the signs came down and the windows were covered with butcher paper. Later the store boasted a new front door. Some remodel.
Magic Carpet In Raging Bloom
Suspect In Olinger Slaying Arrested
Shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, officers arrested Jacobo Ruelas, a suspect in the nearly nine-year-old slaying of Kristopher Olinger, a 17-year-old who was beaten and stabbed to death on the Pacific Grove Recreation Trail in 1997.
After a three-hour search near Bradley, a small town in south Monterey County, a SWAT team made up of sheriff’s deputies, six Pacific Grove police officers, California Highway Patrol and state parks’ officers arrested Ruelas, of Soledad, on a $3 million arrest warrant issued Friday in connection with the murder.
Olinger Murder Suspect Named
After eight and a half years of investigating, Pacific Grove police have issued an arrest warrant for a Soledad man for the murder of Kristopher Olinger, a 17-year-old who was stabbed and beaten to death along the Recreation Trail in Pacific Grove.
Police said a “hit” in a new palm-print identification database led them to Jacobo Ruelas, 27, who was named as a “key suspect” in the case Friday. After eluding arrest earlier this week, Ruelas is wanted on a $3 million warrant.
Did Something Interesting Happen Here?
Spotted this sign, pimping the town to the trail walkers, surrey drivers and motorists that are not watching the road:
Historic? Did Poncho Villa sleep here? Minds sprung into action and have come up with a few alternates:
Truth in advertising.
The land barons’ sign.
Imported phony charm.
Goes with the ‘charm’.
Local wildlife.
Emergency Preparedness, part 1.
Emergency Preparedness, part 2.
Cartoon characters ala amusement parks.
Tidepool Police Need A Life
Letter from the editor – the Hear-old
Am I the only one getting tired of the incessant whining by the Pacific Grove Tidepool Coalition?
The coalition makes it seem like the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Hopkins Marine Station are self-serving bullies bent on turning the P.G. coastline into a watery desert. In fact, no two institutions have done more to promote the stewardship of our oceans in general and our local intertidal eco-system in particular.
If the coalition needs a tide pool project, perhaps it should look into the effects of the fertilizer and herbicide runoff from the P.G. golf course after each rain.
Nope, I am also tired of it. I imagine the tidepool nazis want to fence off the shoreline and not let anyone in from the land or sea. Soon the beaches will be littered with flotsam, stinky and unused.
DirectTV Techs: Policy Makes Lying Part Of Job
Feel the Joy
ORLANDO, Fla. — Nearly 40 DirectTV installers were fired this week after giving on-camera interviews to Local 6 News about a company policy they say forced them to lie to Florida customers.
“Tell the customer whatever you have to tell them,” technician Frank Martinez said. “Tell them if these phone lines are not connected, the receiver will blow up.”
“You’ve been told to tell them that?” Alvarez asked.
“We’ve been told to say that,” Martinez said. “(And say) whatever it takes to get that phone line in the receiver.”
The report uncovered that the apparent lie could cost customers big money.
The fee to have a phone line installed could be as high at $52 per room. A wireless phone jack will cost another $50.
P.G. Woman Arrested In Drug Lab Bust
Miles Clifford Farmer, 32, of Prunedale and Amanda Miyo Farmer, 29, of Pacific Grove were sitting in two cars behind the Motel 6 at 100 Reservation Road in Marina around 9 a.m. when officers ran one of the license plates and discovered that Miles Farmer was a parolee-at-large. Lt. Bob Nolan said officers also learned that Farmer had a previous conviction for operating a meth lab.
When the vehicles were searched, officers discovered a black satchel in one containing items that looked like a portable methamphetamine lab.
Caregiver Runs Up Unauthorized Credit Card Charges
Talielia Mekemke Naufahu, 45, of San Mateo was booked in lieu of $30,000 on suspicion of grand theft and theft from elders, police said.
Naufahu was hired as a caregiver for the couple in the past year. Police began investigating Naufahu after a member of the couple’s family found “unusual charges” on some of their credit cards.