Tough all over?
Police said the victim was walking in the area of 17 Mile Drive and Dennet Avenue at 7:15 p.m. when he was approached by the men, who pulled a gun and demanded money.
The victim told them he had no money but handed over the flashlight he was carrying, police said, and the three then ran.
Tell me it’s not the former mayor..
The Monterey Credit Union on Forest Avenue in Pacific Grove was robbed by a woman with a handgun on New Year’s Eve. Pacific Grove Police say it happened shortly before 5:30 Monday evening, involving a hispanic woman in her 40’s to 50’s in age.
The suspect, who was captured on surveillance cameras, gave the teller a note demanding money and proceeding to pull out a black handgun. The woman told the bank teller there were two men outside the bank with shotguns if they did not comply with handing over the cash.
Police said the two were approached shortly before 6 p.m. as they sat in the patio of Peter B’s restaurant, 1 Portola Plaza, by a man who threatened them with a knife and demanded their wallets, then ran.
The robber was described as a black man, aged 30-40, 5feet, 10 inches to 6 feet, about 200 pounds, with stubble on his face and wearing a black beanie hat, black jacket and dark trousers.
Cue the story about gangs visiting in P.G. “to find a place to get away from the hood”.
Hear-Old says spike strips were used, the Californian says they just ran out of gas.
Monterey police said that shortly after midnight, two suspects went into the 7-Eleven at 381 David Ave. and stole several 18-packs of beer.
When the clerk confronted the thieves outside the store, a third robber shot the clerk several times with a BB gun, police said. She suffered superficial wounds and declined medical treatment, said Monterey Deputy Police Chief Phil Penko.
Salinas residents Christopher Dean, 19, Ivan Haro, 18, and Apolo Abraham, 18, and Bryan Chavez, 18, of Marina, were arrested and booked at Monterey City Jail on charges of robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, conspiracy, felony evasion and gang enhancements.
Monterey Police took 36 minutes to track down and arrest a man who allegedly robbed a pizza delivery man with a toy gun Thursday.
Police canvassed the area and located a man who matched the description near the intersection of Lighthouse and Drake avenues.
Jesse McIntyre, 25, of Salinas, was arrested on suspicion of robbery and violation of parole. He was booked into Monterey County Jail. The stolen property was recovered, police said.
While all the police were at the Pet Parade.
A woman was robbed by two men in Pacific Grove Friday afternoon, moments after the Feast of Lanterns pet parade concluded, according to Cmdr. John Nyunt.
“When all of our officers were tied up on this parade, we had an individual walking at Lighthouse and 13th toward town,” he said. At about 3 p.m. July 25, two men wearing dark clothing with hoodies grabbed her purse from her.
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Think he’ll really serve all that time? Doubtful. He served time for a 1991 murder and was out on the street robbing people in 2005.
A Salinas man who robbed a woman outside the Safeway store in Pacific Grove has been sentenced to 24 years in prison, the District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
Pablo Castaneda, 42, was convicted by a jury in August for the December 2005 armed robbery of a female customer in the grocery store parking lot. The robber took her purse at gunpoint.
No matter how old or frail they look.
SANTA ROSA – A boy in his mid-teens learned Wednesday afternoon that it is not a good idea to try to rob a former U.S. Marine at knifepoint, even if the former Marine is 84 years old, police said today.
The boy said, “Old man, give me your wallet or I’ll cut you,” Bair said. The man told the boy he was a former Marine who fought in three wars and had been threatened with knives and bayonets, Bair said.
The man then put his bags on the ground and told the boy that if he stepped closer he would be sorry. When the boy stepped closer, the man kicked him in the groin, knocking him to the sidewalk, Bair said. The ex-Marine picked up his grocery bags and walked home, leaving the boy doubled over, Bair said.
How he will fare with the gangs in prison for his prior experience?
A man who once walked away from the Nuestra Familia gang was convicted Tuesday of the 2005 armed robbery of a Pacific Grove shopper.
Pablo Castaneda, who has been the target of repeated slaying attempts since he dropped out of the gang in 1997, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on Oct. 12.
In addition to the robbery charge, the jury convicted Castaeda of being a felon in possession of a firearm, receiving stolen property and commercial burglary, the latter two charges in relation to his use of a cell phone and gift cards that were inside the victim’s purse.
After a separate hearing, the panel also found that Castaneda was previously convicted of possession of cocaine for sale and voluntary manslaughter, and that in each case less than five years elapsed between his release from prison and his next felony conviction.
Aaron Lynch, 21 and Jon Lanite, 20, were arrested Wednesday in connection with the theft of a purse from a locked vehicle Aug. 16 in the 200 block of Fountain Avenue in Pacific Grove.
Witnesses described the suspects and vehicle involved in the theft, police said. A search warrant was served and executed with the assistance of Monterey police.