The victim had parked his vehicle in the turnout and exited his vehicle when he was confronted by 48-year-old, Garrett Lowery, a Pacific Grove resident. The victim told officers that he and Lowery knew each other and that Lowery had been repeatedly attempting to intimidate and bully him.
The victim reported that during the confrontation, Lowery threatened to kill him and stated he would smash his head in with a rock.At approximately 12:38 p.m., an on-duty Pacific Grove Police Department Community Service Officer, was performing her regular duties and observed Lowery near the Lighthouse Cinema on Lighthouse Avenue. The Community Service Officer immediately notified on-duty police officers, who responded and safely took Lowery into custody without incident.
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Crespi Pond Burn Victim Identified
Still don’t know what led up to the deceased man.
Early two weeks after finding a man’s body in flames at the Pacific Grove golf course, police still don’t know why 56-year-old P.G. resident Richard Haffner died, and they’re continuing to treat it as suspicious.
PGPD Sgt. Jeff Fenton was dispatched to Ocean View Boulevard around 7:20 a.m. Nov. 3 on reports of a man and building on fire at the public golf course. He arrived to find the person engulfed in flames lying unmoving on the ground next to the restroom building and a fence on fire, and attempted to douse them with the extinguisher from his car
Update On Crespi Pond Burn Victim
Police are saying they’re still investigating the incident and the victim, Richard Haffner, lived alone. Right now officers are in contact with his family and say they’re not investigatig it as a homicide. At this point, they are just trying to see if it was a suicide or an accident.
Man Burned To Death At Crespi Pond
Was the pond dry as it is today? (11/9)
Pacific Grove police have identified Richard Haffner as the man killed Sunday at Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course after they found him engulfed in flames. Police would not release any more details as of Monday afternoon.
Police are investigating the death of a man they found engulfed in flames Sunday morning at the Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course.
Employees in the golf course’s restaurant and pro shop saw the man in flames running in the area of the stone restroom near Crespi Pond and the tees of the 17th hole on Ocean View Boulevard about 7:20 a.m.
Numerous calls to Pacific Grove police and the Monterey Fire Department reported a man and building on fire. Police arrived first and found the man and a fence outside the bathroom on fire. An officer immediately extinguished the flames but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.