New Chiefs, weather, no tourists to prey on, one excuse after another. Police must be busy taking sensitivity training as not to offend anyone.
The department attributes the decreases to a lag in tourism, implementation of a new computer records system and the retirement of a longtime employee.
While P.G. parking enforcement issued 3,598 parking tickets during the 2022 timeframe, this year it’s issued only 2,507 — a difference of 1,091 tickets. Anderson explained why.
Stolen cars, drugs, counterfeit money, hit and run, running from police. Still got caught.
On March 27, detectives spotted Balesteri in Monterey driving another Acura sedan that was stolen out of Seaside.
Baleseteri was contacted after parking the car and was arrested without incident.
Police found tools used to commit vehicle thefts, methamphetamine, and counterfeit U.S. currency on Balesteri.
Police searched his home on the 800 block of Belden in Monterey found evidence he was creating counterfeit currency including a computer, printer, specialized paper, and additional counterfeit currency.
They also found property stolen from the Acura involved in the vehicle pursuit and crash on March 17, drug paraphernalia, and methamphetamine.
Country Club Gate, crime capital of Pacific Grove,
At 3:30 p.m. (4) masked and armed males walked into Chase Bank at the Country Club Gate Shopping Center.
The suspects took an undisclosed amount of money and no injuries have been reported.Multiple witnesses were able to provide valuable information, including a great vehicle description.
After officers responded and determined the suspects had fled, they found the involved van parked in the area of Moreland and Arkwright. The van was unoccupied and reported stolen.
Cyber-bullying and stalking.
According to testimony during Klotz’ trial earlier this year, he terrified the two women and organized an attack on one of them that left her face scarred and partially paralyzed. Prosecutor Danielle VanDamme tried the case, and in February, the jury convicted him of aggravated mayhem, criminal threats and stalking.
Noticing a pattern in the arrests – drugs.
The Monterey Police Department has seen an increase in property crimes in recent months, specifically automobile and residential burglaries,” police said.
Police believe there are two categories of thieves targeting Monterey: 1. a roving group that travels to Monterey, and 2. local criminals.
The roving groups “target areas that they know have financial means,” police said.
There were some arrests, among them:
May 21: Monterey Police Officers, with the assistance of the Seaside Police Department, arrested Zachary Thomas, 31, of Pacific Grove, in the 1100 block of Fremont, Seaside, for commercial burglary, possession of stolen property, and possession of a controlled substance.
May 23: Officers arrested Julia Natale, 51, of Monterey, in the 800 block of Archer, Monterey, for possession of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance for sale, transportation of a controlled substance, being under the influence of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and smuggling drugs into the jail.
Officers also arrested Ashley Beck, 30 of Pacific Grove, in the 800 block of Archer, for possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and being under the influence of a controlled substance.
Monterey Police Officers, with the assistance of the Peninsula Regional Violence and Narcotics Team, Pacific Grove PD, Marina PD, Carmel PD, and the Drug Enforcement Agency served a search warrant in the 900 block of McClellan, Monterey. Officers arrested John Spataro, 47, of Monterey, for possession of heroin and possession of methamphetamine. Officers also arrested Gary Russo, 43, of Monterey, for possession of methamphetamine.
Like Sharks Following Sea Lions, Monterey Criminals Follow The Money
And they make arrests. Imagine that, police doing policing,
In response to an increase of vehicle and residential burglaries, the Monterey Police Department has created the Burglary and Theft Team and made 17 arrests in the past two months in connection to those crimes.
According to Hober, officers on the Burglary and Theft Team volunteer to work overtime on their days off.
“They’ll just go out and proactively try to develop information and find people who might be committing these property crimes,” he said. “A majority of those 17 arrests came from officers on the (Burglary and Theft Team) going out.”
Eight Million Dollars for “to go from Fisherman’s Wharf to the Coast Guard station”. The money is coming from a grant (taxes) called the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 that was sold to the tax payers as an investment to fix our roads, freeways and bridges in communities across California. As usual, Governor Moonbeam lies about where our tax dollars are spent.
At least put some lights up and maybe a few 911 phones to cut down on the rapes, robberies and assaults that happens on that dangerous trail.
“Solutions for congested corridors are usually for Los Angeles or San Francisco so one of the things that we try to do with this grant is highlight the importance of offering an environmentally friendly and alternate form of transportation,” said Andrea Renny. She said that by creating a smoother running trail, drivers could be swayed to become bikers, therefore the improved Rec Trail could also serve to alleviate congestion on the road. And while some have advocated for the need to separate the bicyclists and pedestrians in that stretch of the trail, Renny said that the Parks and Recreation Master Plan calls for widening the trail first before other alternatives can be considered.
Monterey Getting $8,000,000 For A Short Section Of Recreation Trail Improvements
Both men got stabby and stabbed each other. No winner in this knife fight.
The double stabbing comes a little more than a week after a man was shot and killed in the Cannery Row parking garage. Hober said this is not an uptick in violence in Monterey and that police have no reason to believe the two incidents are related. The only commonalities between the incidents are time of night and location.
“I don’t think this is specific to Monterey. I don’t think there is an uptick,” Hober said. “I think that what’s happening is two incidents that happened close to each other, where it started in the bar venue and resulted in the violence.”
Moe! What? It’s not the greatest thing to happen in P.G?
“It’s exceptionally rare,” said Chamber of Commerce president Moe Ammar. “In my 24 years in Pacific Grove I think it happens maybe once a year maybe.”
The break-ins started October 23, when the offices of Saint Angela church were burglarized.
The next day, Hopkins Marine lab was targeted, and two days after that, the youth center was broken into.
Police said several personal laptops were stolen from the marine lab and church, and an Xbox game system and a girl’s backpack were taken from the youth center.
A Thief Is Having A Field Day In P.G.
Weed, guns and felons. Not welcome?
A pair of 18-year-olds from Marina
were arrested in Pacific Grove July 16 after
cops pulled them over on David Avenue for a
traffic violation and smelled marijuana coming
from inside the Mitsubushi Eclipse one
of them was driving, according to P.G. police
Cmdr. Rory Lakind.
The officers searched the car and found
two pistols they later discovered had been
stolen from people in Seaside.
Anthony Scott and Johnson Nguyen are
both convicted felons, according to Lakind,
with past charges of being a felon in possession
of a firearm and ammunition, and of
carrying a concealed weapon.