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Cannery Row Crime – Murder Suspect Caught

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Never thought he’d be back in California so soon. Remember to stay out of the crossfire when visiting the ‘Row.

Jorge Luis Mendoza, the suspect in a November fatal shooting on Cannery Row, was extradited from Mexico and is now in Monterey County Jail, police said.

Mendoza, 21, was transported back to California on Saturday and turned over to Monterey police. He was booked on murder charges and his bail was set at $1.3 million.

On Nov. 23, 2016, police found Raul Melendez at the entrance to the Cannery Row parking garage, 601 Foam St., suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. First responders took Melendez, 28, to Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, where he died.

According to police, the original altercation started at the Giant Artichoke restaurant, 711 Cannery Row, which has since closed.

Cannery Row Crime – Murder Suspect Caught

Cannery Row Home To Gang Members

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Gang hits, knife fights, it just aint as safe anymore.

The gunman who Monterey police believe murdered a 28-year-old man on Cannery Row last month was identified Tuesday as Jorge Luis Mendoza.

The murder victim, Raul Melendez of Monterey, was followed from the restaurant to the Cannery Row Parking Garage on Wave Street at 1:40 a.m. on Nov. 23. He was shot multiple times. He was transported from the bloody scene to Natividad’s trauma center, where he died.

Monterey police also released the names of the men who were behind a double stabbing during a fight at the Blue Fin Billiards and Cafe at 685 Cannery Row.

Joel Robledo, 40, of Salinas and Frank Guzman II, 27, of Castroville, stabbed each other while fighting on Dec. 3.

Police described the two men as “rival gang members from Castroville and Salinas.”

Cannery Row Home To Gang Members

Don’t Be Stealing Hearts

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Burglars tried to leaf, but were pickled up by cops.

Four suspects in the burglary of The Giant Artichoke restaurant on Cannery Row were arrested Wednesday.

At about 3 a.m., Monterey officers responded to a report of suspicious persons outside the restaurant. They discovered the restaurant had been burglarized and observed four subjects fleeing the area. Officers created a perimeter and conducted a search.

The four suspects — Michael Lopez, 26, Juan O’Brien, 23 and Melissa Canales, 20, all of San Jose and Adina Jimenez, 18, from Morgan Hill — were found hiding nearby and were arrested and booked into the Monterey jail police said.

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