The Weekly breaks news on the embezzling and bribery that has one-third of police force and its chief under arrest.
King City continues on its path to slowly rebuild credibility in the wake of the February 2014 arrests of a third of its police department.
The city of King City will pay $1.2 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed in 2014 on behalf of people whose cars were allegedly towed…
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In January of 2012, Jesus Garcia was driving through King City when a police officer pulled him over. He was cited for a minor traffic infract…
So much for second chances. Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Watsonville, is through waiting for the King City Police Department to shape up.
For months, King City officials scoured for a candidate to replace City Manager Michael Powers, who announced his retirement several months ago.
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For the second time in less than a year, Tony Sollecito has been appointed to the position of interim police chief of King City's beleaguered …
Something in the Air…When reading the news, sometimes Squid can’t help but sniff something fishy—and more often than not the stench is not com…
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King City's former police Chief Dominic Baldiviez and former cop Mario Mottu Sr. received three years probation and a 30-day jail sentence Wed…
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Before he was sworn in as King City police chief on June 22, Ron Forgue served on Chicago PD for 29 years.
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Less than four months after swearing in a new chief of police, King City has axed Ron Forgue, a veteran Chicago cop who was hired in June to l…
There's about a 1 in 3 chance you can get away with murder in the United States, according to FBI crime statistics.
King City PD aims to rebound with new chief, takes a crack at 24 unsolved murder cases.
More than a year ago, scandal rocked the King City Police Department and it hasn't fully recovered since. But it's on its way.
After a three-week trial and two days of deliberations, a jury was unable to reach a decision in the case of Nick Baldiviez, the retired King …
The former acting chief of the beleaguered King City Police Department pleaded no contest Monday to two misdemeanor charges.
Retired King City police chief goes to trial on charges of perjury and embezzlement of a police car.
Since six King City police officers were arrested in early 2014, three have entered into plea bargains. Retired Chief Nick Baldiviez is the fi…
Corruption Costs…Sometimes a pal or a reader or a not-yet-jaded intern will ask Squid for some career advice. Squid’s no expert, and offers th…
When King City Police Sgt. Mark Allen Baker agreed to a plea deal in December, his attorney, Tom Worthington, said Baker didn't deserve to go …
If you've ever sat in a courtroom hoping to squirm your way out of jury duty, you know how long and tedious the process of jury selection can be.
Former King City Police Officer Jaime Andrade was sentenced Friday morning to three years of probation, 200 hours of community service and 30 …
King City Police Officer Jose David Hernandez was found guilty April 2 of brandishing a firearm, a misdemeanor.
Latino elected officials and King City activists are calling for a new electoral system in the South County city, decrying the current city co…
More than a year after law enforcement officers arrested seven in King City in connection with alleged corruption at the police department, fo…
Tomorrow night, King City City Council will chart a new course for its police department.
Its been a year since a team of law enforcement officers swept through King City in the early morning hours, arresting seven people, including…
CLYDE SHOW… Not much surprises Squid, but when Monterey landed renowned architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLC (SOM) to redesign…
A national conversation on issues of race and police brutality took a tragic turn in Brooklyn last week when a gunman bent on revenge ambushed…
At about 10:30pm on Nov. 27, 2013, Christopher Segobia turned the corner onto Monterey Street in Soledad. There, Police Officer Jesus Yanez wa…
Days before his case was scheduled to go to go trial, King City Police Sgt. Mark Allen Baker agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors and pleade…
King City Police Officer Bobby Carrillo has had a rough few months, according to his defense attorney, Susan Chapman.
UPDATE: No decision on the DA's requested bail increase on the latest development in this case, an additional charge for Bobby Carrillo of mis…
The District Attorney's investigation into alleged eavesdropping at King City City Hall is back in action, thanks to notes to previous city ma…
King City is the kind of small town where plenty of people say everyone knows everything—but even that has its limits.
Already we have one police officer facing allegations he schemed to seize cars from immigrant drivers, swing the majority of the towing and impound business to the department chief’s brother and cut the chief in on the profits when those cars were sold at a fraction of their values. Another officer faces charges of illegally owning and storing an assault weapon, and another faces charges of threatening to physically harm a citizen. Still another officer, along with the ex-chief, are accused of embezzlement after the chief gifted an officer with a car owned by the department’s Youth Explorer Program. A third of the department went to jail in February and now face trials on charges that could send them to prison for years.
King City City Manager Michael Powers had a rude awakening from his vacation last week. Friday afternoon, his phone started blowing up after n…
What the hell, King City?
ENGINE TROUBLE…It’s no secret Squid dislikes chores like cleaning the lair and going to the DMV. But as Squid recently learned, there’s only o…
The heyday of the tow-truck business in King City might be over. Brian Miller, the erstwhile owner of Miller’s Towing, faces criminal charges …
Brian Miller, owner of the tow company implicated in the alleged King City Police Department car towing scheme, declared bankruptcy on Monday.
The King City Police Department is hiring.
When news broke of an alleged corruption ring among King City police officers February, investigators pledged to stay on top of the case.
A Monterey County Superior Court judge has agreed to keep search warrants served on the King City Police Department, a police sergeant and a c…
The man approaches me after the second hour of a never-ending press conference March 6 outside City Hall in King City, an event sponsored by the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). The man’s English is about as good as my Spanish – which is to say, pretty bad – but I make out that he’s asking about the television cameras.
King City police officers involved in an alleged car towing and impounding scheme targeted a particular demographic, according to a class acti…
The Monterey County Public Defenders office is assembling a team to investigate whether there have been any wrongful convictions due to the wo…
Last week’s news of multiple arrests of King City police officers has involved a ton of people, from District Attorney personnel and sheriff’s…
Three King City police officers pleaded not guilty to various felony charges, including embezzlement, this afternoon. The pleas follow the Feb…
Tuesday, Feb. 26 was a rough day for Michael Powers, the city manager of King City. Before sunup, six police officers and the acting chief’s b…
Here’s how a bank robbery works. Or how it doesn’t work, because thanks to technology, they almost never do, not anymore.
Voicing concerns about potential civil rights violations, Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Watsonville, has asked state Attorney General Kamala Harri…
Dennis Hegwood took the helm of the King City Police Department as interim chief late Wednesday, where he's leading a shaken department that's…
A handwritten note on a piece of printer paper served as an understated backdrop to a tumultuous and emotional day in King City on Tuesday: “O…
King City officials have voiced apology and disappointment, but others are furious with allegations that surfaced yesterday that the city's to…
Following are the charges filed Tuesday against six King City police officers and one civilian; two of the officers, as well as the department…
South Monterey County cities are more like small towns. As retired Greenfield Police Chief and King City resident Joe Grebmeier puts it, "Down…
The brother of King City's acting police chief was arrested early Tuesday, along with six law enforcement officials.
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The former chief and the current acting chief of the King City Police Department were arrested early this morning, along with three other offi…
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