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Suspect arrested in Modesto in connection with 15-year-old Castroville cold case.
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Suspect arrested in Modesto in connection with 15-year-old Castroville cold case.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Sep 30, 2025

A little more than 15 years ago, on Aug. 15, 2010, deputies were dispatched to the 11000 block of Jackson Street in Castroville in response to…

Salinas Police arrest a suspect five days after triple shooting that killed two young men.
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Salinas Police arrest a suspect five days after triple shooting that killed two young men.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Sep 25, 2025

Three young people were shot just after 11pm on Friday night, Sept. 19, on a residential block of Cross Avenue near Miami Street in Salinas. T…

Three suspects are nabbed for King City, Soledad shootings that killed six people.
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Three suspects are nabbed for King City, Soledad shootings that killed six people.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • May 10, 2024

For the past three months, residents of King City and the broader South County community have mourned the killings of six people. Now, law enf…

A new law lets a terminally ill inmate out of prison to die at home.
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A new law lets a terminally ill inmate out of prison to die at home.

  • Sara Rubin
  • May 4, 2023

The story of the last few years of Adnan Nijmeddin’s life – and they will be his last few years – is a story of tragedy. But its final days or…

Moss Landing man convicted of first degree murder.
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Moss Landing man convicted of first degree murder.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 8, 2018

On the morning of Feb. 15, 2017, Monterey County Sheriff’s Deputies were called out to a Moss Landing residence on Trafton Road for a disturba…

Police investigating two different homicides in Soledad and Salinas.
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Police investigating two different homicides in Soledad and Salinas.

  • Pam Marino
  • Mar 8, 2018

Two men were shot and killed in unrelated incidents in Soledad and Salinas over the weekend of March 3 and 4.

Judge sentences 'depraved' killer of Sandra McGee to life in prison.
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Judge sentences 'depraved' killer of Sandra McGee to life in prison.

  • Pam Marino
  • Feb 2, 2018

Superior Court Judge Julie Culver's intentions were clear in a court appearance on Feb. 2: she never wants Alfred Powell, 62, to leave prison …

Updated: Violent weekend in Salinas leaves two dead, two others injured in separate shootings.
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Updated: Violent weekend in Salinas leaves two dead, two others injured in separate shootings.

  • NIC COURY - MCW
  • Jan 29, 2018

In the span of just over 14 hours, four people were shot in two separate incidents in Salinas over the weekend, leaving two cousins dead.

Convicted murderer pleads guilty to second Monterey County cold case homicide.
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Convicted murderer pleads guilty to second Monterey County cold case homicide.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jan 7, 2018

Alfred Powell's hands were shaking the day he stood in court in 2016 and pleaded not guilty to a first degree murder charge for the 1982 homic…

Sheriff's investigators find Monterey County homicide suspect in New Mexico.
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Sheriff's investigators find Monterey County homicide suspect in New Mexico.

  • Pam Marino
  • Dec 12, 2017

Dale Dean Pierce was a man of the road, and therefore not an easy man to track down.

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