MONTEREY POLICE ARRESTED A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY STABBED A

FAMILY MEMBER SEVERAL TIMES EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

POLICE WERE DISPATCHED TO A FIGHT AT THE 400 BLOCK OF ENCINA

JUST BEFORE 2 A-M THIS MORNING.           UPON ARRIVAL THE POLICE

WITNESSED 27 YEAR-OLD HUMBERTO LEYVA AND THE STABBING VICTIM

FIGHTING.       THE VICTIM A 39 YEAR-OLD MAN FROM MONTEREY   WAS

FLOWN TO SAN JOSE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE IS LISTED

IN STABLE CONDITION.      LEYVA WAS BOOKED AT MONTEREY CITY JAIL

ON ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE  AND ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON

CHARGES.    HE    IS BEING HELD ON MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS

BAIL.

NORTH SALINAS HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR ALEC LEPE, IS ONE OF TWO STUDENTS IN MONTEREY COUNTY,  TO RECEIVE THE GATES MILLENNIUM  SCHOLARSHIP THIS YEAR.  THE SCHOLARSHIP WILL PROVIDE A FULL RIDE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HIS CHOICE.    THE GATES MILLENNIUM SCHOLARSHIP IS AWARDED TO ONE THOUSAND HIGH-ACHIEVING LOW INCOME STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES.   OF THE THIRTY EIGHT HUNDRED STUDENTS DUE TO GRADUATE THIS YEAR IN MONTEREY COUNTY ONLY LEPE AND RANDY SOSA, A SENIOR AT GREENFIELD HIGH SCHOOL WERE CHOSEN FOR THE GATES HONOR.

MARINA POLICE AND MONTEREY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARRESTED 24 YEAR-OLD KENNETH EDWARD PACKER AT HIS HOME FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING SEVERAL CARS.        PACKER WAS SEEN BY POLICE TRYING TO START A 2008 HONDA MOTORCYCLE WHICH WAS REPORTED STOLEN FROM MONTEREY.       OTHER CARS ALLEGEDLY STOLEN BY PACKER WERE A HONDA ACCORD AND A 1990 ACURA.     PACKER WAS BOOKED INTO THE MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL ON CAR THEFT CHARGES AND POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY.   HIS BAIL IS SET AT TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS

MONTEREY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A CAR JACKING AND FATAL STABBING OF A CAB DRIVER  IN THE 1100 BLOCK OF DEL MONTE AVENUE.  POLICE REPORTED THE INCIDENT OCCURRED, AT A LOCAL RENT-A-CAR ESTABLISHMENT.    THE SUSPECT 20 YEAR-OLD JOSHUA KANNON CLAYPOLE,  THEN CARJACKED A MANAGER OF A LOCAL FAST FOOD RESTAURANT BUT WAS ARRESTED A SHORT TIME LATER IN SEASIDE AT DEL MONTE ROAD AND CANYON DEL REY.      THE CAB DRIVER DANIEL GARCIA HUERTA WAS  DECLARED DEAD AT THE SCENE.