A salinas man was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of sexually abusing a child.  A resident at a north pearl street apartment complex called police, after allegedly witnessing the abuse taking place in a laundry room.  Ray Garcia was arrested on 2-counts of sexual abuse of a child.  He was booked into monterey county jail.

4-men have been ordered to stand trial in connection with the murder of a 14-year-old watsonville boy.   19-year-old alexis Rodriguez and 20-year-old david Moreno sanchez are facing murder and attempted murder charges, while 2-others are facing charges of being accessories after the crimes occurred.  (a 5^th man has already pleaded guilty to being an accessory).   The charges relate to the shooting death of jesse lopez, who was gunned down last December outside a birthday party in watsonville.   the 4-men are scheduled to return to a santa cruz county courtroom October 31^st for an arraignment hearing.

A 20-year-old woman was arrested in monterey county Wednesday allegations of drug sales.  salinas resident Carolina Hernandez uribe was allegedly found with more than a pound of heroin, along with a large amount of cash, and was arrested by monterey county sheriff’s deputies. Uribe was booked into monterey county jail on charges of possession of heroin with intent to sell.

A head-on collision occurred this afternoon near the monterey-san benito county line.  the wreck was reported at about 3:40 p.m.     the vehicles collided on upper san juan grade road (near crazy horse canyon road), leaving   2-children with minor injuries.  the cause of the accident is under investigation.