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2 SAL ATTACKS S.S.

TWO 49 YEAR-OLD MEN SUFFERED INJURIES IN 2 SEPARATE ATTACKS IN SALINAS LATE LAST WEEK. AT 11:30 THURSDAY NIGHT, A 49 YEAR-OLD HISPANIC MAN SUFFERED SEVERAL GUNSHOT WOUNDS. THE SUSPECTS LEFT THE SCENE IN A BROWN HONDA, WHICH WAS LATER FOUND ENGULFED IN FLAMES NEAR WILLIAMS AND OLD STAGE ROAD. JUST 2 HOURS LATER, A 49 YEAR-OLD MAN WAS ATTACKED (BY A MAN WIELDING A PIECE OF PIPE, AND A KNIFE). 55 YEAR-OD RICHARD TIMM WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL IN CONNECTION WITH THAT ATTACK, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN THE 200 BLOCK OF EAST MARKET STREET.

MONDE MISTRIAL S.S.

A JUDGE HAS DECLARED A MISTRIAL, IN THE CASE OF A MAN CHARGED WITH CHILD MOLESTATION. THAT AFTER THE JURY DEADLOCKED (11-1) IN FAVOR OF THE PROSECUTION. RICHARD MONDE, WHO WENT HOME A FREE MAN ON FRIDAY, IS LIKELY TO BE BACK BEFORE A NEW JURY LATER THIS MONTH. IF MONDE IS FOUND GUILTY, HE COULD FACE UP TO 3 YEARS IN PRISON.

MINI MOTORCYCLE BILL vs

THE CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TODAY TO BAN THE USE OF MINI MOTORCYCLES (SOMETIMES CALLED POCKET BIKES) FROM STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND HIGHWAYS. POCKET BIKES ARE ONLY 2 FEET HIGH BUT CAN TRAVEL AT SPEEDS OF MORE THAN 50 MPH. THE BIKES DON'T COMPLY WITH SAFETY OR AIR QUALITY STANDARDS SET AT BOTH THE FEDERAL OR STATE LEVEL. AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO SPECIFIC VEHICLE CODE BARRING THEM FROM PUBLIC ROADWAYS, SO OFFICERS ARE CITING USERS THROUGH OTHER LAWS. AB1051 NOW GOES TO THE SENATE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

HOLL MAN PLEADS N G S.S.

A FORMER HOLLISTER RESIDENT HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES HE THREATENED TO KILL A SAN BENITO COUNTY JUDGE. 45 YEAR-OLD THOMAS WAYNE SAWYER IS DUE BACK IN COURT MAY 17TH , FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING. HE IS BEING HELD IN SAN BENITO COUNTY JAIL. IF CONVICTED ON ALL OF THE COUNTS AGAINST HIM, HE COULD FACE MORE THAN 4 YEARS IN PRISON.

LONG VALLEY LANDFILL STUDY vs

THE 500 MONTEREY COUNTY RESIDENTS LIVING IN SAN LUCAS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT A POSSIBLE LAND FILL IN THEIR AREA. THE SALINAS VALLEY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY IS SPENDING $250,000 TO STUDY IF LONG VALLEY WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE LANDFILL SITE NEAR SAN LUCAS. THAT HAS SPARKED AREA HOMEOWNERS TO BEGIN LOBBYING EFFORTS AGAINST THE IDEA. THEY SUGGEST THE MARINA SITE HAS MORE THAN ENOUGH CAPACITY TO HANDLE THE EXPECTED DUMPING NEEDS FOR THE COUNTY.

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