THE GILROY POLICE DEPARTMENT INITIATED AN AMBER ALERT THAT IS STILL RUNNING THIS AFTERNOON. THEY REQUEST THE PUBLIC'S ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING 16 YEAR OLD EBONY CARTER, WHO WAS REPORTEDLY ABDUCTED FROM THE 7200 BLOCK OF MONTEREY STREET IN GILROY. SHE WAS LAST SEEN AT 2:15 P.M. ON SUNDAY AT THE CALTRAIN DEPOT IN GILROY. SHE IS DESCRIBED AS 5-9 AND WEIGHS ABOUT 300 POUNDS. SHE HAS BLACK SHOULDER LENGTH HAIR AND BROWN EYES. SHE IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED BY A 20 TO 30 YEAR OLD BLACK MAN AND COULD BE TRAVELING IN AN OLDER MODEL WHITE VAN, WITH TINTED WINDOWS. THE SUSPECTED ABDUCTOR IS A TRANSIENT WITH CURLY BLACK UNKEMPT LOOKING HAIR AND BROWN EYES. HE IS 5-11 AND WEIGHS ABOUT 200 POUNDS. AUTHORITIES DON'T HAVE THE MAN'S NAME BUT HAVE OBTAINED INFORMATION THAT THE NAME SOUNDS LIKE "BENYAMA". IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS CASE, PLEASE CONTACT THE GILROY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

3 SALINAS MEN WERE ARRESTED, AFTER SOME MULTI-AGENCY SEARCH WARRANTS WERE ISSUED YESTERDAY. 29 YEAR-OLD ERIC HOYOS, 23 YEAR-OLD FAUSTO DIAZ, AND 22 YEAR-OLD GILBERT GUTIERREZ, ARE ALL REPORTEDLY GANG MEMBERS (WHO WERE IN POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AT THE TIME OF YESTERDAY?S SEARCHES). THE 3 WERE BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL.

A SALINAS MAN HAS BEEN TOLD HE CAN AVOID A JAIL TERM, IF HE ENLISTS IN THE MILITARY. 24 YEAR-OLD BRIAN BARR WAS GIVEN THAT OPTION YESTERDAY, (THE DAY THAT HE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED BY JUDGE ROBERT MOODY IN A MONTEREY COUNTY COURTROOM). BARR WAS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED FOR FELONY POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA FOR SALE. THAT CHARGED STEMMED FROM A MARCH 22ND HOME INVASION ROBBERY AT BARR?S SOUTH SALINAS APARTMENT, IN WHICH BARR SHOT AND KILLED THE INTRUDER. JUDGE MOODY FOUND THE SHOOTING TO BE JUSTIFIED, BUT THE POSSESSION OF THE GUN (AND THE MARIJUANA) WAS NOT. AFTER ANNOUNCING THAT THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT HAD RECOMMENDED BARR SPEND 240 DAYS IN JAIL, (AND PRAISING THE PROBATION OFFICER ASSIGNED TO THE CASE), JUDGE MOODY GAVE BARR THE OPTION OF ENLISTMENT INSTEAD. BARR IS SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO COURT NEXT MONTH.

A LOCAL HOSPITAL WILL PROVIDE ALL 13 MONTEREY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS WITH DEFIBRILLATORS, AND TRAINING IN THE USE OF THE DEVICES. SALINAS VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SAYS THE DEFIBRILLATORS COST ABOUT 2 THOUSAND DOLLARS A PIECE. THE FUNDING FOR THEM COMES FROM A GRANT FROM THE CHILDREN?S MIRACLE NETWORK.