A MODESTO MAN WAS ARRESTED ON SEVERAL CHARGES AFTER ENTERING THE HOME OF A WOMAN IN NORTH SALINAS. 18 YEAR OLD MICHAEL ANTHONY SMITH WAS SELLING CLEANING PRODUCTS DOOR TO DOOR LAST FRIDAY WHEN HE ENTERED THE HOME OF A WOMAN AFTER SHE HAD ASKED HIM TO LEAVE. AS SHE WAS ESCORTING HIM TO THE DOOR, HE GRABBED HER AND ATTEMPTED TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT THE WOMAN. SHE WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE HIM TO LEAVE, AND SMITH FLED. HE WAS ARRESTED WHEN ONE OF HIS CO-WORKERS WAS STOPPED BY POLICE FOR HARASSING PEOPLE IN THE SAME AREA. SMITH WAS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SEXUAL ASSAULT, BURGLARY, FALSE IMPRISONMENT AND SEXUAL BATTERY. HE WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL.

AN EAST SALINAS GROCERY STORE LOST AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF MONEY IN A ROBBERY FRIDAY MORNING. THE EL CHARRITO MARKET WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT AROUND 9:30 IN THE MORNING. SALINAS POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A 40-50 YEAR OLD HISPANIC MAN IN CONNECTION WITH THE ROBBERY. THE SUSPECT WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 5 WITH SALT-AND-PEPPER HAIR. ANYONE WITH MORE INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

CARMEL OFFICIALS HAVE TURNED DOWN MORE THAN 40 THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT A GROUP OF LOCAL CITIZENS RAISED FROM CALENDAR SALES. CARMEL OFFICIALS HAVE REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE MONEY BECAUSE THE CALENDAR?S FEATURE SUGGESTIVE PHOTOS OF A GROUP CALLED THE CARMEL FIRE BELLES. THE MODELS, RANGING IN AGE FROM 51 TO 72, POSED SUGGESTIVELY IN A CITY FIREHOUSE FOR THE PHOTOS USED IN THE CALENDAR. THE CITY HAS STATED IT WILL NOT ACCEPT THE FUNDS FOR FEAR OF FUTURE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS.

A WATSONVILLE MAN, WHO HAD FACED ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES, PLEAD GUILTY ON FRIDAY TO ASSAULT CHARGES. 27 YEAR OLD ABRAHAM JOB PLEAD GUILTY TO FOUR COUNTS OF ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON STEMMING FROM A SEPTEMBER 2003 INCIDENT. AT THAT TIME, JOB BECAME ANGRY WITH FRIENDS AFTER A DISAGREEMENT AND FOLLOWED THEIR CAR ONTO HIGHWAY 1. HE THEN SHOT AT THEM. THE CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER WERE DISMISSED LAST FALL DUE TO INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE. JOB?S SENTENCING IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 25TH. HE IS EXPECTED TO BE SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN JAIL.