4 KNOWN GANG MEMBERS (FROM WATSONVILLE), WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN RECENT STRING OF CAR BURGLARIES AROUND THE CENTRAL COAST, WERE ARRESTED LAST NIGHT IN PACIFIC GROVE. THAT AFTER THE CAR THEY WERE IN WAS PULLED OVER, AND 18 YEAR-OLDS OCTAVIO CASTILLO AND KEVIN MELCHOR, ALONG WITH 2 JUVENILES) WERE FOUND INSIDE WITH NUMEROUS STOLEN ITEMS.
CASTILLO AND MELCHOR WERE BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL, AND THE JUVENILES WERE CITED AND RELEASED TO THEIR PARENTS.