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A 39 YEAR-OLD FORMER CORRECTIONAL OFFICER HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF ATTEMPTED PREMEDITATED MURDER. SALINAS RESIDENT TIMOTHY RODRIGUEZ FACES A POSSIBLE SENTENCE OF 7 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON, FOR TRYING TO HIRE A “HIT MAN” TO KILL ONE OF HIS EX-GIRLFRIENDS. RODRIGUEZ IS DUE BACK IN A MONTEREY COUNTY COURT ROOM AUGUST 27TH.
Convicted rapist, Tom Pollacci is set to appear in court today on additional charges. The 50-year old Pebble Beach resident was sentenced to spend 8 years in prison for raping a woman in April of 2008. Pollacci now faces the possibility of an additional 24 years behind bars if he is convicted of 3 addtional rape charges involving 2 other different women, (whom he reportedly raped in April of 2007 and the Fall of 2008).
The Central Coast is a step closer to being considered for a high-speed internet connection. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has announced 29 awards totaling 404-million dollars as part of a 7.2 billion dollar broadband technology opportunities program. Last week marked the 2nd round of grants to support the deployment of broadband infrastructure. The Central Coast is amongst the final pool of candidates to allow a 55-million dollar, private-public initiative to link Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties via broadband. If the proposal is accepted, the plan is to build about 312 miles of broadband fiber from downtown Santa Cruz into rural parts of Monterey and San Benito County. Notification about grant funding will be announced in September.
A man charged with providing alcohol to a minor, who killed his friend during a DUI crash on New Year’s Day, pleaded not guilty yesterday. 41-year old Timothy McLaughlin was charged last month with 3 misdemeanors related to providing alcohol to the teen, Alexander Gordon Winn, who caused the death of his friend, Adam Arias during the fatal crash on Corral de Tierra Road, in Salinas. If convicted, McLaughlin faces up to a year in jail, a fine or both, in 2 of the charges, and a fine and 24 hours of community service if convicted of the 3rd. McLaughlin is expected to return to court on August 12th.
Officials in King City last night approved spending $10,000 to hire an outside consultant to help investigate complaints about the city’s police department. The vote comes after many residents voiced their concerns over the police department’s performance saying that they don’t trust the officers and believe they’re not doing a good enough job at keeping the community safe. Over 200 people attended the city’s council meeting last night. One main issue cited by residents was the department’s failure to make arrests in the city’s 4 homicides this past year.