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A WOMAN, WHO IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED BY THE MONTEREY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SPEND 41 DAYS IN JAIL, AND BE ON PROBATION FOR 3 YEARS. WHILE EMPLOYED AS AN OFFICE ASSISTANT THERE, 29 YEAR-OLD ELIZABETH SERRANO TOOK A WELFARE CLIENT’S ATM CARD AND WITHDREW CASH ALLOTTED TO THAT CLIENT. SERRANO, WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO THE CHARGES, HAS SINCE REPAID THE STOLEN FUNDS.
3 MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A BURGLARY THAT TOOK PLACE THIS AFTERNOON IN PRUNEDALE. THE NOON-TIME INCIDENT REPORTEDLY OCCURRED ON PARADISE ROAD. THE 3 THEN LED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ON A 10 MILE CHASE. THE 3 WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON MORO ROAD, AND THEY WERE BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL.
2 WOMEN WERE RESCUED AFTER they WERE APPARENTLY SWEPT OUT INTO THE OCEAN OFF CARMEL RIVER STATE BEACH TODAY. 1 WOMAN SEEMED TO SUFFER NO ILL EFFECTS, WHILE THE OTHER WAS TAKEN TO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF the MONTEREY PENINSULA FOR TREATMENT. RESCUERS RECEIVED THE DISTRESS CALL AROUND 3:15 P.M.
2 ADULTS DIED, AND AN INFANT SUFFERED SERIOUS HEAD WOUNDS, AS THE RESULT OF A CRASH ON HIGHWAY 1 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE 1:15 P.M. CRASH OCCURRED A HALF MILE NORTH OF LAGUNA ROAD, BETWEEN SANTA CRUZ AND DAVENPORT. 29 YEAR-OLD CANADIAN JAYE PETERSON WASS (WHO HAD BEEN SIGHTSEEING IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS) WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE OF THE 1:15 P.M. CRASH, WHILE HER 10 MONTH-OLD SON KYLER WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. 63 YEAR-OLD SANTA CRUZ RESIDENT STEPHEN E. SIBLEY, THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE THAT CROSSED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND HIT THE CAR THAT WASS WAS DRIVING, DIED A FEW HOURS AFTER THE ACCIDENT.
A 59 YEAR-OLD WATSONVILLE MAN WAS ARRESTED LATE LAST WEEK, AFTER A 10 YEAR-OLD GIRL TOLD LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HE COMMITTED LEWD ACTS WITH HER OVER A 3-YEAR SPAN. GEORGE DE LA PAZ WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL.