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A gang member wanted on probation and gun charges was taken into custody today. Officers with the Salinas Police Department surrounded a home on the 500 block of Santa Maria Street and arrested 18-year old Charles Gutierrez without incident this morning around 9:30 a.m. Police say Gutierrez was wanted after evading officers last week when probation officers arrived to arrest him. Gutierrez was booked into Monterey County jail.
A case of mistaken identity is being investigated in Santa Cruz after a car in the Seabright area was vandalized this week. Police say that a vandal protesting the verdict in the Johannes Mehserle trial, broke all the windows of a vehicle, slashed it’s tires and left a message on the car that read “Rest In Peace Oscar”. The vandalism is believed to have been targeted at an undercover police vehicle, however officers say the car belonged to a Santa Cruz firefighter. No arrests have been made.
A man responsible for killing a 4-year old child during a drunk driving accident in Gilroy over the weekend, is now behind bars. James Francis Lee was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Sunday after crashing his Ford pickup truck into a Chevrolet pickup truck that was parked on the west shoulder of southbound Highway 101 just before 6 p.m. The child, who was taken to Valley Medical Center, was pronounced dead at 7:20 p.m. Lee, meanwhile, was booked into Santa Clara County Jail, after being treated for a minor injury at San Jose Regional Hospital.
A 42 YEAR-OLD INMATE WAS AIRLIFTED TO A BAY AREA HOSPITAL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), AFTER BEING INJURED DURING A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION AT SALINAS VALLEY STATE PRISON. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE ALTERCATION IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED, VERY LITTLE OTHER INFORMATION IS CURRENTLY BEING RELEASED.
THE SENTENCING FOR FORMER B.A.R.T. OFFICER JOHANNES MEHSERLE HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM AUGUST TO NOVEMBER. MEHERSERLE, WHO WAS CONVICTED LAST WEEK OF THE INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER OF OSCAR GRANT, WAS INITIALLY SLATED TO BE SENTENCED IN A LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURT ROOM AUGUST 6TH. THAT SENTENCING IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 5TH.