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A 23 YEAR-OLD SALINAS MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH ALLEGEDLY PERFORMING LEWD ACTS ON A 3 YEAR-OLD CHILD. SALVADOR LUNA MARIN WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL. THE LITTLE GIRL SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES IN HER INTERACTIONS WITH HIM, AND SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 6 DAYS, BEFORE BEING RELEASED TO HER PARENTS.
A 42 YEAR-OLD HOLLISTER WOMAN WAS KILLED IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE A MURDER-SUICIDE SHOOTING, THAT TOOK PLACE LAST NIGHT IN HOLLISTER. DORA GUTIERRES HAD REPORTEDLY RECENTLY BROKEN UP WITH THE SHOOTER. THE INCIDENT, IN WHICH DORA AND THE MAN SHE HAD BEEN DATING DIED, AND DORA’S 22 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS INJURED, TOOK PLACE ON THE 14 HUNDRED BLOCK OF DIABLO DRIVE. DORA’S 5 YEAR-OLD GRANDDAUGHTER (WHO WAS NOT PHYSICALLY INJURED IN THE SHOOTING SHE MAY HAVE WITNESSED) IS NOW IN THE CUSTODY OF CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
2 JUVENILES ARE BEING SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING IN SALINAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE 4:20 P.M. INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON CARR AVENUE, NEAR CESAR CHAVEZ PARK. 2 VICTIMS REPORTEDLY SUFFERED GUNSHOT WOUNDS IN THAT SHOOTING.
13 PEOPLE, AT LEAST SOME OF THEM KNOWN GANG MEMBERS, WERE ARRESTED IN SOLEDAD OVER THE WEEKEND. THE 12 ADULTS AND A JUVENILE LOCKED THEMSELVES INSIDE A PALM AVENUE HOME WHEN MONTEREY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES CAME TO THE HOME, TO INVESTIGATE A REPORT THAT SEVERAL WOMEN WERE BEING ASSAULTED BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE THERE. SEVERAL WEAPONS, INCLUDING A STOLEN FIREARM, WERE FOUND AT THE HOME ON THE 19 HUNDRED BLOCK OF PALM AVENUE.
A 19-year old motorcyclist was killed in Salinas over the weekend after losing control of his bike. Edgar Romero Perez was riding eastbound on East Alisal Street when he attempted to stop at Felice Street, while a ford expedition was trying to make a left-hand turn onto westbound East Alsisal, when he lost control and slid into the driver side of the SUV. Romero-Perez was transported to Natividad Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.