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A 19 YEAR-OLD MAN, WHO HAD BEEN REPORTED MISSING, HAS BEEN FOUND IN A LOCAL HOSPITAL. IT TURNED OUT THAT THE TEEN, WHO WAS REPORTED MISSING SUNDAY NIGHT, WAS INJURED IN A SUNDAY NIGHT CRASH. HE WAS AIR-LIFTED TO A SAN JOSE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT, BUT COULD NOT ALERT HIS FAMILY ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HIS FAMILY HAS SINCE BEEN INFORMED OF HIS CONDITION AND HIS WHEREABOUTS.
A 21 YEAR-OLD SALINAS MAN WAS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT, DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, AND CAUSING INJURY WHILE FLEEING FROM A PEACE OFFICER. THAT AFTER MARIO GABRIEL LED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE ON HIGHWAY 101 (AND LOCAL ROADS) IN SALINAS….WITH HIS 5 YEAR-OLD STEPSON AND 16 MONTH-OLD SON IN THE BACK OF THE SMALL CAR HE WAS DRIVING. THE TODDLER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES IN THE INCIDENT. GABRIEL WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL.
A MAN, WHO ROBBED A PACIFIC GROVE STORE YESTERDAY, IS BEING SOUGHT. THE ROBBER WAS DESCRIBED AS A 5 FOOT 8 INCH TALL, 150 POUND LATINO MAN IN HIS MID 20’S. HE IS THOUGHT TO HAVE LEFT THE SCENE OF THE ROBBERY AT A FOREST AVENUE STORE IN A DIRTY LATE 1980’S (OR EARLY 1990’S) DARK GRAY FORD EXPLORER. IT WAS OXYCONTIN THAT HE TOOK.
ABOUT 14 THOUSAND MARIJUANA PLANTS WERE CONFISCATED YESTERDAY. THAT AFTER 2 MARIJUANA GARDENS WERE FOUND IN THE CHUALAR CANYON AREA, SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 68. NO ONE WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH EITHER “GROW”.
LOCAL RESIDENT JOHN LAIRD HAS CONCEDED THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE 15TH SENATE DISTRICT SEAT. SAN LUIS OBISPO RESIDENT SAM BLAKESLEE WILL REPRESENT MEMBERS OF THE COASTAL SENATE DISTRICT. THE SEAT WAS VACATED WHEN FORMER SENATOR ABEL MALDONADO WAS APPOINTED TO BE THE STATE’S LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.