Violence Suppression Task News Today

A second person was arrested in connection to a homicide on Garner Avenue, police reported on Friday.

Salinas Police along with the Violence Suppression Task Force served a search warrant on Alder Street in Hollister that led to the arrest of Israel Villa, 44, Wednesday.

Arrest made in Salinas hit-in-run

Salinas Police department is introducing canine Checo as an addition to the Violence Suppression Task Force.

Officers were in Hollister to serve a search warrant when a drug deal went down in front of them.

In January the VSTF team issued seven search warrants and found 65,500 M30 Fentanyl Pills, 215 grams of methamphetamine and 12 guns.

Central Avenue brawl ends in gunfire, arrests What started as a fight on Central Avenue ended in gunfire and the arrest of two people, according to Salinas police.  Around 9:27 a.m. Tuesday, officers responded to a fight in progress in the 300 block of Central Avenue. Within minutes, officers received calls gunshots had been fired in the 1700 block of Donner Circle. Heres what police say happened.  On Central, a 25-year-old man got into a fight with another person — police didnt say who.�...

The "murder squad" case grew to at least 11 defendants across both federal and state courts, with the arrests of two Salinas men. Seven defendants are facing federal racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder charges while three are facing murder and conspiracy charges in Monterey County Superior Court.  The "murder squad" formed a caravan of death targeting Sureños — at least two vehicles would serve as lookouts while a third contained the gunmen, according to a federal indictment unse...