A NEW FELONY CASE WILL BE OPENED IN MONTEREY COUNTY CHARGING KING CITY’S FORMER POLICE CHIEF WITH PERJURY. NICK BALDIVIEZ AND FIVE OTHER OFFICERS WERE ARRESTED IN FEBRUARY IN CONNECTION WITH AN ILLEGAL TOWING SCHEME. A NEW CRIMINAL CASE WILL BE OPENED AGAINST BALDIVIEZ AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY LIED DURING HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING ABOUT THE TITLE TRANSFER OF A POLICE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER OFFICER. THE FORMER POLICE CHIEF’S ATTORNEY PLANS TO FIGHT THE NEW CHARGE CITING IT INFRINGES ON HIS CLIENT’S DUE PROCESS RIGHTS.
