Domestic Violence Arrest 

June 12, 2026 – Monterey Police Department officials report that on June 6, 2026, at approximately 6:03 P.M., Monterey Police Officers were dispatched to the area of Skyline Drive and Pinehill Way regarding a report of a stabbing. Officers arrived on scene and contacted the victim, who was suffering from lacerations to the head. Officers interviewed the victim and witnesses who reported the following.

The victim was driving in a vehicle with his wife, Kerry Frontino, 58 years old, when they got into an argument. Frontino forced the vehicle into park and removed the keys from the ignition. Frontino then battered the victim with the car keys, causing lacerations to his head. The victim exited the vehicle, and Frontino drove it away from the scene. The victim was transported to Natividad Medical Center with non-life-threatening wounds.

MPD Officers alerted local jurisdictions to be on the lookout for Frontino's vehicle. At 11:11 P.M., Monterey County Sheriff's Deputies located Frontino's vehicle on the MCSO Automated License Plate Reader system traveling in the area of Carmel Valley Road and Highway 1. MCSO Deputies located the vehicle in the 500 block of Carmel Rancho Boulevard in Carmel and arrested Frontino without incident.

MPD Officers took custody of Frontino, and she was booked into the Monterey County Jail on charges of 273.5 PC — felony domestic violence and 245(a)(1) PC — assault with a deadly weapon. Her bail was set at $30,000.

Source: Monterey Police Department