Auto Theft Suspect Arrested

COSLINGS POLICE PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release:Date: February 8, 2021Prepared By/Contact Person: Sean Young, Police Commander On Monday, February 8, 2021, at approximately 11:13 am, an auto theft was reported to the Coalinga Police Department. The victim, whose identity is being withheld at this time, reported that her 2011 GMC Acadia was stolen from her…

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Hazel “Strong” Medina

Coalinga Learns To Love And Care By Mary Blyth JonesCoalinga Press On Fathers Day 2019, Hazel and her dad mugged for the camera in a sweet father-daughter photo. The next day, the world turned upside down. A few weeks before that, Hazel had been rehearsing for a friend’s fifteenth birthday and came home with a…

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Attempted Homicide

Wanted: Rafael Vargas On January 17, 2021, at 1:02 AM, Coalinga Police officers were dispatched the 500 block of E. Valley Street on a check the welfare call. The caller requested a welfare check on his niece after he had received information that she had possibly been assaulted. Officers responded to the location and found…

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Detectives Searching for Couple who Broke into Selma Home

Property crimes detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office need the public’s help to identify a man and woman who broke into a vacant home. The crime occurred around 3:00 pm on January 4th at a house located near the intersection of E. Floral and De Wolf Ave in Selma. The owner discovered the break-in…

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