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Catalytic Converters Stolen

By: Mary Blyth Jones
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Coalinga Police Department: PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: Date • September 15, 2021 Prepared by/Contact Person: Darren Blevins, Chief of Police BE ON THE LOOK OUT On Wednesday September 15, 2021, the Coalinga Police Department responded to the 500 block of Washington Street, 200 block of E. Sacramento Street, 200 block of E. Houston Street and…

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Search Warrant Yields Illegal Firearms And Drugs 

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On September 14, 2021, officers, with the assistance of the California Department of Corrections  and Rehabilitation Crisis Response Team, executed a search warrant in the 1400 block of  Springbrook Street. This is in the neighborhood south of Phelps across from Coalinga Regional medical Center. The search warrant was based off a shooting that occurred on…

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CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED ON A FORMER COALINGA POLICE OFFICER

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. The Coalinga Police Department regrets that one of its former employees has been criminally charged for acts that allegedly occurred during this member’s employment with us. The Department by law is precluded from commenting upon personnel matters that are deemed confidential and private. However, the Department will state that it self-reported this matter to the District Attorney’s Office which had confidence in the…

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CRMC Rural Clinic Opens Next Week Physicians and Staff from West Hills Medical Group to staff Rural Clinic on Phelps Avenue Coalinga’s Rural Health Clinic is nestled in the northwest corner of the Medical Pavilion Building on the northwest corner of the farthest parking lot in Coalinga’s hospital parking lot. Driving to that northwest corner…

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BURGLARY SUSPECT ARRESTED

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On July 25, 2021, at about 6:00 AM, Coalinga Police officers were dispatched to the Coalinga Discount Market regarding a burglary that had occurred. Officers were able to obtain video surveillance footage which showed the suspect breaking one of the front windows to the business and then entering the building through that broken window. Through…

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