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Coalinga Man Arrested in Huron Homicide

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Cesar Oropeza Velasquez, 33, of Coalinga is booked in the Fresno County Jail on a charge of murder. His bail is set at $1.5 million. Coalinga Police contacted Cesar Oropeza Velasquez and discovered he had an active arrest warrant for murder. Officers arrested him and turned him over to homicide detectives with the Fresno County…

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Vehicle Burglary Suspects Arrested

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COALINGA POLICE PRESS RELEASE Date: January 15, 2025 Prepared By/Contact Person: Tony Henderson, Police Sergeant VEHICLE BURGLARY SUPSECTS ARRESTED On January 10, 2025, around 1am, officers were patrolling the area of Van Ness and Forest due to the recent increase in vehicle thefts and burglaries. Officers observed a male subject standing next to a Honda…

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Detectives Complete Shooting Investigation with Seven Arrests and Six Guns Seized

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Detectives with the Violent Criminal Apprehension Team (ViCAT) have arrested five high school students and two adults in relation to a shooting investigation that began on August 21st. Four of the boys are students at McLane High School and one boy is a student at Hoover High School. All have been booked into juvenile hall…

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Detectives Seize Fentanyl Capable of Killing 7.5 Million

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Narcotics detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office have arrested 21 yearold Manuel Gonzalez Lopez and 32 year old Mario Andujo Hernandez, both ofSinaloa, Mexico. These two suspects have been booked into the Fresno County Jailon charges of possession of narcotics for sale. They each have a bail amount of$225,000. On Wednesday, detectives made a…

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Detectives Arrest Suspects for Murdering Coalinga Teenager

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Not Gang related, Sheriff’s Office Reports Detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office have arrested 18-year-old Nicholas Banales of Coalinga and 20-year-old Damian Aguilera of Coalinga. Banales has been booked into the Fresno County Jail on a charge of murder. His bail is set at $2.15 million. Aguilera, who was already in jail for other…

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