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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Traffic Stop Leads To Pursuit And Collision
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Date: January 3, 2021 Prepared By/Contact Person: Commander Sean Young On January 3, 2021, at about 5:54 PM, Coalinga Police Officers conducted a traffic stop on Third Street and Forest Avenue when a vehicle failed to stop at a posted “STOP” sign. Upon contacting the occupants of the vehicle, officers…
Read MoreCar Theft Suspect Arrested
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release:Date: December 16, 2020Prepared By/Contact Person: Commander Sean Young In recent weeks, the City of Coalinga saw a sharp increase in auto thefts in various areas of the City. On December 15, 2020, shortly before 1:50 PM, a Coalinga Police Officer was patrolling in the Fairview Mobile Home Park when he…
Read MoreShots Fired In Coalinga Shopping Center
UPDATE On Thursday December 3rd approximately 6:30 PM the Coalinga Police Department investigated adouble shooting that occurred in front of State Foods Supermarket. Officers conducted a felony traffic stop on a vehicle in which one of the shooters was fleeing. This subject has now been identified as 53-year-old Coalinga resident Kimble Brown who had suffered…
Read MoreSHOTS FIRED IN THE COALINGA SHOPPING CENTER
Coalinga Police Department Press Release On Thursday December 3rd approximately 6:30 PM a Coalinga Police officer was in the parking lot of the Coalinga Shopping Center (near Big 5) when he heard gunshots in the area. The officer observed two male subjects shooting at one another. One of subjects fled on foot west bound on…
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