On Monday April 20, 2020 at approximately 6:03 pm, the police department began receiving calls of shots fired in the 300 block of E. Houston Street. Officers arrived on scene to find residents standing outside looking in an easterly direction. Officers were then flagged down by a citizen that stated she heard what sounded like…
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Drugs and Patients’ Private Info Found During Search
Coalinga Police Department and the DEA Tactical Diversion Squad served a search warrant in the 600 block of W. Lucille Avenue. Coalinga Police Officers and DEA Agents served the search warrant and made entry into the residence at which time they began to search. During the search, officers located 22-year-old Coalinga resident, Chelsea Peralta and…
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Yes, We have Covid-19 Here
Editorial by Mary Blyth JonesCoalinga Press Last week we presented a graph (below) provided by Fresno County Department of Public Health. We also discussed the ramifications of what the graph showed. Not wanting to cause panic, I reported the line provided by FCDPH: Four or fewer cases means that it could be anything from four…
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What it Means For Coalinga An informational editorial by Mary Blyth Jones Anyone who has dealt with the Fresno County Department of Public Health knows that prying information from them is like trying to get … well, like trying to get a pack of toilet paper these days. But this evening, Huron Police Department released…
Read MoreK9 Eli Scores A Hit On Heroin
K9 Officer “ELI” Locates Heroin During A Vehicle Search On Monday March 30, 2020 at approximately 8:36 pm, Officer Ybarra and his partner K-9 Eli, responded to Keck Park on the report of a suspicious black Honda Accord parked in the parking lot. Officer Ybarra arrived onscene and located the vehicle. Ybarra contacted the male…
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