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[Press Release From Sheriff Mims’ Office] The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office has deployed 250 Edovo educational tablets for inmates of the Fresno County Jail to use. These tablets, made by Samsung, include several layers of security. Edovo houses them in tamper resistant cases. Inmates do not have access to the device’s camera and cannot access the public internet.…
Read MoreToday in Fresno, dozens of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies joined in a city-wide operation to hit the streets simultaneously in an effort to identify suspects and apprehend fugitives. This is proactive policing approach to enforce the law. They focused on several communities including: Fresno, Clovis, Biola and Kerman. The group worked from…
Read MoreSTABBING SUSPECT ARRESTED On Saturday September 21, 2019 at approximately 8:15 PM, officers from the Coalinga Police Department, were dispatched to the 100 block of E. Ivy Street on the report of stabbing. As the officers arrived on scene, they contacted 48-year-old Norwalk resident, Frank Porraz who was sitting in a chair with a 3 cm (one…
Read MoreCoalinga is a small town with an extensive rumor network that gets it right at least half the time. The latest rumor was that Jose Andrade Ramos of Coalinga who was arrested on Wednesday on charges of Attempted murder, Assault with a deadly weapon – Firearm, Shooting at an inhabited dwelling, Gang Affiliation and felony…
Read MoreOn September 23, 2019 Officers investigated a call of shots fired and found a 3-year-old who had been shot in the shoulder. Officers from the Coalinga Police Department had been working nonstop on this case and on Wednesday September 25, 2019, the Coalinga Police Department, with the assistance of a local Fugitive Recovery Officer, was able to track…
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