ACCURATE & RELEVANT LOCAL NEWS
Detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Ag Task Force (ATF) have arrested 75 year old Manuel Hernandez of Fresno. He has been booked into the Fresno County Jail for possession of stolen property, as well as outstanding warrants for driving on a suspended license. His bail is set at $11,000. On March 25th, ATF detectives received a tip…
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The Corn Man COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT CRACKDOWNS For Immediate Release: Date: March 22, 2019 Prepared by / Contact Person: Sean Young, (I)Lieutenant On Thursday, March 21, 2019, officers were contacted by the Fresno County Health Department about complaints they had received from a mobile vendor within the City of Coalinga. The complaint included issues, including…
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A group of protesters gathered last Saturday to express their concerns over the treatment of family members or friends at Pleasant Valley State Prison. The protesters allege that inmates at PVSP are being kept in “lock-down” mode which was implemented on September 28 in several prisons statewide. The initial “modified program” schedule was due to…
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[Press Release: Chief Darren Blevins – March 18, 2019 – 7:49 AM] MAN SHOT WHILE WALKING HOME On Sunday March 17, 2019, at approximately 10:39 PM, Coalinga police officers were dispatched to the 100 block of S. Hachman Street, on the report of a shooting victim. On officer’s arrival the contacted the victim a 27-year-old Coalinga…
Read MoreMichael Salvador, Coalinga’s former chief of police, has his hands full in Atwater where a drive-by shooting today (March 15, 2019) left Ethan Morse, dead. Morse was the son of former Merced County District Attorney, Larry Morse II. Atwater police have confirmed the victim in the shooting has died, and the case has been declared…
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