Fentanyl: Deadly Date: September 29, 2022Prepared By/Contact Person: Eric Beasley, Fire Division ChiefJose Garza, Police Chief In recent times, recreational drug use has become more prominent in Coalinga. Whether illicitly or pharmaceutically manufactured, the use of fentanyl in the streets of Coalinga is on the rise. Coalinga Fire Department has partnered with the Coalinga Police…
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Fentanyl Bust
On September 5, 2022, Coalinga Police Officers responded to an alarm at a local business. While investigating the call, officers contacted 24-year-old Coalinga resident, Arturo Padilla, in the immediate area. Padilla was found to have two active warrants for his arrest and was taken into custody without incident. While conducting an inventory of Padilla’s property,…
Read MoreHIT AND RUN LEAVES VICTIM SERIOUSLY INJURED
COALINGA POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Date: June 22, 2022Prepared By/Contact Person: Sean Young, Police Commander On Friday, June 17th, at about 9:45 PM, Coalinga police officers were dispatched to a report of an injured person at the intersection of 4th and Forest. Upon arriving, officers found a 36-year-old Coalinga resident sitting…
Read MoreBalloon Fight Leads To BB’s Fired
On Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at about 1:45 PM what should have been harmless fun turned into a shocking attack in anger. It was lunch time and some students from Coalinga High School were at Keck Park engaged in a water balloon fight. The water balloon fight got more involved, and balloons were being lobbed…
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Search Warrant Yields Firearm and Narcotic Sales Materials On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at about 7 AM, Officers from the Coalinga Police Department, with the assistance of the Crisis Response Team from the Pleasant Valley and Avenal State Prisons executed a search warrant in the 400 block of South Hachman Street in Coalinga. The search…
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