Closing arguments ended Wednesday afternoon in the child abuse trial against Fresno Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula. Now it’s up to the six men and six women on the jury to decide if the evidence proves the democrat slapped his daughter, causing a bruise on the side of her face. Arambula is …
Read More »Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula Found Not Guilty of Misdemeanor Child Abuse Charge
After deliberating for only a few hours, a jury Thursday found Fresno Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula not guilty of a misdemeanor child abuse charge. The Democrat’s family cheered and clapped as the jury made up of six men and six women handed down the verdict. Outside the courthouse Prosecutor Steve Wright …
Read More »Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula’s Daughter Testifies In Child Abuse Trial
Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula’s criminal trial continued Friday in Fresno County Superior Court with opening statements and testimony from one of his children. With her grandfather next to her, Arambula’s seven-year-old daughter answered the prosecutor’s questions before a packed courtroom. She is the alleged victim in a misdemeanor child abuse charge …
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Read More »Two arrested as child killed in Chowchilla believed to be victim of abuse, police say
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Read More »Former Los Banos priest sentenced in child porn case
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Read More »Violent child molester released from Merced Jail. ‘It was a screw up,’ sheriff says
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Read More »Ex-Los Banos priest convicted of child porn-again
Former Los Banos priest, Robert Gamel, 67, pleaded no contest to charges of possession of child pornography and pleaded guilty to violation of probation at the Merced County Superior Courthouse on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. Gamel was previously arrested and charged with possession of child pornography in June of 2015. …
Read More »Ex-Los Banos priest convicted of child porn possession for second time in two years
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Read More »Merced child hit by car while walking home from school
A 9-year-old boy was struck by a car near R Street and Loughborough Drive in Merced on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, according to Police. He was taken to Valley Children’s Hospital in … Click to Continue »
Read More »This Merced man has been convicted of possessing child pornography three times
A 47-year-old Merced man with a history of possessing child pornography will spend the next four years in prison following his third such conviction during the last three years. Lawrence … Click to Continue »
Read More »Ex-Los Banos 1st-grade teacher convicted of child porn asks for house arrest, no jail
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Read More »Environmental consultant, Colombia native began fighting climate change as a child
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