A statewide survey conducted last month by the Public Policy Institute of California found most Californians see homelessness as a top issue for the state, but how counties are choosing to tackle it differs widely. In Kern County, officials are considering jailing homeless people for misdemeanor drug offenses. To go …
Read More »Drug Shortages And Underground Hospitals: Valley Doctor Delivers Medical Care In Syria
Ever since the Arab Spring in 2011, the Middle Eastern country of Syria has been in a near-constant state of civil war. As a result, residents there rely heavily on aid workers from non-governmental organizations for medical care. And the president of one of those NGOs, the Syrian American Medical …
Read More »Merced DA: ‘No conflict of interest’ in drug case connected to family-owned apartment
A case involving drugs and guns found at a Merced apartment that Merced County District Attorney Larry Morse II lists as community property is raising new questions about conflicts of … Click to Continue »
Read More »Thousands have died of opioid overdoses. Merced joins lawsuit against drug makers
Merced County is one of 30 California counties suing opioid makers and distributors in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, according to the law firm handling the case. Dallas-based Baron & … Click to Continue »
Read More »Suspect in Merced homicide will face drug charges in Modesto first, police say
A man wanted for his alleged involvement in a 2016 fatal stabbing in a south Merced alley was recently arrested in Turlock, police confirmed on Tuesday. The man, 19-year-old Joseph … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced CHP’s K-9 sniffed out drug money. Someone made a meme out of it
Merced-area officers had a little fun with a meme of their star K-9 after her latest find of more than $ 165,000 in drug money, the California Highway Patrol said on … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced man sentenced for being ‘one of the largest’ drug dealers on the dark web
A Merced man and another defendant were sentenced Tuesday for drug trafficking on the dark-web market, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. David Ryan Burchard, 40, of Merced, using … Click to Continue »
Read More »Suspect arrested in Los Banos Drug Co. burglary, high-speed police chase
A 21-year-old Fresno man has been arrested in connection with a burglary two months ago at a popular Los Banos drug store and sandwich shop that led to a high-speed … Click to Continue »
Read More »Prescription drug thefts on the rise in Merced Co. Los Banos the most recent target
A recent break-in at the Los Banos Drug Co. escalated into a high-speed chase on Interstate 5 and was the latest in a troubling trend of recent burglaries in the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Teen who live-streamed fatal crash to face drug test. Asks for lower bail.
A Merced County judge on Tuesday refused to change bail for the Stockton teen who live-streamed a fatal crash that killed her sister near Los Banos. Merced County Judge Ronald … Click to Continue »
Read More »Think yesterday’s drug bust was big? Check what the Merced County Sheriff’s Office found today.
Less than a day after the Merced County Sheriff’s Office’s marijuana enforcement team busted an illegal marijuana stash house, resulting in one of its largest confiscations of processed marijuana, the … Click to Continue »
Read More »This Merced man was ‘one of the largest’ drug dealers on the dark web, DOJ says
A 40-year-old Merced man pleaded guilty Monday to crimes related to selling marijuana on the dark-web market, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. David Ryan Burchard, 40, of Merced, using … Click to Continue »
Read More »Mexican citizen living in Dos Palos faces federal drug charge
An Mexican citizen living in Dos Palos was indicted on Thursday for conspiring to grow marijuana and for damaging the Sequoia National Forest, federal officials announced. Jose Manuel Sanchez-Zapien, 37, … Click to Continue »
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