A 52-year-old Hilmar man suffered major injuries when he crashed his motorcycle on Saturday evening east of Modesto, authorities said. Alfredo Zapien’s motorcycle hit another vehicle while traveling at about … Click to Continue »
Read More »Investigations growing in cases of former Modesto pastors accused of sexual misconduct
The same firm is conducting separate clergy sex scandal investigations of two former youth pastors at Modesto’s First Baptist Church, both of whom went on to long ministry careers elsewhere … Click to Continue »
Read More »Victim in Merced County homicide mystery was from Modesto, deputies say
A man found dead last week on the side of a rural road in Merced County has been identified, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office reported Friday. The body of 34-year-old … 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 »Details emerge about Modesto man FBI says planned attack for San Francisco’s Pier 39
Gordon Jameson says his only son, Everitt Jameson, is a kind, gentle, loving person and a peaceful practicing Muslim incapable of the crimes he’s been charged with in federal court. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Domestic dispute leads to deadly crash in Modesto
A Modesto man died Sunday after he tried to ram his wife’s vehicle and crashed his car on Highway 99 in Ceres, the California Highway Patrol reported. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Scene of fatal crash on Standiford Avenue in Modesto
A man died Sunday morning (11-12-2017) in a single vehicle crash on Standiford Avenue, just east of Tully Road in north Modesto, California. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Ken Riddick, Modesto Bee president and publisher, takes same position at Fresno Bee
Ken Riddick, The Modesto Bee’s president and publisher, was named Tuesday to the same position at The Fresno Bee. It’s a return to his roots for Riddick, 60, who first … Click to Continue »
Read More »How prosecutors decided on death penalty for Modesto defendant in Merced man’s shooting
Prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty in a case against a Modesto man accused of murder in the 2015 shooting of a Merced man. Along with the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Suspect in 2015 Modesto homicide apprehended in Louisiana
A Modesto man is in the Stanislaus County Jail after being arrested in Louisiana as a suspect in a 2015 homicide in an orchard on Whitmore Avenue. Deputies received information … Click to Continue »
Read More »Modesto woman went out to shoot lightning photos. She captured this instead.
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Read More »DA fought 2014 dismissal of DUI charges against suspect in Modesto sergeant’s death
Matthew David Gibbs, the Modesto resident facing homicide charges in a DUI-related crash that killed police Sgt. Mike Pershall on Tuesday evening, had a drunk-driving case dismissed in September 2014, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Settlement reached in federal case of Modesto farmer fined $2.8 million for plowing his field
Northern California farmer John Duarte spent years fighting the federal government after being fined for plowing over protected wetlands on his property. He attracted a nationwide army of conservative supporters … Click to Continue »
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