An inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater received medical treatment recently after being assaulted by two other inmates, prison officials announced Saturday. The attack happened around 7:30 p.m. Friday, … Click to Continue »
Read More »A witness saw him hit a parked car, twice. Now, he’s going to prison.
A 59-year-old Hilmar man has been sentenced to four years in prison after he reportedly struck a car twice while driving drunk and trying to pull out of a parking … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced man killed a grandmother in a DUI crash, a jury says. He’s going to prison now
A 32-year-old Merced man found guilty of second-degree murder has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, according to the Merced County District Attorney’s Office. Victor Santos Garcia, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Prison staff are looking into an Atwater inmate’s attempt to stab a staffer
U.S. Penitentiary Awater staff were able to prevent a staff member from being stabbed by an inmate this week, officials said on Wednesday. An inmate, who was not identified, with … Click to Continue »
Read More »Inmate who escaped Atwater prison sentenced to longer term
An inmate who escaped U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater for about 24 hours last year was sentenced Monday to serve another 18 months in federal prison as a result of the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Stockton teen who live-streamed fatal DUI crash near Los Banos sentenced to prison
Obdulia Sanchez was sentenced Thursday to six years and four months in prison for gross vehicular manslaughter, DUI and child endangerment stemming from a July 2017 crash in which her … Click to Continue »
Read More »First prison term handed down in slaying of two Merced County teenagers in 2013
A 22-year-old Atwater gang member was sentenced on Friday to 22 years in state prison for his role in the shooting deaths of two teenagers in 2013, according to Merced … Click to Continue »
Read More »Inmate who defrauded more than $100 million escapes Atwater prison
An inmate who was reportedly responsible for one of the largest Ponzi schemes in Washington state history has escaped from the U.S. Penitentiary Atwater Satellite Prison Camp, prison officials said. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Their partner was killed in a Merced Co. robbery. Now they’re on their way to prison
Two men were sentenced this week to lengthy prison sentences in connection with a botched drug robbery in Hilmar in 2014 that ended with the death of a 21-year-old Modesto … Click to Continue »
Read More »He’s in prison on multiple charges. And he’s Merced College’s student of the month
Fourth grade was the last year Benito Gutierrez finished a full year of school. He got his GED diploma while in juvenile hall and has never tried to peruse an … Click to Continue »
Read More »He’s convicted of killing a Merced cab driver. This is how long he’ll spend in prison
The 20-year-old man convicted of killing a well-known Merced taxi driver in a botched robbery was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison on Wednesday. Merced County Superior Court … Click to Continue »
Read More »He took a teen girl to a Turlock motel to have sex with men. Now, he’s off to prison.
A judge on Monday sentenced a 19-year-old Stockton man to three years in prison for taking a 16-year-old girl to a Turlock motel, where she had sex with as many … Click to Continue »
Read More »Pimp kept his victim in line by stealing her mother’s ashes. He’s now going to prison
In the human slave trade, Fresno pimp Herbert Deon Goodwin Jr. had a list of rules for his victims regarding prices and sex acts, and women who crossed him would … Click to Continue »
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