Tag Archives: Sheriff’s

The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday that it has arrested 34 potential sexual predators. The arrests were part of a multi-agency undercover operation. The Sheriff’s Office worked with Homeland Security Investigations, the US District Attorney’s Office, the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office, and other agencies to make the arrests …

Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood announced on Tuesday a dozen cases of COVID-19 among staff and inmates in the county jail. That’s why the county is now releasing some inmates without bail. Sheriff Youngblood announced on F acebook the judicial council is requiring the release of some inmates with low …

A Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputy is in surgery after being shot in the Fresno County foothills. The suspect is in custody. At around 11 a.m. on Tuesday morning, 49-year-old deputy John Erickson had responded to a call of shots fired in the Tollhouse area, said Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims …

Two murders were allegedly committed by immigrants in the San Joaquin Valley last December, and some county sheriffs are blaming California’s “sanctuary state” law for the crimes. The day after Christmas in Stanislaus County, Newman City police officer Ronil Singh was shot and killed after pulling someone over who was …

More than 250 pounds of dried and processed marijuana were confiscated and 150 outdoor marijuana plants were destroyed from large greenhouses during three investigations into illegal grow sites Friday, according … Click to Continue »

Authorities are investigating the death of a 38-year-old Modesto man in the custody of Stanislaus County Sheriff’s deputies Saturday. According to a news release, the man, whose name is not … Click to Continue »

A Merced County sheriff’s lieutenant testified Tuesday that a prosecutor with the state Attorney General’s Office — not sheriff’s detectives — gave the go-ahead to arrest District Attorney Larry Morse’s … Click to Continue »

Ethan Morse testified Tuesday in his federal civil rights trial that Merced County sheriff’s detectives ruined his life when they falsely arrested him in July 2014 in connection with a … Click to Continue »

A new report from the Southern California American Civil Liberties Union claims that the Bakersfield Police Department and the Kern County Sheriff’s Office have – in the ACLU’s words – “engaged in patterns and practices that violate civil rights” including the excessive use of force. In addition to an examination …

Two people have been impersonating law-enforcement officers in the Turlock and Denair areas, the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department warns. The pair — a Sheriff’s Department post on Facebook did not … Click to Continue »

It’s been about a month since Merced County deputies received 10 percent pay raises and Sheriff Vern Warnke said his office is already seeing the tide turn after several years of staffing struggles. mvelez@mercedsun-star.com … Click to Continue »

It’s been about a month since Merced County Sheriff’s deputies received a long-awaited 10 percent raise and Sheriff Vern Warnke said his office already is seeing the tide turn after … Click to Continue »

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 »