Tag Archives: Arrested

The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office arrested 23 people Tuesday when it served search warrants at three locations with illegal marijuana grows near West Point. About 7,700 pounds of marijuana and … Click to Continue »

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 68-year-old man who was found dead at his Ahwahnee home early Friday. Madera County Sheriff Jay Varney announced … Click to Continue »

Merced police arrested two suspected gang members Wednesday afternoon in Atwater after finding them with guns and drugs, the Police Department reported. Merced Police Department’s Gang Violence Suppression Unit officers … Click to Continue »

Stanislaus County sheriff’s deputies arrested an Empire woman on Monday on suspicion of beating her teenager daughter with a metal pipe after she ran away from home. Deputies were alerted … Click to Continue »

Investigations by the Merced Police Department’s Gang Violence Suppression Unit led to the arrests of two convicted felons on suspicion of possession of stolen firearms. Floyd Lawrence, 43 of Merced, … Click to Continue »

Four suspected gang members have been arrested in connection with a shooting last month outside a Winton liquor store. The violence sparked around 9 p.m. Sept. 7 at Turf Liquor … Click to Continue »

A convicted felon was arrested over the weekend after Merced gang investigators found a rifle and scope “hidden inside his car,” the Merced Police Department reported. Police said 47-year-old Stephen … Click to Continue »

A fourth Dos Palos High School varsity football player has been arrested in connection with a widening investigation into alleged hazing on campus, the Police Department confirmed Friday. The latest … Click to Continue »

Three Dos Palos High School varsity football players have been arrested in connection with a “hazing investigation,” police said. Police Chief Barry Mann confirmed the arrests Thursday in a telephone … Click to Continue »

A Merced man was arrested for illegally having a gun, according to Merced police. Officers in the Merced Police Department’s Gang Violence Suppression Unit were looking for Jason Villa, 37, … Click to Continue »

Trustee Tommy Jones refused to resign from the city’s school board on Thursday, despite a chorus of calls from residents who demanded he step down following his arrest last week … Click to Continue »

A 32-year-old Atwater man was jailed on his birthday after police said they found him hiding in a pickup truck with more than a gram of suspected crack cocaine and … Click to Continue »

A standoff possibly involving multiple armed men Sunday evening forced the evacuation of a Winton apartment complex, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. Three men were arrested on suspicion of … Click to Continue »