A heated exchange during an Atwater City Council meeting ended Monday with one man behind bars for allegedly disturbing the public assembly, according to police. Richard Johnson, 48, of Atwater … Click to Continue »
Read More »Four suspected teenage gang members from Atwater arrested in weapons case
Four teenagers dressed in blue pointed a black air soft handgun at two men they thought were rival gang members late Monday, the Atwater Police Department reported. The teenagers were … Click to Continue »
Read More »One injured, one arrested after traffic dispute in Merced
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Read More »Atwater woman arrested in connection with shooting, robbing the father of her kids
An Atwater woman was arrested this week, more than two months after police say she helped rob the father of her children in a violent confrontation that ended when he … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced parents arrested for abuse after 5-year-old’s ‘brain bleed,’ deputies say
The mother and stepfather of a 5-year-old Merced girl who suffered a head injury have been arrested on suspicion of child abuse, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. Medical … Click to Continue »
Read More »Los Banos homicide suspect arrested, autopsy reveals cause of death
A suspect in a homicide from earlier this week tried to jump out a second-story window of a South Los Banos apartment when he was cornered by investigators Thursday afternoon, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Turlock man arrested in Merced County for dealing drugs, police say. It was weed
Police arrested a man Wednesday in Livingston who is suspected of dealing marijuana, officers said. The Merced Police Department’s Gang Violence Suppression Unit served a search warrant at about 11:40 … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced gang member, convicted felon arrested for having stolen gun
A 43-year-old Merced man was arrested for having a stolen weapon on Saturday just before midnight, Merced Police Department officials reported. At about 11:55, officers found a stolen handgun and … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced parents arrested in truancy cases say it’s not their fault. It’s the school’s.
Bernadette Thomas lives across the street from Sheehy Elementary in Merced where her children attend school. But the 45-year-old Merced mother was arrested last week for failing to send her … Click to Continue »
Read More »10 Merced parents were arrested because they didn’t send their kids to school, DA says
Ten Merced parents were arrested last week as part of a countywide truancy sweep targeting parents who are failing to send their children to school, the Merced County District Attorney’s … Click to Continue »
Read More »Winton man arrested after hit and run, police say
A 40-year-old Winton man was jailed over the weekend after police said he crashed into an elderly woman’s car while driving drunk and left the scene. Jesus Maldonado was identified … Click to Continue »
Read More »Here’s how Merced K-9 Laika celebrated her birthday (Hint: someone was arrested)
It may have been her birthday on Friday, but Merced-area California Highway Patrol K-9 officer Laika did not take the day off. The 8-year-old dog was called in around 10:30 … Click to Continue »
Read More »Gustine man backed into school bus, arrested for DUI
California Highway Patrol Merced Officer Moises Onsurez explains how a Gustine man left a Stevinson bar and backed into a school bus carrying more than 30 students Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. … Click to Continue »
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