Gordon Jameson says his son would never hurt people and believes the FBI has the facts wrong. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced man charged with DUI and driving on suspended license in fatal crash
A Merced man charged with killing another man earlier this week in a suspected drunken-driving crash outside Delhi had a blood-alcohol level of nearly twice the legal limit, according to … Click to Continue »
Read More »Defense seeks more tests for Dos Palos woman charged with ‘Satanic’ killing of mother
It will take more time to determine if a Dos Palos woman charged with killing her own mother in an alleged “Satanic sacrifice” is mentally fit to stand trial. Court … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater man charged with molesting young girl for nearly a decade. Pleads not guilty
An Atwater man accused of molesting a young girl for nearly a decade pleaded not guilty this week to more than half a dozen felony charges, according to Merced County … Click to Continue »
Read More »She’s charged with kidnapping her own baby. This is why authorities took the newborn
A woman accused of smuggling her own infant out of the hospital in a duffel bag to keep the child away from CPS had tested “positive for meth during child … Click to Continue »
Read More »Los Banos suspect charged with murder, denied bail
The suspect arrested for last week’s homicide of a 21-year-old Los Banos man was charged Monday with premeditated murder. Merced County Judge Harry Jacobs on Monday denied bail to 30-year-old … Click to Continue »
Read More »Driver charged in fatal Livingston bus crash denies responsibility, reports show
Moments after the white tour bus he was driving on Highway 99 near Livingston crashed into a steel pole and tore through the bus last August, Mario David Vasquez got … Click to Continue »
Read More »Prosecutors want teen suspect in Merced homicide charged as an adult
Merced County prosecutors will ask a judge to consider allowing them to charge a 16-year-old homicide suspect as an adult, a new process established in the justice system after voters … Click to Continue »
Read More »Teen driver who streamed crash, sister’s death charged with DUI, gross vehicular manslaughter
Obdulia Sanchez, 18, of Stockton, appears over a video feed before Judge David Moranda, as she is arraigned on charges of gross vehicular manslaughter and DUI, at the Robert M. Falasco Justice Center, in Los Banos, Calif., on Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Sanchez was driving a white Buick Century when …
Read More »Teen who streamed crash, sister’s death charged with DUI, gross vehicular manslaughter
The Merced County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday morning filed charges of gross vehicular manslaughter and DUI against Obdulia Sanchez, the teen driver accused of crashing her car while apparently … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced man charged with raping unconscious teen asks judge to cut his bail
A 19-year-old man accused of playing rock, paper, scissors to determine who would first rape an unconscious teen at a party was denied a bail reduction this week in Merced … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater man charged with two homicides is a ‘sick and twisted killer,’ prosecutors say
An Atwater man accused of stabbing another to death did so out of anger in a drug-fueled encounter in which the victim threatened the life of the stabber, his defense … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trial underway for Atwater man charged with killing two people two years apart
An Atwater man stabbed another more than 40 times more than two years after shooting a Ballico man in the head, prosecutors said Friday. Dionicio Gutierrez-Salazar, 38, appeared in Merced … Click to Continue »
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