More than 3,300 inmates and staff have tested positive for COVID-19 at Avenal, which is the highest total of any prison in California and possibly in the entire country . So far, the virus has killed eight of the prison’s incarcerated men. However, Avenal isn’t the only prison in the …
Read More »With Perez Facing Criminal Charges, How Do Most Conflict Of Interest Cases Play Out In California?
Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez was charged with two criminal misdemeanors last week over her 2017 vote against a ban on marijuana dispensaries. The DA’s public integrity unit investigated the case and found that Perez’s husband Fernando Jara had done business with marijuana industry groups before the vote, creating what …
Read More »Los Banos attorney arrested for alleged spousal abuse, facing client sex abuse civil suit
A Merced County defense attorney who is a former Los Banos school board trustee was arrested Wednesdayon suspicion of spouse abuse, according to officials and jail records. Dominic Falasco, a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Facing huge debt, Atwater may cut firefighter jobs, freeze police
The cash-strapped city of Atwater is looking at cutting more than $ 1 million from its $ 42.4 million budget in a city that already mostly shuts down on Fridays and is … Click to Continue »
Read More »Plea deal possible for ex-Los Banos priest facing second child-porn case
The trial date has been pushed back for a former Catholic priest from Los Banos facing his second child pornography charge in as many years while he and his attorney … Click to Continue »
Read More »Ex-Los Banos priest facing second child porn case asks for bail in Merced County
Robert Gamel, the former head of a Los Banos Catholic parish who was convicted last year of child pornography possession, appeared in court Friday to answer new child pornography allegations. … Click to Continue »
Read More »3 Los Banos students facing possible charges for ‘Trump’ graffiti
Pro-Donald Trump graffiti found on Cinco de Mayo Cristina Vance, 18, two 17-year-old males suspected Students cooperating with investigators, police say … Click to Continue »
Read More »Sex Offender Facing Multiple Child Molestation Charges
The allegations are appalling, and it all started with a tip that 40-year-old Cornelio Jimenez was distributing child pornography. "These images are pictures and videos of children, even as young as 6 months, being sexually abused," Sgt. Jeff Kertson with Central California ICAC said. Detectives with the Internet Crimes Against …
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