Officers found guns in a vehicle after its occupants led them on a high-speed chase that ended in a crash, according to Atwater Police. Atwater officers were conducting a neighborhood … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County students join national walkout, say Congress’ inaction on guns is ‘sad’
Students demonstrating in Merced County on Wednesday said the state of gun control in the U.S. is “sad,” and called for Congress to pass new gun control laws in response … Click to Continue »
Read More »Here’s who Merced police arrested for selling drugs and having guns this weekend
Merced police street-gang investigators arrested three people during the weekend with guns, drugs and cash, officers said on Tuesday. About 7 p.m. Saturday, the Merced Police Department’s Gang Violence Suppression … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced deputies were looking for a molestation suspect when they found guns, drugs
A man wanted on a warrant charging him with child molestation was on the run Monday afternoon following a foot chase in Stevinson, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office reported. Detectives … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced felons back in jail after guns found in homes, police said
Three Merced felons were arrested Thursday for possessing firearms. The Merced Police Department’s Gang Violence Suppression Unit served search warrants at two homes on suspicion the residents possessed firearms, which … Click to Continue »
Read More »Bill Could Remove Most Concealed Guns From Kern/Kingsburg School Campuses
For about the past year, two San Joaquin valley school districts have allowed some parents and staff members to carry a concealed firearm on campus if they have a concealed carry weapons permit and seek the permission of the district superintendent. However, under a new bill on Governor Jerry Brown’s …
Read More »This Merced County agency used a new law to take guns from an owner
California courts ordered people to temporarily give up possession of their firearms 86 times last year, including once in Merced County. A new law, which took effect in 2016, allows … Click to Continue »
Read More »Should Fresno City Employees Be Allowed To Carry Guns At Work?
Next time you go to pay a traffic ticket or see a city employee looking for people watering their yards on banned watering days, that employee might be carrying a concealed fire arm. A proposal that could be before the Fresno City Council would allow just that. There are more …
Read More »Deputies make an arrest, take guns after 6 drive-by shootings in Merced County
After a string of six drive-by shootings in two weeks in Planada, Merced County Sheriff’s Office deputies on Tuesday served multiple warrants to confiscate guns and make an arrest, officials … Click to Continue »
Read More »PayPal is discriminating against me because I sell guns, Merced businessman says
Bay Area technology firms are discriminating against a Merced shop owner because he sells guns, according to his attorney. Blair Gladwin, who has a federal license to sell firearms, filed … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced gang member arrested with stolen guns, police report
A 24-year-old gang member was jailed Saturday after police found nearly a half a dozen firearms at his home, including four that had been stolen, the Merced Police Department reported. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced man arrested with drugs, guns and cash
A Merced man was arrested Thursday with more than a pound of cocaine and almost $ 15,000 in cash, according to police. Merced’s Gang Violence Suppression Unit used search warrants around … Click to Continue »
Read More »2 arrested, four children turned over to CPS in Merced County marijuana and guns bust
An anonymous tip led investigators on Tuesday morning to a small rural farmhouse on the southern outskirts of Delhi where they found hundreds of marijuana plants, at least three “assault … Click to Continue »
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