A 23-year-old Livingston man accused of striking and killing a 3-year-old girl with his girlfriend’s car will face trial on a felony hit-and-run charge, a Merced County judge ruled Tuesday. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Delhi man arrested for murder, DUI for killing teen in crash released from charges
A driver with multiple past DUI convictions who allegedly drank alcohol and was behind the wheel during a fatal crash will not be charged with felonies. Delhi resident Michael Lindo, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced police say he left the scene after killing a girl. A judge lowered his bail
The bail amount for a Merced County man accused of striking a girl with his car and then fleeing the scene was cut by more than half on Thursday. Isaac … Click to Continue »
Read More »Gustine father accused of killing son expected to be released today
The father found not guilty of second-degree murder in the death of his 9-month-old son is expected to be released Thursday, following a sentencing hearing in Merced County court. Andrew … Click to Continue »
Read More »Bail reduced for man accused of killing Merced 3-year-old
A Merced mother reacts on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, to a judge’s decision to lower the bail for a Livingston man accused of killing her 3-year-old with a car and fleeing. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced man killed ex-wife and her new boyfriend before killing himself, police say
An angry estranged husband shot and killed his former wife and her boyfriend over the weekend in Merced before taking his own life, the Police Department reported Monday. Tom Vue … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater gang member guilty of killing two teens in 2013, jury says
The Atwater man accused of killing two teenagers at a house party during Easter weekend in 2013 was convicted Tuesday by a Merced County jury. Jose Luis Botello, who was … 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 »Merced Court orders psych evaluation in alleged Satanic killing
Melissa Bal, 37, of San Diego, appears before Judge Jeanne Schechter at the Merced County Superior Courthouse for a competency hearing where no decision was made, in Merced, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. Bal, who is suspected of killing her mother Lydia Marie Bal, 55, of Dos Palos, in …
Read More »He’s convicted of killing a Merced cab driver. This is how long he’ll spend in prison
The 20-year-old man convicted of killing a well-known Merced taxi driver in a botched robbery was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison on Wednesday. Merced County Superior Court … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater man with possible cartel connections convicted of killing 2 men 2 years apart
An Atwater man described by prosecutors as a “sick and twisted killer” was convicted Friday of killing two men two years apart in Merced County. Dionicio Gutierrez-Salazar, 38, shot a … 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 »
Read More »An ‘evolutionary gamble’ may be killing Joshua Tree’s mother tortoises
Wildlife biologists say an alarming number of female desert tortoise carcasses found earlier this year just outside the southern edge of Joshua Tree National Park may be the result of … Click to Continue »
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