Criminal charges were filed Friday against three men accused of assaulting Merced police officers during a melee last year at a downtown hookah lounge that angered many and triggered protests … Click to Continue »
Read More »What’s happening with the probe in the Hookah lounge melee involving Merced police?
It’s been more than six months since video from an altercation between Merced police and college students went viral, and investigators have not decided whether anyone will be charged with … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced officer lost his body camera during hookah lounge melee. Police want it back.
One of the 12 Merced police officers involved in a large melee last month with party-goers at a downtown hookah lounge lost his department-issued body camera during the scuffle, and … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced advocates say ‘drop the charges’ in hookah melee involving ‘good kids’
UC Merced students and others again addressed July’s hookah lounge melee in front of the City Council on Monday. Advocates for the five men that were arrested or cited first … Click to Continue »
Read More »Watch Merced police officer fire ‘sage weapon’ during club ‘melee’
WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE A Merced police officer was injured and multiple people were arrested early Sunday after “a large melee” at Chandelier’s Hookah Lounge & Smoke Shop on Main Street where police fired at least one round from an “an … Click to Continue »
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