UC Merced students and members of the Merced community called Monday for the City Council to set up citizen review boards, pay for bias training and made other demands in … Click to Continue »
Read More »Protesters call for review board, training for Merced police
About two dozen speakers told the Merced City Council to institute a citizen review board for police and add training related to bias, among other demands, during a meeting on Monday, July 17, 2017. Several recounted the events from arrests at a Hookah Lounge on July 9. … Click to …
Read More »UC Merced protest makes it to police headquarters
A protest that started at UC Merced on Thursday, July 13, 2017, made its way to the Merced police headquarters. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Logging truck stops wild police chase in Mariposa County, Merced man captured
A 21-year-old Merced man landed behind bars Wednesday after leading authorities on a wild chase through Merced and Mariposa counties while hauling construction equipment with a stolen flatbed truck, the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Can you help Los Banos police identify this robbery suspect?
Los Banos police on Tuesday released an image taken from a surveillance camera picturing a masked man in a hooded sweatshirt who robbed a convenience store over the weekend. Investigators … Click to Continue »
Read More »This is the robbery suspect Merced police were seeking when violence erupted downtown
Merced police still are looking for the robbery suspect they thought was inside a downtown dance club Sunday, when a confrontation with the crowd turned ugly. The man police were … Click to Continue »
Read More »Car in crashes into tree in Merced, police say; one person has head injuries
A car crashed into a tree in Merced on Saturday evening, according to Merced Police Department officials. One person, whose name, gender and age could not be immediately confirmed, was … 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 »
Read More »Three Chowchilla men arrested with gun, drugs, police say
Three Chowchilla men were jailed Thursday after officers found a gun and drugs in their car, police reported. Chowchilla police received reports of a fight about 1:40 a.m. on South … Click to Continue »
Read More »He told Atwater officers he crashed his van on purpose to ‘summon police.’ It worked.
A 30-year-old man lashing out in a methamphetamine-fueled paranoid fury smashed his vehicle into an Atwater business early Thursday, according to the Atwater Police Department. Michael Duran told police he … Click to Continue »
Read More »DUI checkpoint tonight in Merced County. Why do police announce them ahead of time?
California Highway Patrol will be on the watch for drunk drivers with a DUI and driver license checkpoint Friday night somewhere in Merced County. The checkpoint will be between the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Fresno Police Recorded At Least 6,000 Fireworks Explosions On 4th Of July
The Fresno Police Department says their gunshot detection system, known as ShotSpotter, recorded thousands of incidents of illegal fireworks being set off on the Fourth of July. Mark Hudson with the FPD says shot spotter microphones, which are placed mainly in central Fresno, record all explosions but are able to …
Read More »Two arrested in slaying of woman in Madera. Police are looking for a third suspect
Two men have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the slaying of Latisha Logan in Madera. Police said Thursday they are looking for a third suspect. Logan was … Click to Continue »
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