Merced police have opened a homicide investigation into the death of a woman whose body was found on Feb. 6 in a trash bin behind a Rite Aid store. In … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced Police Department seeks applicants for citizens academy
The Merced Police Department is accepting applications for the Citizens Police Academy. The free 11-week training and education program begins March 15 and meets weekly on Wednesdays from 6 to … Click to Continue »
Read More »Buhach Colony High put on brief lock down for police activity in area
Buhach Colony High School briefly went on lockdown Thursday afternoon while law enforcement officers investigated an off-campus incident, school district officials confirmed. The school went on lockdown just after 12:30 … Click to Continue »
Read More »Livingston police add three, back at full staffing, chief says
Livingston added three new officers this week, rounding out the police department out 20 officers, according to Chief Ruben Chavez. T.J. Griffin, Eddie Jimenez and Joe Thornburg took the oath … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater police release images of store burglary
Atwater police detectives on Tuesday asked for the public’s help identifying four men who broke into a cellphone store. Police said the burglary happened around 12:45 a.m. Jan. 30 at … Click to Continue »
Read More »Man killed by gunfire in Los Banos, police say
Police in Los Banos are investigating the shooting death of a 21-year-old man in what is the city’s first homicide of the year, authorities said Tuesday. Officers responded to a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Livingston schools, police train for a mass school shooting
Livingston police and school officials trained Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, on how to deal with an active shooter on campus. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Police: Merced gang member arrested for illegal handgun in car
A 19-year-old man police say is a gang member was arrested for allegedly having a loaded handgun, Merced police reported on Saturday. Merced Police Department’s Gang Violence Suppression Unit stopped … Click to Continue »
Read More »Livingston schools, police train for a mass shooting on campus
It started with gunfire and children screaming. First there was the rapid pop of automatic gunfire, then shotgun blasts and the occasional explosion. But, the chaos was coming through the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Immigrants, militarized police and more for UC Merced Human Rights Film Festival
The 11th annual Human Rights Film Festival comes to Merced in February and March, according to organizers. The film series is meant to drive discussion about human rights through the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Fresno police auditor says Dylan Noble shooting ‘not within policy’
Fresno’s independent police auditor has concluded that the June 2016 shooting of Dylan Noble by two Fresno police officers in a gas station parking lot was “not within policy” of … Click to Continue »
Read More »Man shot by Fresno police in jail on federal immigration hold
A man shot by a Fresno police officer early Saturday is out of the hospital and and is in Fresno County Jail, where he is being held on a federal … Click to Continue »
Read More »Livingston to pay $600,000 to man in police assault claim, attorney says
The city of Livingston will pay $ 600,000 to a man who said he was assaulted by a police officer during a child-custody exchange in 2012, an attorney representing the city … Click to Continue »
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