For the first time since taking office in 2006, Merced County District Attorney Larry Morse II faces a challenger in his bid for re-election. Kimberly Helms Lewis, a 47-year-old veteran … Click to Continue »
Read More »Dos Palos man was convicted in Merced court. Then he attacked a prosecutor, DA says
A Merced County deputy district attorney was assaulted on Thursday by a man who had just been convicted in court, according to the district attorney’s office, raising questions about courtroom … Click to Continue »
Read More »Defendant, prosecutor argue over request to delay capital murder trial
Mark Edward Mesiti, who is accused of sexually abusing and killing his teenage daughter, told a judge Thursday that conditions at the Stanislaus County Jail have interfered with his preparations … Click to Continue »
Read More »On way to prison, defendant tells prosecutor: ‘Better hope I don’t get out’
A Fresno man was sentenced Tuesday in Fresno County Superior Court to 44 years to life in prison for shooting his unarmed friend in the back in a domestic violence … Click to Continue »
Read More »Prosecutor: Livingston officer was ‘rogue cop,’ ‘bully’
Prosecutors said the officer had animosity toward the alleged victim Defense attorney says officer acted with ‘reasonable force,’ which is allowed The jury is set to begin deliberation Thursday … Click to Continue »
Read More »California prosecutor opens new probe in school kidnapping
A California prosecutor on Thursday began investigating whether victims were paid to support parole applications for three men who hijacked a school bus full of California children nearly four decades ago. … Click to Continue »
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