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A 36-year-old Merced man received a two-year prison term Monday, five months after pleading guilty to cultivating marijuana in the Sierra National Forest, the U.S. Justice Department reported. Emmanuel Castrejon … Click to Continue »

“I was 16 the first time Gary Bettencourt molested me,” a victim of the former Los Banos High Schoolteacher said during an impact statement delivered at a sentencing hearing Friday. … Click to Continue »

Tyson Perry, a now former Livingston police officer, was sentenced Thursday to serve three months in jail for assaulting a handcuffed man in 2012, according to the Merced County District … Click to Continue »

A 27-year-old Merced man was sentenced Tuesday to 51 years to life in prison for sexually attacking more than half a dozen women during a three-year period. After more than … Click to Continue »

Defendant Sysco L. Lopez may have been defending himself Luis David Leon, 17, was shot and killed Feb. 15, 2015, in Dos Palos Witnesses refused to cooperate with investigators, authorities say … Click to Continue »

Santiago Casontos received 50 years to life prison sentence Victim’s mother says boy still undergoing emotional turmoil Judge handed down consecutive sentences … Click to Continue »

A Southern California couple has been sentenced to six months in prison for smuggling more than 900 endangered sea turtle eggs into the United States from Mexico, the U.S. attorney’s office said. … Click to Continue »

The woman stole more than $ 370,000 in loans and grants, authorities said She applied for student-aid money for those not intending to attend school Authorities described her as the ringleader … Click to Continue »

A 34-year-old Turlock business owner was sentenced Monday to three years and one month in federal prison for structuring cash transactions and filing false tax returns, the U.S. Attorney’s Office … Click to Continue »

Prosecutors say pit bull had fractured skull Tyrell Harris, 32, will pay dog’s medical bills as part of sentence Harris also can’t own, possess or reside with any animal for 10 years … Click to Continue »

A choked-up Dzhokhar Tsarnaev apologized to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in court Wednesday morning, then was formally sentenced to die for the attack. He addressed the court and the victims saying, "You told us just how unbearable it was, this thing I put you through. Now, I …

A former Fresno Police Detective has been sentenced to two years in prison for bribery. Derik Kumagai, 41, was also ordered to pay almost $ 14,000 in restitution. Court documents say he took around $ 20,000 back in 2013, in exchange for stopping a marijuana investigation. He was arrested in …

A woman in Visalia has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, for the death of her two-month-old son. In March, 28-year-old Jennifer Granberg pleaded "no contest" in the death of her boy. The boy was burned by hot water in Granberg’s bathtub in April 2012. Granberg and …