Los Banos police arrested three teens they say tagged multiple businesses in the city’s downtown this week. Police received reports of vandalism about 8:15 p.m. Thursday and headed to the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Two 26-year-olds shot in Merced County, police say. No suspects identified
Two 26-year-olds were shot on Sunday just after midnight in the Beachwood area, the Merced County Sheriff’s office reported. Both were transported to hospitals and suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Both victims … Click to Continue »
Read More »Suspects loot laptops from Los Banos High School, then leave on bikes, skateboards
Police are looking for five males believed to have stolen several black laptop computers from Los Banos High School early Monday morning. School staff noticed the laptops missing Monday and … Click to Continue »
Read More »Teenager shot outside house party in Merced; suspects sought
An 18-year-old man was shot over the weekend outside a house party in the Loughborough area of Merced. The victim was shot around 2:31 a.m. Sunday outside a home in … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater officer chases down suspects who tried burglarizing an off-duty cop’s car
Atwater police arrested two suspects late Wednesday night who allegedly tried to break into an off-duty police officer’s cars, police reported. Atwater officers were dispatched at 11:40 p.m. to an … Click to Continue »
Read More »Search continues for suspects in Merced homicide investigation
The search for suspects continued Monday in connection with the slaying last month of a 34-year-old Merced man, who was shot and killed a short distance from his three children. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Psychologist needs more time to evaluate Fresno shooting suspect’s mental state, judge says
The mental health assessment of Fresno shooting rampage suspect Kori Ali Muhammad will take more time to complete, a judge was told in a brief court hearing Friday. A new … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County suspects make first court appearances since massive gang sweep
Nearly a dozen defendants swept up in “Operation Scrapbook” – a series of dozens of gang raids coordinated by local, state and federal law enforcement that netted more than 50 … Click to Continue »
Read More »Can you identify these possible suspects in a Merced County homicide case?
Three years ago this week, 20-year-old Erain Sandoval was shot to death in Delhi. No arrests have ever been made. Wednesday marked the three-year anniversary of Sandoval’s death. Merced County … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced police investigators went undercover in a child-sex sting operation. They arrested 10 suspects.
A two-month sting by the Merced Police Department led to the arrests of nine men who attempted to have sex or share harmful material with minors. Another man also was … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced deputies seeking help identifying suspects in recent carjacking cases
Merced County sheriff’s detectives on Thursday issued a public warning and asked for information in connection with multiple carjackings that have been reported in recent months in the Winton-Atwater area. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Two Atwater homes struck by gunfire, suspects sought
Atwater police are seeking the public’s help to identify those responsible for shooting at two neighboring homes Monday night. No one was injured when more than a dozen shots were … Click to Continue »
Read More »Stabbing reported in Winton; suspects sought
Merced sheriff’s deputies are searching for at least four people who attacked a man on a bicycle just before noon on Winton Way. The victim, described only as a male, … Click to Continue »
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