Man Killed Hour After a Jury’s Mistake Led to His Release
FRESNO – A man facing burglary charges walked away from court a free man after a jury mistakenly checked the “not guilty” box on the court form, but was killed within the hour. Bobby Lee Pearson, 37,...
View ArticleHomeless man accused of arson blaze near Mount Hamilton
SANTA CLARA COUNTY – Santa Clara Sheriff’s Deputies arrested an arson suspect, who was caught trying to burn down an area near his campsite in the Mount Hamilton area of unincorporated Santa Clara...
View ArticleHighland Smash Operation Nets 102 Arrests
HIGHLAND – Over 100 people were arrested in a Friday night raid that combined several law enforcement agencies converging upon the city on June 13. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies took part in...
View ArticleSuspect Arrested in Palm Desert Murder
PALM DESERT – A suspect in the murder of Victoria Supola was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murder with malice, assault on person with great bodily and obstruct/resisting a peace officer. On...
View ArticleMan Confesses to Shooting Live-in Girlfriend
SAN BERNARDINO – Police arrested a man who told police he shot his live-in girlfriend on Friday night, but a motive has yet to be determined. Peter Joseph Cerda, 30, of San Bernardino was taken into...
View ArticleSexual Battery Bust at the Movies
Ventura County - On the night of May 23rd, a young lady out for a night at the upscale Muvico Theater complex in Thousand Oaks found herself in a real-life horror-movie sequence when she went to the...
View ArticleCo-op couple overdoes it with their supply
LAKE COUNTY – A Lake County man and woman ran afoul of the the rules around medical marijuana and are facing prosecution as drug dealers. The California medical marijuana laws allow a person to grow...
View ArticleGangsters rob returning traveler, soon get arrested
SANTA ROSA – A man returning home late last night to his home in west Santa Rosa, near Lincoln Elementary School on West 9th Street, was accosted by two young men armed with a handgun, and robbed of...
View ArticleBreak in case leads to arrest of road rage shooter
SAN JOSE, Calif – The San Jose Police Department has un-officially announced the arrest of 17-year-old Fidadelfo Silva Ortiz, who is being tried as an adult, and 23-year-old Daniel Alejandro Reyes, for...
View ArticleThrown milkshake brought the bullets to the yard
REDDING — On June 10th just after 1 a.m., Redding Police officers turned up at a local hospital regarding a gunshot victim who’d arrived shortly before. Apparently, she and three others had been...
View ArticleFormer Caregiver Accused of Burglarizing Elderly Couple’s Home
FRESNO – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man they say ransacked and stole property from a home where he had previously worked as an in-home caregiver. Around 7 a.m. on Friday, the couple...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana? Scale it back a bit…
KELSEYVILLE, LAKE COUNTY – Under California’s medical marijuana laws, a certain amount of cannabis can now be raised to provide the relief giving dosages to those who need it and have been prescribed...
View ArticleKnife-Wielding Elderly Man is Shot, Killed by Police
BAKERSFIELD — An elderly man was shot and killed on Sunday night after a confrontation with sheriff’s deputies in east Bakersfield. Gregory Johnson, 67, of Bakersfield, was pronounced dead by doctors...
View ArticleFisherman’s Wharf killer sentenced to life
Murder can be so petty. The day after April Fools Day, 2011, a shopkeeper on Fisherman’s Wharf named Hong Ri Wu couldn’t stand it any longer. He went to the store next door and shot to death two other...
View ArticleTipton Man Wanted in Connection to Home-Invasion Robbery
FRESNO – An 18-year-old man has been identified as a suspect involved in a home-invasion robbery in Orosi in which an accomplice was killed. Edgar Picazo Facebook pose The Tulare County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleWoman arrested in second domestic violence this year
FORT BRAGG – A Saturday night call to a Fort Bragg home resulted in the second arrest this year of a woman charged with assaulting a man. According to the Sheriff’s office, deputies were sent to a home...
View ArticleFriday night gathering ends in domestic violence arrest
UKIAH – A local couple visiting a friend’s house Friday night, June 13, reportedly got into an argument, which led to an assault on the 23-year-old woman, and her boyfriend arrested early Saturday...
View ArticleHome Invasion Victim Arrested After Drug Lab Found
VISALIA – A man who reported to police that he had been attacked in his home was arrested after investigating officers discovered an operational drug lab in the house. Officers with the Visalia Police...
View ArticleJuvenile Charged with Attempted Murder
Ventura County – The adage “it’s darkest before the dawn” certainly applies to the violence that occurred in the pre-dawn hours of June 11th at a Thousand Oaks apartment complex when a 911 Emergency...
View ArticleTehachapi Mother Arrested After Leaving Child in Vacant Field Overnight
TEHACHAPI — A 34-year-old mother was arrested on Sunday after allegedly abandoning her two-year-old child in a vacant field in downtown Tehachapi. Stacey Nikkel, of Tehachapi was booked into the...
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