IRS Phone Scams on the Rise, Say Redlands Police
REDLANDS – Police are raising awareness than IRS telephone scams are on the rise, hoping the public doesn’t fall prey to phony callers as the tax deadline approaches. Police spokesman Carl Baker said...
View ArticleGang Member Led Police on Chase in Stolen Vehicle
FRESNO – Police arrested a Bulldog gang member who allegedly attempted to flee apprehension in a stolen vehicle on Saturday evening. 29-year-old Sergio Blanco was booked into the Fresno County Jail on...
View ArticleIncrease in Transient Reports Inspires Petaluma PD to Lead Cleanup Response
PETALUMA – The Petaluma Police Department has been well aware of an increase of transient related calls for service, and especially in the vicinity of Schollenberger Park. Officers from the department...
View ArticleOne Arrested, Another Sought in Shooting Death
SAN BERNARDINO – Two days after a fatal shooting that killed a San Bernardino man, police arrested a 20-year-old suspect and seek the identification of a second man believed to have taken part in the...
View ArticleSacramento Man Attacks Woman and Dog with Medieval Weapon
SACRAMENTO —Sacramento County deputies arrested a man following a bizarre and brutal attack with a medieval-type weapon early Monday morning, March 23. The assault of a woman in her 50s happened near...
View ArticleBuzzed driver violates Paul Buzzo act
UKIAH – MENDOCINO COUNTY – Earlier this month, on Thursday March 12, according to information just released by the Mendocino Sheriff’s office, a deputy witnessed the occupant of a pickup truck violate...
View ArticleTrio suspected of Grand Theft – Burl
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s department announced today the resolution of the theft of a big piece of redwood. This wasn’t just any chunk of wood however, it was a redwood burl, a cross section cut...
View ArticleTwo Men Arrested for Attempted Murder in North Sacramento
The Sacramento Police Department reports two men have been arrested in connection with an assault on a 23-year old Sacramento woman this past weekend. Sacramento Police arrested Armando Pachicano, 19,...
View ArticleNot Obeying Police leads to Vehicle Pursuit
Speeds Reached 100 MPH HOLLISTER — The Hollister Police Department arrested two teenagers yesterday after they took officers on a ten minute vehicle pursuit through the streets of downtown Hollister....
View ArticleHomeless Man Arrested For Attempted Murder
He Used An Accelerant To Set Fire To Encampment SEASIDE—Seaside Police Detectives have made an arrest in a March 13th incident at campsite at the Laguna Grande Park when a fire engulfed a campsite,...
View ArticleSJPD officer shot and killed during deadly confrontation
The gunman Scott Dunham (DMV photo) SAN JOSE – San Jose Police Officer, 38-year-old Michael Johnson, Badge #3718, was shot and killed on Tuesday, March 24, at approximately 6:48 pm. SJPD patrol units...
View ArticleAuthorities Seek Assistance in Solving Two-Year-Old Murder
On Friday, March 22, 2013, at 7:28 p.m., officers from the Temecula Police Department discovered a man who was bound, unconscious, and had suffered severe injuries at Pete’s Music Store in Old Town...
View ArticleTaft Man Arrested for Attacking Woman
TAFT – A 36-year old Ford City man was arrested on Monday in Taft for beating up a 32-year-old woman during an argument. Glenn Reid was booked into the Taft City Jail for kidnapping, spousal abuse,...
View ArticleDelano Man Arrested for Theft of Farm and Construction Equipment
DELANO – A Delano man wanted for stealing farm equipment last December was finally apprehended on Monday. Raul Lopez Oropeza, 47, was booked into the Kern County jail for receiving stolen property and...
View ArticlePasadena Chef Arrested in Inglewood for Forgery, Burglary, Theft
INGLEWOOD, CA—Why did the chef cross the county? To forge, burglarize and steal, it seems. Tony McClendon, 37, was arrested by Inglewood police officers along the 4200 block of West Century Boulevard...
View ArticleLos Angeles Bicyclist Gets Popped in Hawthorne
HAWTHORNE, CA—Being on a bicycle seems like a good way to appear non-threatening, and perhaps even bereft of controlled substances. But it seems as if even that may not prevent one from being detained,...
View ArticleHomeless Madera man booked for gang activity
A man was arrested in Madera on Sunday as a repeat offender. According to the official media report by the Madera County Department of Corrections, Edge Tyler Apodaca, 23, was brought in by the Madera...
View ArticleChowchilla Maintenance Worker Arrested
A man in Chowchilla has been arrested on a bench warrant for domestic violence last Thursday evening, March 19. According to the Madera County Department of Corrections, Delbert Vandecar, 50, was...
View ArticleLos Angeles Man Arrested in Inglewood for Battery on Cop
INGLEWOOD—If you’re going to get in a fight with a cop, you better be ready to go the whole hog. Michael Glenn Johnson, 55, was picked up by Inglewood police officers on Wednesday, March 25 at...
View ArticleMadera resident arrested for violent behavior
A repeat offender was arrested in Madera on assault charges last Thursday, March 19. Arturo Navarette, 22, was brought in for assault with a deadly weapon, other than a firearm, and as a result was...
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