Archive By Section - Crime
Car careens into garage
An accident that involved a car crashing through a garage sent an elderly woman to the hospital with minor injuries and caused a jolt of electricity to pass through a good Samaritan who came to her aid.
Holiday DUI arrests down from 2008
A holiday crackdown on drunk driving resulted in more than 100 arrests for driving under the influence through Monday night.
Turlock mother will face murder charge
A Stanislaus County Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that there is enough evidence present to hold a 20-year-old woman over on charges that she murdered her newborn daughter and left it wrapped in a plastic bag inside a Dumpster behind a Turlock grocery store.
Officials seek clues to woman’s identity
A fingerprint database has failed to turn up any leads on the identity of a woman who was struck and killed on a stretch of railroad tracks in Turlock Tuesday morning.
New year brings drunken driving crackdown
The Chinese calendar may have declared 2010 as the year of the tiger, but in California it will be "the year of the checkpoint."
Woman dies after laying down in front of train
Police officers and other emergency personnel were greeted with the grisly aftermath of a woman's death on a stretch of railroad tracks in Turlock Tuesday morning. The Turlock Police Department is investigating the death as an apparent suicide.
Highway fatality an apparent suicide
A Modesto man was killed on Highway 99 near a Turlock rest stop Thursday morning in what the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department deemed an apparent suicide.
Gunfire erupts on city street; one injured
A 20-year-old man was wounded in the leg when gunfire broke out on a Turlock street. The Injury was not considered life-threatening and the victim is refusing to give out any information about the incident, Turlock Police Lt. Steven Williams said. Just after 1 a.m. Wednesday, the Turlock Police Department received numerous reports of shots fired in the 500 block of Vermont Avenue. One caller said they had heard multiple shots and went outside to ...
Suspicious fires under investigation
Two of three residential fires reported in Turlock over the last week have suspicious origins and are under investigation by the Turlock City Fire Department.
Son jailed after whacking dad with baseball bat
A Keyes man is in critical condition with a severe head injury caused by a blow from a baseball bat at the hands of his teenage son, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department.
Ear infection delays Betts hearing
The preliminary hearing for Jessica Mae Betts, the 20-year-old Turlock woman accused of killing her newborn baby and leaving it in a Dumpster behind a grocery store, was postponed because of a medical condition.
Deputies put a stop to rooster fight
A tip about a suspected cockfighting ring led to the arrest of a Turlock man and put a halt to an event that possibly could have involved 150 roosters, the Merced County Sheriff's Department reported.
Turlock man wanted for intentionally mowing down bicyclist
Turlock police are seeking a man who they say intentionally ran down a bicyclist with his truck and then waved a handgun around when witnesses tried to detain him.
Domestic violence nets prison time
A Turlock man is headed to prison for a domestic violence conviction. Robert Verrinder, 41, was convicted Wednesday of domestic violence. According to the prosecution, on Sept. 12, Verrinder kicked and punched his girlfriend who was seven months pregnant. The victim locked herself in a room with her children after the assault in an attempt to get away from Verrinder. The victim suffered bruises and cuts as a result of the assault and was briefly ...
Parole denied for convicted murderer
A Denair man convicted of a 1991 homicide was denied parole Monday from Corcoran State Prison. The State Board of Parole denied early release for Andrew Lopez based on several factors, including his lack of remorse and his disciplinary record in prison, according to the Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office. Lopez was convicted in 1992 of second degree murder with use of a knife and one prison prior, for a murder at the Denair Community ...
Articles by Section - Crime
Former detective’s family facing criminal charges
The husband and father of former sheriff's detective Kari Abbey have been charged with crimes related to her ongoing case. Bennie Taylor, Abbey's husband, was charged Wednesday with felony counts of conspiracy, cultivation of marijuana, possession of an assault weapon, child endangerment, possession of a controlled substance, and a misdemeanor charge of carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle. On the same day James Abbey was charged with felony counts of conspiracy, ...
Inmate charged with killing cellmate
A convicted murderer housed at the U.S. penitentiary in Atwater is facing the death penalty for the alleged murder of his cellmate. A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today charging Samuel Stone, 32, with first degree murder and murder by a federal prisoner serving a life sentence. The indictment alleges that on July 30, 2003, Stone murdered his cellmate, Michael Anita, while the two were being ...
Sheriff to discuss human trafficking
Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson will be discussing the issue of human trafficking at the First Presbyterian Church in Turlock on Sunday. Christianson will be at the church at 6 p.m. to address the local and global implications of human trafficking. The presentation is free and open to the public. The Polaris Project, an organization dedicated to ending human trafficking, estimated that millions of people around the world and the United States ...
Local Navy Chief serving overseas victim of burglary
A break-in at the Denair home of a serviceman deployed to Afghanistan led to the arrest of his 24-year-old neighbor by the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department. Some of the property taken during the break-in was memorabilia U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Tim Fanning had collected during his various deployments over the last 10 years. Fanning is currently serving in Kabul, Afghanistan. The burglary at Fanning's Denair home was reported Tuesday night. ...
Tomato king enters guilty plea to racketeering, price fixing
The former owner of a now defunct tomato company with sites in the Central Valley has pled guilty to racketeering and price fixing charges. Frederick Scott Salyer, 56, of Pebble Beach, the former owner and CEO of SK Foods, pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering, under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, and one count of conspiracy in restraint of trade, which is an antitrust offense. Between 1990 ...
Homicide suspect surrenders self
The suspect in the murder of a 23-year-old Los Banos man, who was believed to have been hiding in Turlock, turned himself in to law enforcement Thursday afternoon. The Merced County Sheriff's Department identified 19-year-old Salvador Vega Rendon Jr. as the prime suspect in the murder of Felipe Hernandez Bravo Jr. Accompanied by his attorney, Rendon turned himself in to the sheriff's department Thursday afternoon, several weeks after an arrest warrant was ...
Gambling games seized at local markets
A tip regarding illegal gambling led to the confiscation of four gaming machines at Turlock markets Tuesday by the Turlock Police Department. The police department seized three quarter coin pusher games and one slot machine after receiving information from the Department of Justice about the illegal operations. The gaming machines were confiscated from Mercado Michoacana at 954 W. Main St.; Bargain Cigarettes at 1669 Lander Ave.; Fast Stop at 301 W. Canal Dr.; ...
Search for suspected killer turns to Turlock
The suspect wanted in connection with the death of a 23-year-old Los Banos man has family in Turlock and could be hiding out in the area according to local law enforcement. The Merced County Sheriff's Department has identified 19-year-old Salvador Vega Rendon Jr. as the prime suspect in the murder of Felipe Hernandez Bravo Jr. The sheriff's department has not ruled out the possibility that other individuals were involved in the murder. <p ...
Man arrested for assault on officer at school campus
A 21-year-old man who was on a Turlock school campus without permission was arrested Friday after assaulting an officer. According to the Turlock Police Department, John Root was on the Turlock High School campus located at 1600 E. Canal Dr., around 1 p.m. Friday. Root had not signed in with the school office and did not have permission to be on the grounds. School Resource Office Ian Rodriguez found Root and directed ...
Distracted driving deaths down since laws enacted
Deaths due to hand-held cell phone use by drivers have dropped since California enacted a ban on hand-held cell phone use while driving in July 2008, reported the California Office of Traffic Safety. The analysis, conducted by the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center at the University of California, Berkeley, showed that, when looking at state crash records two years before and two years after the hand-held ban went into effect, overall traffic deaths declined ...
Feds target marijuana grown on farmland
Federal prosecutors are warning Central Valley farmers that a crackdown on large-scale marijuana grow operations is imminent. The U.S. Attorney's Office said there has been a significant number of marijuana grows found on agricultural lands in the Central Valley over the last year, especially in Fresno, Kern and Madera counties. U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner, from California's Eastern District, said his office is planning to tackle the grow sites with full enforcement of the ...
Turlock area CHP shooting ruled justified
The Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office has ruled that the fatal shooting by three California Highway Patrol officers of a mentally unstable man thought to be armed was a justifiable act. The district attorney's office released their findings Thursday after months of investigation into the death of 37-year-old Sacramento resident Carrick Vigen at a gas station in the outskirts of Turlock on June 18, 2011. "All three CHP officers here believed there ...
Business owner talks gunman out of robbing store
Local business owner Dale Falkenberg was almost the victim of an armed robbery Friday night. By staying calm and reasoning with the would-be robber, what could have been a violent situation ended peacefully. Falkenberg, owner of Dale's Guitar located at 210 E. Olive Ave., was jamming with two young customers at around 7:15 p.m. Friday when a man entered the store dressed all in black and brandishing what Falkenberg said looked like a ...
Missing girl found
The Livingston teenager who was an at-risk runaway has been found safe in Ripon. Sarah Wade, 14, left her Livingston home last week and met up with her 17-year-old Turlock boyfriend, Christian Graham. Wade was classified as an at-risk runaway because she had made suicidal statements. According to the Merced County Sheriff's Department, the teen couple obtained a ride to Modesto where they walked to Salida, then made their way to a ...
Man found dead on rural road
Someone out there knows what happened on a darkened country road Friday night when a man was struck and left for dead and the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department is hoping morality will prevail and someone will come forward with information about the tragic encounter. The sheriff's department is investigating the death of 35-year-old Donnie Coyle, Jr. The Keyes resident was found deceased Friday night on Keyes Road, near the intersection of Carpenter Road. ...
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