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Puppies shot and killed; police seek culprits
The Merced County Sheriff's Department is searching for the person who gunned down two puppies in Hilmar on Thursday.
Robber targets delivery driver
A delivery truck driver making his rounds at the Dairyland market in Hilmar was robbed at gunpoint.
Maximum DUI enforcement for fair
The Stanislaus County Avoid the 12 campaign against drunken driving will be conducting extra patrols and a checkpoint during the run of the Stanislaus County Fair.
Convenience store robbed
The Turlock Police Department is seeking the two men responsible for an armed robbery of a convenience store early Thursday morning.
Local businesses shafted by accused arsonist, restaurant owner
The chances of ever eating one of the Red Steer's locally renowned French dip sandwiches again took a nose dive on Tuesday when co-owner Tracy Smith was arrested for check fraud.
Suspect arrested for 2008 slaying
Nearly nine months after a man was found stabbed to death in a Turlock apartment complex, the Turlock Police Department has made an arrest in the case.
Red Steer owner charged with check fraud
Tracy Smith, the co-owner of the Red Steer restaurant implicated in the arson fire that gutted the Turlock eatery, was arrested again on Tuesday for check fraud.
Developmentally disabled man’s body found at Fox Grove
The body of a developmentally disabled man reported missing by his family on Monday was found Tuesday morning at a popular Hughson fishing hole.
Suspected drunk driving accident claims one life
One woman was killed and four others injured in a two vehicle collision that sent one vehicle plunging off the southbound Highway 99 embankment at Monte Vista Avenue, just after midnight Sunday.
Accident seriously injures one
A Modesto woman suffered a broken leg from a two vehicle collision Friday in Turlock. The accident occurred just before 8 a.m. in the area of N. Golden State Boulevard and Taylor Road. The names of the people involved in the wreck were not released. Turlock Police Lt. Jeff Lopes said a Lincoln Navigator was traveling eastbound on Taylor, when the 37-year-old male driver allowed the vehicle to drift into oncoming traffic. Coming westbound on ...
Bomb threat empties store
A call claiming a bomb had been placed inside the Turlock Wal-Mart resulted in a store evacuation, but no bomb was found, according to the Turlock Police Department.
Phony deputies try to get into house
A man and a woman posing as Stanislaus County sheriff's deputies tried to gain entrance into a Turlock residence, but fled when asked for identification.
Search warrants served in Delhi
Six people were arrested Tuesday in Delhi as part of an ongoing burglary investigation by the Merced County Sheriff's Department.
Livingston man arrested for sex acts with pre-teen
A 26-year-old Livingston man is under arrest on suspicion of child molestation. Hermino Martinez is suspected of having sexual relations with a 12-year-old Winton girl he considered his girlfriend, according to the Merced County Sheriff's Department. Martinez was arrested Monday afternoon in the 2900 block of Olive Avenue in Atwater. Martinez thought he was on his way to meet the 12-year-old girl, but instead found Detective Alex Barba and Deputy Ralph Zyskowski waiting for him, ...
Two drunk driving cases land man in prison
A Turlock man who has an admitted history of drunken driving, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for two cases of driving under the influence.
Articles by Section - Crime
Former resident person of interest in toddler’s death
A former Turlock resident implicated in the death of a 3-year-old Exeter girl could be facing possible arrest in the days ahead as law enforcement continues their probe into the toddler's violent death.
DUI crackdown for holiday weekend
The Avoid the 12 DUI Campaign will be deploying officers this holiday weekend at DUI/Drivers License Checkpoints and DUI Saturation Patrols countywide to arrest impaired drivers. The Memorial Day weekend is witness to the kick off of summertime recreation and holiday travel, along with many college and high school graduations seeing thousands celebrate their accomplishments. The next 100 days will also see a rise in deaths and injuries, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety ...
Air Support Unit back on patrol
A unique funding source and a renewed partnership are clearing the path for the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department helicopters to take to the skies again.
Homicide rate in California drops to 44-year low
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today released updated figures showing that the homicide rate in California continued to fall during 2010, reaching the lowest level since 1966. Preliminary figures gathered by the Department of Justice from the state's largest jurisdictions show that the number of homicides reported in 2010 declined by 9.6 percent from the year before.
International murder suspect caught in Hughson
A Mexican national wanted for a Mother's Day murder nine years ago was apprehended in Hughson in March and turned over to Mexican authorities Friday.
Teen suspect denies murder charge
In a courtroom filled with family, friends, media and general onlookers, 17-year-old Shanna Wills entered a not guilty plea Wednesday to the charges she murdered her father and attacked her mother.
Coercing teen into taking explicit photos nets prison term for Turlock man
A Turlock man who posed as a teenage girl on a social networking site has been sentenced to prison for trying to lure a young girl into a sexual relation.
Ten years for Denair drug dealer
A Denair man convicted of drug trafficking was sentenced to 10 years in prison in federal court on Monday.
Family devastated after fatal attack, arrest of daughter
Nearly one week after an attack inside a Denair home left a father dead and a mother hospitalized with severe injuries, family members are just beginning to grapple with their loss and the question of how the couple's 17-year-old daughter became a murder suspect.
Hoyt to stand trial for murder
A Stanislaus County Superior Court judge ruled Friday that there was sufficient evidence to hold a Turlock man over on a murder charge for the beating death of an elderly man in what authorities say was a suspected incident of road rage.
Suicide by train reported
Investigators with the Turlock Police Department are trying to determine the identity of a man who stepped into the path of an oncoming train Sunday.
Man found dead at camp site
The Turlock Police Department is looking into the death of a man out at the Moose Lodge RV camping site.
Collision with big-rig injures one
A Hughson woman was severely injured in a crash Monday night involving a tractor-trailer.
Hoyt tells detective fatal beating of Hilmar man was self-defense
New details emerged Tuesday at a preliminary hearing about the traffic incident that allegedly sparked a case of road rage that resulted in the death of a Hilmar man, as well as the defendant's history of anger management.
Mother’s Day ends with deadly violence inside Denair home
A Denair teenager has been arrested for the death and injury of two family members Sunday night.
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