Archive By Section - Crime
Gas thief on the prowl
The Turlock Police Department is searching for the thief who has been using a Turlock business as a personal gas station. Sew Creative Upholstery and U-Haul, located in the 1400 block of Lander Avenue, has had the gas stolen out of the moving trucks multiple times. Recently the thief struck Monday night and then came back again on Wednesday. The business was able to capture a shot of the perpetrator's vehicle and ...
Accused killers plead not guilty
The two Turlock men standing accused of gunning down a 21-year-old in downtown have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. Pardeep Singh, 21, and Kultar Singh Dhatt entered their pleas during a brief arraignment hearing Thursday morning in Stanislaus County Superior Court. Singh and Dhatt were arrested Nov. 6 for the death of Amritpal Sandhu of Modesto. Sandhu was found dead in his car near Minaret Avenue and Main Street ...
Sleeping driver sends Turlock man to hospital
A drowsy driver fell asleep behind the wheel while traveling on Highway 49 and struck a tree, causing injuries to his Turlock passenger. The collision occurred around 2:50 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 49 in San Andreas, according to the California Highway Patrol. Johnathan Nuno, 19, of Turlock was driving a 2008 Ford F-150 northbound on the highway when he said he fell asleep. Nuno missed a curve on the highway and ...
Children left alone overnight, mother arrested
A Turlock woman is facing child endangerment charges after authorities discovered she had left her two children home alone overnight. The 11-year-old girl and 5-year-old boy did not come to any harm and were taken into custody by Child Protective Services, the Turlock Police Department reported. According to the police department Karina Vargas, 33, of Turlock left the two kids alone for the night on Tuesday at their residence in the 900 ...
Police seek armed robber
A Turlock man was carjacked early Thursday morning while outside a Main Street business. The victim was not injured, but did lose his wallet and vehicle to the thief, according to the Turlock Police Department. The victim, a 46-year-old man, was parked outside the Labor Ready office at 1310 W. Main Street around 5:30 a.m. Thursday, when an unknown man walked up to his vehicle and pointed a gun at him, said ...
Drunk driver injures expectant mother, child and pedestrian
A pregnant woman, her 11-month-old daughter and a 29-year-old man were all injured Saturday afternoon when a drunk driver hit their parked car while trying to flee from another hit and run. All three were taken to the hospital with the 29-year-old suffering the worst injuries from being pinned between the vehicle and the sidewalk. The suspected drunk driver was identified as 58-year-old Tomas Velazquez by the Turlock Police Department. He was ...
Parole denied in Denair slaying
A California Parole board has denied an early release request from a man convicted of stabbing a Denair man to death in 1991. The parole board found Andrew Lopez, 49, unsuitable for parole after a Nov. 13 hearing at the state prison in Corcoran, the Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office announced. Lopez has been incarcerated since 1992 when a Stanislaus County jury found him guilty of second-degree murder in the death of ...
Duo’s attempt to rob beauty store falls flat
Two would-be robbers looking to score some high-end cosmetics and skincare products were forced to abandon their scheme and leave empty-handed after two good Samaritans got involved. Around 12:30 p.m. Nov. 9, an African-American woman was at the Ulta store at 2841 Countryside Dr. The woman was carrying around a basket filled with mounds and mounds of expensive cosmetics and skincare products. As she perused the store, an African-American man came up to ...
Homicide trail leads to Donnelly Park lake
With the assistance of the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Dive Team, Turlock Police Investigators were dredging the bottom of the lake at Donnelly Park in search of evidence from last week's shooting of a 21-year-old man. It's believed the investigators were searching for a gun used in the fatal shooting of Amritpal Sandhu of Modesto. Sandhu was found shot to death Nov. 6 in his car, which had run up a curb near ...
Daycare providers charged with child porn
A Turlock couple that operated a daycare center out of their home has been arrest on federal child pornography charges. Adam Henry, 35, was arrested on suspicion of receiving and distributing child pornography. His wife Angele Henry, 34, was arrested on suspicion of possession of child pornography and using a concealed camera to view an underage person's body in a private room. The arrests were part of a joint investigation by the ...
Deputies nab Turlock suspect in Delhi home invasion
A Turlock man has been arrested for a Delhi home invasion that law enforcement believes was connected to the drug trade. The Merced County Sheriff's Department suspects the Delhi home near Palm Street and Cassidy Court was targeted by a group of robbers because they had two pounds of marijuana in the home, said sheriff spokesman Deputy Delray Shelton. Deputies were dispatched to the home around 10 p.m. Monday after a caller ...
Turlock man stabbed in San Fran
A Turlock man visiting San Francisco with friends was stabbed Saturday night about a block from his hotel. The 20-year-old man sustained serious injuries in the attack, according to the San Francisco Police Department. The victim, whose name was not released, was staying with friends at a San Francisco hotel in the 600 block of Polk Street. At some point in the night, the 20-year-old separated from his friends and when ...
Juvenile charged with imprisonment, sex crimes
A teenager squatting in a vacant Turlock home was arrested Saturday on allegations he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman. The 17-year-old boy was taken into custody Saturday by the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department after a brief refusal to exit the home, said Sgt. Jon McQueary. Deputies were dispatched to the 900 block of Kenwood Avenue Saturday morning for a report of a man and woman fighting. McQueary said the caller reported ...
Family upset driver in fatal crash given home detention
When Dominic Coelho saw the man who was responsible for his son's death and that of two other men sentenced for his crimes, he took the smallest comfort in believing the man would spend some time behind bars. It turns out that wasn't true. Turlock resident Alexander Swanton pled guilty in July to one count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. However, his sentence ...
Turlock men could face death penalty for fatal shooting
The Two Turlock men accused of killing a 21-year-old man made an initial court appearance Friday and learned they could be facing the death penalty. Pardeep Singh, 21, and Kultar Singh Dhatt, 22, were scheduled for an arraignment Friday but it was postponed until Nov. 21, giving them more time to arrange for legal representation. The two men were arrested Wednesday night by Turlock Police investigators for the death of 21-year-old Amritpal ...
Articles by Section - Crime
Stolen semi recovered
Turlock Police officers recovered a stolen semi truck because an officer found it odd that the truck had no trailer attached. The semi was spotted in the area of Taylor Road and Golden State Boulevard around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. The officer checked the license plate number and found it had been previously reported as stolen. The officer contacted the driver, later identified as Eddie Gois, 41. The officer eventually placed ...
Road rage leads to assault charge
A man is facing a charge of assault and battery that police say arose from an incident of road rage. The incident was reported around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the area of Olive Avenue and Golden State Boulevard, according to the Turlock Police Department. Gary May, 30, and the male victim got into a verbal dispute over a traffic incident. According to the police report, May got so enraged at the man ...
Man reports unusual kidnapping
The Turlock Police Department is investigating a strange kidnapping in which a man was forced at gunpoint to drive two women around town while they ran some errands - at 3 a.m. in the morning. The man reported to police that he had been asleep in his car in the 400 block of Spruce Street early Friday. He said two unknown women approached him in his car and asked him for a ...
Two prison bound for roles in hit and run fatality
A Delhi man who was behind the wheel in a crash that killed an 18-year-old woman during a misguided effort to evade Turlock police officers has been convicted of vehicular manslaughter. Jose Jesus Aguilar, 20, was facing a felony charge of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and a felony charge of hit and run causing permanent injury or death, for the collision on Nov. 3, 2012, that claimed the life of 18-year-old Taylor ...
Daycare locked down in search for armed suspect
The search for a burglary suspect Monday afternoon prompted a brief lockdown of a Turlock daycare center. Around 12:30 p.m. a woman called the Turlock Police Department to report a burglar had just been in her apartment in the 3500 block of Crowell Road and one of the items stolen was a handgun, said Turlock Police spokesperson Officer Mayra Lewis. Officers en route to the apartment saw a man running in the ...
Thefts plague high school ag department
The Turlock High School Agriculture Department has various patios and open spaces for students to perform hands-on activities, with students and teachers often staying late and coming early to utilize tools. This freedom has, unfortunately, come at a cost as the department has faced its fifth theft since the summer. On Saturday, the THS Agriculture Department discovered that wiring on several trailers had been cut and taken, along with 12 small engines from ...
Two dead in Delhi
Two men were gunned down in an execution style murder and left in an idling truck on a Delhi country road. Merced County Sheriff Mark Pazin said the men's death was a "very precise, calculated and message-driven" slaying at the hands of a Mexican cartel. It's believed the two Hispanic men were in the country illegally and were part of an operation growing marijuana in the area. The Merced County Sheriff's Department ...
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