The Merced County Sheriff's Department captured one of their most wanted on Sunday.
A former crime lab analyst in Ripon who is the subject of an investigation dealing with the tampering of narcotic evidence, was arrested Thursday by state drug agents authorized by the Department of Justice.
While investigating a possible methamphetamine lab and water theft, narcotics agents discovered a marijuana grow operation in Atwater that was one of the largest busts of the year, according to the Merced County Sheriff's Department.
The Merced County Sheriff's Department has arrested four suspects in connection with a shooting that wounded two teenagers talking outside a Planada home Monday night.
Two men suffered multiple stab wounds when they were attacked by a group of suspected gang members in Winton, the Merced County Sheriff's Department reported.
A Modesto gun store owner was arrested Thursday on charges of illegal gun sales, including the unlawful transfers of unregistered silencers and a machine gun.
The Merced County Sheriff's Department is investigating the stabbing of a 14-year-old boy that occurred during a fight in Winton.
The Modesto Police Department has launched a manhunt for the suspect in the brutal killing of a mentally-challenged man.
The Modesto Police Department has released video footage of a man they believe is the suspect in a fatal assault of a mentally challenged man.
A former San Jose reserve police officer has been charged with murder in the death of her mother in Los Banos.Denise Lai, 47, is accused of strangling her mother to death on Aug. 2. The body of Carolyn Ninomiya, 65, was found inside her home in a gated retirement community in Los Banos on Aug. 3.Lai was ...
Stanislaus County Sheriff's detectives are investigating a shooting in Westley that resulted in the death of a Newman man.The deceased was identified as 21-year-old Anthony Bueno.The sheriff's department has released little information about the circumstances surrounding the killing.The shooting was reported around 8 p.m. Wednesday when the sheriff's department received several ...
After over four years of claims of being innocent, Columbus Allen Jr. admitted in court Monday that he murdered California Highway Patrol officer ...
Four people have been arrested in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred in Modesto in June. One additional suspect remains at large, the Modesto Police Department reported.Juan Gabriel Barajas, 32, of Modesto was killed on June 27. He was found slumped over the wheel of a car in the 1600 block of Vicksburg Avenue and had been shot at least once, according ...
A 49-year-old Winton woman has been charged with a home invasion robbery and elder abuse of an 86-year-old man, the Merced County Sheriff's Department reported Wednesday.The victim told the sheriff's department that Denise Mayfield had come into his house in the 7000 block of Walnut Avenue in Winton on July 15 and pushed him to the ground and took his wallet out of ...
An anonymous tip about a marijuana grow operation in Los Banos led to the arrest of four people and the confiscation of weapons and narcotics.The tip came into the Merced Mariposa High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force. It provided information that a home in the 15000 block of Henry Miller Road was being used to grow marijuana and sale methamphetamine.<span style="font-family: 'Times ...
The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department is seeking the public's help in finding an elderly man with Alzheimer's who wondered away from his Modesto home.
An employee at a Modesto Chinese restaurant has been arrested for the bludgeoning death of the eatery's owner.
The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department is investigating a Modesto homicide after fire fighters found a deceased man in a burned out home.
Ten people inside a Planada home, including young children, escaped injury when the house was fired upon Friday night.
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