Merced police are searching for two young sisters who were taken Sunday night by their biological mother and are believed to be “endangered.” “I’m considering this a parental abduction and writing a warrant for (the mother), charging her with two counts of child abduction and one count of violating a court order,” Detective Joseph Henderson…
A freight train struck a pickup in Madera County, killing one woman, according to Madera County Emergency Medical Services officials. The crash occurred about 4:40 p.m. Friday when the truck went over one railroad track and the driver apparently failed to see a second oncoming train. She was the only person inside the pickup. Paramedics…
On October 23, 2016, at 0434 hours a Madera Police Officer attempted to make an enforcement stop on a Mazda SUV traveling west on Howard Road at Schnoor Avenue. The vehicle failed to stop and led the officer on pursuit. When the pursuit turned onto Lighthouse Drive from Mainberry, the front passenger pointed a firearm…
The Madera Police Department would like to thank the citizens who informed us of the individual impersonating a police officer. Based on the detailed vehicle description provided by witnesses, Cpl. Bushey stopped William Barnes. Barnes was arrested for several weapons charges including felon in possession of a firearm. Barnes was in possession of two security…
On 10/18/16, MPD SIU Officers and Investigation Division Detectives arrested 32 year-old Evette Guillen for violation of probation and manufacturing fraudulent credit cards. Evette was found to be in possession of a credit card stamp machine, bar code writer and computer software which were all used to manufacture the forged cards. She was also found…
The Madera Oversight Coalition (MOC) contends Madera County and Vulcan Materials Company, owner of the controversial Austin Quarry at the corner of highways 41 and 145, failed to properly address “significant material and legal issues” when the site was approved and has filed a lawsuit that seeks to void its approval. In the suit, filed…
On Thursday October 13, 2016 Officers of the Chowchilla Police Department were dispatched to the 1700 block of W. Robertson Blvd for a report of a carjacking. Upon arrival Officers located the victims vehicle and contacted two female subjects and two male juveniles. Concluding the investigation it was determined that the two male juveniles were…
Officials from Merced, Mariposa and Stanislaus counties came together Thursday to voice opposition to Proposition 57, the governor’s public safety and rehabilitation act. Merced County District Attorney Larry Morse II led a news conference in front of the Merced County Courthouse Museum on Thursday morning as law enforcement and government officials formed a semicircle around…
Both Washington Union and Chowchilla are cruising into their 7:00 PM Friday matchup on winning streaks, with Washington Union at four in a row and Chowchilla at six. Washington Union had all the answers against Sierra last week, winning 38 – 14. Meanwhile, Chowchilla dominated last week, steamrollering Kerman 56 – 13. Washington Union got…
An undocumented teenager who was raped on her journey to the United States was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison on Wednesday for killing her newborn daughter in 2014. Gloria Santos Mendoza, 19, left her native Oaxaca, Mexico, to live with her brother illegally in Madera. She arrived days before giving birth. Mendoza…
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