It’s been 10 years since 30-year-old Jennifer Flores was shot to death in Chowchilla, and her family members still have more questions than answers. Flores was shot and killed March 30, 2007. The man police named as the prime suspect eventually was freed due to a lack of evidence. The case remains unsolved. Flores’ family…

Craig Fetty, 29, and Tiffany Dambrino, 21, will stand trial for the alleged murder of fellow Ahwahnee resident Dennis Dolan, Judge Charles Wieland ruled after a preliminary hearing Thursday in the Bass Lake Division of Madera County Superior Court. During the hearing, detectives John Grayson and Jeff Noland of the Madera County Sheriff’s Office testified…

On March 20, a deputy from the Madera County Sheriff’s Office conducted an investigation in Oakhurst on a confidential case involving minors being solicited to work in pornographic videos. The deputy was told a separate victim received Instagram messages from an unknown person trying to hire them to participate in the videos. A juvenile was…

Madera County Sheriffs Department recently received an anonymous report of an illegal cockfight in the area of Avenue 24 and Road 20. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) helicopter arrived prior to the patrol units and observed a large group of people in the middle of the orchard. #MCSODeputies responded to the area along with CHP.…

A 1996 graduate of Madera High School has taken command of the 614th Combat Training Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The new squadron will make and maintain changes to training for space missions. Lt. Col. Nicole Petrucci, of the U.S. Air Force, is responsible for support, training, standardization, evaluation, and integration of all missions…

On 03/17/17, The Madera Special Investigations Unit and #MCSODetectives served a search warrant at a residence in the Yosemite Lakes Park (YLP) area. Nelson Mendez and Tiffany Quarles were arrested for being in possession of $1,000 dollars worth of stolen property, for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to sell, and child endangerment related charges. The…

The first U.S. inmate to have taxpayer-funded sex reassignment surgery says she’s been mistreated since being transferred to a California women’s prison, where she now has a beard and mustache because officials have denied her a razor. In a hand-written federal court filing, convicted killer Shiloh Heavenly Quine called her new housing at the Central…

MADERA COUNTY, California (KFSN) — After a SWAT standoff and a total of eight hours hiding from Madera County Sheriff’s deputies and police, shooting suspect 43-year-old Santiago Merino gave himself up. “We believed he was going to be somewhat cooperative and so we kinda reacted how the suspects react, so since he cooperated with us…

Madera County Sheriff’s Office, the Madera Police Department and SWAT have a property surrounded on Road 29 and Avenue 14 1/2, where they believe the armed man is inside. The shooting suspect is believed to be armed with a rifle or shotgun inside a house — however, authorities say there are five or six homes…

MADERA COUNTY (KFSN) — Before crews can continue building up, investigators will have to dig down after the Madera County Sheriff’s Office confirms the bone found near Chukchansi Resort and Casino is a human bone. “We have folks trying to make contact with the same tribal folks that have been handling on their end, so…