ATWATER, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The investigation into the death of an employee at U.S. Penitentiary Atwater has led to charges against three people, including one inmate. On August 9, correctional officer Marc Fischer became sick after coming into contact with a substance in the mail room, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Fischer was taken to…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — An investigation is underway after California Highway Patrol officers were involved in a shooting in Fresno on Tuesday afternoon. The shooting happened around 3:15 pm in the area of Grant Avenue and Seventh Street. It is unclear if the officers fired their weapons or if the suspect shot at them. Officials have…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Three people are displaced after an apartment unit caught fire in northeast Fresno. Fire crews responded around 6:30 am Tuesday to an apartment complex on 6th Street near San Ramon Avenue. Officials say flames were coming from a unit on the second story. Firefighters were able to knock down the fire and…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The man who was shot and killed in southwest Fresno has been identified as 21-year-old Christopher Worthy. Police say it happened after 1 am on August 17 near Santa Clara Avenue and B Street. Authorities say Worthy was involved in an argument before the shooting. Officers found him in front of an…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The man who was stabbed to death in east central Fresno has been identified as 23-year-old Jared Rogers. The stabbing happened after midnight on August 18 at Martin Ray Reilly Park at 750 North Chestnut Avenue by Turner Avenue. Police were initially called out for a welfare check on an adult who…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Two dozen Fresno State students are now pursuing their education without having to worry about the logistics or financial strain of housing and dining. Twenty-four Fresno State students are feeling a sense of community and family ahead of the new school year. The students are this year’s Maxine McDonald Residential Scholars Program…… MORE
VISALIA, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A teenager has been arrested in Visalia after police say he threatened a school shooting. Authorities say they were informed of a video that showed a 13-year-old student threatening to “shoot up” Ridge Middle School. The student claimed in the video that it would happen on Friday. Authorities arrested the 13-year-old…… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Fresno County sheriff’s deputies are clearing out an encampment in Raisin City after a court-ordered eviction. Deputies say it has been on the private property for about a year. Some of those unhoused on the property had refused to leave after being notified of the eviction on Monday, declining temporary housing…… MORE
CLOVIS, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The man who pleaded guilty to helping abduct and torture a 13-year-old Clovis girl now knows his punishment. Miguel Carriedo was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. That crime happened back in February of 2016. The girl was walking home from school when a group shoved her in a trunk…… MORE
TULARE, CA (KMJ) Marvin Chang was sentenced Friday to 208-years-to-life in prison after his conviction of attempted murder of multiple law enforcement officers. In February of 2021, the 36 year old admitted member of Antifa led officers on a chase that started in Three Rivers and ended in an orchard. Chang, wearing a ballistic vest…… MORE
