CORCORAN, CA (KMJ) – A 14-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy were arrested after they led police on a chase in a stolen car. Corcoran Police say it happened Monday around 6:40 p.m. on Cottonwood Avenue. Officers were initially called to the area for a reported hit-and-run crash, but then got a description of the…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, CA (KMJ) – California becomes the first state to tackle pay-for-delay agreements. On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed 3 bills to fight the high costs of prescription drugs, and increase healthcare access. AB 824 authored by Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa) and sponsored by Attorney General Xavier Becerra stops pharmaceutical companies from keeping…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A woman in her 60’s has become Fresno’s 33rd homicide victim of the year. She was identified on Monday by Fresno Police as Anita Shelby. Fresno Police Lieutenant Ron Hughes said the 61-year-old woman’s body was found around 9:00 am. Sunday morning, inside her home on the 3300 block of…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – An Army veteran becomes the victim of a social security scam, after nine months of serving the US military in Syria. 22-year-old Ruben Diaz was convinced by con artists impersonating Army staff that his social security information had been stolen by a Mexican drug cartel to launder money. They told…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ- A Fresno man who drove to Mendota to meet a woman from the internet is killed. Fresno County Sheriff’s Spokesman Tony Botti says 20-year-old Tyrel Truss was the victim of a robbery set-up gone wrong. On Thursday, September 26, Tyrel Truss drove to Mendota to meet a woman he had been…… MORE
VISALIA, CA (KMJ) – A man is mugged by teenagers just before Noon on Thursday at a park in Visalia. The man flagged down nearby officers — telling them that two boys and two girls attacked him, taking his wallet, money, and cell phone, and injuring him in the process. It happened at…… MORE
TULARE COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – A judge has sentenced a Porterville man to prison for a DUI crash that severely injured another man. 22 year-old Mohamed Mohamed was sentenced Thursday in Tulare County to nine years in prison for DUI. On April 12, CHP officers responded at 12:40 in the morning to a crash…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Another California High Speed Rail official is being investigated by the Fair Political Practices Commission. On Monday, September 23, 2019, the FPPC notified State Assemblyman Jim Patterson that they will open an investigation to address his conflict of interest concerns. Assemblyman Patterson had sent a letter to the FPPC dated September…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – An Exeter man who stabbed, then buried his wife alive is denied parole. On Wednesday, September 11, 2019, at Salinas Valley State Prison, the Office of the Tulare County District Attorney, along with representatives of the victim’s family, attended a scheduled parole hearing for Cesar Navarro. District Attorney Tim Ward’s…… MORE
OROSI, CA (KMJ) – An Orosi man is arrested, accused of lewd acts with a child. Tulare County sheriff’s deputies were called to a home in Orosi Friday night for a report of lewd acts with 13-year-old. Deputies talked to the person who called who said a man they knew touched a 13-year-old child, inappropriately.…… MORE
