FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula is found not guilty of misdemeanor charge of child abuse, but the debate over whether the charge was politically motivated continues. On Thursday, Dr. Arambula said he will return to his duties in the state assembly, as the Democrat representing District 31. He said he will return…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Fresno jury on Thursday returned a not-guilty verdict in the trial Assemblyman Dr. Joaquin Arambula. The 41-year-old Fresno democrat was facing one count of misdemeanor child abuse following his arrest in December. He said his 7-year-old daughter acted out and he spanked her, the next day CPS was called…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KM) – A Fresno jury on Thursday returned a not-guilty verdict in the trial Assemblyman Dr. Joaquin Arambula. The Fresno democrat was facing one count of Misdemeanor charge of child abuse. If he had been found guilty, Arambula could have faced as much as six months in jail Developing… …… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KM) – Defense brings Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula to testify Tuesday at his own misdemeanor child abuse trial. Defense had the final two witnesses, Dr. Joaquin Arambula on the stand along with his brother Diego. Stanford-educated Diego Arambula said he was working as a teacher and a principal in the Bay area and…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KM) – Defense brings Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula’s wife, mother and doctors to testify Monday at the misdemeanor child abuse trial. The defense continued its case from last week calling the family’s therapist and a child psychologist to the stand. The child psychologist, Dr. Susan Napolitano testified that said fear of a…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KM) – Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula’s Father Testifies at Child Abuse Trial Defense calling a series of witnesses to the stand on Friday. Nate Miller, Elizabeth Arambula’s brother first on the stand as a character witness. He’s an attorney and his two boys attend school with Arambula’s girls. Miller said his brother…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) -Fresno Police need your help in looking for two suspects who they say kidnapped a woman and raped her in Fresno on Wednesday. Police say she was raped and stabbed by ex-boyfriend Jose Salcido, 26, and another man Clifford Foster, 30 at knifepoint in the area of Park and Klondike Avenues.…… MORE
***UPDATE*** Mr. Garcia has been found and is safe. -Tony Botti, Fresno County Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson. FRESNO, CA. (KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to find a missing elderly man. 79-year-old Julio Gutierrez Garcia was last seen in the area of Bullard and Marks in Fresno County…… MORE
MADERA, (KMJ) – Madera Police and the Madera Animal Shelter give a puppy to a girl whose dog was killed by her father. Police say 27-year-old Ambrocio Hernandez was not welcome around the home near south D Street – where his daughter lives. On Monday night, he admitted to Madera Police that’s when he…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KM) – Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula’s middle daughter takes the stand Tuesday, as testimony continued in his misdemeanor child abuse trial. Fresno Police Detective Ken Dodd continued his testimony, first, telling Prosecutor Steve Wright that the CPS worker at MDIC (the Multidisciplinary Interview Center) was concerned “that the victim had been coached,…… MORE
