Man Re-Arrested Right After Being Released From County Jail

Arturo Medina. Photo: Coalinga PD.

 

A man who had just been released from the Fresno County Jail e ended up right back behind bars after being accused of breaking a window at a Tropicana Supermarket in Coalinga.

On August 24 around 7:45 a.m. officers arrived at the Tropicana at 555 E. Elm on a call of a broken window.

After officers confirmed the place was empty, they reviewed surveillance footage.

Police identified the suspect as 25-year-old Arturo Medina of Coalinga.

Medina had just been released from the Fresno County jail around midnight.

He was previously arrested on July 25 after being identified as a suspect in three other burglaries.

Medina was arrested around 5 a.m. Tuesday morning, and was later booked for felony vandalism and committing a crime while out on bail.

Medina will be transported right back to the Fresno County jail.