LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani to undergo gambling addiction treatment in a sports betting case. Ippei Mizuhara exploited his personal and professional relationship with Ohtani to plunder $16 million from the two-way player’s bank account for years, prosecutors said, at times impersonating…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) A pair of suspected carjackers are behind bars after Fresno County and Kings County investigators coordinated to make the bust. On Thursday, deputies with the Fresno County Sheriff’s property crime unit, Ag task force and SWAT team served a search warrant in Riverdale following a reported carjacking. The investigation led them to…… MORE
CALIFORNIA – Reinforcing California’s commitment to supporting legal cannabis operators and dismantling the illegal market, the Governor’s Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce seized more than $53,620,600 million in illegal cannabis in the first quarter of this calendar year. Other enforcement highlights from the period of January 1, 2024, through March 31, 2024, includes: -31,866 pounds of…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — A man is out of jail after being arrested for the assault of a woman working at a store in northwest Fresno. The alleged attack happened at the Mattress Firm on Blackstone near Bullard at about 10:30 am Wednesday. Investigators say 34-year-old Xiang Zhao entered the business, attacked the woman and then…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities charged the former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani on Thursday with federal bank fraud, alleging that he stole more than $16 million from the Japanese sensation to cover gambling bets and debts. Interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, a constant presence beside Ohtani in baseball stadiums across the…… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – Paul Flores, the convicted killer of Kristin Smart, has been attacked for a second time at the Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says on Wednesday, just before 3:30 p.m., staff saw Flores being stabbed by another inmate in the recreation yard. Officers…… MORE
LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, the football star and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend in a trial that mesmerized the public and exposed divisions on race and policing in America, has died. He was 76. The family announced on Simpson’s official X account that…… MORE
Fresno, CA (KMJ/KFSN) — Lisa Spoors, the driver who hit and killed 15-year-old Rashad Al-Hakim Jr. in 2022, has been sentenced to five years in jail. The 40-year-old initially faced murder, DUI, and hit-and-run charges before taking a plea deal earlier this year. The five-year sentence was the maximum allowed under the deal with prosecutors. Spoors…… MORE
FRESNO, CAlif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A Fresno Pacific University student has been arrested in connection to a deadly hit-and-run crash in east-central Fresno. Authorities took Miguel Ortiz Montilla into custody on Tuesday for the crime that happened on April 4. The Fresno Pacific University Athletics website shows the 23-year-old is a senior on the baseball team. He’s accused…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A man has been arrested for attempting to sexually assault a northwest Fresno Mattress Firm employee. Police say it happened just after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the location on Blackstone and Bullard Avenues. Investigators say a man in his 30s wearing all black clothing entered the store and attacked the employee, then…… MORE
