Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Buchanan High Teen Arrested For Alleged School Threats

Buchanan High Teen Arrested For Alleged School Threats

(KMJ) –  Clovis Police and the Clovis Unified School District put out a joint news release detailing the arrest of a Buchanan High Student on charges of making alleged school threats. The District says it received at tip Monday afternoon about 18-year old Kyle Dwelle and his alleged threats made toward fellow students at Buchanan…MORE

Modesto Terror Suspect Pleads Guilty -To Serve 15 Years Under Plea Deal

Modesto Terror Suspect Pleads Guilty -To Serve 15 Years Under Plea Deal

FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – A Modesto man who told undercover agents that he wanted to carry out a Christmas Day bombing and shooting attack at a popular San Francisco tourist attraction is set to receive a 15-year sentence. 26 year-old Everitt Aaron Jameson pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to aid a terrorist organization under a plea…MORE

Battle Against Illegal Fireworks Sparks Enforcement In Merced And Visalia

Battle Against Illegal Fireworks Sparks Enforcement In Merced And Visalia

MERCED (KMJ) — Illegal fireworks in the Merced and Visalia will be targeted as part of a campaign to snuff out their threat ahead of the 4th of July. With a month to go until Independence Day, officials in Merced announced Monday fines as high as $2,000, as well as the threat of criminal prosecution.…MORE

Two Climbers Killed Falling from El Capitan

Two Climbers Killed Falling from El Capitan

FRESNO, CA (KMJ)  Two climbers fell to their deaths Saturday morning at Yosemite National Park.  The pair fell from the Free Blast route on El Capitan around 8:15 am. The men have been identified by NPS as Jason Wells, 46, of Boulder, Colorado and Tim Klien, 42, from Palmdale, California. This investigation is ongoing.MORE

Tissue Led to Golden State Killer Case Arrest

Tissue Led to Golden State Killer Case Arrest

[van id=”us/2018/06/02/golden-state-killer-dna-led-to-arrest-wxp.hln”] SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Court records show DNA from a tissue left in a trash can led authorities to arrest a former California police officer suspected of being the Golden State Killer. The documents released Friday about the arrest of 72-year-old Joseph DeAngelo detail the case that Sacramento County sheriff’s investigators pieced together…MORE

Road Rage Ends In Off-Duty Officer Killing Suspect, Say Deputies

Road Rage Ends In Off-Duty Officer Killing Suspect, Say Deputies

FRESNO (KMJ) — A man is dead after an off-duty police officer shot a man outside Orosi, which deputies said started with road rage against other motorists. Fresno County Sheriff’s Office first received reports of someone driving erratically near Anchor and Floral Avenues outside Dinuba, shortly before 8pm Thursday. Witnesses then reported shots fired, and…MORE