Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Investigators Asking For Your Help Solving This Man’s Homicide

Investigators Asking For Your Help Solving This Man’s Homicide

TULARE (KMJ) — Investigators with Tulare County Sheriff’s Office have asked for the public to help figure out who is responsible for a homicide outside Tulare. Woodlake resident Tariq Alsumiri was found dead in an orchard near Oakmore Street and Cartmill Avenue on Friday May 11th. The Sheriff’s Office has established that the 25 year…MORE

Valley Man Thanks “My Heroes” During Fresno Fire Award Ceremony

Valley Man Thanks “My Heroes” During Fresno Fire Award Ceremony

FRESNO (KMJ) – Numerous Fresno Firefighters were honored inside Fresno City Hall, recognizing their dedication and heroism in the line of duty. The crew of Engine 17 was given the Meritorious Service Award Tuesday morning, and seven others were awarded the Star of Life. “I don’t think there’s any question as to the value of…MORE

Tom Wolfe 1930-2018

Tom Wolfe 1930-2018

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Two Sentenced For Embezzling Over $1 Million From Fresno Business

Two Sentenced For Embezzling Over $1 Million From Fresno Business

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A local bookkeeper and her associate are sentenced for embezzling more than a million dollars from a Fresno business. U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced Brandi Marshall, 41, of Fresno to four years and three months in prison, and Daniel Barrios Jr., 37, of Fresno to two years and…MORE

10 Kids Taken From Northern California Home, Parent Denies Abuse

10 Kids Taken From Northern California Home, Parent Denies Abuse

[PHOTO: Solano County Sheriff’s Office via AP] FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A California woman whose 10 children were removed from a home described as filthy by authorities denied that she or her husband had abused or neglected the kids, telling reporters on Monday that the children all slept in one bedroom together because they wanted…MORE

A Conviction In Kern County After A Man Is Hired by Another To Rape His Wife

A Conviction In Kern County After A Man Is Hired by Another To Rape His Wife

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Kern County’s District Attorney Lisa Green announces a conviction in a significant rape case after a man is hired by another man to rape his wife. On May 11th, a Kern County jury convicted Haliki Green Jr. of rape in concert, sexual penetration with force, assault, false imprisonment, and enhancements for…MORE

Suspected ‘Golden State Killer’ Returns to Court

Suspected ‘Golden State Killer’ Returns to Court

(CNN) – Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspected Golden State Killer, appeared in court Monday for murder charges he faces from the deaths of a Sacramento-area couple in 1978. A Sacramento judge issued a continuance of the hearing until May 29 regarding unsealing search warrants in DeAngelo’s arrest. No cameras were allowed in court. The judge…MORE

SCOTUS Overturns Federal Ban on Sports Betting

SCOTUS Overturns Federal Ban on Sports Betting

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a federal law that bars gambling on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states, giving states the go-ahead to legalize betting on sports. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to strike down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act. The 1992 law barred state-authorized…MORE