FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — 30-year-old Kenneth Johnson has been jailed, in the death of 14-month-old Jose Espionza. Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer says Espionza’s mother left him the hands of Johnson’s 20-year-old girlfriend, who had a restraining order against him. After denying accusations, Johnson has since admitted to detectives that he punched the baby in the…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno’s Mayor-elect Lee Brand has announced the members of his transition team, as well as key staff members, which will lead him to City Hall. Among them, former Fresno City Council Member Blong Xiong, President of Fresno Police Officer’s Association Damon Kurtz, former Superintendent of Fresno County Office of Education Larry Powell,…… MORE
(KMJ) An Exeter man is headed to death row for the brutal torture and murder of a little girl. A Tulare County jury on Wednesday recommended the death sentence for 25 year old Christopher Cheary. Cheary had been found guilty of raping, torturing and killing his then-girlfriend’s 3 year old daughter, Sophia Acosta, in 2011. Investigators…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Recent rain in the Central Valley, means Yosemite National Park has been getting some snow. As of Wednesday, Yosemite still had about 3-4 inches of snow left on the ground, but starting to melt. “Yosemite Valley is lovely right now,” said Yosemite Public Affairs Officer Jamie Richards. “Walking through Cooks Meadow,…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — A pair of LAPD Officers are running the length of the state to raise money for their colleagues killed in the line of duty. Funds raised will be donated to C.O.P.S. (Concerns of Police Survivors) and the Los Angeles Police Memorial Foundation. The 12 day mammoth journey, from one end of California…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – House and Senate negotiators have agreed to forgive the debts of thousands of California National Guard troops who had been ordered by the Pentagon to repay enlistment bonuses. Those bonuses had been incentives for service in Iraq and Afghanistan a decade ago. A provision in the annual defense policy bill to be…… MORE
(KMJ) Fresno Police on Tuesday nabbed a suspected car thief, but not without a fight. When they tried to arrest the man, who was hiding in an attic at a home on Atchison Court, his pit-bull “Tyson” attacked a K-9 officer. A Fresno cop shot and killed the suspect’s dog. A second k-9 officer was used…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Police are asking for help in finding two suspects, one of which brought an assault rifle into a 7-Eleven store in an attempted armed robbery. On Monday at about 1am, a man came into the 7-Eleven at Ashlan and Marks in northwest Fresno carrying an assault rifle, and a woman…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Trial began Tuesday in Fresno County Superior Court for a former janitor at Fresno Unified’s Norseman Elementary School. Benjamin Wong is facing six misdemeanor charges of annoying or molesting any child under 18 years. Fresno Unified put the 52 year-old on administrative leave as soon as the investigation began in May of 2015. Wong…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — After weeks of voting, the new lion cub at Fresno Chaffee Zoo now has a name. The recent addition, born on October 11th 2016, will be known as ‘Kijani’ which means ‘warrior’ in Swahili. The choice of six names was put to the public vote between November 11th and November 27th. The…… MORE
