FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Charges are filed by the DA in Tulare County in an officer involved shooting, Saturday night. It happened inside a 99 cents store near Henderson and Indiana. 18 year-old Carmen Buttram was waving a knife, and told Porterville Police they’d have to shoot her to get her to drop it. Faering…… MORE
FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – After almost a week on the run in Fresno, murder suspect Ibn Haqq, considered armed and dangerous, is caught in Sacramento. Haqq was being interviewed on Friday, July 7th, and detectives had handcuffed him to the chair, but he managed to break free from the chair and jumped through a window, still wearing…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Fresno Police update crime in the city – rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults even auto theft are all down year-to-date but not murder. In what Police Chief Jerry Dyer calls a disturbing trend, there have been 38 in the city, so far this year compares to 18 at the same time last year. “And what’s…… MORE
[Photo: Liz Kern/KMJ] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) -Services started Tuesday for Poverello House founder “Papa Mike,” who passed away July 5th at the age of 73. Michael Lee McGarvin was know affectionately as “Papa Mike,” and at his visitation service, Tuesday, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, his gift of love for those most in need was…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office again warning residents about phone scams. A man claiming to be from Sheriff’s Office is threatening to arrest people for supposedly failing to appear in court. “They issue a a badge number, they say they are from the Warrants & Citation Unit” which we don’t actually…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Allegations of elder abuse at a care home in Porterville. Police Officers responded to the home in the 1600 block of West McComb Avenue. Detectives determined that three elderly men and one elderly female were being improperly cared for with allegations of abuse. The homeowner, 66 year-old Juan Ledesma of…… MORE
[Photo: Liz Kern/KMJ] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – He’s considered “armed and dangerous” – a 21 year old gang member charged with homicide escapes from Fresno Police Headquarters. Ibn Haqq was arrested for shooting a 41-year-old Delon Agee in Southwest Fresno on the 300 Block of East Jensen on July 5th. on Wednesday, July 5th. Police Chief Jerry Dyer…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – It’s coming up on the deadline to claim your pet at the CCSPCA if you lost it over the 4th of July holiday. It’s the busiest time of the year for shelters…. Pets that ran off fearing fireworks often end up in places like Fresno’s CCSPCA but they have limited space before…… MORE
[Photo: Liz Kern KMJ File] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – As the Fresno Police Department looks to increase its force, questions about pay arise. Starting pay for Fresno Police officers is $55,858 a year, at least ten thousand dollars less than some Valley Cities. “The Fresno Police Officers Association just negotiated a new contract – a two…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Crime may be down in Fresno but murder is up, with 37 this year, it’s almost as many as in all of 2016. Three shootings this week have left two men dead in less than 24 hours. A 49-year old Hispanic man was killed on the 2200 block of East Tyler near…… MORE
