FRESNO,CA (KMJ) -District Attorney Tim Ward has announced criminal charges against Oscar Robles, age 26, of Visalia, for incidents occurring in April of 2017 and January of 2018. Robles is employed as a police officer in the city of Woodlake. Robles is charged with two counts of assault by a public officer, two counts of…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A contractor pleads guilty to supplying unqualified armed guards to the Fresno IRS facility. Court documents show that 49-year-old Robert Bejarano, of Kingsburg was one of three men who falsified firearms shooting scores that security guards must meet as required under contract. Over a three-year period, E&A was paid over $2…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A gas leak in Tulare County caused about 800 students from Cutler Elementary School and the nearby preschool to be evacuated. The Tulare County Sheriff Office says a construction crew cut a natural gas line on Monday, while working in the area. Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded are…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office has arrested an off-duty Porterville Police Sergeant for Inappropriate Contact with a Minor. It happened Sunday in the area of Jay Street and Baker Avenue in Porterville. According to the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called out to the area to check on a suspicious…… MORE
FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – Two students at Carl Smith Middle School in Terra Bella are hospitalized after balloons filled with cocaine popped on campus Friday. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreux says the students found the balloons on the school’s playground around 8:40 a.m. on Friday. The white substance later identified as cocaine became airborne when the balloons…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Woodlake Police officer is being accused of sexual assault. On September 11, 2018, a woman told patrol officers with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office that she wanted to report a complaint on a Woodlake Police Officer, who she said had sexually-assaulted her. Investigators interviewed a number of people and…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A fire retardant drop killed a Utah firefighter battling California’s largest blaze, according to a report released on Friday. Battalion Chief Matthew Burchett died in August while battling the Mendocino Complex Fire. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says the force of the fire retardant drop from an…… MORE
[File: KMJ] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Gerawan Farming scores a major legal victory after a years long battle with the State Agricultural Labor Relations Board over a vote by employees whether or not to join the farmer workers union. Company President Dan Gerawan spoke on Ray Appleton’s show after the State Supreme Court turned…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Murder — spiking the latest crime trends in Fresno. Violent crime is up slightly year to date, date almost 2 percent, mostly aggravated assaults. Homicides were continuing a downward trend, 29.3% percent decrease in overall murders in Fresno, but in the last 28 days, five murders took place making the numbers…… MORE
[KMJ/Liz Kern] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Fresno developer is asking for more money to run Granite Park. In 2016, under Mayor Ashley Swearengin, the City of Fresno announced a 25-year lease agreement with developer Terrance Frazier (above, 3rd from left) and TJ Cox, under their non-profit Central Valley Community Sports Foundation. In exchange for…… MORE
