FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/FOX26) — The Fresno Police Department announced the arrest of Jacob King, who they say shot and killed a man Tuesday night. Police were called around 10:00 p.m. to the area of Gregory and Cromwell Avenues for the report of a shooting. When they arrived, they found 27-year-old Jason Vitug suffering from a…… MORE
TULARE COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office has been made aware of a scam taking place in Tulare County targeting Mexican American and Mexican National residents. During their investigation, Detectives learned that between September 2021 and May 2022, 59-year-old Micallela Aguilera Coleman of Lindsay promised to help numerous Tulare County residents obtain…… MORE
VISALIA, Calif. (KMJ/FOX26) — 64-year-old Sidney Russell was found guilty in Tulare County Superior Court of child molestation. Court records say Russel committed the crimes on an underage girl in July 2020. He was convicted of two felony counts of forcible lewd act upon a child under the age of 14. Russell possessed prior strike offenses…… MORE
(KMJ/FOX26) — A large vegetation fire broke out Tuesday evening in the 1600 and 1700 blocks of Riverview Drive in Madera. According to Cal Fire, two homes were destroyed and two others were damaged after the fire began around 6 p.m. in the Fresno River. The flames then worked their way south across the river…… MORE
(KMJ) — Clovis Police were involved in a car chase after multiple attempts to pull over a driver over on Tuesday monring. Officers were in the area of Gettysburg and Helm Avenues when a red Toyota run a stop sign. The driver refused to stop and lead police on a chase. The pursuit had to…… MORE
(KMJ) — K-9 Bruce does it again, sniffing out another load of drugs during a traffic stop in Merced on Tuesday. Highway Patrol pulled over a Volkswagen for a tinted window violation, but officers noticed the driver showed several signs of criminal behavior during the stop. The call was made to bring in K-9 Bruce…… MORE
(KMJ) — The Fresno County DA’s Office has filed 24 charges against two men who they say are responsible for a series of retail burglaries in Fresno. Officials say both 21-year-old Schirell Cummings and Reginald Taylor have been carrying out these crimes from Dec. 2021 through May 2022. One of their last burglaries was at…… MORE
(KMJ) — Hundreds of Fresno Unified teaching positions will need to be filled as more and more educators retire or pursue other careers. According to the Fresno Teachers Association (FTA), Fresno Unified will need to fill 488 teacher positions for the 2022-23 school year, which roughly accounts for 52% of all teacher vacancies within Fresno…… MORE
(KMJ) — 29-year-old Makiah Miles of Compton and her mother, 50-year-old Apryl Weston of Santa Maria, have been charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and identity theft for submitting fraudulent unemployment insurance claims to the California Employment Development Department (EDD) in the names of inmates, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court…… MORE
(KMJ/FOX26) — A man had to be rescued from his vehicle after the California Highway Patrol (CHP) said he lost control and flipped his vehicle down into a ravine in Clovis early Tuesday morning. Officers were called to Auberry Rd. near Summit Mountain Rd. around 3:00 a.m. A passerby found the wrecked vehicle with it’s…… MORE
