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Suspect Identified in Deadly Shooting Inside Fresno Police Headquarters

Suspect Identified in Deadly Shooting Inside Fresno Police Headquarters

(KMJ) We’re now learning more details on the deadly officer-involved shooting inside Fresno Police headquarters Tuesday afternoon. Here are the details as released by the Fresno Police Department: At approximately 11:42 a.m., a male adult entered the Fresno Police Department Headquarters Annex from an unknown entry point. The suspect made his way into a detective’s…MORE

Street Vendor Robbed in Tulare County

Street Vendor Robbed in Tulare County

(KMJ) – The search continues for a pair of suspects who held up a roadside vendor in the city of Tulare on Tuesday. Here are the details as released by the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office: Just after 6 pm., Tulare County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the area of Cartmill and West in Tulare for…MORE

Bakersfield Man Gets Prison for Transporting over 100Lbs of Meth

FRESNO, Calif. — Randal Jason Newell, 42, of Bakersfield, was sentenced Tuesday to three years and three months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, on Dec. 5, 2020, Newell drove from Bakersfield to Mexico to obtain and smuggle narcotics from Mexico to Bakersfield,…MORE

Violent Suspect Killed at Fresno PD Headquarters

Violent Suspect Killed at Fresno PD Headquarters

A deadly officer-involved shooting is under investigation at Fresno Police HQ. The incident took place around noon Tuesday inside the FPD Annex building downtown. Police Chief Paco Balderrama said the unidentified man was shot and killed by an officer inside the building. Chief Balderrama said at a news conference that the suspect should not have…MORE

Crackdowns Continue on Illegal Fresno Street Racing

Crackdowns Continue on Illegal Fresno Street Racing

(KMJ) – A crackdown on illegal street racing within the city of Fresno took place this past weekend. Here are the details, as shared by Fresno Police: Sunday evening, our Motor officers worked the Bringing Fulton Back Cruise. Unfortunately, rowdy street racing groups eventually joined in. Traffic stops resulted in multiple citations and impounded vehicles.…MORE

Images Released of Tower District Robber

Images Released of Tower District Robber

(KMJ) — The Fresno Police Department has released surveillance photos of a suspect they say vandalized a thrift store. The crime happened on Thursday March 17th around 5:30 in the morning at the Neighborhood Thrift Store located on East Olive Avenue in Fresno’s the Tower District. The suspect smashed eight windows with a metal baseball…MORE

Reward Offered to Help Solve Fresno Murder

Reward Offered to Help Solve Fresno Murder

(KMJ) – Family and community members have raised thousands of dollars in reward money for tips leading to an arrest in a November 2020 murder in Fresno. Here are the details, as released by the Fresno Police Department: November 25, 2020, just after 9:15 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 1500 block of East Fedora…MORE

College-Bound Madera High School Student Killed on Motorcycle

College-Bound Madera High School Student Killed on Motorcycle

MADERA,CA (KMJ) Grief counselors were made available to students, staff and the community at Madera High School on Thursday, after a student was killed on his motorcycle. Madera Police said Roberto Lopez died in a solo accident Wednesday morning on Olive Avenue near Sixth Street in Madera. The 19-year-old was a student-athlete at Madera High…MORE

Madeleine Albright, 1st Female US Secretary of State, Dies

Madeleine Albright, 1st Female US Secretary of State, Dies

WASHINGTON (AP) — Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. She was 84. President Bill Clinton chose Albright as America’s top diplomat in 1996, and she served in that capacity for the last four years of the Clinton administration. She had previously been Clinton’s ambassador…MORE

Suspects Accused of Assaulting and Robbing Pregnant Woman in Clovis

Suspects Accused of Assaulting and Robbing Pregnant Woman in Clovis

(KMJ) – Clovis Police make a pair of arrests after a pregnant woman was assaulted and robbed at gas station in the city of Clovis. Here are the details, as released by Clovis Police: Monday morning, Detectives arrested two suspects who robbed a pregnant woman at Nees and Willow on March 18, 2022. That is…MORE