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Judge puts armed liquor store robber away for life
SANTA PAULA — Alexander Mendez marked his 42nd birthday just one day before he was sentenced Jan. 21 for an attempted robbery that took place more than two years ago.
Penryn man receives two life sentences for torture and murder
PENRYN — Drug dealer Donald Hugh Sherman of Penryn was given two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for ordering the torture and murder of his cousin, whom he
Masked robber hits Sactown bank
SACRAMENTO — A masked criminal terrorized a bank employee and escaped with her car after robbing the employee’s place of business Friday morning. The gun-wielding suspect entered the unnamed financial
Roseville police search for shooter, motive
ROSEVILLE — Police investigators are working to identify the suspect in a shooting that occurred Wednesday evening in a strip mall parking lot on Sunrise Avenue at Cirby Way. The victim,
Apparent murder-suicide leaves two young orphans
DINUBA — An apparent murder-suicide Wednesday left two small children without their parents. According to police reports, a Fresno man received a call from Carlos Herrera, a 26-year-old Dinuba resident,
Defendant in '06 murder case sent to mental hospital
ROSEVILLE — Eric Martin Minchak, accused of using a knife in the death of a woman at a Roseville gas station in 2006, has been placed under the conservatorship of
Defendant in ’06 murder case sent to mental hospital
ROSEVILLE — Eric Martin Minchak, accused of using a knife in the death of a woman at a Roseville gas station in 2006, has been placed under the conservatorship of
Teen gets 50-to-life for killing teen
FONTANA — Cordell Rabon was sentenced to a 50-year-to-life prison term for murdering 17-year-old Darius Simmons in January 2009. The sentence was announced by Judge Dwight W. Moore after a jury
