Tulare
Dinuba man pleads guilty to mistaken identity manslaughter
VISALIA — A Dinuba man will be sentenced to 25 years in a state prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter for a 2007 drive-by that resulted in one death.
Man sentenced for 1985 murder of Visalia woman
VISALIA — DNA evidence helped identify and convict Steven Walter Gomez more than 25 years after he raped and murdered Dixie Lee Ricks of Visalia. On Feb. 23, Superior Court
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,
Drug raid nets family meth makers
NEW LONDON — Two men and a woman operating a crystal methamphetamine lab out of a home in rural New London were arrested Wednesday by a regional drug enforcement task
Visalia couple arrested in string of bank robberies
VISALIA — Police arrested a Visalia couple Tuesday suspected of robbing a check cashing store Jan. 2, as well as a string of banks in California and Colorado, Visalia police
Deputies catch wayward sex registrant
VISALIA — A registered sex offender was arrested Tuesday by Tulare County Sheriff’s detectives who tracked the man down after an eight-month investigation for falsifying his address, an official said.
Bicycle stop leads to officer-involved shooting death
PORTERVILLE — A Porterville police officer shot and killed a man in his home Sunday night as he struggled to avoid arrest after a traffic stop on a bicycle, a
Lovers Lane killer gets 26 years in stabbing death of girlfriend
VISALIA — A Visalia man who stabbed his girlfriend to death and then admitted the crime in a 911 call in front of a police station was sentenced Wednesday to
Orosi man sentenced to 711 years for sex crimes
VISALIA — A 38-year-old Orosi man was sentenced Monday to 711 years to life in prison for molesting four girls under the age of 12 over the past five years,
Man kills wife in year’s second Visalia homicide
VISALIA — A 41-year-old Visalia man was arrested Monday night in the alleged shooting death of his 38-year-old wife during a dispute at their home, police said. Emee Saesee lay
