Merced
Known gang members arrested on drug, weapons charges in Merced
PHOTO: Sann Saechao (L) and Ouseo Saelee (R) — Merced PD MERCED // Police have arrested two gang members after developing information that large amounts of marijuana were being sold
Vehicle pursuit through Merced ends in fatal crash; suspect dead
Photo: Stock image (Source unknown) MERCED // A subject who led police on a pursuit through the Merced area is dead after losing control of his vehicle and striking a
Merced Police investigating Kohl’s robbery
Surveillance photo of suspect (Credit: Merced PD) MERCED // On November 15th, police arrived at the Kohl’s Department Store on Olive Avenue after being alerted to a theft. The suspect
Convicted felon caught with firearm in Merced County
Stock image (Source unknown) MERCED // Merced County’s Gang Violence Suppression Unit has made an arrest after discovering that a convicted felon, 19-year-old Daniel Vasquez, was in possession of a
Merced fraudster denied parole
Stock image (Source unknown) MERCED // 31-year-old Jesse Munoz, already serving his 11-year sentence for “multiple counts of grand theft and diversion of construction funds,” has been denied parole by
Robbery suspect arrested the following day
Carlos Maldonado Jr. booking photo (Credit: Merced PD) MERCED // On the afternoon of August 18th, GVSU officers were alerted to the possible whereabouts of 31-year-old Carlos Maldonado Jr., the
Two arrested after probation search turns up ammo, drugs
Damien Lopez (L) and Juanita Miranda (R) MERCED — On July 27th, the local Gang Violence Suppression Unit conducted a probation search of a room at the Siesta Hotel occupied
Two arrested for gang enhancements after traffic stop
Stock image (Source unknown) MERCED — On July 21st, the Gang Violence Suppression Unit of the local PD pulled over a vehicle on Sacramento Drive for what was to be
Back to Jail for Convicted Felon Caught with Gun
Jose Montoya arrest photo (Credit: Merced PD) MERCED — On June 7th, the Gang Violence Suppression Unit developed a lead suggesting that known gang member Pedro Montoya (22) was in
Atwater Man Guilty of 2 Murders
Stock image (Source unknown) MERCED COUNTY — On June 2nd, 38-year-old Dionicio Gutierrez-Salazar of Atwater was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder. The events began on February 19th,
