Tulare
Tulare County cracks down on medical-marijuana sites
TULARE COUNTY – Tulare County is targeting medical-marijuana sites suspected of violating the county’s two-year-old medical marijuana ordinance. Last week, the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department issued seven Notices of Violation
Fake junior deputy program busted by real Tulare deputies
PORTERVILLE – Two young men thought they were in a training program to become junior deputies with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office. After three months of instruction, they discovered it
Tulare authorities STEP up marijuana raids
TULARE – The Tulare County Sheriff’s Tactical Enforcement Personnel Team (STEP) was busy last week, arresting 15 suspects and eradicating more than 25,000 marijuana plants at several different sites. As
Suspect in fatal Exeter shooting identified
EXETER – The Tulare County Sheriff’s Department has detained a suspect in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred in Exeter early Monday morning. Around 5:45 a.m. on Monday, sheriff’s
Missing Dinuba man found dead
FRESNO – A missing Dinuba man was found dead of an apparent traffic accident Wednesday morning, two days after his family reported him missing to Fresno County authorities. The body
Mail-bomber sentenced to 13 years in prison
FRESNO – A man from Oklahoma was sentenced on Tuesday to 13 years in prison for mailing a pipe bomb to a Visalia business in 2009. Vernon Dale Mustin, 52,
Victims tell of Dinuba man's murder, molestation crimes
VISALIA – An 83-year-old man faced family and friends of the man he murdered as well as some of his molestation victims at his sentencing on Thursday.
Victims tell of Dinuba man’s murder, molestation crimes
VISALIA – An 83-year-old man faced family and friends of the man he murdered as well as some of his molestation victims at his sentencing on Thursday.
Texted tip leads to prison sentence for campus felon
VISALIA – A 22-year-old Visalia man who was caught with a loaded gun on a community college campus will spend two years and eight months in state prison, said a
Two stolen handguns recovered in separate arrests
PORTERVILLE – Separate arrests over the weekend by Porterville police helped recover a pair of stolen handguns and put several potential gang members behind bars, officials said. Police were called
