Tulare
Newborn baby found dead in trash can in Farmersville
FARMERSVILLE – Police are investigating the death of a newborn baby found in a trash can outside of a home in Farmersville on Monday evening. The infant was discovered as
Murder in Strathmore Marijuana Field
Tulare county sheriffs are currently investigating the shooting death of a visitor from Los Angeles, who was sleeping inside a residence near a marijuana grove outside the city of Strathmore
Orosi man arrested for harassing young girls
OROSI – An Orosi man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly victimizing young girls at bus stops. The suspect, 24-year-old Juan DelaCruz Nemecio of Orosi, was arrested by investigators with
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.
