2015

Articles from 2015

Homicide Hearing Provides Details of Shooting
LOS BANOS - Whether there were two shooters or one at a Los Banos park in December when Sureños gang members arrived and allegedly killed a member of a Norteño street gang was the focus of a five hour ...

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Gang Homicide Hearing Postponed, Conflicting Reasons Given
LOS BANOS - A gang homicide court hearing was postponed earlier this week in Los Banos, but there were conflicting accounts regarding the reasons for the delay. Attorneys involved in the case said ...

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Jury Questionnaires Handed Out in Atwater Homicide Trial
MERCED - Jury questionnaires were handed out Tuesday, a week ahead of a trial for two defendants charged with murder in connection with the stabbing death of an Atwater man in 2012. Miguel Rivera, 30, ...

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Two Plead Not Guilty in Slaying of Merced Taxi Driver
MERCED - The man accused of killing a Merced taxicab driver in January bragged about the incident but also told people he “messed up” and “panicked” during a robbery, running away empty handed, ...

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Two Convicted in Merced Human Trafficking Case
MERCED - A man and woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Merced County Superior Court to coercing a teenage runaway into prostitution in Merced. Samuel L. Packard, 32, pleaded guilty to a single felony ...

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