On June 1, 2018 a group of Officers were assigned to work at the Pacheco High School Graduation when they were alerted that someone was tampering with vehicles in the parking lot. When the...
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MERCED SHERIFF’S DESTROY MARIJUANA, SEIZE 8 GUNS
Sergeant Ray Framstad and the Merced County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team were busy on Saturday serving six (6) search warrants throughout the county. During the search warrants, the Marijuana Enforcement Team eradicated 3887...
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THREE MEN ARRESTED FOR SELLING ILLEGAL FIREWORKS IN MERCED COUNTY
Illegal fireworks are a zero tolerance in the City of Merced, Use a skyrocket or a barrel bomb and it could cost you up to $2,000. Keep using illegal fireworks or sell them and...
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PLANADA DRUG STORE BURGLARY, CHASE ENDS IN SACRAMENTO
On May 30, 2018 at about 2:21 am, Deputy Chris Chilton with the Merced County Sheriff’s Office received a call to the San Joaquin Drug Store in Planada regarding a burglar alarm going off....
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ABOUT 6,000 PLANTS, 129 POUNDS OF PRODUCT TAKEN BY SHERIFF’S
The Merced County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team was busy this weekend serving five (5) search warrants throughout the county. During the search warrants, the Marijuana Enforcement Team eradicated 5903 marijuana plants, destroyed 129...
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3,500 PLANTS AND 150 POUNDS OF DRIED MARIJUANA CONFISCATED
The Merced County Sheriff’s Office took down another illegal marijuana grow in the Ballico area of Merced County. On May 18, 2018, Deputies Ibarra and Bucio along with the rest of the Marijuana Enforcement...
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HE TRIED KILLING HIS 2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IN MERCED
Gerardo Ruiz-Lopez, 42, of Merced, was convicted of attempted murder and felony child abuse, by a Merced County jury on Wednesday afternoon, after he attempted to kill his two-year-old daughter in 2016, Merced County...
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MAN ARRESTED FOR THROWING PUPPIES AGAINST WALL, WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL TODAY
Darryl Turner, was released from custody today, May 16, 2018, by Judge Shaver, over the strenuous objections of Deputy District Attorney Donna Bakich. Darryl Turner is charged with one felony count of cruelty to...
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13 MERCED COUNTY RESIDENTS ARRESTED, ON INSURANCE FRAUD
Thirteen people were arrested Friday following a lengthy investigation by the Merced County District Attorney’s office into an automobile insurance fraud ring involving 10 different insurance companies that paid out more than $430,000 in...
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THIS MAN STOLE A LARGE AMOUNT OF CASH FROM CIRCLE K IN ATWATER
Atwater Police are asking for your help identifying the person in these photos. He is wanted for questioning in a theft of a large amount of cash from the Circle K store on Sycamore...
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