On May 30th, 2019, Merced Police Department Officers contacted 21-year-old Cruz Villegas at “N” and West 11th Streets. Villegas provided his identification to the Officer, and then took off running. As he was running...
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Merced Police arrest man with several bags of Methamphetamine and heroin
On May 29, 2019, at approximately 7:38 p.m., Officer Tucker Zazueta made a traffic stop in the area of Applewood & West Olive Avenue for expired registration. Joey Michael Orlando was identified as the...
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New Rally’s opening soon in Merced, this is the planned location
Checkers Restaurants will be opening a Rally’s soon in the City of Merced. According to Corporate, they do not have an opening date in place at this time. Rally’s expects to open a cross...
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Man shot several times on Stockton Freeway, this is what CHP said
FREEWAY SHOOTING On May 28th, 2019, at approximately 9:29 p.m., Stockton CHP responded to a solo vehicle traffic collision involving a Honda on northbound I-5 north of Charter Way. Upon arrival to the scene,...
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Douglas White resigns his position as Atwater City Attorney
Douglas White of Churchwell White LLP informed the City of Atwater that he will resign his position as City Attorney on June 7, 2019, or when such time a replacement has been found. Mr....
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Three Men Shot in Merced Sunday Night, all three taken hospitals
On May 26th, 2019, Merced Police received a shots fired call at approximately 10:52 p.m in the area of R Street and West 2nd Street. The dispatcher advised responding officers that there was three...
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4 killed in Merced County crash, 2 adults and 2 children
On Sunday, May 26th, 2019, at approximately 8:29 p.m., a 40-year-old from Pomona California was driving a 2017 Nissan Altima Eastbound on State Route 152 in the #1 lane west of state route 33...
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CHP is currently investigating a fatality collision, this is what we know so far
The California Highway Patrol in Los Banos is currently investigating a crash on State Route 152 near Gonzaga road. One fatality has been confirmed. According to CHP, the vehicle split into two pieces. Several...
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Man shot in Merced, this is all police know
On May 25th, 2019 at 2:54 AM the Merced Police Department received a call from staff at Mercy Medical Center regarding a man with gunshot wounds. Officers met with 39-year-old Ernesto Hurtado who had...
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Man stabbed in Merced, he was flown to a Modesto hospital
On Sunday, May 26th, 2019, at approximately 9:30 a.m. the Merced Police Department responded to the interactions of “M” Street and West 13th for a report of a stabbing. Upon arrival, police located a...
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