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Madera County Sheriff's Sergeant Shot in Late Night Stand Off

MADERA COUNTY - Shortly after 9PM Sunday, Madera County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the 28000 block of Avenue 15 ¾ for a domestic disturbance complaint.  The reporting party advised the dispatcher that the subject had a firearm. 

Upon arrival at the scene, twenty-eight year veteran of the Madera County Sheriff’s Department, Sergeant Mike Pace, was shot by the suspect as the officer was exiting his vehicle. He was treated at the scene by EMS and transported to Community Regional Medical Center..


Bakersfield Trucker Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy

FRESNO -  Darrell Leon Jennings, 51, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.

According to court documents, Jennings, a trucker doing business in Moreno Valley as Jennings Transportation, assisted Mario Alvarez-Muniz, 50, of Taft, in transporting 6 kilograms of heroin and 11 kilograms of cocaine destined for Chicago. After Alvarez-Muniz arranged for the shipment of the drugs from Mexico to Mira Loma, Jennings picked up the drugs and drove back to Bakersfield where he was stopped by agents. A police dog located the drugs in a customized hidden compartment in Jennings’ truck.

Mexican National Residing in Merced County Pleads Guilty to Large Toxic Marijuana Grow in Sequoia National Forest

FRESNO  -   Maximiliano Farias-Martinez (Farias), 49, a Mexican national residing in Stevinson, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate marijuana, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. According to court documents, Farias supervised Jose Manuel Sanchez-Zapien (Sanchez), 38, of Dos Palos, who delivered supplies to growers at a marijuana cultivation site in the Sequoia National Forest. The drop point has been used numerous times in the past to supply marijuana growers in the Slick Rock Creek drainage. Law enforcement officers found over 20,000 marijuana plants at the site.

The cultivation operation caused significant damage to public land. Approximately three acres were stripped of vegetation and the ground was terraced to accommodate the marijuana plants. Large amounts of ammonium nitrate and other fertilizers were found at the site. Insecticide containers were found scattered around the site and trash was scattered throughout the grow site. The cost to clean up the area is $8,665. Farias has agreed to make restitution to the Forest Service in that amount.

Two Condemned Inmates’ Deaths Being Investigated as Suicides

SAN QUENTIN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the deaths of two condemned inmates that occurred over the weekend. On Friday night at about 11:15 p.m., staff found Andrew Urdiales, 54, unresponsive during a security check in the Adjustment Center. Correctional officers performed CPR. Urdiales was pronounced dead at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3.

Urdiales was sentenced to death on Oct. 5, 2018, by an Orange County jury for the first-degree murders of 23-year-old Robbin Brandley who was attacked as she walked to her car following a concert on Jan. 18, 1986, at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo; 31-year-old Maryann Wells on Sept. 25, 1988, in San Diego; 29-year-old Julie McGhee on July 17, 1988, in Cathedral City; 20-year-old Tammie Erwin on April 16, 1989, in Palm Springs; and 32-year-old Denise Maney on March 11, 1995, in Palm Springs. The murders occurred when Urdiales was stationed at various U.S. Marine Corps facilities in Southern California.

Madera Man Shot & Killed at Wedding Reception; Detectives Search for Witnesses

FRESNO - Around 10:00 pm on Saturday, dispatchers at the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office received a report that gunshots had been fired and a person was hit. Deputies responded to a home on the 2600 block of S. Marks Ave in Fresno. There they found an outdoor wedding reception taking place.

As deputies pulled up, guests made up of both adults and children, began leaving in vehicles. A small number of guests stayed at the scene. Deputies were directed to the gunshot victim, who was a Hispanic man in his 30s. Deputies and EMS personnel provided medical treatment to the man, but he died at the scene.


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