CORCORAN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating a use-of-deadly-force incident that resulted in the death of an inmate at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran (SATF). At approximately 7:34 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 27, there was an attempted homicide of an inmate in one of the facility’s dayrooms. Two inmates attacked a third inmate with an inmate-manufactured weapon.
Officers discharged two 40mm less-than-lethal rounds to stop the attack; however, the inmates did not comply. A correctional officer discharged one lethal round from the Mini-14 rifle. One of the assailants, identified as Daniel Gonzales, sustained a gunshot wound. He received prompt medical attention; however, he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at 7:58 p.m.
BASS LAKE - On September 3, 2018 around 3:08pm, the Madera County Sheriff’s Office received a call for service regarding a boating accident at Bass Lake. According to witness statements, a privately owned ski boat was pulling two individuals on an inflatable tube. While the ski boat was stopped, a pontoon boat struck both tube passengers. Deputies responded to the scene along with EMS and located two injur
FRESNO - Edward Paul Cragg, 38, of Turlock, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to 20 years in prison for one count of receipt and distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
FRESNO - On Tuesday, 35 year old inmate Emillio Mancia assaulted two Fresno County Correctional Officers with a small, jail-issued shaving razor. The officers were attempting to move Mancia out of a video visitation room when he attacked the two male officers, slashingthem several times in their faces. 
