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An investigation is underway after two people were shot in Merced late Monday night.
Police say it happened before midnight at West 27th Street and K Street.
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The search for a teen who went missing at Lake Yosemite has come to an end Tuesday evening after they were found dead, according to the Merced County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies say around 4:17 p.m. they were notified of a missing teenager who was last seen swimming in the water at the pier of the lake.
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On Friday, June 30th, 2023, at 11:29 pm, the Turlock Police Department was dispatched to a reported disturbance near the intersection of E Hawkeye Ave and Colorado Ave, Turlock, for a man walking down the middle of the street taking his clothes off and swinging his belt and hands around.
When officers arrived in the area, they found and contacted Ismael Hernandez, 36, of Turlock, who was lying down in the roadway in front of a residence in the 1500 block of E Hawkeye Ave.
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For Patricia Escalante, caring for her grandchildren is nothing new. But after a tragic apartment fire in Turlock took everything they had, she’s trying to stay strong while in very unfamiliar territory.
“It ruined everything destroyed everything. We were lucky to get out alive,” said Escalante.
Escalante said she noticed the fire coming from her granddaughter’s room and felt the heat radiating off the floor.
A Turlock man was arrested on suspicion of murder in the shooting death of a 19-year old woman in Merced County, according to authorities.
Josiah Lawrence Williams, 22, was arrested on Wednesday, according to a Facebook post by the Merced County Sheriff’s Office.
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The wrong-way driver who died in a fiery crash on Highway 99 early Tuesday has been identified by the Stanislaus County Coroner’s Office as a Turlock man.
Armando Beltran, 54, was driving a sedan south in the northbound lanes near Lander Avenue when he crashed head-on with a northbound Tesla at 3:17 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
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On Wednesday, June 21st, 2023, at 8:08 pm, a Turlock Police officer near Fast Stop Liquor, 301 W Canal Dr, Turlock, heard sounds of a vehicle driving recklessly, so he began investigating.
The officer then observed a man driving a vehicle at a high rate of speed, so he made a traffic stop on him.
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On Wednesday, June 21st, 2023, at 9:15 am, the Turlock Police Department was dispatched to a reported suspicious vehicle at Pedretti Park, 2400 N Tegner Rd, Turlock.
When officers arrived on scene, they found and contacted several subjects associated with three different vehicles, including a man later identified as Colin Craig, 39, of Turlock.
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Modesto police are investigating after a body was found in the Tuolumne River between Neece Drive and Highway 99 in west Modesto.
A fisherman spotted the body near the north shore just after 6 p.m. Wednesday, said Police Department spokeswoman Sharon Bear.
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On Monday, June 19th, 2023, at 2:15 pm, the Turlock Police Department was dispatched to a reported shoplifting that had just occurred at Kohl’s, 2751 Countryside Dr, Turlock, after two men had exited the business with a duffle bag full of makeup that they hadn’t paid for.
While officers were responding, they were informed that the men had gotten into a 2007 Toyota Sienna that was leaving the parking lot.
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