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A vacant home in Turlock was left in rubble and ashes after a fire ignited Monday morning.
The size of the blaze necessitated all Turlock Fire Department engines as well as mutual aid from neighboring agencies.
CERES (CBS13) – Investigators are looking into the cause of a house fire in Stanislaus County.
The incident happened early Monday morning at 800 Pecos Avenue, located in a rural area within the town of Ceres. According to firefighters, the blaze was mainly in the back of the single-story home.
No injuries were reported.
The Stanislaus Fire Investigation Unit was at the scene of the fire.
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At about 8:27 pm Sunday night, the Turlock Police Department was dispatched to a reported prowler at a residence in the 1700 block of Greenhills Drive, Turlock, after a male subject was reported to be banging on the residence’s door trying to get in.
When officers arrived in the area, they found the subject near the residence on Harvest Park Drive. He was identified as Kenneth Cain, 61, of Turlock. When officers conducted a wants and warrants check on Cain, they discovered that he had four misdemeanor warrants out of his arrest.
Cain was arrested and released on a citation on his warrants.
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A CHP officer was hurt after being shot in Turlock during an investigation on Thursday, the police department confirmed.
The Turlock Police Department said the officer sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
Officials said Thursday’s shooting stemmed from a separate freeway shooting that happened Wednesday.
California Highway Patrol investigators located the freeway shooting suspect vehicle Thursday in the 600 block of High Street. As investigators got closer to the vehicle, a person began shooting at them, police said.
Investigators shot back but the suspect ran away. As investigators were chasing that suspect, a second suspect shot at officers several times, police said.
The initial shooter was arrested, Turlock police said.
Investigators are still searching for the second suspect.
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TURLOCK, Calif. (KTXL) — A massive tree fell on two vehicles at a Turlock park Wednesday night, trapping people inside.
Turlock police said emergency responders were called to Broadway Park around 11:10 p.m.
Photos shared with FOX40 show the tree fell across the top of one of the vehicles, crushing its roof.
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One driver was killed and another suffered major injuries in a three-vehicle crash outside of Riverbank on Tuesday morning, the California Highway Patrol reported. Three children also were hurt. The collision was reported at 9:43 a.m. at Highway 108/Patterson Road and Skittone Road. The location is just east of the McHenry Avenue intersection with Ladd Road north of Modesto. The driver killed was alone in her white Ford SUV, CHP spokesman Tom Olsen said. The Stanislaus County Coroner’s Office identified her as Kolleen Jackson, 68, of Riverbank. The driver who was badly hurt was a woman with three young children in a green Chevrolet SUV, he said. The children suffered minor to moderate injuries, and all were taken to area hospitals. Their names were not available as of midafternoon Tuesday. According to Olsen, a Honda sedan was westbound on Patterson Road when the driver stopped to turn left on Skittone. Jackson, who was approaching from behind, veered to the left to avoid rear-ending the Honda. Her SUV turned onto its side and was struck by the Chevy SUV heading east. One of the SUVs also struck the driver’s side rear of the Honda.
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A man facing rape charges in several counties will be tried in Stanislaus County because it is where the majority of the alleged crimes happened.
Joseph Frank Pineda Pimentel, 37, is facing seven counts of rape by force or fear and one count each of sexual penetration by force, attempted rape by force, sexual battery of a restrained person and sexual penetration by a foreign object, along with the enhancements that there were multiple victims and that he gave methamphetamine to one of the victims.
Joseph Frank Pineda Pimentel, 37, was arrested by the Turlock Police Department on Sept. 2. At that time his residence was listed as Denair. Court records show Pimentel has been a transient and occasionally resides with his mother in Manteca.
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A Turlock man was charged with a multitude of offenses after breaking into an apartment Sunday night and then barricading himself inside it with a knife.
The suspect was identified as Seth Mitchell, 28.
The incident began at 3:48 p.m. Sunday at an apartment in the 3500 block of Crowell Road.
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Tracy Smith, the former Turlock resident who was convicted of burning down the Red Steer and implicated in a multitude of shady business and investment dealings, has been indicted for allegedly running a fraudulent real estate investment scheme in various parts of the state.
Smith is accused of scamming more than $1.3 million from seven victims, according to the California Attorney General’s Office.
A 13-month investigation into Smith’s activities and his business, Downkicker Inc., resulted in a special statewide criminal grand jury indictment for Smith on 38 counts, including one count of operating a fraudulent securities scheme, 19 counts of securities fraud, 17 counts of grand theft and one count of elder abuse. He was arraigned Monday in San Diego County Superior Court. The alleged crimes took place in the counties of San Diego, Riverside, San Francisco and Santa Clara between August 2017 to September 2018.
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A juvenile was arrested for attempted homicide and hate crimes after an assault at Columbia Park on Tuesday afternoon that left one injured.
The Turlock Police Department received a call of an aggravated assault that was occurring at Columbia Park around 3 p.m. Tuesday. Officers arrived on scene and located the victim who fled the park after sustaining non-life threatening stab wounds.
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