Two California men are in police custody after they traveled to Turlock intending to meet with a 13-year-old girl, according to the police department.
Officials said Turlock detectives posed as a 13-year-old and communicated with two unrelated men online.
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An animal cruelty investigation led to the recovery of 73 dogs, according to the Turlock Police Department.
On Sunday, the Turlock Police Department served a search warrant at three residences in the 400 block of S. First Street in Turlock for alleged animal cruelty and dogfighting. Detectives said the investigation began in early March after Turlock Animal Services expressed concerns.
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A Patterson woman who has been missing for over two weeks has yet to be found, according to the State of California Department of Justice and Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department.
20-year-old Breanna Marie Taylor was reportedly last seen on Feb. 23 and listed as missing on the same day. She is described as having black hair with red undertones, being 5’5 feet tall and weighing 110 pounds, according to the missing person report . Taylor was also reported to have a flower tattoo on the left side of her chest and a nose ring in her right nostril.
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A 20-year-old Patterson woman reported missing nearly two weeks has yet to be found, according to her family and the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Station.
Breanna Marie Taylor was last seen Feb. 23 at her apartment in Patterson. The next day, an “unverified number” texted her family saying that Breanna was involved in a stabbing and was hurt. Local hospitals were called, but Taylor was not located, read a Stanislaus County Crime Stoppers missing person flier.
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A search warrant in Modesto led to the discovery of a large illegal marijuana grow on Friday, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET) executed the search warrant on a residence on the 500 block of Glenn Avenue in Modesto, officials said. During the search, a large illegal marijuana grow was in operation along with six firearms within the residence.
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At about 7:00am Wednesday, the Stanislaus Special Investigations Unit and Turlock Police arrived at a residence in the 2400 block of Zinfandel Lane to conduct follow-up in an investigation.
Detectives and officers were there, simultaneously with allied agencies at 11 other addresses outside Turlock, to serve search warrants into a months-long investigation into outlaw motorcycle gang activity.
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The investigation continues for police into a brutal domestic violence and homicide case in Modesto.
This incident happened Friday night when Modesto Police said they responded to the area of 6th Street at the Highway 99 northbound off-ramp to help CHP with a possible hit-and-run crash between a vehicle and a pedestrian.
The vehicle fled the scene, and police said the woman was found on the ramp. She was sent to the hospital, where she later died from her injuries.
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A former Meta engineer, his data scientist wife and their two 4-year-old twins were found dead inside their $2.1 million California home in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide.
Anand Sujith Henry, 37, allegedly killed his sons and fatally shot his wife, Alice Benzinger, 38, in a bathtub before turning the gun on himself, sources told KTVU.
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An arrest was made on Tuesday in a fatal November hit-and-run that happened in Turlock, police announced.
Jose Gutierrez-Cruz was arrested near the intersection of Fulkerth and Tully roads during an investigation done by Turlock Police Department’s Major Accident Investigation Team.
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Police in Southern California are searching for a man who has allegedly stolen nearly $40,000 worth of merchandise from several Target stores.
The man's "crime spree," dating back to at least October, has resulted in an estimated loss of $39,000 to Target, the Irvine Police Department said on X. He has allegedly stolen from several locations across Southern California.
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