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Hours-Long Standoff with Teen Ends Peacefully at Turlock-Area Center for Troubled Youth

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For three and a half hours Friday, Stanislaus County sheriff’s deputies were in a standoff with a 17-year-old boy at a residential facility for youth with behavioral issues south of Turlock.

The incident started around 12:30 p.m. at Aspiranet’s Excell Center on Youngstown Road. Lt. Tom Letras said the teen barricaded himself inside one of the residential areas and began vandalizing it.

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Man Charged with Elder Abuse and Vandalizing a Patrol Car in Merced County

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DELHI, Calif. (FOX26) — Merced County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man Sunday night after they say he assaulted an elderly man with a baseball bat.

Deputies were called to the 12000 block of Rose Lawn Avenue in Delhi for a domestic disturbance.

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Turlock Carwash Fiasco Leads to Vandalism Charge for Ceres Man

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A Ceres man caused quite a bit of damage after trying to make a U-turn inside a carwash in Turlock.

The misstep resulted in vandalism charges for Byron Zappelli, 44, of Ceres after he fled the scene of his destruction, the Turlock Police Department reported.

Just after 1 p.m. Sunday, Zappelli pulled into the Chevron gas station at 100 E Glenwood Avenue and pulled into the carwash, ignoring the barricades posted at the entrance.

“Staff at the gas station attempted to get the driver to stop several times, and even offered to help reverse his vehicle out of the carwash for him,” said Turlock Police spokesperson Deandra Wiley.

Zappelli declined the offer of help and decided that he could get out of the carwash by making a U-turn. As a result, he crashed his black Ford Expedition into several poles, a gas box attached to the building and on one occasion into the building itself, Wiley said.

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