Two former California Highway Patrol officers have been charged with accepting $35,000 in bribes in exchange for falsifying records for exotic "gray market" cars, authorities said. "CHP officers are charged with keeping our roads and the people of California safe and secure. Any law enforcement officer who abuses that authority for their own...
Merced CHP K9 Sniffs Out 18-Pound Cache of Crystal Meth
The driver of a 2011 Nissan pickup truck was pulled over by the Merced California Highway Patrol for tinted windows on Tuesday, the department wrote in a Facebook post. The CHP officer took note of several factors and hints that led him to suspect the occupant was engaged in narcotics trafficking....
Good Samaritans Who Rescue Children From Vehicles Now Safe From Liability Jan. 1
California has laws to exempt Good Samaritans from criminal or civil liability in the rescue animals left unattended in vehicles, but no such laws in the rescue of children. Starting January 1, that will change. “In the United States, every single year there is an average of 40 children who...
Train Wreck Near Goshen Closes Highway 99 in Both Directions
[aggregation-styles] Visalia Times Delta Subscription A train heading along northbound Highway 99 wrecked Monday leaving a mess of mangled and twisted train cars. At least seven train cars derailed, according to law enforcement. Hazardous materials are spilling out from the tankers. The California Highway Patrol is on scene trying to...
CHP Will Be Out in Full Force Over Labor Day Weekend
While Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of summer for millions of Americans, the holiday means something else for California Highway Patrol: maximum enforcement. Thus, the CHP is urging drivers to buckle their seat belts, stay off their cell phones, stick to the speed limit, and don't get behind...
Report: California Highway Patrol Officer Harassed 21 Women
SAN FRANCISCO — Nicole remembers feeling grateful that Officer Morgan McGrew agreed to meet her so early in the morning. The 7:30 a.m. appointment would let her handle the errand — verifying her car’s vehicle identification number — and still make it to work on time. But when she met...
California Highway Patrol Spent $38M Responding to Protests
SACRAMENTO — The California Highway Patrol spent $38 million responding to recent widespread protests over racial injustice, state officials said Tuesday, bringing state agencies’ combined law enforcement costs to $63 million so far. The new highway patrol tally sent to state lawmakers is on top of $25 million that Gov....
Many State Offices in California Cities Ordered to Close
SAN FRANCISCO — The state Department of Human Resources sent a directive to close all California state buildings “with offices in downtown city areas” Monday, a sweeping mandate that covers everything from Department of Motor Vehicles offices to offices that license workers and provide health care. “After consultation with the...
Protesters Stop LA Freeway Traffic, Smash Patrol Car Windows
LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of people protesting the death of a black man in Minneapolis police custody blocked a Los Angeles freeway and shattered windows of California Highway Patrol cruisers on Wednesday. One demonstrator who jumped from another police vehicle was possibly injured in the rally by Black Lives Matter...
Nearly $1 Million Dumped on Side of Road in Merced County
LOS BANOS — Nearly $1 million in cash was dumped on the road during a police chase that ended with the arrests of two New York men who apparently planned to buy marijuana with the money, the California Highway Patrol said Monday. Frank Capraro, 23, and Desmond McDay, 25, both of Medford, New...