A student's text about an active shooting at Bullard High School that caused a lockdown at the northwest Fresno school and two neighboring schools was a hoax, Fresno police Capt. Burke Farrah said Thursday. The visibly angry Farrah said that the shooting report and lockdown unnecessarily caused panic for many...
Death Penalty Possible for Six Arrested in Hmong Murders
UPDATE After 44 days, and 5,000 hours of investigative work, Fresno Police say they have solved a quadruple homicide that gripped the city and the nation. At a New Year's Eve news conference, Fresno Police Chief Andrew Hall announced the arrest of six suspects in the Nov. 17 homicides. The...
Fresno Police Arrest 6 Gang Members in Killings of 4 Hmong Men
UPDATE Six suspects are in custody in the mass shooting that killed four Hmong residents on Nov. 17 and are being held in the Fresno County Jail. Fresno Police Chief Andy Hall announced the arrests in a news conference Tuesday morning. The suspects are all self-admitted members of the Mongolian...
Fresno Police Arrest 3 in Killings of 4 Hmong Men
UPDATES Three suspects in the mass shooting that killed four Hmong residents on Nov. 17 were arrested Monday night and are being held in Fresno County Jail. The suspects are Pao Choua Vang, 30, Johnny Xiong, 25, and Jhovanny Delgado, 19. According to jail records, Fresno police officers arrested Xiong...
Activists Call for Federal Investigation into Fresno Police
At times, Christina Pauline Lopez, overcome with the emotion of the moment, hid her face behind a sign depicting images of her son. Lopez was among the protesters at the Robert Coyle Federal Courthouse in downtown Fresno on Monday night decrying the 2017 shooting death of her son Isiah Murrietta-Golding by Fresno...
Police ID Prime Suspect in 1996 Dorian Cold Case Murder
Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer says his department has identified the prime suspect in the 1996 rape and murder of Debbie Dorian. It is the same suspect that Visalia police arrested Wednesday in four cold-case sexual assaults: 52-year old Nickey Duane Stane. "Nickey Stane is every woman's nightmare," Fresno County...
Dyer Celebrated, Unveiled in Sculpture Form
For more than an hour, Jerry Dyer endured jokes and good-natured ribbing directed his way. Although not officially called a roast, an event at the Fresno fairgrounds honoring the outgoing Fresno police chief featured speaker after speaker slinging Dyer-focused jokes, followed by heartwarming stories and testimonials. Listen to this article:...
Drug Dealer Shot by Fresno Police Gets 10 Years in Prison
What happens when you're dealing meth at a Fresno apartment complex, try to flee police on a bicycle, ditch the bike and pull out a gun? If you are 38-year-old Bert Harris, you are shot in the hip by a police officer and, nearly two years later, get 10 years,...
Dyer 'Concerned' About Officer's Use of Force on Juvenile
Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said a January incident in which a gang-enforcement officer appeared to strike a 17-year old male repeatedly in the head "raises concerns." "It raises questions for me as a police chief," Dyer said at a news conference Wednesday afternoon. "What was seen in this video...
Fresno Police Captain Wants to Become Next Chief
One of the first applicants for the soon-to-be-vacant Fresno police chief position is an internal candidate. Capt. Mark Salazar, a 23-year veteran of the department, said Tuesday that he will apply. Three Years Leading Southwest Division For the last three years, Salazar has served as captain of the southwest division....