Fresno County Sheriff's deputies have arrested three Sierra foothill residents for burglary and other crimes in the San Joaquin River Gorge Recreation Area during November through March 14. According to the sheriff's office, detectives worked with Bureau of Land Management employees to crack the case. Arrested this week: Braxton Stark,...
Mexican Man Sentenced for Voter Fraud in U.S. Elections
SACRAMENTO — A Mexican national who assumed an American's identity to vote in five federal elections was sentenced Tuesday to 3 years, 9 months in prison in a federal courtroom in Sacramento. Gustavo Araujo Lerma, 64, was convicted by a jury in August of aggravated identity theft, making a false...
Mexican Man Who Supports Trump Convicted of Voter Fraud
SACRAMENTO — A Northern California jury found a Mexican national who assumed an American's identity to vote in five federal elections guilty of voter fraud and identity theft. A jury on Friday found Gustavo Araujo Lerma guilty of aggravated identity theft, making a false statement on a passport application and...
Thieves Use Sheriff Phone Number in Scam to Steal Money
There's a phone scam happening in Fresno County in which the would-be thieves don a trusted disguise: an actual phone number for law enforcement dispatchers. The incoming number displays on a target's personal phone or caller ID as (559) 600-3111, which is the Fresno County Sheriff's Office's non-emergency dispatch line....
Identity Theft Sends Clovis Man to Federal Prison
U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd has sent a loud message to a 47-year-old Clovis man that identity theft doesn't pay. Drozd sentenced Johnny Kajitani Jr. to two years and 10 months for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced in a news release Tuesday. The judge also ordered...