DELANO — Authorities have identified two suspects in the stabbing death of an inmate at Kern Valley State Prison on Friday. Artemio Gomez, 40, was attacked at around 8:15 a.m., according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Guards quickly used “chemical agents” to break up...
Convicted Fresno Murderer Allegedly Stabs Inmate to Death
DELANO — Convicted Fresno murderer Richard Escalon, 42, is now accused of stabbing a Kern Valley State Prison inmate to death. State prison officials said that Omar Orane, 40, was stabbed several times in the upper body with an inmate-made weapon by Escalon on Thursday morning. Crane later died at...
Convicted Murderer Stabbed to Death in Delano Prison
DELANO — A convicted murderer has been stabbed to death at a California state prison, authorities said Friday. Two inmates armed with a homemade weapon attacked Robert Hargrave Thursday afternoon in a recreational yard at Kern Valley State Prison, according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and...
4 California Correctional Officers Injured in Inmate Attack
DELANO — Four California correctional officers were injured while subduing an inmate who pulled a weapon on them at Kern Valley State Prison last weekend, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. The incident Saturday is being investigated as attempted murder, the department said in a statement Monday. The inmate,...
California Judge Cracks Down on Smuggled Inmate Cellphones
SACRAMENTO — Judges in California and South Carolina have ordered cellphone carriers to disable nearly 200 contraband cellphones used by inmates to orchestrate crimes behind and outside prison walls, the most sweeping order of its kind ever won by corrections officials. It's an important victory for prison officials who have...