Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward Archives

Tulare County DA: Space for Evil Like Golden State Killer Is Getting Smaller. ‘The DNA Will Never Forget.’

August 21, 2020

SACRAMENTO — A former California police officer dubbed the Golden State Killer told victims Friday he was “truly sorry" before he was sentenced to multiple life prison sentences for a decade-long string of rapes and murders that terrorized a wide swath of the ...

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Tulare County DA Opposes Early Release of Inmate With 11 DUI Convictions

Bill McEwen

July 28, 2020

Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward says that 53 people convicted of felonies in the county are expected to receive early release from state prison because of the COVID-19 pandemic. "To release ...

72-Year-Old Visalia Man Who Dismembered Roommate Headed for Nursing Home

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July 27, 2020

Over the objections of the Tulare County District Attorney's Office, convicted murderer Jerry McKiearnan, 72, will be placed in a skilled nursing home, most likely in Tulare County. “I’ve been a pros...

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Visalia Man With 4 DUI Convictions Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder

Bill McEwen

July 8, 2020

Repeat DUI offender Bryan Michael Buhl, 42, faces a second-degree murder charge in a crash that killed a motorcyclist in Visalia on Thursday, July 2. "There are too many options that exist today to get home safe than to drive impaired. Not driving while dru...

Reedley Man Sentenced to Death for Killing Two Farm Workers

Bill McEwen

June 29, 2020

Hernan Rodriguez, 29, of Reedley was sentenced to death Friday in a Tulare County courtroom for the 2015 murders of two co-workers in a Dinuba plum orchard. “The families of the victims have waited f...

Freed by Court, Tulare County Felon Charged With Two Murders

Bill McEwen

June 3, 2020

Barry Dantzler, who has a long history of violent criminal acts, has been charged in the deaths of two Tulare County women in separate incidents on May 26 and May 29, Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward an...

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Tulare County DA: Space for Evil Like Golden State Killer Is Getting Smaller. ‘The DNA Will Never Forget.’

Tulare County DA Opposes Early Release of Inmate With 11 DUI Convictions

72-Year-Old Visalia Man Who Dismembered Roommate Headed for Nursing Home

Visalia Man With 4 DUI Convictions Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder

Reedley Man Sentenced to Death for Killing Two Farm Workers

Freed by Court, Tulare County Felon Charged With Two Murders

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