Yesterday at the South County Justice Center in Porterville, the court sentenced Carlos Santos Moreno, age 42, to life in prison for a 2018 shooting in Porterville. Around 3 am on June 30, 2018, a group of young adults was having a party by the Tule River in Porterville when a Chevy truck with two…
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Yesterday in a virtual hearing, TCDA prosecutors secured the denial of parole for Angela Thompson, age 63, in the 2000 child abuse death of her adopted daughter. The denial is for three-years. Thompson is currently serving a life sentence at the California Institution for Women in Corona. At the time of the crime, Thompson had…
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Yesterday over the objection of prosecutors in Department 17 of the South County Justice Center in Porterville, the court sentenced Dylan Snow, age 26, of Porterville, to 5 years suspended state prison, 4 years probation, and use of an electronic monitor. The court imposed no jail time beyond six days Snow served in custody after…
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Today in Department 17 of the Tulare County Superior Court at the South County Justice Center in Porterville, Noel Herrera, age 32, was sentenced to death for multiple murders committed from 2010 to 2017 Herrera, a known gang member with the moniker of “Guilty,” committed his first shooting murder on January 9, 2010. The victim…
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District Attorney Tim Ward has announced criminal charges related to a March 6, 2022, incident in which an adult male was found shot to death in a Tulare home. Pennie Marie Henson, age 52, is charged with first-degree murder with the special circumstance of lying in wait and that she personally and intentionally discharged a…
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On Friday, March 4, 2022, in Tulare County Superior Court, TCDA Crimes against Children prosecutors secured a misdemeanor jury conviction for Seth Vasquez, age 24, for annoying or molesting a child. In two incidents from April 16, 2021, to April 22, 2021, at the Riverway Sports Park in Visalia, Vasquez was identified as having made…
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Five years to the day after his last hearing, a Porterville sex offender was again denied parole. On March 1, 2022, a California parole board issued a three-year denial for Peter Contreras, age 53. Contreras is currently serving life in prison for child molestation at the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran.…
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