Yesterday afternoon at the South County Justice Center in Porterville, a jury convicted Bruce Creamer, age 63, for attempting to destroy a Tulare Police Department vehicle. Just before 6:00 pm on November 9, 2021, Tulare Police Department officers received radio information that a marked police department vehicle, a Chevy Silverado, was on fire in the…
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Yesterday in Department 10 of the Tulare County Superior Court, TCDA Crimes against Children prosecutors secured a guilty verdict for Sidney Russell, age 64, for child molestation. Russell was convicted of two felony counts of forcible lewd act upon a child under the age of 14. The court further found true that Russell possessed prior…
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Last week, criminal investigators from the District Attorney’s Bureau of Investigations served 12 felony arrest warrants and 6 misdemeanor arrest warrants for suspects wanted for allegedly committing welfare fraud in Tulare County. The following individuals were arrested and either booked into the Tulare County Jail Facilities or cited and released: -Ja Lee See, 35,…
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District Attorney Tim Ward has announced criminal charges relating to recent agricultural equipment thefts in Tulare County. Today, TCDA prosecutors charged Pedro Coronado, age 37, and Alexis Avalos, age 22, both of Lamont, with four counts of felony grand theft and one felony count of receiving stolen property exceeding $950 in value. For Coronado, the…
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District Attorney Tim Ward has announced criminal charges relating to recent agricultural equipment thefts in Tulare County. Today, TCDA prosecutors charged Pedro Coronado, age 37, and Alexis Avalos, age 22, both of Lamont, with four counts of felony grand theft and one felony count of receiving stolen property exceeding $950 in value. For Coronado, the…
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Today in Department 17 of the Tulare County Superior Court, the court sentenced Julio Madrigal, age 32, and Jose Barraza, age 41, to life in prison for murder. On May 21, 2021, the male victim sat in the front passenger seat of a parked car in the City of Tulare with his girlfriend, the female…
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Today in Tulare County Superior Court, Visalia Division, the court sentenced Alexander Shinn, age 28, to life in prison for the 2018 murder of his roommate. In the early morning of December 8, 2018, after several weeks of tension in their Farmersville residence, Shinn bludgeoned his 25-year-old roommate with a metal bar while he was…
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District Attorney Tim Ward has announced criminal charges related to a fire in downtown Visalia on May 1, 2022. Jessie Hager, age 56, is charged with two felony counts of arson for allegedly starting a dumpster fire that spread to nearby businesses. An arraignment is scheduled this afternoon where a future court date will be…
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