District Attorney Tim Ward has announced criminal charges against two Washington men for transporting large quantities of controlled substances through Tulare County. According to police reports, just before 7:30 pm on Friday, June 24, 2022, Tulare County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Unit investigators were called to the area of Highway 99 and Tulare Ave.…
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Today in Department 5 of the Tulare County Superior Court, the court sentenced Anthony Martin, age 23, to life in prison for the 2019 murder of his girlfriend in Visalia. In the early morning of October 5, 2019, Martin and his girlfriend of two years had an argument on the drive back to her Visalia…
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In a virtual hearing on June 15, 2022, TCDA prosecutors secured a 3-year denial of parole for Aristeo Alvarado, age 58, for the 1994 shooting deaths of two men and the wounding of a third in the south county. Alvarado is currently serving a life sentence at Folsom State Prison. On April 24, 1994, Alvarado…
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District Attorney Tim Ward has announced criminal charges against six people involved in an alleged drug cultivation and human trafficking operation located in Tulare County. The crimes are believed to have started in 2021. Charges were formally filed with the court on Friday, June 10, 2022. Charged are 22-year-old Oswald Lopez of Farmersville, 43-year-old Armando…
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Today in Department 6 of the Tulare County Superior Court, the court formally sentenced married couple Daniel Ramirez and Angela Jimenez-Ramirez, both 35, for the 2014 death of their 3-month-old daughter. On April 26, 2022, a Tulare County jury found Daniel Ramirez guilty of felony involuntary manslaughter and felony child abuse. In addition, he was…
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Late yesterday afternoon at the South County Justice Center in Porterville, the court sentenced Giovanni Abujalil, age 32, to life in prison for the murder of this father. On May 16, 2022, Abujalil pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and felony elder abuse. He also admitted to using a knife during the crime. On January 27,…
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