Yesterday in Department 22 of the Tulare County Superior Court, South County Justice Center, the court sentenced Jose Cardenas, age 23, and Tony Gentry, age 24, to prison for their involvement in 2017 shooting that killed an adult male. On January 1, 2017, Porterville Police Department officers were dispatched to an apartment on North D…
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At virtual hearings on October 25, 2022, TCDA prosecutors secured two denials of parole for crimes committed in the south county. Clint Livermore, age 43, received a 3-year denial of parole for the 2001 murder of a young woman. Also in attendance at the hearing were victim advocates and the victim’s family. Livermore is currently…
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Late yesterday in Department 6 of the Tulare County Superior Court, Visalia Division, a jury found Armando Martinez, age 37, guilty of six counts of sexual intercourse with a child ten years of age or younger, one count of oral copulation with a child ten years of age or younger, nineteen counts of forcible lewd…
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Today in Department 18 of the South County Justice Center, the court sentenced Sergio Astorga-Medrano, age 42, to 4 years in custody for possessing a large quantity of narcotics for sale in his home. On August 4, 2022, deputies with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office and agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration arrested Astorga-Medrano after…
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