Yesterday TCDA prosecutors filed criminal charges against Visalia man Fidel Josue Madrigal, age 33, after an investigation by the Visalia Police Department relating to crimes against children. Madrigal is charged with one count of possession of child pornography with the special allegations that he possesses prior felony convictions. Madrigal is currently a registered sex offender…
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On November 17, 2023, in Department 10 of the Tulare County Superior Court, Visalia Division, the court sentenced Octavio Larios, age 42, to life in prison for child molestation. Larios will also be required to register as a sex offender for the remainder of his life. On October 23, 2023, Larios pleaded no contest to…
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This morning in Department 22 of the Tulare County Superior Court, South County Justice Center, the court sentenced Pennie Henson Ince, age 54, to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of her 65-year-old husband last year. At 1:19 pm on March 6, 2022, Ince called the victim’s daughter that the…
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Today at the South County Justice Center, TCDA prosecutors secured a guilty verdict for Kenneth Charles Smith, age 65, for the 2015 murder of his parents. On October 4, 2015, Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a residence in Porterville for a welfare check. Upon searching a semi-trailer on the property, deputies discovered the bodies of…
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Yesterday via a virtual hearing, Louis Herrera Gallegos, age 61, stipulated to a 3-year denial of parole. Gallegos is currently serving a life sentence for sexual assault and is incarcerated at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla. On the afternoon of April 25, 1998, Gallegos, a convicted sex offender at the time, committed a violent sexual…
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