On Wednesday, April 24, 2024, after thorough investigation, criminal investigators from the Tulare County District Attorney’s Bureau of Investigations arrested a male juvenile, age 16, for the November 2023 murder of Dinuba man Sergio Martin. The juvenile defendant is charged with murder and the special allegations of burglary, personal and intentional discharge of a firearm,…
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Today in Department 6 of the Tulare County Superior Court, TCDA prosecutors secured a murder conviction against Andrew Hernandez, age 29, and Curtis Williams, age 31, for the 2020 shooting death of a man at a Visalia apartment complex. On November 28, 2020, the victim, age 33, and Williams were engaged in an argument in…
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Today in Department 10 of the Tulare County Superior Court, TCDA prosecutors secured a guilty verdict against Francisco Rodriguez, 27, for murder. On August 7, 2022, at about 1:30 am, Rodriguez and others got into a confrontation with another group inside of a gas station on Lovers Lane in Visalia. A fight ensued, which eventually…
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On April 4, 2024, in Department 10 of the Tulare County Superior Court, the court reduced the sentence of Jesus Gaytan, age 40, from life without the possibility of parole to seven years under provisions set forth in Senate Bil 1437 (2018) addressing accomplice liability for felony murder. Early morning on Christmas Day 2003, Gaytan…
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On April 12, 2024, in Department 17 of the Tulare County Superior Court, the court sentenced Jeffrey Spears, age 45, to life in prison for domestic violence and other violent crimes. Around 9:30 in the morning on September 26, 2023, Tulare County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a residence in east Porterville for a report…
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The Tulare County District Attorney’s Office will be holding a public meeting on April 30, 2024, to discuss the AB 481 2023 Annual Military Equipment Report and its funding, acquisition, and/or use of military equipment as defined by the bill. The meeting will be held from 2 pm to 3 pm. Location: Tulare County District…
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The public is invited to observe National Crime Victims’ Rights Week 2024 at the District Attorney’s annual memorial quilt unveiling at 6 pm on Thursday, April 25 at the Visalia Convention Center Charter Oak Ballroom. Since 1981, National Crime Victims’ Rights Week has brought attention to the millions of Americans impacted by crime and the…
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Yesterday in Department 10 of the Tulare County Superior Court, Visalia Division, the court sentenced Luis Fernando Bernal, age 25, to life in state prison for child molestation. On March 6, 2024, Bernal pleaded no contest to one count of oral copulation with a child ten years of age or younger and one count of…
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Today in Department 6 of the Tulare County Superior Court, the court sentenced convicted child molester James Mills, age 59, to 575 years-to-life in prison for crimes against a child. On January 29, 2024, a Tulare County jury found Mills guilty of eleven counts of lewd act upon a child under the age of fourteen…
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