On August 28, 2024, via a virtual hearing, TCDA prosecutors secured a three-year denial of parole for Gerald Daniel Walker, age 93, for murder. Walker is currently serving a life sentence at the California Health Care Facility in Stockton. On February 27, 1973, deputies at the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office received a call from Beverly…
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Today in Department 10 of the Tulare County Superior Court, the court sentenced Marvin Joseph Chang, age 36, to 208 years-to-life in prison for the 2021 attempted murder of police officers during a series of incidents that started Three Rivers and ended in an orange grove. TCDA prosecutors secured a jury conviction in late-July. On…
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District Attorney Tim Ward has announced murder charges against Blake Benham, age 43, of Dinuba, in a December 3, 2023, DUI collision that took the lives of two adults and injured others. The incident occurred at Road 56 and Avenue 430, just south of Reedley. Benham is charged with two counts of murder, two counts…
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At a virtual hearing on July 30, 2024, over the objection of TCDA prosecutors, California parole board commissioners found Darrin Little, age 60, suitable for parole after serving 38 years of a life sentence for murder and sexual assault. Little is currently incarcerated at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla. The following contains graphic information. On…
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