At a virtual hearing on June 24, 2025, TCDA prosecutors secured a 3-year denial of parole for Angel Garcia, age 44, for the murder of a man in Cutler in 1999. Garcia is currently serving a life sentence at Salinas Valley State Prison. On December 1, 1999, Tulare County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the…
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At a virtual hearing on June 25, 2025, TCDA prosecutors secured a 3-year denial of parole for Gary Brasuell, age 51, for the beating and murder of a 67-year-old man in 1995. Brassuell is currently serving a life sentence at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione. Brasuell sometimes stayed with the victim at his Exeter…
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On May 29, 2025, via video conference, TCDA prosecutors secured a 3 year denial of parole for Harry Bodine, age 79, of Visalia. Bodine has been incarcerated since 1992 for the attempted murder of a now retired Tulare County Superior Court judge. Bodine is currently housed at the California Health Care Facility in Stockton. On…
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On June 3, 2025, in Department 10 of the Tulare County Superior Court, Visalia Division, TCDA prosecutors secured a guilty verdict against gang member Samuel Camposeco, age 29, for the 2017 attempted murder of a police officer in Dinuba during a robbery. On January 5, 2017, Camposeco and Luis Vargas, both armed with semi-automatic weapons,…
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Today in Department 17 of the Tulare County Superior Court, South County Justice Center, the court sentenced Erika Sandoval, age 38, of Visalia, to 50 years to life in prison for the premeditated first-degree murder of her ex-husband, former Exeter police officer Daniel Green. Sandoval’s first trial in 2019 ended in a hung jury. Her…
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Proposition 36, overwhelmingly passed by voters in November 2024, is operating as intended with real results, particularly here in Tulare County, but California Governor Gavin Newsom’s May budget revision fails to fund treatment programs necessary to the goals of the law. Currently, the Office of the District Attorney has filed felony charges in 97…
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