Today in Department 18 of the Tulare County Superior Court, South County Justice Center, the court sentenced Anthony Barra, age 27, to life in prison for murder. At approximately 6:15 am on January 20, 2022, Tulare Police Department officers responded to a trailer home fully engulfed in flames. Neighbors told officers a 74-year-old female resided…
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On Monday, January 29, 2024, in Department 6 of the Tulare County Superior Court, Visalia Division, a Tulare County jury found James Mills, age 59, guilty of eleven counts of lewd act upon a child under the age of fourteen and one count of attempted lewd act upon a child under the age of fourteen.…
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On January 24, 2024, in Department 17 of the South County Justice Center, Luis Nuno, age 38, was sentenced to 56 years-to-life in prison for the third strike offense of threatening to kill people while armed with a knife. However, Proposition 57 may reduce that sentence significantly. On March 6, 2023, Tulare County Sheriff’s deputies…
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Yesterday in Department 22 of the South County Justice Center, TCDA prosecutors secured a criminal conviction against Charles Joseph Fisher, age 51, for the attempted murder of multiple victims and arson of a residence. In the evening of June 14, 2023, Fisher, in violation of a restraining order, barged into a Porterville residence and doused…
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Yesterday in Department 10 of the Tulare County Superior Court, Visalia Division, the court sentenced Jacob Gamboa, age 35, to life in state prison for child molestation. On October 18, 2023, Gamboa pleaded no contest to two counts of oral copulation with a child ten years of age or younger and three counts of lewd…
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Today in Department 6 of the Tulare County Superior Court, Visalia Division, the court sentenced Luis Gutierrez, age 26, to life in prison for child molestation. On December 11, 2023, Gutierrez pleaded no contest to three counts of felony child molestation with the special allegations that there was substantial sexual contact and that there were…
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Today in Department 3 of the Tulare County Superior Court, Visalia Division, the court sentenced Eusebio Ramos, age 67, to life in state prison for child molestation. On December 4, 2023, Ramos pleaded no contest to one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of fourteen and one count of lewd…
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