Cases & Crimes
Transient arrested near Clovis’ Buchanan High as girls ran on track nearby
Clovis police arrested a 35-year-old transient after he was seen sitting on the sidewalk Thursday near the Buchanan High School track where girls were running. The transient was arrested for a felony parole violation, police said. He was previously arrested for trespassing on Buchanan campus in Veterans Memorial Stadium on Feb. 26, police said. He [...]
Reality TV’s Kasey Kahl takes plea deal in Fresno bar fight
Reality television personality Kasey Kahl pleaded no contest Thursday to a felony count of battery causing bodily injury stemming from a bar fight last year in northeast Fresno. Under the plea agreement, Kahl, 30, of Clovis, would serve no jail time and perform 180 days of community service. He also will get three years probation. [...]
Virtual traffic court to start in rural Fresno County cities
Firebaugh resident Anna Meraz ditched her school work this week to drive her aunt 45 minutes to Fresno to take care of a traffic ticket. The long commute is the result of last year’s closure of seven Fresno County courthouses, and it’s an inconvenience that court officials are looking to mend. Starting next week, traffic [...]
Confidential witness: Scarbers talked about trying to pay Mexican cops
Family members of convicted rapist Spencer Scarber apparently considered paying money to Mexican authorities after Scarber was caught in Acapulco last month, according to a Fresno County sheriff’s detective’s court statement. But the strange case of Scarber and his family apparently began unraveling when a person who Scarber’s mother tried to enlist for help in [...]
Clovis man arrested on child porn charges
A 56-year-old Clovis man has been booked on charges of possessing and distributing child pornography, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office reports. Jeff Jordan was arrested Thursday after a search warrant was served at his Clovis home by federal agents, Clovis police and sheriff’s deputies. Computers and other media storage devices were taken from his home. [...]
Jury votes for death penalty for Corcoran inmate who killed cell mate
A lifer at Corcoran State Prison should get the death penalty for murdering his cell mate, a Kings County jury ruled this week. The jury of 10 men and two women returned the capital punishment verdict Wednesday in the penalty phase of the murder trial of Robert Galvan, 37. Last week, the jury found Galvan [...]
