Bejar honored as ‘friend, husband, officer … hero’
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He was a military veteran, a police officer, and a captivating storyteller.
In his short career with the Reedley Police Department, Javier Bejar, 28, earned a reputation as someone who was a strong leader despite his relative inexperience.
He was the first one to come [...]
Deputy ‘Wally’ honored by hundreds at services
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Fresno County sheriff’s deputy Joel Wahlenmaier was eulogized as “honest, brave, kind and true” in services Wednesday attended by hundreds, including law enforcement officers from as far away as Reno, Nev.
Fellow deputies told stories about the friend they called “Wally” — a man [...]
2 searches lead to 12 Clovis arrests
Clovis police arrested 12 people Thursday on suspicion of drug-related felonies and misdemeanors and sent three children to Fresno County Children and Family Services after they served search warrants at two homes.
Police arrested one man on the 1200 block of 3rd Street on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine, meth paraphernalia and being a drug addict [...]
Fresno State students getting political
Since last fall, frustrated Fresno State students have holed up overnight in the library, marched by the hundreds through campus and invited themselves to the president’s house for study hall.
The demonstrations, borne of budget cuts, stirred memories of the 1960s and 1970s, when the campus simmered with anti-war and civil rights protests. While nothing now [...]
Candlelight vigil honors Fresno County deputy
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A little more than a week before he died, Joel Wahlenmaier talked about going backpacking with his friend.
Eric Schmidt recalled relaxing on a Saturday with Wahlenmaier and other friends and family as they watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games on [...]
Services today for slain Fresno County deputy
Sheriff Margaret Mims will make an opening statement this morning at services for Fresno County sheriff’s deputy Joel Wahlenmaier.
The service, which starts at 10 a.m. at Peoples Church, 7172 N. Cedar Ave., in Fresno, will include a funeral procession and prayers from Chaplain Bill Hale of the Sheriff’s Office.
Wahlenmaier, 49, a Fresno resident and [...]
Life support ends for Calif. officer in shootout
After praying four days for a miracle, the family of a California police officer critically wounded in a gunbattle seemed to accept Monday it wasn’t going to happen.
At 5:30 a.m., they allowed doctors to remove the life support that had sustained Reedley police Officer Javier Bejar since he was shot Thursday.
The Reedley Police Department said [...]
Local briefs: New reward offered in ‘07 Fresno killing
A reward was offered by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week in connection with an unsolved 2007 Fresno murder case.
Police said Roger Harris, 37, was attending a party at a friend’s home on the 4500 block of East Washington Avenue on Dec. 29, 2007, when two men approached and asked him his name. When Harris answered, [...]
Minkler suspect planned on deadly shootout
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2:42 p.m. today: Highway 180 was re-opened late Friday night east of Sanger for the first time since a fatal shootout on Thursday.
Law-enforcement officials were continuing to process evidence this afternoon, and police tape marked off the site where Fresno County Deputy Joel Wahlenmaier was killed, another [...]
Reedley officer in shootout dies
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Reedley police officer Javier Bejar, one of the victims in Thursday’s officer-involved shooting in Minkler, has died.
Bejar was taken off life support about 5:30 a.m., the Reedley Police Department announced.
Law enforcement officials on Thursday were trying to arrest Minkler resident Ricky [...]
