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Porterville police arrest eight in drug investigation

PORTERVILLE  – A two-week drug investigation culminated in the arrest of eight people, one of which was hospitalized when she tried to hide evidence by swallowing three grams of methamphetamine,

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Man gets five years for cashing elderly mother's checks

OROSI – A Tulare County man convicted of cashing checks that belonged to his elderly mother was sentenced to five years in state prison Thursday, said Assistant District Attorney Shani Jenkins.

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Man gets five years for cashing elderly mother’s checks

OROSI – A Tulare County man convicted of cashing checks that belonged to his elderly mother was sentenced to five years in state prison Thursday, said Assistant District Attorney Shani Jenkins.

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Man sentenced for 1985 murder of Visalia woman

VISALIA — DNA evidence helped identify and convict Steven Walter Gomez more than 25 years after he raped and murdered Dixie Lee Ricks of Visalia. On Feb. 23, Superior Court

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Drug raid nets family meth makers

NEW LONDON — Two men and a woman operating a crystal methamphetamine lab out of a home in rural New London were arrested Wednesday by a regional drug enforcement task

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Visalia couple arrested in string of bank robberies

VISALIA — Police arrested a Visalia couple Tuesday suspected of robbing a check cashing store Jan. 2, as well as a string of banks in California and Colorado, Visalia police

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Deputies catch wayward sex registrant

VISALIA — A registered sex offender was arrested Tuesday by Tulare County Sheriff’s detectives who tracked the man down after an eight-month investigation for falsifying his address, an official said.

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Bicycle stop leads to officer-involved shooting death

PORTERVILLE — A Porterville police officer shot and killed a man in his home Sunday night as he struggled to avoid arrest after a traffic stop on a bicycle, a

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Lovers Lane killer gets 26 years in stabbing death of girlfriend

VISALIA — A Visalia man who stabbed his girlfriend to death and then admitted the crime in a 911 call in front of a police station was sentenced Wednesday to

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Orosi man sentenced to 711 years for sex crimes

VISALIA — A 38-year-old Orosi man was sentenced Monday to 711 years to life in prison for molesting four girls under the age of 12 over the past five years,