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Thursday, February 20, 2020 | A5 | Mid Valley TiMes Reedley police arrest 4 Selma men
suspected in Feb. 12 vehicle burglaries
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MVT Staff Report
After an overnight pursuit that went into rural areas north of the city, Reedley police ar- rested four Selma men —all18yearsofage— on Feb. 13 in connection with vehicle burglaries that occurred the previ- ous evening.
Taken into custody were Hector Vasquez, the driver of a tan pickup truck that po- lice were searching for, and passengers Augus- tin Almaraz, Daniel Fa- bian and Manuel Ortiz. Vasquez was booked into the Fresno Coun- ty Jail on suspicion of felony vehicle pursuit, resisting arrest and pos- session of stolen proper-
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Street and Academy Av- enue.
• A DUI arrest was made in the area of Church and Academy avenues. • A DUI arrest was made in the area of Academy Avenue and 7th Street.
• A domestic distur- bance was reported in the 1200 block of Mill- wood Drive.
Saturday, February 15
There were 115 calls for service and 5 traffic citations were issued.
• A residential burglary was reported in the 1700 block of Acacia Drive.
• A warrant arrest was made in the 300 block of Bethel Avenue.
• An assault with a deadly weapon was re- ported in the 300 block
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nue, 1:01 a.m.
• Vehicle stop/DUI ar- rest, 1400 block of I Street, 2:17 a.m.
• Driving with a sus- pended license/citation, 1000 block of G Street, 4:37 a.m.
Sunday, February 16
• Vehicle stop/DUI ar- rest, 1100 block of B Street, 1:25 a.m.
• Outstanding warrant arrest, 1300 block of I Street, 1:51 a.m.
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ty. Almaraz, Fabian and Ortiz all were released with citations charging them with possession of stolen property.
A news release from the Reedley Police De- partment stated that officers were conduct- ing pro-active patrols in residential neighbor- hoods due to multiple vehicle burglaries on Feb. 12 involving a tan pickup truck. At about 2 a.m., officers located a vehicle matching the description of one in- volved in the 300 block of East Sycamore Av- enue.
Officers attempted to stop by vehicle, ac- cording to the news re- lease, but after initially yielding the vehicle
of Bethel Avenue.
• A mental health eval- uation was conducted in the 1600 block of J Street.
• A DUI arrest was made in the area of Cherry Av- enue and O Street.
• An incident report was made for destruction of property in the area of Annadale and Jefferson avenues.
• Battery was reported in the 1300 block o 7th Street.
Sunday, February 16
There were 70 calls for service and 3 traffic cita- tions were issued.
• A field interview was conducted in the 1500 block of 8th Street.
• A warrant arrest was made in the 500 block of J Street.
• A warrant arrest was made in the area of 7th and P streets.
• Public intoxication/ arrest, 1200 block of G Street, 2:22 a.m.
• Driving without a li- cense/citation, Reed Av- enue and Aspen Avenue, 5:18 p.m.
• Driving without a li- cense/citation, Reed Av- enue and I Street, 8:02 p.m.
• Non-injury traffic col- lision, Dinuba Avenue and Carolyn Lane, 8:06 p.m.
(Unless otherwise not- ed, the Reedley Police Department handled the calls.)
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Hector Vasquez
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Manuel Ortiz
then sped away from the scene. Police fol- lowed in pursuit, which continued north of the city and ended when the truck lost control and crashed into a fence in the area of Reed and Lincoln avenues. Offi- cers detained the four suspects, including the driver, Vasquez.
After the stop, of- ficers located stolen
property inside the suspects vehicle. They determined some of the property had been taken from vehicles in the area where officers initially spotted the suspects. That proper- ty later was returned to the owners.
Police said no prop- erty was located from the three reported bur- glaries that occurred on
Feb. 12. However, some property was not identi- fied as belong to any of the victims of the most recent burglaries.
Anyone who may have any information regarding these cases, or who may have sur- veillance from the ar- eas of these cases, is en- couraged to contact the Reedley Police Depart- ment at (559) 637-4250.
Coles said an off duty police officer happens to live in that neighbor- hood.
The injured man no- ticed the patrol car and ran up to the home to ask for help.
“The victim went up to the officers door to see if he was home," Coles said. “The officer was not home at the time.”
The victim then ran to a few more houses bang- ing on doors and asking for help.
A neighbor called po- lice and the victim was transported to the hospi- tal in stable condition.
“We have a suspect vehicle description,” said Coles. “But we're not go- ing to release that infor- mation at the moment.”
Anyone with informa- tion is asked to call the Sanger Police Depart- ment at (559) 875-8521.
Tulare County DA announces 21 fraud arrests
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Police with the Tulare County District Attorney's Bureau of Investigation in early February arrested a man sus- pected of committing welfare fraud.
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MVT Staff Report
The Tulare County District Attorney’s Bu- reau of Investigations announced the first week of February that 21 felony arrest war- rants were served for suspects wanted for allegedly committing welfare fraud in Tulare County. Among those served was a woman from Reedley, another woman from Dinuba and one from Orosi.
According to a press release from the Dis- trict Attorney’s Office, among the individu- als arrested and either booked into the Tulare County Pre-Trial Facil- ity or cited and released were Jesenia Becera, 39, of Reedley, Marisel- la Calvillo, 35, of Dinuba and Loreno Sanchez, 27, of Orosi.
Of all the suspects ar- rested for welfare fraud, all but one were female. The majority of them were from Visalia.
The total amount of al- leged fraud in these cases was reported at $191,809.
In 2019, the District Attorney’s Bureau of In- vestigations identified $725,179 in fraudulent benefits, resulting in felony criminal charges being filed in 79 cases. The fraudulent activity in these cases included activities such as failing to report income, fail- ing to report changes in household composition, and the trafficking of EBT benefits for finan- cial gain.
It is a felony for an individual to make a false statement or mis- representation of mate- rial facts in order to ob- tain over $950 of aid that they were not entitled to receive.
The District Attor- ney’s Bureau of Investi- gations said it will con- tinue to diligently inves- tigate all suspected fraud committed against public assistance programs in Tulare County.
If the public has fur- ther information related to suspected fraud, they are encouraged to con- tact the office at (559) 636-5410.
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