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Thursday, October 1, 2020 | A6 | Mid Valley TiMes Dinuba OKs internet lease
deal with UnWired Broadband
Equipment will be
placed on water tower
at Centennial Park
By George M. Villagrana
Mid Valley Times
The city of Dinuba approved a lease agreement with UnWired Broadband Inc. for the use of the Centennial Park water tower.
UnWired Broadband is an in- ternet service provider that of- fers internet services to rural and underserved areas in the Central Valley. They are proposing a lease agreement for the use of the wa- ter tower for mounting wireless radio equipment. The equipment will be used to provide wireless broadband internet service to residents in Dinuba, and the sur- rounding area.
The company broadcasts a wireless internet signal using a small radio and antenna placed at commercial or residential lo- cations which connects wireless- ly to their broadcast antenna. UnWired requires the use of tall structures such as water tow- ers to place their radio antenna high above other structures and trees.
UnWired has entered into sim- ilar agreements with other cities
Sanger Police Department / Photo Contributed
Sanger police located a loaded revolver handgun after searching the vehicle of Mark Leon Perez.
Wanted Fresno
felon arrested in
Sanger police chase
George M. Villagrana / Mid Valley Times
The water tower in Centennial Park will be used by UnWired Broadband Inc. as part of a lease agreement with the city of Dinuba to provide internet ser- vices. Wireless radio equipjent will be mounted atop the tower.
MVT Staff Report
A wanted felon was captured on Sept. 27 af- ter attempting to evade Sanger police officers by leading them on a short vehicle pursuit through town and then crashing into a tree, say police.
According to the Sanger Police Depart- ment, officers attempt- ed to stop a vehicle for a speeding violation in the area of Academy Avenue and 7th Street but the vehicle report- edly refused to comply and instead led officers on a vehicle pursuit that traveled west on Jensen Avenue.
The vehicle, which officers later discov- ered was driven by 33-year-old Mark Leon Perez of Fresno, ended up crashing into a tree in the area of Jensen
lie Avenue at 7:35 a.m.
• An unwanted person was reported in the 700 block of West El Monte Way at 10 a.m.
• A vehicle versus a parked car was reported in the 1100 block of Mil- lard Way at 10:57 a.m.
• A front license plate was reported stolen in the 1400 block of North Crawford Avenue at 1:53 p.m.
• An unwanted person was reported in the 500 block of Whitney Av- enue at 5:46 p.m. It was reported a female cur- rently inside the resi- dence was intoxicated and breaking items.
Sunday, September 27
• Possible DUI was re- ported in the area of Alta and Tulare at 2:02 a.m.
and Oat-
man av-
enues.
After
the col-
lision,
Perez
attempt-
ed to
flee the
scene
on foot but was quickly apprehended by Sanger police officers.
During a search of the vehicle, officers lo- cated a loaded revolver handgun. Officers also discovered that Perez was a wanted felon out of Fresno, wanted for multiple felony charges including assault with a firearm on a person.
He was arrested and later booked into the Fresno County Jail on numerous felony charges, including felo- ny evading and various weapons charges.
• A commercial burglary was reported in the 100 block of North M Street at 10:17 a.m.
• An unwanted person was reported in the 700 block of Vernazza Av- enue at 10:53 a.m. It was reported an ex-husband was knocking on the door and refused to leave.
• A landlord/tenant dis- pute was reported in the 2000 block of East Olive Way at 2:44 p.m.
• A bike was reported stolen in the 100 block of West Sierra Way at 4:39 p.m.
• A reckless driver was reported in the 1400 block of West El Monte Way at 6:33 p.m. It was reported multiple trucks were breaking traction and speeding in a parking lot.
including Reedley and Kings- burg. The company is proposing a five-year lease agreement with two five year extensions. The lease payment for the term is at $1,600 per month, plus $200 per month for reimbursement of util- ity costs. Rent will be increased by 10 percent on Oct. 1 at each extended term that the lease agreement remains in effect.
The council also reappointed Maria McElroy to the Tulare County Measure R Citizens’ Over- sight Committee representing the city of Dinuba. McElroy, whose term expired in June, had sub- mitted a letter requesting that she would like to continue serving on the committee. Terms are for two years and appointees may serve a total of eight years.
Mark Leon Perez
HOMICIDES Continued from page A1
was critically wounded when he was dropped off by an unidentified friend at the Reedley
DINUBA Continued from page A3
Road 64 and Avenue 416 at 3:19 a.m.
• A residential burglary was reported in the 1100 block of Elizabeth Way at 4:05 a.m. It was re- ported someone heard a person breaking into a vacant residence.
• Telephone harassment was reported in the 800 block of Bates Avenue at
hospital. Reedley police responded at the hospi- tal and learned about the fight.
Parlier police re- sponded to the scene of both shootings, and sub-
9:18 a.m.
• A suspicious subject was reported in the 1000 Block of East El Monte Way at 11:20 a.m. It was reported a male subject was yelling stating he wanted to kill someone. • An unwanted person was reported in the 700 block of West El Monte Way at 2:41 p.m.
• Vandalism was report- ed in the 600 block of Ea- ton Avenue at 5:53 p.m.
sequently turned over the investigations of both cases to FCSO de- tectives.
Anyone with informa- tion on the Serrano shoot- ing is asked to contact
Thursday, September 24
• Vandalism to two vehi- cles was reported in the 1300 block of Elizabeth Way at 7:52 a.m.
• Children refusing do their school work was re- ported in the 300 block of Grace Lane at 10:30 a.m. • Possible scam was re- ported in the 1400 block of Olive Way at 2:38 p.m. • A mini-fridge was re- ported stolen in the 1600 block of Austin Avenue at 5:20 p.m.
• An unwanted person was reported in the 200 block of West North Way at 10:33 a.m.
• Vandalism was report- ed in the 200 block of South Crawford Avenue at 9:41 p.m.
Friday, September 25
• A suspicious vehicle
FCSO at (559) 600-3111 or Det. Carl Chalmers at (559) 600-8207. Con- tact Sgt. Jon Alvarado at (559) 600-8200 to provide more information on the Diaz shooting.
was reported in the 1800 block of Mountain View Way at 7:47 a.m.
• A reckless driver was reported in the area of El Monte and Road 64 at 12:48 p.m.
• Miscellaneous items were taken from a resi- dence in the 1300 block of South Greene Street at 1:23 p.m.
• A suspicious subject was reported in the 300 block of East El Monte Way at 4:12 p.m.
• An unwanted person was wanted in the 800 block of North Alta Av- enue at 6:54 p.m.
Saturday, September 26
• Shots fired was report- ed in the 200 block of Al- ice Avenue at 1:01 a.m. • An assault was report- ed in the 500 block of Lil-
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