Page 6 - Mid Valley Times 10-29-20 E-edition

Thursday, October 29, 2020 | A6 | Mid Valley TiMes
New London man faces arson charges in hay stack fires
MVT Staff Report
Tulare County District At- torney's Office on Oct. 20 for- mally charged a New London man with two counts of arson in the Oct. 10 burning of a hay stack that contained political signs supporting President Donald Trump and Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Tulare, at an inter- section south of Dinuba.
Adan Aguilar, 24, was ar- rested by Tulare County Sher- iff's Office detectives on unre-
lated charges following a brief pursuit in Traver on Oct. 12. Aguilar had been identified by detectives as a possible suspect for the Oct. 10 fire. Two weeks earlier, a similar haystack with campaign signs had been destroyed by an ar- son fire in the area of Avenue 384 and Road 80. Detectives believe the campaign signs were the motive for the Oct. 10 fire.
District Attorney Tim Ward announced that Aguilar
Adan Aguilar
was being charged with arson dur- ing a state of emer- gency, arson of property, vandalism causing more than $400 of damage, and
committed while on bail in two separate cases.
The DA's office said Agui- lar currently has four addi- tional open criminal cases: fel- ony child abuse, violation of a court order, criminal threats and felony evading. He was on bail for the child abuse and criminal threats cases.
In addition, Aguilar had a prior "strike" on his record from 2001 for a second-degree murder in Nevada.
"This type of conduct will
not be tolerated," Ward said of the arson fire in a news re- lease. "We are ardent support- ers of free speech but as I have said before, when that speech becomes action and that action is illegal, the protections of the First Amendment are no lon- ger sacrosanct."
Aguilar could face 21 years in prison of convicted of the arson and related charges. He was being held without bail in the Tulare County Sheriff's Office Pre-Trial Facility.
Arrest made in Parlier, ABC operation
DITCHES Continued from page A2
of ditch bank) and 80 miles of pipelines.
The District’s 12-person field crew may have anywhere from about 11⁄2 months during wet years (2017) to 10 months or more during dry years (2015) for maintenance activ- ity.
Maintenance activ- ity in September fo- cused on mechanical weed removal from ditch banks and check structures along with plowing of small ditch- es with top widths about 15 feet or less. District’s weed remov-
asked for their consid- eration to consent to the annexation. At this time six of the nine property owners have consented to the annexation. There has been no response from the three remain- ing property owners. No property owner has voiced an opposition to the annexation.
Thusu added South
al efforts are visible along thoroughfares into the city of Dinuba that include Avenue 416 and Road 80 and into Sultana (Avenue 416 between Roads 100 and 104).
As for plowing ac- tivity, District General Manager Chad Wegley noted that over 10 miles of ditches were plowed in the past three weeks, which is a record.
In 2017, the District was busy setting a re- cord for the longest wa- ter run, 216 days, in the last half century, which pushed maintenance activity — sediment removal from Traver Canal — off until 2018.
side of El Monte along that stretch has been semi-vacant for a while.
“Annexation on the north side of El Monte will make the area more attractive for develop- ment of the east side of town as a whole. I hope that this action of ours acts as a catalyst towards achieving that goal.”
Marijuana, moonshine and stolen gun among items seized at 2 sites
MVT Staff Report
Parlier police officers, as- sisted by the California Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC), earlier this month conducted operations on two area businesses and made one arrest.
The Oct. 9 operation took place at Baba G's Market, 590 Fresno St. At the market, six grams of concentrated cannabis and homemade moonshine were located and seized.
That was followed by offi-
Parlier Police Department / Photo Contributed Two jars of moonshine were pictured at a Parlier market following a police and Alcoholic Beverage Control op-
eration on Oct. 9.
cers and an ABC agent conduct- ing a compliance inspection at the Purple Plum Fruit Stand at the intersection of Adams and Academy Avenues. Several vio-
lations occurred at this location, and a stolen .38 caliber handgun was recovered along while more than a pound of marijuana was confiscated.
Thirty-three-year-old Jose Luis Garcia Jr. of Parlier was ar- rested on suspicion of possession of stolen property during the op- eration.
Jose Garza, Parlier police chief, said funding for the pro- gram was provided by a grant from the California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) through the department’s Grant Assis- tance Program.
ABC is a Department of the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency.
ANNEXATION Continued from page A1
cess to certain goods and services.”
The project consists of the following actions and approvals pertaining to nine parcels.
• Annexation of the parcels into the city of
Dinuba and detachment from County Service Area #1 and the Kings River Conservation Dis- trict
• A General Plan amendment to change the General Plan land use designation of four of the parcels from “Me- dium High Density Resi- dential” to “Community
Commercial”.
• A zone change to
apply City of Dinuba zoning to the site. The proposed zone is the C-3 (Community Commer- cial) zone.
• Adoption of a Nega- tive Declaration as the environmental finding for the project.
Six of the parcels
currently have single family homes, two are vacant and one is in ag- ricultural use. Two of the parcels are already connected to City sewer and one is connected to City water. The city sent notices to all property owners in the annexa- tion boundary, notifying them of the annexation and related actions, and
REEDLEY
FREE DELIVERY
FULL GOSPEL TABERNACLE
519 E. 11th Street (at corner of 11th & East Aves.) Reedley, CA 93654
Meets Sunday at 830am Outdoors on the property All are welcome
For more inforamtion call 559-638-2738
We welcome you to join us
For more information: www.reedleyfullgospel.com Pastor Ron Robertson • Pastor Frank Pinon
Christ Lutheran Church
1254 N Frankwood Ave. Reedley | 559-638-2112 | www.clcreedley.org Sunday morning Worship begins at 10:00am | All are welcome! Pastor Virgil Miller is Preaching | Musicians: Aarne Kela & Jason Awbrey Facebook: Christ Lutheran Church ELCA
DINUBA
First Lutheran Church an LCMS congregation
961 E. Elizabeth Way, Dinuba, CA 93618 • Phone: (559) 591-0375
9:45 Bible Study • 10:30 Worship
Jesus said, “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit...fruit that lasts” (John 15:16) In response, First Lutheran Church holds values of Bible Centered Preaching and Teaching, Strong Families, and Godly Servant Leadership. A church where God gives and we receive.
SANGER
CHURCH OF CHRIST
1518 Cherry Street (Corner of “P” Street) Sanger, CA 93657
SUNDAY - Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Wednesday - Bible Study 7 p.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. CLASES EN ESPANOL - 9:30 a.m.c
Evening Worship 6:00 p.m. Call 875-8270 / 960-8982 Para Espanol
You may list your Church Announcement on this page for $15 per week. Including Church name, address, phone and service times with additional 50 words for announcement. Deadline for Church News is 12 p.m. Friday.
For more information call, Reedley 638-2244, Dinuba 591-4632, Sanger 875-2511.
(Orange Cove, Cutler, Orosi, Dinuba and Reedley)
ENTREGA GRATIS
(Orange Cove, Cutler, Orosi, Dinuba and Reedley)
Emad Marcos (Marc)
Owner/Pharmacist in Charge
contempt of court.
The charges were enchant-
ed because of the special al- legation that the crimes were
Welcoming New Patients!
Ask about our no hassle Rx transfer.
Presunte por nuestra transferencia de RX
sin molestias.
Se Habla Español
WE OFFER: Ofrecemos:
We Accept All Insurances: Medicare & Medical
Acceptamos Todas Sugaros incluynendo: Medicare y Medical
Free Blood Pressure & Sugar Monitoring
Presion Artierial Libre y Control del Azúcar
OPEN: Mon-Fri: 9am - 6pm | Sat: 9am - 2pm
172N.LStreet | DowntownDinuba | 559.725.4525
418 AcAdemy Ave. SAnger
$7500 OFF A SET OF 4 TIRES & ALIGNMENT
• Bridgestone • Firestone •
Ask About Our
6-Month Financing
Deferred Interest if paid in full within 6 months.
STANDARD OIL CHANGE $ 95 &TIRE ROTATION + TAX
Chas Lopez - Manager
26
559-875-4589
006404
05636