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Lights & Sirens September 13-September 19
Law enforcement panel speaks at RC
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A panel of Central Valley law enforcement officials spoke and answered questions from the public during a panel discussion on Sept. 20 as part of Reedley College’s Constitution Week Conference. From left are Dennis Montejano, panel moderator and Reedley College instructor; Hector Madrigal, lieutenant with the California Highway Patrol; David Robinson, Kings County sheriff; Joe Garza, Reedley police chief; and Rob Schimpf, Tulare County captain.
Police arrest man for wielding shovel
The Reedley Exponent A3 Thursday, September 27, 2018
Thursday, September 13
• Larceny, 1400 block of An- chor Avenue, Orange Cove (Orange Cove Police Depart- ment), 10:21 a.m.
• Aggravated assault, 13600 block of East 2nd Street, Parlier (Parlier Police De- partment), 8 p.m.
• DUI arrest, 9th Street and F Street, 3:23 p.m.
Friday, September 14
• Intimidation, 100 block of East Helen Avenue, 2 a.m.
• Aggravated assault, East Springfield Avenue and South Sunset Avenue, 4:24 a.m.
• Trespassing/arrest, 800 block of J Street, 11:16 a.m. • Larceny (agricultural), Park Boulevard and Center Street, Orange Cove (Fresno County Sheriff’s Department), 7:43 p.m.
Saturday, September 15
• Drug/narcotic violations, 300 block of Tuolumne Street, Parlier (Parlier Police De- partment), 7:44 a.m.
• Drug/narcotic violations, East North Avenue and North Steven Avenue, 5:15 p.m.
• Drug/narcotic violations, 600 block of I Street, 11:13 p.m.
• Aggravated assault, 13700 block of East Manning Av- enue, Parlier (Parlier Police Department), 11:20 p.m.
Sunday, September 16
• Aggravated assault (gun),
1200 block of G Street, 12:31 a.m.
• Drug/narcotic violations, South Academy Avenue and East South Avenue, Parlier (Parlier Police Department), 1:06 a.m.
• Destruction/damage/vandal- ism of property, 100 block of East Beech Avenue, 4:10 p.m. • Assault, 13500 block of Tu- olumne Street, Parlier (Parli- er Police Department), 5:42 p.m.
• Drug equipment violations, 800 block of East Evening Glow Avenue, 6:29 p.m.
• Drug/narcotic violations, East Manning Avenue and Orit Avenue, Parlier (Parlier Police Department), 7:44 p.m.
Monday, September 17
• Larceny, 12300 block of South Bethel Avenue (Fres- no County Sheriff’s Depart- ment), 5:30 a.m.
• Counterfeiting/forgery, 700 block of I Street, 9:37 a.m.
• Destruction/damage/vandal- ism of property, 13500 block of East 5th Street, Parlier (Parlier Police Department), 8 p.m.
• Drug/narcotic violations, Rails to Trails Parkway s/o East Dinuba Avenue, 9:27 p.m. • Residential burglary, 600 block of East Muir Avenue, 10:05 p.m.
Tuesday, September 18
• Drug/narcotic violations, 1000 block of I Street, 2:12
a.m.
• Drug/narcotic violations, 9700 block of South Zumwalt Avenue (Fresno County Sher- iff’s Department), 8:46 a.m. • Aggravated assault, North Acacia Avenue and West Myrtle Avenue, 10:11 p.m.
Wednesday, September 19
• Drug/narcotic violations, East Manning Avenue and South Newmark Avenue Av- enue, Parlier (Parlier Police Department, 12:36 a.m.
• Vehicle burglary, 5000 block of South Frankwood Avenue (Fresno County Sheriff’s De- partment), 11:53 a.m.
• Aggravated assault, 900 block of East Manning Av- enue, 2 p.m.
• Vehicle theft, 21200 block of East Manning Avenue (Fres- no County Sheriff’s Depart- ment), 4 p.m.
• Destruction/damage/van- dalism of property, 1400 block of East Cypress Av- enue, 7:43 p.m.
• Liquor law violations, 500 block of South Newmark Av- enue, Parlier (Parlier Police Department), 8:03 p.m.
• Drug/narcotic violations, 1000 block of D Street, 10:46 p.m.
(Crime reports are listed for the Reedley, Parlier and Orange Cove areas and are available online at crimere- ports.com. Unless noted, the Reedley Police Department handled the calls.)
Staff Report
Police arrested a 21-year-old Reedley man Sept. 18 after he allegedly swung a shovel mul- tiple times and threw a knife at another man.
The incident — the first of two aggravated assaults in the city within a 24-hour period — occurred shortly before 10:15 p.m. outside a residence near North Acacia Avenue and West Myrtle Avenue, according to Reedley police Sgt. Bryan Pelayo. Raul Gutierrez was booked into the Fresno County Jail on suspicion of
felony assault with a deadly weapon and pos- session of a dirk or dagger (knife).
The incident began with an argument and then escalated into violence, according to Pelayo. Gutierrez allegedly picked up a shovel and swung it six to eight times at the victim, who was able to avoid being struck. He also reportedly threw a 4 3/4-inch knife blade at the victim but didn’t hit him.
Gutierrez was still in jail as of Sept. 25, ac-
See ASSAULTS on page A8
Reedley’s National Night Out event Oct. 2
Contributed
The Reedley Police De- partment will host its National Night Out event on Tuesday, Oct 2, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The National Night Out event is traditionally held the first Tuesday in August and
the first Tuesday in October- around the country. Reedley hosts its Night Out event in October to take advantage of cooler weather with the hope of more participation.
The goal of the event is to encourage neighborhoods to engage in stronger relation-
ships with each other and with the Police Department.
For block party locations or more information, contact your Neighborhood Watch block captain or Cyndee at Reedley PD (637-4250, ext. 248) or online cyndee.trim- ble@reedley.ca.gov.
MMA matches
set for Oct. 20
at Wakehouse
From left, A.J. Perez of Fresno, co-promoter JordanUrbanowithValleyFightSeries and Ruben Castaneda of Reedley stood together at a Sept. 22 news conference at the Wakehouse Woodfire Grill and Barrel in Reedley. Perez and Castaneda, who works for the city of Reedley, will square off in the main event of Valley Fight Series on Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Wakehouse. It’s the first VFS event in Reedley since 2013, and a series of bouts are scheduled. Ticket in- formation is available online at VFSMMA.com or by contacting Urbano at (559) 895-5554.
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PEACE Continued from page A2
for the Victim Offender Rec- onciliation Program (VORP) and began the work of im- plementing restorative jus- tice in communities, schools and the criminal justice sys- tem.
In 2009, VORP and the center, with other commu- nity leaders, launched Com- munity Justice Conferencing (CJC). Under the system ju-
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• Save taxpayer dollars The center does valu-
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ful approaches to resolving harm done by one person to another and promoting com- munity healing.”
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