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Information sought
in fatal Orange Cove
stabbing from 2016
Thursday, July 18, 2019 | A5 | Mid Valley TiMes Shooting near Orosi
on July 3
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include enforcing ordinanc- es that address hazardous or unsanitary conditions that would constitute fire, health and/or safety risks.
"The Kings River en- campment was something we were able to assist with, and that's part of what we aredoing—togooutinthe communities," De La Rosa said. "If there is something that is cross-jurisdictional, we will come in and help try to deal with those is- sues. Fish and Game came in and helped quite a bit.
"There were cer- tain limitations that they couldn't help us with, but what they could help us with we were able to move forward with the encamp- ment cleanups. The urgen- cy was the rising water. We're able to do that on your behalf."
De La Rosa said the one thing the county asks of cit- ies is to address homeless encampments sooner rath- er than later.
"The sooner we do it, the sooner we can have people contacting them and bringing them in," she said. "It is thanks to our county administrative officers that I'm able to do this."
The reporter can be reached at jon@midvalley- publishing.com or by phone at 638-2244.
MVT Staff Report
A cash reward is avail- able to anyone offering information into the 2016 stabbing death of a 25-year- old Orange Cove man.
Angel Esquibel, who went by the nickname "Lil Navajo," was killed on Nov. 23, 2016 at about 8:30 p.m. at the Orchard Village apart- ment complex at 1555 E. South Ave. in Orange Cove. A resident at the apartments contact Orange Cove police and said there was an in- jured man on the ground with stab wounds.
Esquibel was trans- ported to Adventist Medical Center-Reedley, where he was pronounced dead. Or- ange Cove police responded and later turned the inves- tigation over to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.
Orange Cove police re- sponded to the report of a wounded person, and later turned the investigation over to the Fresno County Sher- iff's Office.
No arrests have been made in the case, and a re- cent donation has brought the Crime Stoppers reward money to $3,000 for anyone providing an anonymous
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these rare cases:
• You're in the U.S. when a
medical emergency occurs, and the foreign hospital is closer than the nearest U.S. hospital that can treat your medical condition.
• You're traveling through Can- ada without unreasonable delay by the most direct route between Alaska and another state when a medical emergency occurs, and the Canadian hospital is closer than the nearest U.S. hospital that can treat the emergency.
• You live in the U.S. and the
MVT Staff Report
Detectives from the Tulare County Sheriff ’s Office are investigating a shooting near Orosi that sent one teenager to the hospital.
On July 3, detectives responded to a shoot- ing in the 13400 block of Avenue 416 near Orosi. Upon investigation, de- tectives determined that a 17-year-old male got into some kind of alter- cation with a 14-year-old male. At some point dur- ing the altercation, detec- tives say the 17-year-old pulled out a gun and shot the 14-year-old in the ab- domen.
The victim was rushed to a local hospi- tal where he was treated for non-life threatening wounds.
Detectives say they have indentified the sus- pect and are currently in- vestigating the case.
Anyone with infor- mation regarding the case can call the Tulare County Sheriff ’s Office at 733-6218.
Photo Contributed
Orange Cove resident Angel Esquibel was fatally stabbed on Nov. 23, 2016.
tip. Anyone wish informa- tion on the fatal stabbing is asked to call Crime Stop- pers at (559) 498-STOP (7867) or go online to val- leycrimestoppers.org.
Any information for law enforcement will remain confidential.
Rick Curiel / Mid Valley Times
A Tulare County Sheriff's deputy marked the roadway on Avenue 416 near Orosi on July 3. There, a shooting of a 14-year-old Orosi teenager took place, leaving the teen with non-life threatening wounds.
foreign hospital is closer to your home than the nearest U.S. hos- pital that can treat your medical condition, regardless of whether an emergency exists.
Medicare drug plans (Part D) don't cover prescription drugs you buy outside the U.S.
If you get sick or injured while abroad, in most cases you’ll pay 100% of the costs. In the situations described above, you pay 20% of the Medicare-approved amount, and the Part B deductible applies.
In the situations above, Medi- care pays only for services cov- ered under Original Medicare:
• Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) covers hospital care
(care you get when you've been formally admitted with a doctor's order to the foreign hospital as an inpatient).
• Part B covers emergency and non-emergency ambulance and doctor services you get im- mediately before and during your covered foreign inpatient hospital stay. Medicare generally won't pay for services (like return am- bulance trips home) in either of these cases: Medicare didn't cover your hospital stay; or you got am- bulance and doctor services out- side the hospital after your covered hospital stay ended.
• You pay the part of the charge
you would normally pay for cov- ered services. This includes any medically necessary doctor and ambulance services you get in a foreign country as part of a covered inpatient hospital stay. You also pay the coinsurance , copayments, and deductibles you'd normally pay if you got these same services or sup- plies inside the U.S.
The 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the North- ern Mariana Islands, and Ameri- can Samoa are considered part of the United States.
Foreign hospitals aren’t re- quired to file Medicare claims for
your medical costs. You need to submit an itemized bill to Medi- care for your doctor, inpatient, and ambulance services if both of these apply:
• You're admitted to a foreign hospital under one of the situations above.
• The foreign hospital doesn't submit Medicare claims for you.
Safe travels!
Greg Dill is Medicare’s regional administrator for Arizona, Califor- nia, Nevada, Hawaii, and the Pacif- ic Territories. You can get answers to your Medicare questions by vis- iting www.Medicare.gov or calling 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227).
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