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HOMICIDE Continued from page A1 tersection,” he said. “At this stop sign, many people have died here, but I don’t see a lot of violence like this.” Cardenas, a Dinuba resi- dent, was employed as a farm- worker for more than 20 years. The Fresno County Sher- iff’s Office reported that he had recently been working on performing small jobs on his family’s ranch, the same property where his body was found. A motive for his killing has not been determined. Detectives would like to speak with anyone who knew Cardenas and may know of any reason that someone would have wanted to harm him. Investigators are also ask- ing the public to contact them if they have any surveillance cameras located along Alta and Springfield Avenues, as well as roads surrounding the areas, including: Manning, Crawford, Dinuba and Engle- hart Avenues. Anyone with information on this case is asked to please contact Sheriff ’s Det. Juan Galindo at (559) 600-8215. You may also turn to Crime Stop- pers at (559) 498-7867 or www. valleycrimestoppers.org. You will remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash re- ward. The Reedley Exponent A5 Thursday, March 28, 2019 Photos by Juanita Adame / The Exponent ABOVE: Patrol vehicles lined Alta Avenue near Springfield Avenue on the night of March 23. Fresno County Sheriff’s detectives discovered the body of 75-year-old Andres Cardenas of Dinuba. Cardenas had been fatally shot. BELOW RIGHT: A cashier at nearby Sunrise Mini Mart said he didn’t know why there had been so much police presence the night before. TOWN HALL Continued from page A1 since 2012. “You would be astound- ed at the work Dana does, and the information that she provides out to our of- ficers,” the chief told the audience. “This crime re- duction is a result of tar- geted policing. Dana will talk about the 10 percent rule – location, suspect and victim. We try to deal with the 10 percent of those af- fected areas.” Boss explained the dis- tinction between crime analysis and crime intelli- gence. “Analysis is who is do- ing what to whom. Where crime is happening at, who are the victims of those crimes,” she said. “I read all those incidents and see what could happen. I put things together to give to the of- ficers and say ‘Hey, I think something’s going to happen here. Go patrol that area.’ If something doesn’t happen, we count that as a win.” Aleman, a lifelong Reed- ley resident and veteran of more than 20 years with the department, shared with the audience his knowledge of gang activity in the city and Valley. He said Reedley has “generational” gangs. “It’s a case of ‘My grandpa was a gang mem- ber, my dad was a gang member and now I’m a gang member,’” he said. “All the gangs that existed 20 years ago when I first started are still around. They probably come from a broken home, probably are drug addicts and have no real future.” Aleman said most gangs in the region are predomi- nantly Hispanic. “Nortenos (Northern) are probably our largest gang, then there are Surenos (Southern).” He said a gang injunction has been effective in limit- ing Nortenos from “flying” their red colors. Aleman al- so described the contrast of Fresno Bulldog gang mem- bers and “Country ’Dogs” from areas like Reedley or Orange Cove. “There are 26,000 resi- dents \[in Reedley\]. Vali- dated gang members are very small, but they con- tributed to about 90 percent of the calls for service. Just the nature of the beast, I guess,” he said. After the trio spoke, audience members asked a variety of questions during a brief Q&A session. The next monthly Town Hall will be on Tuesday, April 30. It’s titled “City Hall 101” and will educate the public on city organiza- tion and how to connect to city employees. Jon Earnest / The Exponent Anthony Ortiz, a self-described gang intervention specialist from Reedley, spoke from the audience at the March 25 Town Hall while offering police his services to help deal with gang problems. Deadline to complete annual weed abatement is April 15 Staff Report The Reedley Fire Depart- ment is reminding all prop- erty owners that the annual weed abatement deadline is Monday, April 15. Weeds are annual grasses that grow in the winter and turn brown in the summer with no water- ing. Dry weeds create a fire hazard. City officials conduct an annual weed abatement pro- DINUBA GLASS CO. Auto • Comercial • Shower Doors Mirrors • Screens MILGARD REPLACEMENT WINDOWS NO STUCCO DAMAGE gram for all vacant lots and al- leyways; however, due to weed re-growth and the resulting hazard continuing throughout the fire season, weed abate- ment must be maintained throughout the year. This may require abatement of the weeds more than once as they tend to grow back. 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