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Orange Cove woman suspected of killing her brother
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Homicide detectives with the Fresno County Sher- iff ’s Office have arrested 62-year-old Orlanda Haynes of Orange Cove. She has been booked into the Fresno Coun- ty Jail on one count of mur- der. Her bail is set at $1 mil- lion. She is accused of killing her brother, 60-year-old Sam-
mie Shirley of Orange Cove. At 9:30 a.m. Saturday, a person who had stopped at the Vista Point along High- way 180 in Dunlap saw an object that appeared to be a body laying down the hill- side. They made a report to the Fresno County Sheriff's
Office.
The location is about three
miles east of Dunlap Road.
Orlanda Haynes
Deputies ar- rived and dis- covered the ob- ject was an old- er gentleman, later identified as Sammie Shir- ley, who was de- ceased. He had a severe wound
tectives took over the inves- tigation.
As detectives worked to identify Shirley’s family members, they located his sister, Orlanda Haynes. Dur- ing the course of the investi- gation, detectives determined Haynes was responsible for killing Shirley.
A motive for this crime is not releasable at this time.
This remains an ongoing in- vestigation.
Anyone with information can contact Detective Fred- die Henson at (559) 600-8208 or Valley Crime Stoppers (559) 498-7867 or valley- crimestoppers.org. Tipsters providing information will remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash re- ward.
Sanger native George Eusebio Santos is pictured on his motorcycle at the California Highway Patrol's Central Division office. Santos
is retiring next month after 31 years of service as a California Highway Patrol officer. He has spent his entire career with the department patrol- ling the roads.
California Highway Patrol / Photo Contributed
Department as well as the Easter and Christ- mas parades at Valley Children’s Hospital.
He was named Offi- cer of the Year in 2006, 2011 and 2019, but his proudest moment may have come in 2017. That year, he had the honor of pinning the badge on his son, Julian, when Ju- lian graduated from the CHP Academy.
Santos comes from a family of peace officers. His brother Robert is a retired Fresno County Sheriff Deputy. His brother Eric is a police officer with the Fresno Police Department and his brother Carlos is a police officer with the Clovis Police Depart- ment. Another brother, Victor, is a Registered Nurse at Community Re- gional Medical Center.
Santos’ last day on patrol will be Nov. 6.
the church bailed Becer- ra out of prison after his initial arrest.
He now faces life in state prison for the sex- ual assaults and will be required to register as a sex offender for the re- mainder of his life. Sen- tencing is set for Nov. 5 at the Tulare County Su- perior Court in Visalia.
The case was prose- cuted by Deputy District Attorney Chelsea Wayt of the Crimes against Children Division and in- vestigated by Detective Moises Estrada of the Di- nuba Police Department.
Vietnam Veterans make donation to Memorial Wall
to his neck. Due to the nature of the incident, homicide de-
MVT Staff Report
Members of the Viet- nam Veterans of Ameri- ca Chapter #643 -Dinuba recently made a donation of $5,000 for reconstruc- tion work on the Memo- rial Wall located at the Dinuba Memorial Hall.
The donation was made to the Wall Com- mittee that is oversee- ing the project. Money raised came from the Fourth of July fireworks sales. There, many VVA members took part in working the booth.
The booth was a big success as fireworks
CHP / Photo Contributed
From left are George Madrid, VVA Chapter president Jacob Huerta, Moses Ibarra and Sandy Watson.
were sold out, according to George Madrid, fund- raiser chairman.
Pictured is George Madrid, Jacob Huerta, president of VVA and Army veteran, present-
ed the check to Moses Ibarra, president of the Wall Committee and Sandy Watson, associate VVA member. Madrid also participated in the check ceremony.
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and the Fresno Com- munications Center in 2000. He can now been seen patrolling the ar- ea of Highway 180 and Peach Avenue, looking for speeding motorists.
His entire career with the California High- way Patrol has been pa- trolling the roads and he has witnessed some of the state’s most try- ing moments, including the Loma Prieta Earth- quake, the Rodney King riots and the current civ- il unrest. But, perhaps
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his most dramatic event was an incident that oc- curred locally on Feb. 10, 2010.
That morning, San- tos was one of the first officers to respond to the scene of an officer- involved shooting in Minkler.
After officers were ambushed, Santos was able to assist in cover for the officers and helped bring an injured officer out of the scene to receive medical aid.
But his career has had plenty of high- lights as well, including numerous Protective Service Details where he escorted many dig- nitaries, including the President of the United States. And in his spare time, Santos has also devoted himself to such worthy causes as Opera- tion Christmas Presence with the Fresno Police
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ese, mother of two of the victims, after Becerra was convicted. “It’s so amazing. They (her two daughters) were emo- tional and crying. But, we finally got justice.”
Reese stated that throughout the allega- tions, prosecution and trial, members from Cal- vary Apostolic Church continued to defend Becerra as they accused her and other victims of fabricating the abuse. It was also reported that
Man arrested after pulling gun on Dinuba officers
MVT Staff Report
Dinuba Police officers arrested 30-year old Isidro Villa after Villa be- gan to raise a weapon at the officers before being disarmed and arrested on Oct. 2.
The incident took place in the 1300 block of East Park Way when the of-
ficers were dispatched regarding a report of a male subject who was un- wanted at a residence.
One of the officers was able to safe- ly disarm Villa from the loaded firearm and he was taken into custody without further incident. He was booked into the Tulare County Jail on weapons charges and assault on officers.
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