Modesto News

City News Service says 23-year-old Steven LeClaire was found guilty Friday of second-degree murder and attempted murder.

A Modesto bail agent facing criminal charges has filed a claim against Stanislaus County seeking $20 million in damages, asserting he has been harassed repeatedly by investigators from the District Attorney's Office.

The decision Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court means the case will proceed to trial without an initial presentation of evidence to a judge.

The California Highway Patrol on Thursday arrested a Modesto man at his home hours after he reportedly led officers in a high-speed chase in Tuolumne County.

No one was injured in Wednesday's fire, which destroyed about a third of the 1,000 foot-long structure.

The prosecutor's office in Evry, south of Paris, appealed the decision on Friday shortly after a judge decided that Jerome Kerviel could be freed with an electronic bracelet.

Forget "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?" We may never know that one.

It appears Brian Morris was trying to light a cigarette when he was shot in the back of his neck, according to testimony in a preliminary hearing Thursday.

Lawyers for the parents of Bartholomew Williams announced Thursday that Cal State trustees agreed to settle a federal wrongful death suit.

Rick Franklin Voight, 37, and Dawn Delores Voight, 41, both of Hayfork, pleaded guilty on July 24 to criminal possession of dangerous drugs with intent to distribute, the Stillwater County News reported.

The fire was reported at about 5:15 a.m., Modesto Fire Department Battalion Chief Hugo Patino said.

Thirty-six-year-old Gene Felder and 54-year-old Antonio Harvey were arrested in 2012 on suspicion of robbery and conspiracy.

After leading the music on Sunday at Holy Family Catholic Community in Inverness, Collette says Pastor Terry Keehan asked for his resignation.

Kirk McAllister, who is representing 18-year-old Ethan Morse, also tells the Merced Sun-Star Merced County sheriff's officials have not been thorough or fair in their investigation.

The Aug. 6 hearing will discuss a request by attorneys Jeff Herman and Mark Gallagher to withdraw as counsel for Michael Egan III.

Police have arrested one suspect and identified two others in connection with a home invasion robbery that book place on Monday in Modesto.

Investigators on Wednesday had arrested a woman and were looking for two men suspected of conspiring in a home-invasion robbery earlier this week in east Modesto.

A hearing on Wednesday to schedule a trial was postponed, so attorneys can discuss a possible plea deal for a man charged with murder in the shooting of a west Modesto teenager.

A sentencing hearing on Wednesday was postponed for two Merced men convicted of murder in the shooting of a store clerk killed during an attempted robbery in Modesto.

The Los Angeles Times reports 44-year-old Jose Mosqueda entered pleas Tuesday to three counts of committing lewd acts upon a child and one count of continuous sexual abuse.