Merced County News

A Merced man already in jail on domestic violence charges is facing new accusations in connection with a 2008 rape case, police said Wednesday.

A 42-year-old man accused of molesting two girls and attempting to have them snuffed out by a hit man will probably spend the rest of his life in prison, following a jury conviction on multiple counts Thursday.

A 33-year-old Delhi man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of child molestation, after the 11-year-old victim confided in her mother, according to the Merced County Sheriff's Department.

A scuffle over a Michael Jackson insult left one inmate at a Merced County detention facility injured and another inmate facing assault charges.

A 51-year-old woman was arrested on accusations that she abused her 74-year-old boyfriend.

With the state poised to begin issuing billions of dollars in IOUs to local governments this week instead of money, Merced County officials are rushing to determine how much they may be shorted in the coming months.

A 51-year-old Snelling woman was arrested on suspicion of spousal abuse after she allegedly knocked over the 74-year-old man she was living with, breaking his hip.

A 23-year-old Hilmar resident has been charged with cruelty toward an animal after admitting to throwing a neighborhood cat into a Merced canal.

The man accused in the stabbing death of a 49-year-old Gustine grandmother pleaded not guilty to murder charges Friday.

A Bakersfield man was the ''Robin Hood'' leader of a Kern County smuggling operation that sold millions of dollars of cocaine to gangs in Canada and used the money to help impoverished villagers in India, according to testimony at a federal trial.

A Merced County jury found a 36-year-old Winton man guilty of attempted robbery and kidnapping charges Friday, following a weeklong trial.

Wednesday was supposed to be the happiest day of Manuel Victor Guzman's life. It still may be.

Merced County authorities are searching for a convicted burglar who escaped jail Wednesday.

A 6-year-old girl watched as her grandmother stabbed to death inside her own home Wednesday in Gustine in Merced County.

Entrepreneurs in Merced County, located in central California's San Joaquin Valley, are facing dire times.

Two men are in police custody after an off-duty officer was shot at early Friday morning, according to the Merced Police Department.

Three people were arrested after they robbed a man at gunpoint early Sunday, Merced police reported.

Two suspected gang members have been charged with attempted murder in connection with a Friday morning shooting involving an off-duty Merced police officer.

A Merced Police officer had no choice but to shoot at a reckless driver who was about to run him over in a showdown near Farmdale Elementary School last night, officials said.

A man was killed Friday morning in Merced County when his pickup drifted off Highway 140 and rolled over several times just west of Sultana Drive, according to the California Highway Patrol.