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- Man arraigned in online stalking of Clovis teen
Man arraigned in online stalking of Clovis teen
A 37-year-old Sacramento-area man was arraigned Wednesday on charges he developed an online relationship with a Clovis teenage girl to have sex with her, police said.
The man posed online as a 17-year-old boy and built a relationship with the girl, which led to a meeting in Fresno for dinner. The girl ran out of the restaurant and reported the incident to Clovis police.
The man was arrested July 14 at his Citrus Heights home.
- Fresno burglary, home invasion suspect arrested
Fresno burglary, home invasion suspect arrested
A Fresno man was arrested when authorities identified him as a suspect in a car burglary and a home invasion, both Sunday morning.
Fresno police arrested the 19-year-old in a southeast Fresno neighborhood after a resident reported a suspicious person looking at parked cars in the area.
Police said a witness identified him as the driver of a stolen car in the area. He also was wanted in connection with another car burglary a week ago.
- Local briefs: Fresno shooting suspect turns himself in to police
Local briefs: Fresno shooting suspect turns himself in to police
A suspect in the shooting death of a man Thursday in central Fresno turned himself in to police Friday.
Federico Velasquez Ruvalcaba, 26, of Fresno is in custody on suspicion of killing a fellow resident at an apartment complex on the 3800 block of North Hughes Avenue about 10:40 p.m. Thursday, police said.
The victim was Jose Magana, 30, of Fresno, the Fresno County Coroner's Office said. Magana suffered a gunshot wound and died at the apartment complex, police said.
- Sanger man arrested in Clovis assault, car theft
Sanger man arrested in Clovis assault, car theft
A 28-year-old Sanger man was arrested early Sunday in Clovis on suspicion of stealing a car and assaulting a man, Clovis police said.
The suspect demanded money from a man who was sitting in his car on the 900 block of Acacia Avenue, said police spokeswoman Janet Stoll-Lee.
When the man failed to produce money, the suspect hit the man in the head with a gun and took his car, Stoll-Lee said. The suspect ditched the car a few blocks away at Russell and Jefferson avenues, where he was arrested about 1 a.m.
- 2 Clovis men indicted in child-porn cases
2 Clovis men indicted in child-porn cases
A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted two men on child pornography charges in separate cases, Clovis police said.
The Clovis men, ages 42 and 45, each possessed images of child pornography on their computers, police said.
The 42-year-old man also has a pending case accusing him of sexual crimes stemming from an arrest in January 2009, police said.
The arrest of a 21-year-old Clovis man in December on a charge of public intoxication solved a nearly year-old commercial burglary, police said.
Anthony Martinez was arrested Saturday night at his home in the 2900 block of Caesar Avenue for the April 4 burglary at the PG&E corporation yard at 3300 Lind Avenue, Clovis police said. Vehicles and an office had been burglarized; police did not say what was stolen.
Fingerprints taken from the scene yielded no matches in the police database. Officer had no other leads.
On Dec. 18, Martinez was arrested on a public intoxication charge and his fingerprints were taken. His fingerprints were positively tied to the PG&E burglary, police said.
Martinez was arrested and booked into the Fresno County jail on suspicion of one count of commercial burglary.
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