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Man faces attempted murder charge

A 27-year-old Manteca man was taken into custody at gunpoint late Monday morning and charged with four felonies including the attempted murder of his live-in girlfriend who had been running away from him while carrying their baby in her arms in the predawn hours.

May 21, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | Crime


Man walks off with $2,200

A cash roll of $2,200 – money intended for a down payment on a mobile home – was dropped in the parking lot of a Manteca fast food restaurant.

May 16, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | Crime


French Camp woman critical after shooting

FRENCH CAMP - A French Camp woman was shot Sunday morning while sitting behind the wheel of her car and then drove herself to a hospital with three bullet wounds in the upper part of her body.

May 15, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | Crime


2 bodies found after standoff; suspect killed

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Police stormed a New Jersey home early Sunday and fatally shot a registered sex offender who had held his girlfriend's three children hostage, ending their 37-hour ordeal and recovering the bodies of the captives' mother and another sibling, authorities said.

May 12, 2013 | | Crime


Facebook threats case: Trial set for terrorist threats against police officer

Dominic Aguilar, 37, is being held to answer a felony terrorist threat charge that he leveled threats against Manteca Police Officer John Moody on his Facebook page related to the officer involved shooting of Ernesto Duenas, Jr., nearly two years ago.

May 10, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | Crime


Manteca-Ripon SWAT take 17 guns off street

LATHROP - A 12-member Manteca-Ripon SWAT team and five undercover officers served a major arrest warrant at a home in the 400 block of Manila Road in Lathrop just minutes after 7 a.m. Tuesday.

May 08, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | Crime


Carl’s Jr. drive- thru customer rams building

Christina Duran, 41, had to wait to eat a late night snack until she got to county jail in the early hours of Wednesday morning after she allegedly rammed the Carl Junior's fast food restaurant in the 1400 block of West Yosemite Avenue with her vehicle.

May 02, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | Crime


Burglary suspect runs across Bypass, arrested

A burglary in progress with a van backed into a driveway caught the attention of neighbors who called police.

May 01, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | Crime


Woman creates scare at Sharpe Depot

A woman motorist detained at the front gate of the Sharpe Army Depot without identification set off what was quickly labeled a multi-casualty incident (MCI) when investigating officers developed immediate hand irritations when they searched her white Suburban SUV.

May 01, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | Crime


Thieves destroy food for needy

Thieves attempting to break into a Second Harvest Food Bank refrigerator truck trailer sometime over the weekend accomplished only one thing – the loss of $5,000 worth of perishable food stacked inside the trailer that arrived on Friday.

April 30, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | Crime


Vandals trash East Union, leave DNA spread at scene

Vandals trashed part of East Union High School in the predawn hours Saturday morning, smashing out the windshield and four side windows of a pickup truck in the motor pool and spreading human feces on a door and window to a classroom.

April 30, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | Crime


10 shots fired at Manteca Ambulance

A volley of gunfire directed at the Manteca Ambulance headquarters shortly before 11 p.m. Friday night shocked two ambulance medics as they were looking out the front window of the two-story building.

April 27, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | Crime


Federal agents help combat SJ County crime

A federal law enforcement crackdown on career criminals is helping local police agencies fight growing crime.

April 24, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | Crime


Armed robbery at Lathrop carwash

LATHROP – A man that asked for a "light" for his cigarette Thursday afternoon ended up taking a lot more.

April 22, 2013 | Jason Campbell | Crime


Pit bull killed after attacking woman, cops

COLTON (AP) - Authorities in San Bernardino County say a pit bull was shot and killed after it attacked and critically injured a 74-year-old woman then went after police officers who were trying to help her.

April 22, 2013 | | Crime


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Manteca man faces rape, kidnap & torture charges

A 20-year-old Manteca man is in San Joaquin County Jail facing seven felony and one misdemeanor charges with total bail set at nearly $1 million.

June 19, 2013 | Rose Albano-Risso | Crime


Manteca Police officer shoots dog off his leg

A black Labrador retriever was shot by a Manteca Police officer Wednesday afternoon as the dog punctured the patrolman's leg in the Save Mart Shopping Center parking lot in the 1100 block of North Main Street.

June 06, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | Crime


Manteca skeleton is that of missing woman

Skeletal remains unearthed in the back yard of a south central Manteca home May 28 have been confirmed to be those of missing 36-year-old Stockton woman, Karen Michelle Sterzel. She has been missing for some 23 years.

June 06, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | Crime


Manteca investigation leads to almost 3 pounds of heroin

A narcotics probe that began in Manteca led Street Crimes Unit detectives to Stockton on Thursday where they located nearly three pounds of heroin with the assistance of the MPD Gang Unit.

June 04, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | Crime


Realignment, SJ County style, appears to reduce crime

Prison realignment - given how San Joaquin County is implementing it - may end up reducing crime.

May 31, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | Crime


City of Manteca pickup stolen then recovered

Two City of Manteca workers had a sigh of relief when their white Sierra GMC pickup truck was located by police officers at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the 300 block of East Alameda Street.

May 31, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | Crime


Did police dig up body in Manteca home’s yard?

Stockton police investigators have turned over the evidence they recovered last Thursday in a Manteca residential dig to the San Joaquin County Coroner's Office to determine if it is actually human remains.

May 29, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | Crime


Six clerks cited for selling alcohol to Manteca minors

Agents of the California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) along with Manteca

May 28, 2013 | | Crime


Hunt for missing person leads to officers digging up Manteca yard

Was there a person buried 23 years ago in the side yard of a Manteca home?

May 24, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | Crime


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