Archive By Section - Crime
Burglaries on upswing in Manteca as violence drops
Manteca is experiencing a surge in residential and auto burglaries while the value of what is being stolen has dropped.
Fireplace poker then, gun now
An earlier grisly murder conviction handed down more than two decades ago when he was only 13, has Juan Valdez, 37, now facing the death penalty if found guilty of shooting his long-time girlfriend to death last week in French Camp.
Woman killed at her home in French Camp
FRENCH CAMP - A 40-year-old French Camp woman was shot and killed in her home in the 10200 block of South Janet Road about 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
Prowler triggers wild chase
It was a cat and mouse chase at high speed that put a man in jail after reportedly ramming a resident's vehicle who gave chase on the heels of an alleged prowling incident Tuesday morning.
Free etching combats catalytic converter theft
You wake up in the morning, get ready for work and walk out into your driveway to start your car.
Suspect in stand-off is 32-year-old Mantecan
A man that squared off with police in a propane company parking lot Wednesday night and forced a four-hour closure of Highway 99 in both directions has been arrested.
Manteca Police: Charges still pending in late-night shooting
Manteca Police still don't quite know what happened Thursday night in an apparent shooting at a home on El Dorado Street that left a mother of three with serious injuries.
Manteca woman shot before midnight; airlifted from Sequoia School playing field
A Manteca female with life threatening injuries from a gunshot wound was airlifted out of Manteca at around 12:45 a.m. today and taken to a trauma center.
Man in stand-off had replica of semi- automatic weapon
A handgun located at the scene where a man engaged police in a four-hour stand-off Wednesday night at a propane company on the southwest corner of the Highway 99 and South Austin Road intersection turned out to be an air soft gun that replicated an authentic semi-automatic handgun, according to a Manteca Police report.
STAND-OFF CLOSES HIGHWAY 99
• Man crashes into propane yard • Causes propane pump fire • Tries to steal propane tank truck • Man apparently was shot A four-hour stand-off between police and a gunman at a Manteca propane yard that closed Highway 99 creating massive traffic back-ups ended with the man being taken to a Modesto hospital. The incident started shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday when witnesses said a man rammed his truck through the fence of the ...
Police capture vehicle burglar suspect in SUV
A man suspected of burglarizing a number of vehicles was taken out of a burgundy SUV at gunpoint and arrested by Manteca Police at about 8 a.m. Wednesday in a south central Manteca residential neighborhood.
Law career class learns about high-risk arrests
California Highway Patrol officer James Smith displayed some of the proper techniques on making a high-risk felony arrest on Friday.
FBI ends well search for Speed Freak Killers’ victims
LINDEN (AP) - The abandoned well painstakingly excavated over the past six weeks in remote eastern San Joaquin County countryside turned up no human remains, and the death-row inmate isn't talking anymore. So the FBI announced Thursday it is no longer actively looking for long-lost missing persons thought to be victims of the notorious "Speed Freak Killers."
House loses big time
An illegal casino in the heart of downtown Manteca went bust Wednesday. Law enforcement raided a storefront masquerading as a legitimate business center in the 100 block of North Maple Avenue several doors down from the post office. Police reported finding a dozen adults involved in slot machine-style gambling on more than 30 computers when they served a search warrant about 11:30 a.m. to a lone clerk working in the Delta Business Center. The operation ...
Escalon Police pursuit ends with crash on Yosemite near UP Tracks in Manteca
A police pursuit from Escalon to the heart of Manteca in the predawn hours Sunday led to a crash on Yosemite Avenue near the UP Railroad tracks where a 24-year-old motorist was taken into custody by Manteca and Escalon officers.
Articles by Section - Crime
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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