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- ( 03-22-08 ) - [1] Shooting victim identified
- ( 03-13-08 ) - Gunfire {in Pixley} leaves teen hospitalized

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- ( 01-28-08 ) - Authorities seek help finding convenience store bandits
- ( 01-19-08 ) - Stabbing case heading to trial

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- ( 12-27-07 ) - 4 arrested in 2 separate searches
- ( 12-17-07 ) - Deputy shot, killed - Suspect being held without bail

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- ( 11-27-07 ) - Search yields arrests, drugs, guns, cash {and gang activity}
- ( 11-19-07 ) - Gang sweep nets 14 arrests {in Orosi and Cutler}
- ( 11-08-07 ) - Gang summit to tackle gang violence
- ( 11-03-07 ) - Gang activity not suspected {yet} in stabbing
- ( 11-02-07 ) - Police respond to apparent stabbing

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- ( 10-23-07 ) - Information sought in shooting
- ( 10-19-07 ) - Deputies find marijuana garden
- ( 10-19-07 ) - Police peg skinhead as main suspect in knifing incident
- ( 10-13-07 ) - Man sent to jail in Lower Coffee Camp shooting
- ( 10-12-07 ) - Teenager arrested in graffiti probe
- ( 10-12-07 ) - Searches cut into pot cultivation
- ( 10-11-07 ) - Police shut down marijuana operation
- ( 10-11-07 ) - Suspect arrested in knife-assault case
- ( 10-11-07 ) - County, Visalia to host gang summit
- ( 10-10-07 ) - [6] One victim {Xavier Taylor} in Friday night shooting dies
- ( 10-10-07 ) - Skinhead released by police
- ( 10-09-07 ) - Shooting linked to gangs

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- ( 09-25-07 ) - Police probe weekend shootings
- ( 09-25-07 ) - Man robbed near theater
- ( 09-24-07 ) - One man stabbed, another injured
- ( 09-21-07 ) - Homicide suspect {Armando Ramon Ojedo} remains at large
- ( 09-19-07 ) - Concealed weapon found during stop
- ( 09-18-07 ) - [4][5] Man, woman shot to death
- ( 09-15-07 ) - Police crackdown on gangs nets more suspects
- ( 09-15-07 ) - Hearing delayed for pair of shooting suspects
- ( 09-12-07 ) - Rash of crimes leaves victims injured, dead
- ( 09-12-07 ) - Police sweep targets gangs
- ( 09-08-07 ) - [3] Suspect jailed in city’s third homicide of ’07
- ( 09-05-07 ) - Shooting classified as murder attempt
- ( 09-05-07 ) - Cops ID shooting victim
- ( 09-04-07 ) - Arrests made in murder attempt

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- ( 08-28-07 ) - [2] Man shot to death outside local market
- ( 08-23-07 ) - Bust may be turned over to feds
- ( 08-18-07 ) - PPD brings down meth operation
- ( 08-16-07 ) - ‘Main Line’ suspects to face trial
- ( 08-11-07 ) - Williams’ cause of death confirmed
- ( 08-11-07 ) - Poplar man shot in his home
- ( 08-07-07 ) - Sweep nets 50 gang members
- ( 08-04-07 ) - Porterville targets gangs in four-day crackdown
- ( 08-04-07 ) - Police identify {Clenon Ian Williams} as homicide victim
- ( 08-03-07 ) - [1] Passerby discovers body of {first} homicide victim

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- ( 07-27-07 ) - Gang Watchers {PDF} Letter to the Editor regarding homicide drop
- ( 07-27-07 ) - Homicide drop shows unpredictability of stats
- ( 07-24-07 ) - {White} Racist group warned
- ( 07-21-07 ) - {Lindsay} Kidnap attempt suspect arrested
- ( 07-21-07 ) - Racist flyer found in mailboxes
- ( 07-19-07 ) - Deputies nab suspects in two recent {Ivanhoe} murders
- ( 07-14-07 ) - Gracia gets life in prison
- ( 07-13-07 ) - Fugitive sought in shooting {in Goshen}
- ( 07-13-07 ) - Man gets 64-month sentence
- ( 07-12-07 ) - Midnight stop yields five {Northern} gang arrests
- ( 07-11-07 ) - Ex-fireman accepts {graffiti} vandalism blame
- ( 07-03-07 ) - Man arrested in ‘06 {Donald Nathan Buford} homicide

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- ( 06-30-07 ) - Gang activities restrict recreation above Springville
- ( 06-25-07 ) - Norteno sweep nets 60 arrests
- ( 06-21-07 ) - Home search yields stash of marijuana
- ( 06-08-07 ) - Chammout admits to felony weapons possession
- ( 06-07-07 ) - Jury convicts pair on most felony charges
- ( 06-06-07 ) - A year later, father copes with loss of son

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- ( 05-24-07 ) - Prelim for three PHS students postponed
- ( 05-23-07 ) - Police using less force
- ( 05-18-07 ) - Firefighter accused of felony vandalism {painting graffiti}
- ( 05-17-07 ) - Police seek hit-and-run suspect
- ( 05-16-07 ) - Fight ends with 1 shot, 3 arrested
- ( 05-15-07 ) - Three held in suspected gang fight at Porterville Pizza Hut
- ( 05-12-07 ) - City grows, crime, too
- ( 05-12-07 ) - Police seeking robbery suspects
- ( 05-11-07 ) - Boy, 16, victim of carjackers
- ( 05-10-07 ) - Carranza preliminary postponed
- ( 05-10-07 ) - Judge sets date in Flores murder trial
- ( 05-10-07 ) - Pot plant farm found in forest
- ( 05-04-07 ) - Indoor pot operations shut down by {Porterville} police
- ( 05-01-07 ) - Deputies probe 3 assaults
- ( 05-01-07 ) - No charge filed in alleged abduction attempt

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- ( 04-26-07 ) - Police nab second abduction-attempt suspect
- ( 04-25-07 ) - Police arrest second suspect in attempted child abductions
- ( 04-25-07 ) - Police nab suspect in abduction attempt
- ( 04-24-07 ) - Arrest made in abduction attempts
- ( 04-23-07 ) - City on high alert after new child abduction attempt
- ( 04-23-07 ) - Shots fired into Porterville home: No injuries reported
- ( 04-21-07 ) - Another reported abduction attempt has parents on edge
- ( 04-19-07 ) - Assault suspects expelled {from Porterville High School}
- ( 04-02-07 ) - Family lashes out during {killer's} sentencing

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- ( 03-30-07 ) - Platas murder trial to begin Nov. 6
- ( 03-30-07 ) - Police, marshals seek Felix
- ( 03-30-07 ) - Lindsay murder suspect, ‘hostage' arrested
- ( 03-27-07 ) - Juvenile shot in Lindsay
- ( 03-26-07 ) - Man stabbed by unidentified suspect in Porterville
- ( 03-19-07 ) - Man shot, hospitalized in Lindsay
- ( 03-16-07 ) - Justice was served
- ( 03-14-07 ) - Search warrant leads to woman's arrest on drug-related charges
- ( 03-14-07 ) - Possible shooting {in Lindsay} prompts lockdown
- ( 03-02-07 ) - Police raid homes in drug busts

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- ( 02-27-07 ) - Body found in burning vehicle
- ( 02-23-07 ) - Porterville police arrest teens after shooting spree
- ( 02-23-07 ) - {Sanchez} Family finds hope in revived murder case in Strathmore
- ( 02-23-07 ) - Late-night bar stabbing leads to arrests
- ( 02-21-07 ) - Arrest made in 2002 Lindsay slaying
- ( 02-21-07 ) - Parolee was due in prison
- ( 02-19-07 ) - Car chase ends with arrest
- ( 02-17-07 ) - Year of the homicide
- ( 02-16-07 ) - Man in the middle of ‘Mainline' speaks out
- ( 02-14-07 ) - Waiting game for {Norteno} murder suspects begins
- ( 02-13-07 ) - Police hot on the heals of assault suspect
- ( 02-13-07 ) - Platas murder suspects {Norteno's} head to court
- ( 02-12-07 ) - Is it the end of {Nuestra Familia} Main Line ?
- ( 02-08-07 ) - No arrests in Tuesday assault {possible gang involvement}
- ( 02-07-07 ) - Deputies seek suspects in hit-and-run {possible gang involvement}
- ( 02-05-07 ) - Officer injured in pursuit {of Norteno}
- ( 02-03-07 ) - Porterville man shot, killed by Fresno police

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- ( 01-30-07 ) - Police seeking men in mugging
- ( 01-30-07 ) - Witness testifies in Platas death
- ( 01-27-07 ) - Jury finds Porterville man guilty of attempted murder
- ( 01-23-07 ) - Store owner shot in arm during robbery
- ( 01-23-07 ) - Witness' absence delays hearing
- ( 01-21-07 ) - Teen to stand trial for murder of his mother
- ( 01-21-07 ) - Men scheduled for prelim in Felix Platas Jr. homicide
- ( 01-13-07 ) - No prison time for former murder suspect ?
- ( 01-12-07 ) - Tipton man {Norteno Gang Member} could face death penalty
- ( 01-12-07 ) - {Police say} Assault cases not racially motivated
- ( 01-12-07 ) - Bail denied again for Talal Chammout
- ( 01-12-07 ) - Multi-agency effort leads to drug discovery
- ( 01-12-07 ) - Two arrested in pot bust
- ( 01-06-07 ) - Cold case revival yields two arrests
- ( 01-05-07 ) - Police investigate possible hate crimes {by gangs}

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- ( 12-30-06 ) - Tipton man will stand trial for alleged gang shooting
- ( 12-30-06 ) - Calderon pleads not guilty in Fox murder
- ( 12-30-06 ) - Charges against local man in the ‘terrorist' realm
- ( 12-29-06 ) - Three arrested in two unrelated drug investigations
- ( 12-23-06 ) - Porterville PD enters new era of enforcement
- ( 12-20-06 ) - {Norteno} Rape suspects in court
- ( 12-13-06 ) - Prelim is set in FBI gun case {additional charges pending}
- ( 12-09-06 ) - FBI mum on weapons arrest @ Trucker's Mini-Mart {possible gang related}
- ( 12-07-06 ) - 2 jailed for car shooting {in Strathmore}
- ( 12-07-06 ) - Report tells lurid tale of sex, drugs, and fraud
- ( 12-06-06 ) - City suffers 9th homicide of the year
- ( 12-06-06 ) - Authorities investigate Strathmore shooting

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- ( 11-30-06 ) - Three battered in separate attacks
- ( 11-30-06 ) - Double drug bust in Plainview
- ( 11-23-06 ) - Victim's family speaks out
- ( 11-21-06 ) - Man's death is 8th city homicide
- ( 11-16-06 ) - 6 nabbed in murder attempt
- ( 11-16-06 ) - Drug bust nets 2 arrests, 100 pounds of pot
- ( 11-13-06 ) - Police arrest 2 after narc raid
- ( 11-08-06 ) - 1,000 pot plants pulled in South Tulare County
- ( 11-04-06 ) - Two arrested for tagging new skate park

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- ( 10-26-06 ) - Porterville man stabbed, search on for suspect
- ( 10-21-06 ) - Major operation nets 10 arrests in laundering scheme
- ( 10-09-06 ) - Strathmore man shot in Terra Bella
- ( 10-07-06 ) - Murder suspect arrested
- ( 10-05-06 ) - Next step - Drug Court to honor grads
- ( 10-05-06 ) - Two arrested in connection with Terra Bella shooting
- ( 10-02-06 ) - Police investigate shooting in Terra Bella

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- ( 09-19-06 ) - Police investigating carjacking
- ( 09-18-06 ) - Arrests made after attempted homicide Saturday
- ( 09-13-06 ) - Reward offered in search for {Grandma Tienda's} killer
- ( 09-13-06 ) - Teen murdered in Terra Bella
- ( 09-12-06 ) - Charges dropped in Fox stabbing
- ( 09-09-06 ) - ‘Grandma Tienda' buried
- ( 09-07-06 ) - Stabbing leads to man's arrest
- ( 09-03-06 ) - Strathmore woman killed in armed robbery
- ( 09-03-06 ) - Two arrests made in Union Avenue homicide
- ( 09-01-06 ) - Operation nets suspect in Platas homicide case

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- ( 08-31-06 ) - SWAT action nets homicide suspect
- ( 08-31-06 ) - Suspects sought in July 30 homicide
- ( 08-24-06 ) - Two boys robbed at knifepoint
- ( 08-23-06 ) - 2 arrested on weapons and drug charges
- ( 08-21-06 ) - Flurry of drug activity uncovered
- ( 08-19-06 ) - UPDATE : Officers: drug incidents not related
- ( 08-19-06 ) - Routine traffic stop turns into drug bust
- ( 08-16-06 ) - 3 jailed in connection with local man's death
- ( 08-15-06 ) - Arrests made in Porterville’s latest suspected homicide
- ( 08-09-06 ) - 3 suspects arrested in drug seizure
- ( 08-07-06 ) - Friday shooting results in 5 arrests
- ( 08-02-06 ) - Stabbing victim in serious condition

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- ( 07-15-06 ) - Shooting victim died of blood loss
- ( 07-10-06 ) - Local churches help battle gangs with God

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- ( 06-07-04 ) - Mexico arrests drug cartel suspects {Jorge Aureliano Felix}
- ( 04-08-03 ) - The Prajedes Felix Sr. family of Porterville Arrested as Drug Family