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A 72-year-old San Andreas man suffered moderate injuries when he rolled his car Saturday, and authorities are investigating whether he was driving drunk. According to the California Highway Patrol, A Charlesworth was driving a 2003 Ford pickup north on Highway 49 near Union Mine Road when the accident occurred at 5:15 p.m.
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Ignacio Pizano's forearm used to bear a tattoo of a devil smoking a marijuana joint. Other body art left no doubt about his allegiance to the drug-fueled violence that left him facing a life sentence at 15.
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Retired Sgt. Erik Neuman, testifying Friday in the lawsuit against Sheriff Adam Christianson, said the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department found a way to accommodate his on-the-job injury.
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One of the two inmates accused of killing an Atwater prison guard was so drunk on a potent brew dubbed "White Lightning," he couldn't understand an FBI agent's Miranda warnings afterward, defense attorneys claim in revealing new documents filed in federal court.
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Modesto police are looking for a man who they say committed an armed robbery at a south Modesto grocery store Thursday night.
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A 48-year-old Turlock man was arrested Thursday on charges of soliciting a 15-year-old girl for sex, police reported.
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A fight between friends turned violent Thursday afternoon.
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In an effort to curb gang violence, more than 100 peace officers from local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies are making their way around Stanislaus County on parole and probation sweeps. Some 115 gang members are the target of the sweep that will continue through the evening.
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Someone made off with the Tuolumne River Trust’s van just when it’s needed most — to shuttle participants in the annual Paddle to the Sea. The van was stolen Wednesday or early today in Oakland, said Eric Wesselman, executive director of the preservation group.
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A Modesto man faces federal drug and weapons charges in connection with the distribution of the painkiller Oxycodone, authorities said. A federal grand jury returned an indictment Thursday charging Banipal Bedjan, 45, with two counts of possession of Oxycodone for purposes of distribution and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon, the United States Attorney’s office said in a news release.
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Prosecutors Thursday filed new charges against a 53-year-old Turlock man found not guilty of murder in the death of another man in a suspected road rage case from 2010. Michael Joseph Hoyt, 53, appeared in Stanislaus County Superior Court on the new charges, which stem from a fight he had with Ken Winter, 67, of Hilmar outside of Turlock.
