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NEWMAN – A valley-wide manhunt has resulted in the capture of Gustavo Perez Arriaga (32) and two other men that helped the suspected cop killer flee the Stanislaus area. Arriaga is suspected of the killing of Newman Police Officer Ronil Singh (33) during a traffic stop just before 1:00 AM on Wednesday morning 12/26/18.

The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office says that Arriaga was taken into custody in Cpl. Singh's handcuffs in Kern County early Friday morning. The suspect was found nearly 200 miles away in the Kern County town of Lamont in a house that was being monitored by law enforcement for the last 24 hours. Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson says Arriaga was attempting to make his way to Mexico when he was arrested.

SELMA - Property crimes detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office are asking for the public to help them find 26 year old Marco Antonio Perez of Selma. Around 12:30 pm on December 6th, a group of workers were pruning a vineyard off a dirt road north of Floral Avenue, west of S. Jameson Ave. 

Three men in a black Dodge Durango drove up, got out and demanded the workers hand over their money.  The suspects, two Hispanic and one African American, wore hooded sweatshirts and masks.  One was armed with a handgun and another man had a knife.  A contractor, who was paying the employees at the time, had a large amount of cash taken from them. 

CARUTHERS - Property crimes detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office have arrested three people for their involvement in a total of six armed robberies. They are 36 year old Alfredo Garza, 33 year old Carlos Zuniga and 19 year old Vanessa Magana-Infante. All are from Lemoore and face felony charges for robbery. Zuniga’s bail is set at $175,000 and MaganaInfantes’ bail is $55,000.

The six robberies occurred at different businesses between November 14th and December 3rd. Five took place in Caruthers and the other one in Laton. All of them involved similar methods where one or two of the men entered the stores wearing masks and hooded sweatshirts. They pointed handguns at the clerks and demanded cash. In some cases, the suspects also stole alcohol and cigarettes. Garza and Zuniga are known to have entered the stores, whereas, Magana-Infante served as the getaway driver in at least one of the robberies.