DELANO -
Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) officials are investigating the death of an inmate as a homicide. Around 6:30 a.m. Saturday, March 24, staff members were performing security checks on Facility C and found inmate Daniel Muniz, 33, unresponsive in his cell.
An alarm was sounded and responding staff immediately removed cellmate Toribio Mendoza, 36, from the cell and administered life-saving measures on Muniz. Muniz was transported to an outside hospital for treatment of serious head injuries. He was pronounced dead there at 10:51 p.m. Friday, June 1.
SACRAMENTO - With the Fourth of July Holiday just around the corner, CAL FIRE announced one of the largest seizures of illegal fireworks in state history today. 
FRESNO - Everitt Aaron Jameson, 26, of Modesto, pleaded guilty today to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott made the announcement.
FRESNO - Fernando Alanis, 55, of Rio Grande City, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to three years and three months in prison for two counts of mail fraud related to an unemployment insurance fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
FRESNO - Elias Muhammad, 21, of Fresno, was arraigned today for a two-count indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. A federal grand jury returned the indictment against him on May 24, 2018. According to court documents, Muhammad posted pictures of himself holding a firearm that was stamped “Detroit PD.” Investigators later recovered the firearm at a residence in Fresno where Muhammad had been staying. As a previously convicted felon, Muhammad is prohibited from possessing a firearm.
MADERA – After last night’s primary only one thing is certain, David Rogers will be returning to the Madera County Board of Supervisors for a third term in District 2. The Madera County Supervisors race up the mountain in District 5 between Tom Wheeler and Marc Sobel is too close to call with Wheeler barely over the 50% threshold.
MENDOTA - On June 2, 2018, just before 5:30 pm, Fresno County Sheriff’s dispatchers received an emergency call saying a man and a young girl had been swept away in the San Joaquin River. Deputies and our EAGLE One helicopter responded to the area where they were last seen, which was at the intersection of San Mateo Rd. and the river in Mendota. 
