Crime and Public Safety

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (384+ words) The Fresno man accused of stabbing a senior deputy district attorney in the back while in Courthouse Park this summer pleaded not guilty Wednesday. Dustin Crawford, 42, is charged with several felonies and enhancements, including assault on a public official, attempted…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (28+ words) The Fresno Fire Department is investigating a fire at an apartment in northeast Fresno. The Fresno Fire Department is investigating a fire at an apartment in northeast Fresno....

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (205+ words) A former prosecutor turned defense attorney and a senior lawyer with the Fresno County Public Defender’s Office will compete for one of the open judge positions in Fresno County. Jeff Hammerschmidt was the top vote getter in the June primary,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (89+ words) Fresno police have identified the suspects officers are searching for following a deadly shooting outside a liquor store. Police say 26-year-old Malik Upshaw is wanted for murder and 20-year-old Sakilian Drum is wanted for assault with a deadly weapon. On…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (274+ words) A verbal argument in a northeast Fresno liquor store parking lot turned deadly Thursday night, leaving a 25-year-old man dead. Fresno police say a ShotSpotter alert reported gunfire just after 10:30 p.m. outside Bulldog Liquor, after which officers responded to a verbal-disturbance…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (324+ words) Three enlisted U.S. Navy personnel were hospitalized after a fight broke out at a house party in Northwest Fresno and turned into a stabbing late Friday night. Two of the victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries, while a third sustained serious wounds but…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (89+ words) Three people were hospitalized Friday afternoon after a large fight in Fresno. Officers responded to the altercation around 5:30 p.m. in the 2500 block of East Lewis Avenue, near Fresno Street. When officers arrived, they found seven people injured. Three were taken to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (50+ words) One person was arrested in connection with an alleged arson fire at the Bank of America in southeast Fresno, according to the Fresno Fire Department. One person was arrested in connection with an alleged arson fire at the Bank of…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (288+ words) Police initiated Operation Bulldog two weeks ago and during that time officers made hundreds of arrests. The Central Fresno neighborhood near Tyler and Thresta Avenues is a major hotspot for gang activity. Violent assaults like one that left a man…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (98+ words) A pedestrian was seriously injured Saturday after being struck by a vehicle near downtown Fresno. The crash happened at 8:35 p.m. at N. Calaveras Street and E. Voorman Avenue, next to Dickey Playground. Officers arrived and found the pedestrian injured after he had been…...