Madera
CRIME & SAFETY
Not your typical DUI: Driver busted with 25 pounds of pot and a buzz in Madera
MADERA, Calif. (FOX26) — The California Highway Patrol busted a driver with over 25 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop in Madera. CHP pulled a white Mercedes over on Avenue 12 around 10:00 p.m. on Monday for a vehicle code violation. They say the 24-year-old driver from Visalia...
Madera Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Fentanyl Distribution Resulting in Youth's Death
A Madera County man has been handed a decade-long prison sentence for the distribution of fentanyl that led to the death of a person under 21, unfolding an earnest reminder of the shadow the opioid crisis casts upon our communities. Yovany Ramirez, 29, of Madera, faced the reckoning of his actions in a federal courtroom where U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston sentenced him to 10 years behind bars, as announced by U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert.
‘Soiled Doves’ refused to fly the coup
Sheriff John Jones. shown here, tried his best to rid Madera of its Red-Light District, but it was just too well entrenched. No one has ever pretended that Madera didn’t have its share of bawdy houses. Most assuredly it did. In the early part of the 20th century, its red-light district operated with impunity along F Street between Yosemite Avenue and 4th Street. However, it was always considered an eyesore and embarrassment by most members of Madera’s polite society. Therefore, local lawmen decided to do something about the problem. On May, 9, 1903, Sheriff John Jones put the denizens of the tenderloin district on notice that their days in Madera were numbered. After an interview with a Madera Mercury reporter, Jones’s warning came out in print.
No major injuries in 3-car crash
A Nissan Frontier sits overturned after hitting a curb and a power pole during an accident on June 26 that involved three vehicles. Fortunately, no major injuries were reported, and everyone was wearing a seatbelt. California Highway Patrol Madera officers responded to a three-vehicle traffic crash on Avenue 17, at...
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