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Atwater special education teacher arrested, officials say
ATWATER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A special education teacher in an Atwater high school has been arrested and accused of engaging in “inappropriate conduct” with students, the Merced Union High School District announced. Officials with the district said Julio Barcelo, a special education teacher at Buhach Colony High School in Atwater, has been arrested by the […]
‘Heartbreaking’: Man arrested in connection with Atwater homicide
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A man has been arrested in connection with a homicide investigation in Merced County, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office announced. Dispatchers received a call for an unresponsive person near Vine Avenue and Fruitland Avenue around 7:45 p.m. on Thursday in Atwater, an area that deputies describe as a typically quiet […]
Man wanted in connection to Merced homicide
MERCED, Calif (FOX26) — Merced Police Department says three men are wanted as they are connected to a May 2024 homicide investigation. MPD says on May 13, 2024, at approximately 8:00 in the evening Officers from MPD responded to a a shooting in the 1700 block of Conestoga Drive.
3 indicted after prison guard dies in drug smuggling attempt
ATWATER, Calif. - One inmate and two civilians were indicted following the death of a correctional officer at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater Thursday. Court documents allege USP Atwater inmate Jamar Jones, 35, and Jermen Rudd III, 37, with Stephanie Ferreira, 35, conspired to bring narcotics to the prison for Jones to sell.
3 charged after Atwater prison worker dies, DOJ says
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The three people arrested following the death of a worker at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater have been formally charged by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), federal officials announced on Thursday. According to the DOJ, a federal grand jury has indicted 35-year-old Jamar Jones (an inmate at U.S. Penitentiary in […]
Three Charged in Conspiracy to Smuggle "Spice" into Atwater Penitentiary Leading to Staff Member's Death
Three individuals have been charged by a federal grand jury in a conspiracy to distribute narcotics within the confines of the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater, following the tragic death of a staff member, the U.S. Attorney's Office reported. In a scheme that ended in a fatality, Jamar Jones, an inmate; Stephanie Ferreira, from Indiana; and Jermen Rudd III, from Missouri; are accused of plotting to smuggle drugs into the prison for Jones to sell.
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