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Single Vehicle Rollover Near Road 600

OAKHURST – A single vehicle accident on Highway 49 just south of Road 600 closed the northbound lane for abut 40 minutes yesterday morning. On Wednesday, Apr. 30, a 19-year-old Coarsegold man was northbound on Highway 49 when, for unknown reasons, he allowed his 1987 Nissan pickup to drift off the right shoulder of the road, striking a large oak ...

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Marijuana Investigation Continues In Mariposa County

MARIPOSA COUNTY – In the early morning hours of Wednesday Apr. 30, the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office, assisted by Yosemite National Park law enforcement and other partner law enforcement agencies, served search warrants at three Mariposa County residences. One warrant was served in the town of Mariposa, on Mariposa Street, and the other two were served within a few miles ...

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Get Notified Of Sex Offenders In Your Neighborhood

MARIPOSA COUNTY – The Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office has launched a new sex offender registration and public notification website called OffenderWatch®. The Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office will now be part of a nationwide network of over 5,000 law enforcement agencies. The new service is a citizen-friendly, easy to use website that enables citizens to search for potentially dangerous sex offenders ...

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Mariposa Sheriff Launches New Information Service

MARIPOSA COUNTY – The Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office will introduce a new communications service, effective Apr. 28, that allows them to send important, valuable community information directly to residents using the latest technology. “Nixle Community Information Service allows us to create and publish messages to be delivered to registered users instantly via cell phone text message, voice dial and/or email,” ...

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Take Back Drug Event Hailed A Success

MADERA COUNTY – The numbers are in and Sheriff John Anderson says this past weekend’s Take Back Drug event was a great success. On Saturday, Apr. 26, the Sheriff’s Office collected 127 pounds of unwanted drugs. The purpose of the event is to collect unused, unwanted or expired medications and destroy them in a non-hazardous manner, making sure none of ...

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Arson Case Goes To The Jury

MADERA COUNTY – After three months of testimony, dozens of witnesses and hundreds of exhibits, closing arguments in the trial of Kenneth Jackson and Alice Waterman wrapped up just before noon today, and the jury has begun their deliberations. The Coarsegold couple was arrested on June 25, 2013, following a string of suspicious fires in the Yosemite Lakes Park area ...

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Wilderness Marijuana Eradicated Near Mariposa

MARIPOSA COUNTY – Late Friday afternoon, Apr. 25, deputies from the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office, following up on a tip of a large marijuana grow in the Crown Lead Road area of Coulterville, located and eradicated 11,216 plants. This grow is believed to belong to Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations that have been operating in the area for some time.

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Ragsdale Sentencing Postponed Again

MADERA COUNTY – Family and friends of Gary and Laura Smalz were both frustrated and angry today when the sentencing of the man who took the life of the Ahwahnee couple back in 2012 was postponed once again. Gary Ragsdale, 43, of Madera, was arrested and charged with gross vehicular manslaughter and felony DUI on May 19, 2012, when he ...

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Closing Arguments Begin In Arson Trial

MADERA – The trial of a Coarsegold couple charged with arson and conspiracy is entering its final phase in Department 2 in Madera Superior Court. Kenneth Jackson and Alice Waterman were back in court this morning as the judge gave jury instructions in advance of closing arguments set for later today.

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