COARSEGOLD – It was an all too familiar scene last night on Road 415 at Trabuco. Another driver arrested for felony DUI, another victim airlifted to the hospital in critical condition. At 6:28 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 22, Jonathan Olmedo, 32, of Coarsegold was westbound on Road 415 just before the Trabuco turnoff when, due to his high level of ...
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Help Identify 22-Mile House Credit Card Skimmer
WEST HOLLYWOOD – Sheriff John Anderson is releasing surveillance video showing a man in West Hollywood making a purchase with stolen credit card information swiped using a card skimmer the 22-Mile House back in November. “We are hoping that anyone who may be able to identify this man will come forward,” says Anderson.
Read More »Local Doctor Suffers Major Injuries When Hit By Alleged Drunk Driver
COARSEGOLD – A head-on collision near Mecca Lane on Sunday resulted in serious injury to a local doctor, and the arrest of the driver who crashed into him for driving under the influence. Cathy Ann Robertson, 52, of Los Banos was headed southbound on Highway 41 at 8:21 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 20 in a 2009 Toyota Camry. According to ...
Read More »Collision Near YLP Sends Local Doctor To The Hospital
OAKHURST – A head-on collision on Highway 41 just south of Yosemite Lakes Parkway has sent Dr. John McBride to the hospital, but staff at his practice say he is going to recover. The accident happened at 8:22 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 20 near YLP. CHP reports indicate only that someone from the crash was transported to Fresno Regional Medical ...
Read More »Thief Couldn't Stand The Heat – Turns Himself In
MADERA COUNTY – A second suspect wanted in connection with the scratcher heist at the 22-Mile House has turned himself in, according to Sheriff John Anderson. Robert Leroy Cave, 51, of Fresno, turned himself in to Fresno authorities late Friday night. Madera County Sheriff’s lead detective Adam McEwen has been investigating this case since November. He was notified that the ...
Read More »Families Devasted By The Death Of Teenager At YLP
COARSEGOLD – A tragic accident this morning has taken the life of 17-year-old Jacob Schumaker, a student at Yosemite High School and resident of Yosemite Lakes Park. Jacob was riding his skateboard down Yosemite Lakes Parkway at about 10:40 a.m on Saturday, Jan. 19, and apparently went through the stop sign at Road 400 and crossed into oncoming traffic, where ...
Read More »Tragic Accident Takes The Life Of 17-Year-Old At YLP
COARSEGOLD – A 17-year-old from the Yosemite Lakes Park area was killed this morning when he was struck by a minivan at the corner of Yosemite Lakes Parkway and Road 400. The teenager was skateboarding down the Parkway when he crossed into the pathway of a vehicle travelling east on Road 400 and was struck and killed. The accident happened ...
Read More »Fugitive Laying In Wait To Ambush Deputies, Says Sheriff's Office
COARSEGOLD — 41-year-old George Walter Rosenberg was found dead shortly before 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan 18, with a loaded rifle on his lap, according to the Madera County Sheriff’s Office. It was the culmination of a manhunt that began a few hours earlier in the winding roads just off Road 415 west of Coarsegold.
Read More »Teenager Crashes Right In Front Of Ambulance
COARSEGOLD – If one is going to crash their car, having an ambulance right behind you when it happens is not a bad thing. When Sarah White, 19, of Coarsegold, took her eyes off the road and landed upside down off the embankment, there was help just a few feet away.
Read More »Suspect Found Dead After Manhunt Near Coarsegold
COARSEGOLD – The subject of an all-out manhunt this afternoon was found dead behind a barn where he apparently hid his truck after attempting to run down a Madera County Sheriff’s Deputy. George Walter Rosenberg, 41, of Mariposa, was wanted on a no bail warrant for narcotics charges when a deputy spotted his vehicle in the Coarsegold area of Wells ...
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