MADERA COUNTY– Following are details from the Madera County Sheriff’s Office of reports taken locally from Monday, May 21 to Sunday, May 27, 2018. Ahwahnee violation of restraining order, methamphetamine possession On Monday, May 21 at 12:52 a.m. deputies were dispatched regarding the alleged violation to a restraining order. The male was contacted and found to be in possession of ...

OAKHURST – An Oakhurst man who was involved in a serious accident on Highway 41 in Oakhurst two weeks ago has died, according to the Fresno County Coroner’s Office. Forrest Null, 69, passed away at Community Regional Medical Center on May 20. Mr. Null suffered major injuries in a two-vehicle accident that occurred just after 11 a.m. on May 6, ...

BASS LAKE – The former branch manager at Yosemite Bank in Oakhurst will remain behind bars at least until his next court appearance in two weeks. Donald Eaves, 53, appeared in Bass Lake Superior Court this morning for a bail review hearing. He is charged with 32 counts of grand theft and embezzlement. However, the District Attorney’s Office has made ...

MADERA – A Coarsegold resident has been charged in connection with crimes that allegedly occurred in Oakhurst at the Yosemite Bank branch office, according to Madera County District Attorney David Linn. Donald Eric Eaves, 53, has been charged with thirty two counts of grand theft and embezzlement. Mr. Eaves, the former branch manager for Yosemite Bank in Oakhurst, was arraigned ...

MADERA COUNTY– Following are details from the Madera County Sheriff’s Office of reports taken locally from Monday, May 7 to Sunday, May 13, 2018. North Fork danger to self On Monday, May 7 at 1 a.m. a deputy was dispatched regarding a report of a female subject causing a disturbance and making statements of causing harm to others. Subject was ...

OAKHURST – A single-vehicle rollover crash brought traffic to a standstill on Highway 49 near Harmony Lane on Friday evening. At 10:11 p.m., a 24-year-old Mariposa man was southbound on Highway 49 when he allowed his 2003 Ford F250 to drift onto the right shoulder, causing him to over-correct and roll, according to CHP. The truck came to rest on ...

OAKHURST — A multi-vehicle accident before noon on Sunday caused major injuries to at least one driver, and closed a portion of Highway 41 for more than two hours. Just after 11 a.m., CHP says Oakhurst resident Forrest Null, 69, was driving a 2010 Ford Fusion northbound on Highway 41, and was stopped at the stoplight at the intersection of ...

OAKHURST – A Coarsegold woman has been arrested on charges of embezzling more than $40,000 from an Oakhurst business. In November 2017, Madera County Sheriff’s detectives were contacted by the owner of Fullmer’s Appliance Repair, a local family-owned business in Oakhurst, regarding possible embezzlement. After a lengthy investigation, Sheriff’s detectives positively identified the suspect as Heather Marie Stieler, who was ...

MADERA COUNTY– Following are details from the Madera County Sheriff’s Office of reports taken locally from Monday, Apr. 23 to Sunday, Apr. 29, 2018. Oakhurst theft of gasoline On Monday, Apr. 23 at 7:12 a.m. a deputy was dispatched to the 49000 block of Golden Oak Loop for the theft of fuel and a gas cap from a van. There ...

BASS LAKE – An Ahwahnee man found guilty of murder on Feb. 21 was sentenced today in Bass Lake Superior Court. Craig Fetty, 30, was convicted of beating and stabbing to death Dennis Dolan, 68, also of Ahwahnee. The jury found Fetty guilty of first degree murder with the special allegation of use of a deadly weapon, first degree burglary, ...