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Free Landlord/Property Managment Training

MODESTO, CA- The Modesto Police Department is offering free
Landlord/Property Management training from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on Thursday March
13, 2008 at the Modesto Police...

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Shooting Occures In Shopping Center Parking Lot

Modesto, CA – Two men were arrested February 22, 2008 after a dangerous shooting in a busy shopping center parking lot. One of the suspects, 18-year-old Albert Rangel of...

Drive By Shooting Injures One

Modesto, CA - Modesto Police detectives are investigating a drive by shooting that left one man injured in southwest Modesto.
On Saturday, February 16, 2008, at 3:33 p.m....

Burglar Caught After Victim Calls 9-1-1

MODESTO, CA – Modesto Police officers arrested a 36-year-old Modesto parolee this morning after he attempted to break into a house he thought was un-occupied.  
The...

Agents Seize Millions in Methamphetamine

STEVINSON, CA – Several drug enforcement agencies came
together yesterday to serve a search warrant at a house in Stevinson where a
suspected clandestine methamphetamine lab...

License and Sobriety Checkpoints

Modesto, CA – The
Modesto Police
Department’s Traffic Unit will be conducting two separate sobriety and driver’s
license checkpoints during the month of...

Gunmen Arrested During Traffic Stop

MODESTO, CA – Two men are in custody today after robbing one person, and attempting to rob another, with a rifle On February 13, 2008 Morning.
On February 13, 2008...

Long, but Fruitful Days for Drug Enforcement Teams

MODESTO, CA – Officers and Deputies assigned to special enforcement
teams at the Modesto Police Department and Stanislaus County Sheriff’s
Department worked all day...

Alert Neighbor Catches Burglars Red-Handed

MODESTO, CA – Modesto Police Officers arrested two men on burglary charges yesterday afternoon after a neighbor doing yard work became suspicious of a vehicle parked...

MPD Invited to Attend Accreditation Committee Hearing in Atlanta

MODESTO, CA – Modesto Police Chief Roy Wasden and Modesto City Mayor Jim Ridenour will be among several city officials attending a CALEA re-accreditation hearing in Atlanta,...

Deceased Woman Found In Local Motel

Modesto, CA – On Monday, February 4, 2008, at approximately 1:37 p.m., officers were dispatched to investigate the report of a deceased female found at Motel 6 in Modesto.
...

Citizen's Tip Leads Investigators to Drugs, Guns, And Cash

Modesto, CA - Investigators from the Modesto Police Narcotics Enforcement Team (MNET), the Street Crimes Unit (SCU) and the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office STING Unit served...

Gang Fight Outside of Mall Leads to Stabbing

Wanted Parolee Shot By Officers

MODESTO, CA – A 22-year-old Modesto man with a parole warrant for his arrest was shot by Modesto Police officers after they stopped him in a stolen vehicle yesterday...

Four Arrested After Businesses Call Police

MODESTO, CA – Modesto Police officers arrested four people yesterday after employees reported suspicious circumstances in their parking lots. The cases involved drugs, warrants...

Officers Find Loaded Firearm after Suspects Run

MODESTO, CA – Officers found a loaded .38 caliber hand gun near a vehicle that attempted to flee from officers during a traffic stop. The driver of the vehicle, 23-year-old...

Mesa Police Department News On February 4, 2008

Date - 02/04/2008  
Time - 01:50 AM  
Narrative - Officers responded to Groggy's Bar reference two males that pulled a knife on the bartender. ...

A Man With A Gun Arrested Outside Restaurant

MODESTO, CA – A man on a motorcycle was arrested for
possessing a loaded firearm in public as officers were responding to a report of
a robbery.
Japlinpano’s...