Juan Jose Lugo Garcia, 28, was arrested in Turlock on suspicion of being connected to an armed robbery in November 2025, and ...

January 10, 2026 – Merced County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on detectives have arrested a 28-year-old Turlock man in connection with an armed robbery that occurred in November 2025. The ...

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The Merced County Deputy Sheriff’s Association and the County of Merced have begun the bargaining process but have yet to agree on a new contract. The DSA, which represents roughly 100 members ...

A 16-year-old has been arrested on attempted murder charges for a shooting that happened in Winton on Dec. 26, the Merced ...

Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke speaks at a news conference after a Merced family was kidnapped at gunpoint from their trucking business in October 2022. The four family members, including an ...

Detectives from the Merced County Sheriff’s Department arrested a 28-year-old Turlock man on Friday for an armed robbery that ...

A 24-year-old man was hospitalized after a shooting in Merced County Friday, the county sheriff’s office said. The sheriff’s office said that deputies responded to the 300 block of E. Childs Avenue at ...

All four bodies of the people who were kidnapped from a business in Merced County earlier this week have been found. Saturday, October 8, 2022 MERCED, Calif. -- Authorities in Merced County have ...

The Merced County animal shelter, which had to stop taking in dogs due to an outbreak of a dangerous illness on Dec. 18, is ...

In Merced County, which stretches from the Sierra Nevada foothills west across vast acres of orchards and farmland, Sheriff Vern Warnke increasingly finds himself the only law enforcement officer ...

In Merced County, which stretches from the Sierra Nevada foothills west across vast acres of orchards and farmland, Sheriff Vern Warnke increasingly finds himself the only law enforcement officer ...