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MADERA – While the investigation into Monday's case of attempted murder on a Peace Officer continues, Sheriff John Anderson says Sheriff’s Detectives counted at least 44 shots fired from a pickup during a pursuit that started near Chowchilla.
Abel Andrew Ramos sits behind bars now facing multiple counts of Attempted Murder on a Peace Officer, armed with a firearm while in the commission of a felony, and possession of stolen property. His bail is currently set at $1,050,000.00.
MADERA - Early Wednesday night officers from the Madera Police Department were dispatched to the area of Kennedy & Ellis in regards to a shooting. A witness had called Police dispatch and reported that occupants of a vehicle had shot at occupants of another vehicle at this intersection.
Upon officers arrival they located the victims in a vehicle that had run off the road a short distance from this intersection. One victim was transported to Madera Community Hospital and the other was transported to Regional Medical Center in Fresno.
MADERA - The Madera Police Department has released the name of a transient man killed last Friday in a fight with another transient. Police say Richard Lowery got into a fight with Kenneth Sandlin around 4:30pm behind a gas station at the corner of Toser Street and East Yosemite Avenue.
Lowery died Friday evening of blunt force trauma following the fight. The 58 year old Sandlin was sought by the police who they say is extremely violent. Saturday evening Officer Mike Powell of the Madera Police Department located and arrested Sandlin without incident.
KERMAN – Mayor Gary Yep and City Manager Luis Patlan of Kerman, Calif. joined officials of ConEdison Solutions and Borrego Solar Systems today to dedicate a state-of-the-art solar installation at the City of Kerman’s wastewater treatment plant.
By tapping solar power as an energy source, taxpayers will enjoy approximately 40-percent net reduction in the treatment plant’s electricity costs -- a savings of more than $95,000 per year. In addition to cost savings, the use of clean and renewable solar power brings an array of environmental benefits and helps reduce America’s dependence on overseas fuel supplies.
MADERA - As the city of Madera prepares for the third annual Madera Pomegranate Festival on November 2, current mayor Robert Poythress and former mayor Brett Frazier have teamed up to create a video promoting the upcoming event. The video, a parody of the popular song Thrift Shop, is a follow up to last year’s video which was a parody of Party Rock. Frazier appeared in last year’s video as well.
MADERA - A Madera County Superior Court jury has found Valentino Torres, 44, of Madera, guilty of felony animal cruelty, according to Michael R. Keitz, District Attorney for Madera County.
FRESNO - After an eleven-year legal battle that involved four different law firms, the city of Madera has settled the lawsuit that resulted from the 2002 shooting of 24 year-old boxer Everado Torres.
The settlement was reached Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Fresno as lawyers prepared for jury selection. The city has agreed to pay the Torres family $775,000 which is just $20,000 more than was offered to them when the city attempted to settle this case in 2004.
