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FRESNO - On October 9th, 2018, Fresno County Jail Inmate Clarence Kozlowski experienced chest pains and was transported to Community Medical Medical Center for treatment. 85 year old Kozlowski would remain in the hospital until October 21st when he passed away. On October 22nd, an autopsy was performed on Kozlowski. Nothing suspicious was discovered. A cause of death is pending test results.

On September 14, 2018, Sheriff's homicide detectives arrested 84 year old Clarence Kozlowski of Coalinga. He was booked into the Fresno County Jail on a murder charge. Earlier inthe day Officers from the Coalinga Police Department responded to a home on the 300 block of Jefferson St. on a request for help.

FRESNO - Southeast Special Response Team Officer Sergio Gonzalez and Officer Steve Baiza responded Wednesday evening to the area of Chestnut Ave and Florence Ave regarding a call for service of 14 shots fired. Southeast Patrol Officers also responded to the call and canvassed the area.

While canvassing the area, SRT Officer Baiza observed two men in the 2200 block S Garden Avenue run into a house as they were approaching. SRT Officers stopped at the home and contacted 25 year-old Nathan James, a Bond Street Bulldog Associate near the open garage. James was intoxicated and when questioned, denied having knowledge of shots fired in the area.

FRESNO - The man riding a motorcycle who crashed and died after evading a Fresno County Sheriff’s deputy has been identified as 46 year old Robert Cooper of Clovis.

Just after midnight on Wednesday, a Fresno County Sheriff’s deputy activated his lights and siren in an attempt to make a traffic stop on a motorcycle rider at the intersection of Van Ness and Gettysburg Avenues in Fresno. The rider, later identified as Robert Cooper, refused to pull over. Instead, he sped away, reaching speeds over 90 mph.

FRESNO - Around 4:30 pm on Saturday, Fresno County Sheriff’s dispatchers received a call of an injured person inside a home on the 6800 block of W. Clinton Ave. in Fresno. Deputies arrived and found Javier Vera, 54, of Fresno who had been shot and was deceased.

Deputies learned that the husband and wife had been involved in a verbal argument, which escalated into physical fight. At one point, the man began to choke the woman. A short time later, the couple’s 16 year old son fired a gun, striking his father. The boy then dialed 911 to report what happened. Deputies responded, detained the boy and secured the gun.

FRESNO - Rafael Delatorre, 33, of Fresno, California, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to using a communication facility to facilitate a drug trafficking crime, United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. 

According to court documents, on April 15, 2016, Delatorre used a cellular telephone to communicate with a local drug dealer and an out-of-town drug courier to coordinate the transfer of more than 30 pounds of methamphetamine.

FRESNO -  Javier Beltran, 34, of Strathmore, California, pleaded guilty today to two counts of use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.

According to court documents, Beltran was a member of a conspiracy to commit a series of armed robberies of gas stations, convenience stores, and liquor stores from May 19, 2016, until July 26, 2017. The indictment alleges that Beltran and his conspirators committed at least seven armed robberies in Tulare and Kern Counties between May 2016 and January 2017. The next month, Beltran and his associates travelled to Nebraska, where they committed two more robberies. They then returned to California, where they committed three more armed robberies.