Reports of a suspicious vehicle in the Golf Avenue and Golf Links Drive area prompted the Lemoore Police Department to investigate. The call came in at about 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 30 and police officers promptly responded. Keep reading...
Nov 26 2018 - 3:38pm
A Kings County Sheriff’s officer, Sergeant Chris Barsteceanu, became the first law enforcement officer in California – and in the nation – to become a certified SWAT operator. The accreditation was recently established by the California Association of Tactical Officers (CATO) and will soon be adopted across the United States. Keep reading...
The Lemoore Police Department was kept busy early Saturday morning (Nov. 2). At approximately 4:18 a.m. officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle possibly “casing” a local neighborhood. Officers were told that one suspect was driving, and a second suspect was checking cars, perhaps to see if they were unlocked. Keep reading...
The Kings County Sheriff’s Department, with the aid of a drug-sniffing K-9, on Saturday, Oct. 13, arrested a Hanford man and convicted felon, on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and narcotics for sale and transportation of illegal drugs. Keep reading...
Lemoore police officers, working with their counterparts in Reedley and Corcoran, arrested a suspect in a Sept. 27 robbery of a check cashing business in Lemoore. During their initial investigation, officers learned that similar type of crimes had occurred in Reedley and Corcoran. Keep reading...
Oct 5 2018 - 10:39am
The Kings County Narcotics Task Force (KCNTF) and the Gang Task Force conducted a compliance check on Iona Avenue and discovered a large outdoor marijuana field – out of compliance with the county’s marijuana ordinance. Keep reading...
Lemoore police officers are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect who walked into a check-cashing business on North Lemoore Avenue and robbed it of an undisclosed amount of money. The incident occurred today (Sept. 27 at about 12:15 p.m. Keep reading...
A 41-year-old Lemoore man was arrested by Lemoore police officers Sept. 15, on suspicion of rape after police responded to Adventist Medical Center early Saturday morning where the victim reported the crime. Keep reading...
The Kings County Sheriff’s Office, assisted by the Lemoore Police Department, arrested and then booked into the Kings County Jail, a local man for pointing a laser at the department’s airplane on Sept. 13 as it flew over the city. Keep reading...
A Hanford man suspected in a domestic violence incident led Kings County sheriff’s deputies on a chase through the city of Hanford, and after pulling over, held a female victim hostage before deputies took the man to the ground and arrested him. Keep reading...