The Merced County District Attorney's Office said ... a community a few miles north of the city of Merced, the sheriff's office said. California Highway Patrol officers attempted to contact ...

All four bodies of a missing California family were found dead late Wednesday after a masked suspect kidnapped them at gunpoint earlier this week, authorities said. Merced County Sheriff Vern ...

Merced County had the highest reported homicide rate among counties in the state with more than 100,000 residents, according to the California Department of Justice. In March, the sheriff’s ...

Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke said the suspect took ... a Punjabi Sikh community organization in central California, said their family told him they were taken from their gas station and ...

The sheriff called the killings "horribly senseless." Two brothers are in custody after four kidnapped family members were found dead in a rural almond orchard in Northern California, the Merced ...

Deputies are asking additional victims to come forward after a group showed up at a Winton party searching for rival gang ...

according to Merced County Sheriff Deputy Michael Domingue. California Highway Patrol officers responded to the crash which occurred shortly before midnight just outside of Los Banos on Dec. 16.

The pursuit was handed over to the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and was discontinued near Merced. At approximately 10:11 A ...

A home in Winton, CA where excessive solid waste and multiple code violations were discovered was found on fire, and the homeowner was arrested for interfering with first responders.