Agents with the Madera County Narcotic Enforcement Team arrested a Fresno man Wednesday, accused of using a home in Raymond to grow marijuana.
Convicted felon Daylan Collins, 37, faces weapons and felony drug charges as well as grand theft for stealing electricity to power his cultivation. FULL STORY...
Special to The Madera Tribune
Marijuana plants were stacked up outside a house in Raymond where deputies conducted a raid and arrested a suspect.
Golfers hoping to get in a round at Ahwahnee's Sierra Meadows Country Club on Monday found one of the fairways torn up by an all terrain vandal.
Madera County Sheriff's Department is investigating the damage caused on the 17th fairway at one of the mountain's most coveted clubs on Opah Drive off state Route 49 and Harmony Lane. FULL STORY...
Rewards offered for cold cases
8/28/2008
By The Madera Tribune
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has issued three rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction in a California court of the person or persons responsible for three different unsolved murder cases in the San Joaquin Valley, including one in Oakhurst.
On April 25, 2001, 61-year-old Gary Flynn was robbed and murdered at his sporting goods store, The Sportsman's Den, in Oakhurst. The governor is offering a reward in the amount of $50,000 at the request of Madera County Sheriff John P. Anderson. FULL STORY...
DUI checkpoint planned for Saturday
8/28/2008
By Special to The Madera Tribune
In an effort to reduce the number of drunk drivers on the road, the Madera Police Department will be conducting a Driving Under the Influence/Driver License checkpoint Saturday.
The emphasis of the checkpoint will be to detect drunk drivers and those with suspended, revoked, or no driver license. Motorists approaching the checkpoint will see informational signs advising them that a sobriet /driver license checkpoint is ahead. Once in the checkpoint, motorists will be delayed only a few seconds while an officer explains the purpose of the checkpoint, inspects each driver's license and carefully examines the driver for signs of DUI. FULL STORY...
