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Sep 15, 2006 - Three months after a teenage girl's body was found in the back of a truck at a tow yard, Fresno Police have announced new developments in the case.

Aug 29, 2006 - Shots have been fired near Fresno State University, around the area of Cedar and Barstow. There are reports that an Officer has been shot, but it is not confirmed at this point.

Aug 01, 2006 - A routine traffic stop turned tragic Monday night, when the occupants of the vehicle opened fire on a Fresno police officer in Central Fresno. According to police, as the officer pulled over the vehicle the driver fired several shots at the him. A second officer returned fire, but the suspects were able to get away.

A seven-year Veteran of the Fresno Police Department was under paid administrative leave, after Police discovered drug paraphernalia in his Central Fresno home.

This is not the Duke lacrosse team. There are no fancy lawyers, no committee set up to support the players, no Bob Bennett on board to spin the press. There have been no national press conferences, no visiting anchorpeople clamoring for interviews. The team isn't ranked, the players weren't stars -- no one has any money. And it's ugly. When six prospective members of the Fresno City College football team arrived at the Fresno, Calif., Police Station to be questioned about the alleged rape of an 11-year-old runaway, the only advice they had came from a lawyer whose son once...

"Fresno police are taking enforcement of drunken driving laws to a new level — which officers expect will bring both success and outrage. Saturday night, the traffic unit unveiled a new operation in which plainclothes police officers stake out bars and target drunk patrons. If the heavy drinkers get behind the wheel, officers in unmarked cars follow them and call in marked police cars to pull them over."