The Merced Police Department is asking for information regarding two package theft suspects and warning residents to secure ...

The California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) Central Division Major Crimes Unit announced new developments in the unsolved 2021 ...

Crime continues to be down in Merced through the first three quarters of the year, Merced Police Chief Steven Stanfield recently told City Council. Violent crime, property crime and traffic accidents ...

November 5, 2025 – Merced California Highway Patrol officials report that the Central Division Major Crimes Unit continues to investigate the 2021 freeway shooting that claimed the life of 25-year-old ...

On June 15, 2021, 25-year-old Timothy Lamore Sheeler Jr. was shot dead on southbound Highway 99 near Franklin Road, and the ...

On June 15, 2021, officers responded to a freeway shooting on southbound SR-99 near Franklin Road in Merced County. The ...

Two men were arrested over the weekend after a deputy said one of them was shooting from a moving car while the other was ...

According to a press release issued by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Central Division Major Crimes Unit, investigators ...

Two people were injured in a deputy-involved shooting on October 16th in Le Grand.Deputies responded to the report of a home invasion robbery at an apartment co ...

The move marks an abrupt end to a yearslong criminal case that attracted the attention of California Attorney General Rob ...

The Merced County Sheriff’s Office is alerting residents to a recent wave of scam calls from individuals falsely claiming to ...

Merced Police Department officers lead runners along West 18th Street during the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Northern California in Merced, Calif., on Wednesday, June 25, ...