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Fleeing crimes, naked mom abandons toddler along Merced River bank

April 30, 2020 Trevor Montgomery

Filed under State and National Headlines. MERCED COUNTY, Calif. — Authorities in Merced County say they arrested a woman after she abandoned her 4-year-old daughter along the shore of the Merced River, leading to an intensive, hours-long search for the missing toddler early Wednesday morning, April 29. According to California Highway Patrol, before leaving her child to fend for herself […]

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Hemet homes evac’d after search yields explosive device

March 23, 2019 Trevor Montgomery

HEMET — A neighborhood was evacuated and a felon – who was out of jail on bail for previous charges – was arrested again, Friday, March 22, after a probation compliance check uncovered a suspected improvised explosive device. Sheriff’s bomb squad members later detonated the device, which officials later described as a pipe bomb. Yesterday’s incident happened in the 44000 […]