2013

Articles from 2013

Gang Members Get 13 Years For Machete Attack
MERCED - Two Merced gang members received 13-year prison sentences each on Friday for their roles in attacking a teenager with a machete earlier this year. Isaac Sanchez Jr., 18, and Uriel Soto, 20, ...

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Closing arguments in case of murdered mother
MERCED – The trial of a couple accused of killing a Planada woman and kidnapping her baby was in its final stage Thursday, with prosecutors calling the female defendant “the brain” and her boyfriend ...

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Claims of abuse, trauma: Planada woman takes stand in her murder, kidnap trial
MERCED – Faking a pregnancy using pillows and being drugged against her will. Those were just two of the many claims made by Maria Teresa Ceja Robles, the Planada woman accused of murder and ...

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Mental Competency of Accused Child Abuser in Question
MODESTO - The Stanislaus County Superior Court is trying to determine whether a 33-year-old Turlock man is mentally fit to face criminal charges of sexually abusing a teenage girl. Robert Daniel Gomes ...

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Planada murder trial: Female defendant was a willing participant in plot to kill, says prosecutor
MERCED - Prosecutors in the trial of a couple accused of killing a Planada woman and kidnapping her baby focused on the female defendant Friday, saying she was a willing participant in the plot. Those ...

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