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Fresno County Sheriff’s detectives arrested three people in Reedley on May 7 after discovering a marijuana grow in the 22000 block of East Parlier Avenue.
Detectives took into custody John Nguyen, 63, of Reedley; Cuc Thi Luu, 54, of Westminster; and Cuong Van Pham, 44, of Huntington Beach.
Detectives contacted the three suspects at the residence on the morning of May 7 after receiving a tip. The three suspects were discovered harvesting marijuana plants, the sheriff’s office said. The three suspects were immediately detained.
A search of the residence revealed just under 500 marijuana plants, 65 pounds of processed marijuana and another 300 pounds of marijuana “shake” – a lower quality grade of marijuana, the sheriff’s office said.
Nguyen was on felony probation for transporting marijuana out of state, the sheriff’s office said. He was armed with a loaded handgun and was carrying approximately $5,000, the office said.
All three subjects were booked into the Fresno County Jail on suspicion of possession of marijuana for sale and cultivation of marijuana. Nguyen also was arrested on suspicion of weapons charges.
The investigation is ongoing, the sheriff’s office said. Anyone with information on this crime or any other marijuana grow is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at 600-3111 or CrimeStoppers at 498-STOP (7867).
Persons also may report illegal drug activity on the sheriff’s office website at fresnosheriff.org.
The sheriff’s office wants to remind the public that state and federal laws, along with county ordinances, prohibit the cultivation of marijuana in Fresno County and will be aggressively enforced.
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08/09/2007 (KFSN) — The girlfriend of one of the men rounded up for dog fighting in southwest Fresno Wednesday is talking about the video and her boyfriend’s involvement.
Fresno police are still looking for 3 suspects that they believe took part in the dogfight. One of the men arrested is Robert McCoy. His girlfriend visited him Thursday in jail and says he’s sorry for his involvement that day but he is not a gang member.
Robert McCoy is prominently featured in a dog fighting video seized by Fresno police, laughing and carrying on. At one point he even poses in front of two bloody dogs.
There’s no denying his involvement. Even his girlfriend Anansa Kindred admits his bad decision, but she says he is not a gang member. “He’s not this bad vicious person that everybody’s trying to make him out to be,” says Kindred.
McCoy and another man, Luis Goodman, are being held for training and participating in organized dog fights. Police are still looking for McCoy’s brother Isaac, along with Kevin Dejean and Deandre Stanfill.
Investigators say McCoy is a validated gang member with prior criminal history. His girlfriend says that’s not true. “He’s never done anything since then or before then. He doesn’t have a record for anything. He’s never been to jail, none of that,” says Kindred.
His girlfriend says McCoy regrets his choice to participate in the video that was shot several months ago. “He vaguely remembers the video. He doesn’t remember much when I spoke to him about it. You know- he wishes he would have never did it. He just wished that he would have never been in that area at all, whatsoever,” says Kindred.
Fresno police took 12 dogs during Wednesday’s search of the southwest Fresno home where McCoy was living.
SPCA officials say the dogs do not have any fresh wounds but do have evidence of being involved in dogfights.
04/04/2007 (KFSN) — In April 2006, a Fresno baseball player punched another athlete during a game. That blow broke the jaw of Danny Barajas and landed the other athlete in jail.
The attorney for Danny Barajas believes Fresno Unified is not properly supervising their students. He says if the school district was doing its job, his client would not have suffered such severe injuries.
There are different stories about what led to the brutal punch at the McLane baseball diamond, but we do know that in April 2006, former McLane high school baseball player, Brandon Madrid, threw a punch and hit Danny Barajas in the face. It left the former Fresno High baseball player in the hospital with a broken jaw and his mouth wired shut.
His father, Brian Anthony, explained what happened. He says, “This was not a face to face fight that you might see in a boxing match or just imagine using the theater of mind. It came from the back and it hit him right here.”
Attorney John Malmo is representing Barajas’ family and he says, “Violence in school is becoming an epidemic.” He contends that Fresno Unified is partly to blame because school officials are not correctly supervising their students. Malmo says, “The student who struck our client had a history of violence that should have been recognized, should have been dealt with and was not.”
Malmo is also suing Brandon Madrid for punitive damages. In court, last September, Madrid apologized. He said, “I wish I could take that day back. It was a reaction. I never meant to do anything like that … Hurt anybody … Anything.”
But a judge ordered Madrid to spend several months in jail. Barajas is recovering from the injury, but his attorney says his client is still suffering side effects from the punch.
The lawsuit does not ask for a specific amount of money. Both Brandon Madrid and the school district have not returned our phone calls asking for a comment. However, a family friend of Madrid’s tells us he is out of jail.
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There are many factors that should be taken into account when considering filing for bankruptcy.
1. Figure out what bankruptcy options you have. There are types of bankruptcy most commonly used by individual filers in the United States:
◾Chapter 7 bankruptcy is a bankruptcy proceeding that can wipe out many of your debts in a three to six month period. However, you may lose some of your personal property. You can find out more by looking at Bankruptcy Overview: Chapter 7.
◾Chapter 13 bankruptcy is a bankruptcy proceeding that can be more complicated than Chapter 7 bankruptcy. In Chapter 13, you will be required to make a repayment plan based off of your income, showing how you will pay off your debts in the next three to five years. You can find out more by looking at An Overview of Chapter 13 Bankruptcy.
2. Consider your alternatives. Bankruptcy is not for everyone. Indeed, many unnecessary bankruptcies are filed each year. You should sit down with your financial documents and consider your situation carefully before making a decision. You may find that you do not need to file bankruptcy because you are judgment proof, or that you can fix your financial woes with a few simple changes.
3. Ensure that you are eligible to file for the type of bankruptcy you want to file. There are certain requirements that you must meet in order to file for certain types of bankruptcies. For example, you may not be able to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy if your income is high enough to pay off your debts through Chapter 13. Also, if your income is too low, or your debts too high, you may not be able to file for Chapter 13 bankruptcy because you cannot show that you are able to meet your repayment plan.
4. Find out what debts will and won’t be forgiven. There are certain types of debts, such as child support, alimony and tax debts, that cannot be wiped out through a bankruptcy proceeding, no matter whether you file Chapter 7 or Chapter 13. Be sure that the debts that you have are types that can be addressed in bankruptcy before you file. It won’t do you any good to file only to find out that bankruptcy will afford you no protection.
5. Figure out what will happen to your home if you file for bankruptcy. Before filing for bankruptcy, you should always sit down and try to figure out what will happen to your home if you do file. If you are already having problems making your mortgage payments, perhaps they will become easier if some of your other debts are forgiven. However, if you have a lot of equity already invested in your home, you may lose your home if you file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. On the other hand, if your income is high enough, you may be able to file for Chapter 13 bankruptcy and include your mortgage payments on your repayment plan.
6. Figure out what will happen to your other property, like your car. What happens to your other property during a bankruptcy proceeding will depend upon what you have done with your property, as well as the property exemption laws that are available to you. If, for example, you put up your boat or your car as collateral on a loan, this makes that loan secured and the creditor may still be able to take your property even if you are in bankruptcy. Also, only certain types of property are protected by exemption laws in Chapter 7 bankruptcies. Before filing, study the exemption laws carefully and make sure you will keep what you need to survive.
7. Find out if your credit card debts will be wiped out. Bankruptcy has become an effective tool for wiping out credit card debt. You should figure out if your credit card debt will be wiped out by a bankruptcy proceeding before you file. If you lied on a credit card application or spent well beyond your means, bankruptcy may not be able to forgive your credit card debt.
8. Ensure that your pension plans are safe. Most pension plans and life insurance policies are protected by state laws in a bankruptcy proceeding. Before filing for bankruptcy, it would still be a good idea to find out whether your pension plan (401(k), IRA) and/or life insurance policies will continue to be protected.
9. Make sure that any co-signers are not stuck with your debt. You should go back through all of your debt agreements to make sure that no one that co-signed for any of your loans will be stuck making payments on your debt. It does no good to go through an entire bankruptcy proceeding only to find out that your brother or parents are stuck making the payments that you are unable to make. Generally, Chapter 13 bankruptcy will protect any co-signers to your debts, but Chapter 7 will not.
10. Your personal life will be invaded. Bankruptcies are notoriously intrusive into personal lives. In order for bankruptcy to work, you will have to show the bankruptcy court every aspect of your financial life. In addition, other people may find out about your bankruptcy. In Chapter 7 bankruptcy, it is likely that some of your personal property will be taken and sold in order to pay off your debts. Also, in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, you will probably have to ask permission to spend your own money for the next three to five years.
These are some of the starting points for you to think about when asking yourself, “is bankruptcy a good idea for me?”
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The law requires that the person or company responsible pay for your auto accident injuries and repairs. Many victims of car accidents try to handle their own personal injury cases, hoping that the insurance companies involved will settle as promptly and fairly as advertised. Unfortunately, not all insurance companies respond in that manner. That’s why you need us on your side.
Insurance companies’ obligations are to their stockholders and policyholders, not to people injured in car accidents. Insurance companies have enormous advantages: vast wealth, armies of experienced adjusters and attorneys, and dozens of legal reasons to reduce or deny compensation.
Negotiating alone or waiting until the insurance company makes an offer can be frustrating and costly. One wrong move or one mistake can cost you money. Delaying or guessing about the value of your personal injury case can result in the loss of valuable rights and
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Felony: Felonies are considered the most serious types of crimes, and each state has different punishments for these offenses. A standard definition of a felony is any crime punishable by more than one year in prison or by death for capital offenses like first-degree murder. Unlike misdemeanors, defendants convicted of felonies serve their sentences in a state or federal prison rather than a local, city or county jail. Additional criminal procedures apply with felonies, and the right to a court-appointed lawyer if the defendant can’t afford one is one of the rights guaranteed in felony cases. Also, whether or not the defendant has to appear in court for various parts of the criminal justice process also depends on whether or not he or she is being charged with a felony.
In the case of a felony charge, not only are the procedural laws different than they are for misdemeanors, but the substantive laws can also be affected. For example, under some statutes an accidental death would be considered a murder if it occurs in the commission of a felony–like armed robbery or kidnapping. However, if it occurs in the commission of a lesser crime like a DUI, it is only manslaughter. The common law definition of a burglary is breaking and entering a house for the purpose of committing a felony; if the purpose was not to commit a felony the crime cannot be charged as burglary.
A person convicted of a felony will usually have more restrictions on their rights (collateral consequences) than a person convicted of a misdemeanor. For example, in many jurisdictions, convicted felons cannot serve on juries. They may also lose their right to vote or to practice certain professions, such as lawyer or teacher. Felons may also be prohibited from owning guns or serving in the military, and they may also have to register as an offender (e.g., sex offender, narcotics offender).
Wobbler: A wobbler is a crime that could be charged as either a felony or misdemeanor. Even if a wobbler begins as a felony, it may be reduced to a misdemeanor at sentencing, or the completion of successful probation.
Finally, many jurisdictions base their “three strikes” laws on prior felony convictions but not misdemeanor ones. This means that if the person has already been convicted of two felonies, a third conviction would result in a mandatory 25 year to life prison sentence with no possibility of parole even if the third crime does not involve any risk to human life or it would normally considered a misdemeanor otherwise.
Nothing is harder for a family than facing the fact that you cannot pay your obligations and will need to consider other debt solutions in order to make ends meet. Bankruptcy is one such option to consider. Chapter 7 and Chapter13 bankruptcy have the power to stop wage garnishment, lawsuits, repossession, liens, and even foreclosure. Once you file your bankruptcy petition, a powerful automatic stay goes into effect and places a temporary hold on all debt collection activity against you, including collections, lawsuits and all contact by creditors or debt collectors. Finally, you can breathe a sigh of relief. You will have the opportunity to reorganize your finances or discharge your debt. Bankruptcy relief is available to individuals, small businesses and large corporations. No matter your particular financial situation or your goals, you can find out if this may be the right option for you by contacting our firm.
A Fresno bankruptcy attorney can provide you with information that applies to your particular case. As experienced debt relief attorneys, we understand the difficult position you are in and care about how you can resolve these debt problems. We can provide you with various legal options you can take in order to alleviate yourself of the stress and worry that overwhelming debt can bring. Most people know nothing about how bankruptcy works or any other means they may be able to use to legally resolve their debt situation. To find out more about the bankruptcy process and other areas of debt relief, please feel free to call our offices to schedule a confidential review of your case with one of our experienced bankruptcy attorneys.
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The recent mortgage crisis has caused thousands of Central Valley homeowners to fall into foreclosure that further compounds their financial problems. Sometimes homeowners simply needs more time to try to save their homes or renegotiate with mortgage lenders. Our office has helped various clients use the bankruptcy process as part of an overall plan to try to save their homes. Please call our offices to come in and review your foreclosure situation with one of our attorneys.
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If you are interested in learning about how bankruptcy may help you out of your financial difficulties, call our offices today. We can start the process over the phone and will provide a personalized consultation for free. It is very important that you meet with us early to ensure that we have time to do advanced bankruptcy planning to maximize your results. We will also be able to stop creditor harassment before your case is filed and deal with secured creditors early to negotiate with them for property you intend to keep after your discharge. Call us today to protect your property and get a fresh start so that you can move on with your life.
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Being arrested or cited for a crime is usually a frightening and embarrassing experience. On top of that, dealing with the local court system is mostly confusing and stressful. I offer you a “no pressure” FREE consultation with an criminal defense attorney who is not only familiar with defending a wide range of criminal charges, but is very familiar with the often unfair Central Valley court systems. We will do our best to resolve your case in the best way possible and keep you from being incarcerated or sentenced to prison. We will also try to avoid trial but we will represent you aggressively through trial if necessary to defend your rights.
Please understand the even if the crime you are charged with seems minor, the District Attorney usually does not care what your circumstances are or whether you are completely innocent of the charges. You need a good Criminal Defense Attorney!
There are numerous benefits to having a private criminal defense attorney on your side, but the most important to many of my past clients is having an expert to communicate with throughout this very difficult, life-changing process. Additionally, whether or not you violated any laws, it is our job to “defend” you to the fullest extent of the law and make the district attorney “prove” each and every element of any charge filed against you.
We are criminal defense attorneys with years of practice and have appeared before all of the courts and judges in the Central Valley. We are local attorneys who care deeply for the individuals we represent and pride ourselves on helping individuals who are going up against the complex, overwhelming California criminal court system, and we have hundreds of satisfied Central Valley clients who have entrusted their cases with our office.
Please call my office to schedule your free consultation with a criminal defense attorney and discuss the facts of your case thoroughly. My fees are very competitive, and we offer generous payment plans to allow you to pay our fees over several months. We look forward to hearing from you soon and feel free to call us at the phone number above number including nights and on weekends. Also, if we are unable to answer your call, please leave a voicemail with your name and phone number.
Chapter 13 bankruptcy provides for the repayment of a portion of your debt, depending on your income. What you don’t pay back is discharged, or eliminated, upon the completion of your case.
Unlike a Chapter 7, you are eligible to file for Chapter 13 even if you make more than what it costs to support yourself or your family. You can even file a Chapter 13 if you have just previously filed for Chapter 7. By filing for Chapter 13, federal law may allow you to catch up with delinquent mortgage payments, pay off delinquent car loans or even eliminate unsecured mortgages.
As with a Chapter 7, your personal property can be protected even though you are filing for bankruptcy.
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