FRESNO- On Wednesday, March 1, 2017, agents assigned to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area unit (HIDTA), the Fresno Methamphetamine Task Force (FMTF) and Central Valley Marijuana Investigation Team (CVMIT) arrested three suspected drug dealers and seized 16 lbs. of methamphetamine. The arrests took place after undercover agents arranged to purchase eight pounds of […]
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Two Mexican Nationals Plead Guilty in Fraudulent I-D Document Conspiracy
FRESNO— On September 19, 2016, two Fresno residents pleaded guilty to a scheme that involved making and selling fake identification documents, including alien registration receipt cards and social security cards. According to court documents, Francisco Javier Hidalgo-Flores, 25, pleaded guilty to conspiring to produce, transfer, possess, and sell false identification documents, and Lizet Amairani Ramirez-Zazueta, […]
Fifteen Arrested in Staged Collision Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme
FRESNO – On May 10, 2016, detectives from the California Department of Insurance arrested 15 suspects on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud for allegedly staging auto collisions to scam more than four insurance companies out of tens of thousands of dollars. Additional arrests are expected. “Insurance detectives investigating this case have 28 suspects […]
DOJ Special Agents Takedown Fresno Gang with “Operation Dog Track”
FRESNO — Twenty-eight people with suspected involvement in a Fresno gang connected to crimes of conspiracy to commit murder, human trafficking and fraud have been arrested after an investigation conducted by California Department of Justice’s Bureau of Investigation Special Operations Unit (SOU) and the Fresno Police Department. The investigation, Operation Dog Track, found that the […]
Davis And Fresno Police Call DOJ Crime Scene Investigators
When Davis Police found the bodies of an elderly couple killed in their home Sunday, April 14, 2013, they called in our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are specialized crime scene investigators for the California Department of Justice (DOJ). Fresno Police also requested the expertise of DOJ criminalists on Tuesday, April 16, […]
