Victor A. Patton

Police: Merced man shot after opening fire

Merced police wait for the SWAT team outside the home Wednesday where Anthony Avilez Trammell was holed up. One man is in the hospital after Merced police said he opened fire on them Wednesday at a duplex at 1556 E. 21st St....

FLIGHT SCHOOL STUDENT DIES IN ACCIDENT; 26-YEAR-OLD KILLED BY PROPELLER; DEPUTY SAYS DEATH...

BY VICTOR A. PATTON VPATTON@MERCEDSUN-STAR.COMThe Merced Sun-Star (California) A 26-year-old flight student is dead after a propeller accident Saturday on the runway of Castle Airport. Merced County sheriff's spokesman Tom...

Retiree just getting started with the Merced Police Department

Nov 17, 2008 (Merced Sun-Star - That's the attitude that Barnett, a volunteer with the Merced Police Department's Volunteers in Police Services (VIPS), approaches all of her duties. While Barnett admits she does share a close...

CHP dispatcher retires after 35 years at Merced office

ATWATER, Nov 14, 2008 (Merced Sun-Star - Sandy DeMott remembers the days when the Merced California Highway Patrol's dispatch center would field calls with rotary phones. As a CHP dispatcher for the past 35 years, she's seen...

Man acquitted in '86 killings shot in Eureka

By VICTOR A. PATTON Merced Sun-Star The Top Ten are the ten most-read stories, updated hourly. Robert Daniel Thompson, the man acquitted of murder charges in the 1986 unsolved homicides of two Atwater girls, is in the hospital...

Teen sentenced to life in cousin's death

He'll serve time in juvenile facility By Victor A. Patton Merced Sun-Star The Top Ten are the ten most-read stories, updated hourly. The boy, who isn't being named because he's a minor, was sentenced Wednesday in Merced County...