In a consent item, the county Board of Supervisors declared the 1972 Bell Jet Ranger as surplus property and authorized Sheriff Jeff Dirkse to negotiate sale of the helicopter to Merced County.

The helicopter went down around 7:30 a.m ... I couldn't see what it was," said Frank. When the Merced County Sheriff's Office arrived on scene they said it appeared the pilot had hit some guide ...

On Friday afternoon, Sheriff Vernon Warnke and the Merced County Board of Supervisors toured ... a plan was made to bring in a Chinook helicopter to help close the broken banks.

Sheriff Vern Warnke worked with Merced County’s Office of Emergency Services ... sheriff’s officials used the department’s Huey helicopter to deliver the hay to the hungry cows.

at the Merced County Sheriff’s Department on Monday. Saechao received the medal for pulling pilot Bryan Crantrell from his mangled helicopter after it crashed into a field in July 2014.

The Bell 47-G2A helicopter clipped a set of utility guy wires before it crashed and burst into flames, the Merced County Sheriff’s Department said. Two witnesses, whose identities could not be ...

It probably couldn't find the Titanic, but to the Merced County Sheriff's Department ... department purchased a 2005 Robinson R44 Raven II helicopter for $400,000. The helicopter comes equipped ...

MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE ... According to deputies, the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office’s helicopter and California Highway Patrol Aviation assisted with the search.

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