On the heels of the hiring of seven new Merced County deputies, Sheriff Vern Warnke announced the return of special unit aimed at reducing gang-related and other crimes. The Merced County Sheriff ...

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A K9 unit with the Merced County Sheriff's Office has now joined the search for an escaped murderer in Delano. Authorities have been looking for 34-year-old Cesar ...

MERCED, Calif ... re going to take care of," said Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke. Meet the Sheriff's Task and Recognizance Team, also known as the STAR team. Sheriff Warnke announced the ...

The changes will go into effect in February, the sheriff said. The STAR Team was created ... according to Merced County records. In recent years, the unit has focused its efforts on high-level ...

The Merced County district attorney confirmed that Witt was the same deputy. Witt was also a member of the Sheriff’s Office’s K-9 unit.

On July 3, the Merced County Sheriff's Office Supervised Release Team ... and classification unit for their dedicated work on this case.

The Merced County Sheriff’s Department earlier this month received additional protective and trauma equipment and training for its K-9 unit at a seminar in Elk Grove. “We received the ...

The Stanislaus County Sheriff ... helicopter to Merced County. The 52-year-old Jet Ranger aircraft is one of three helicopters in the Sheriff’s Department’s air support unit.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of shooting a Merced County sheriff’s deputy whose protective ... the Merced Sun-Star reported. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the men had lawyers ...

The Merced County district attorney confirmed that Witt was the same deputy. Witt was also a member of the Sheriff's Office's K-9 unit. Sign up for Essential California, your daily guide to news ...