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CRIME DIGEST
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• DRUG ARREST IN TRAILER PARK: CERES - Two persons were arrested for allegedly selling drugs in the Homestead Mobile Home Park on Monday evening.

At 9:15 p.m., officer James Riley was on patrol in the park, located at 2513 Don Pedro Road, due to reported illegal drug activity. He walked up to unit #25 and located Sean Davis, 30, of Ceres, and Honey Flemming, 42, of Crows Landing. Davis, who is on parole, tossed a pill bottle into the bushes. The officer retrieved the bottle and found that it contained 216 morphine pills.

While talking to the officer, Flemming allegedly tried to swallow a large piece of methamphetamine. She was stopped and the officer seized 4.7 grams of meth which she had in her possession.

Both were arrested for possession of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance for sales as well as various probation violations.

• ABANDONED CHILD FOUND IN PARK: CERES - A four-year-old boy was referred to Child Protective Services (CPS) Friday evening, April 29, after his mother left him unattended in Smyrna Park.

Police were called at 7:30 p.m. about the child being alone in the park for about 30 minutes. Officers found the boy who said his mother dropped him off with toys but didn't know where she went. The officer took the boy on a ride through neighborhoods in an attempt to have him point out where he lived. He led them to the the 2000 block of Glen Ridge Drive but nobody answered the door. The child was taken to the police station where CPS was called.

Meanwhile, 26-year-old Kenyatte Brown of Ceres, returned to where her son was and was told police took him away. She showed up at the Police Department headquarters where she was arrested. Brown said she was on the other side of the park with a "friend."

• BAMBOO WIELDING WOMAN BOOKED: CERES - A strange behaving Fresno woman was arrested early Friday after she was observed practicing martial arts moves in the parking lot of the Chevron station at Hatch and Herndon.

Officer Keith Kitcher arrived at the station at 3:40 a.m. and found Kristine Dang, 43, in the lot moving a six-foot-long bamboo pole and seemingly disoriented. Dang told officers that she believed she was in Fresno. Kitcher learned that Dang had a $120,000 warrant for possession of methamphetamine issued by the Santa Clarita Sheriff's Department. She was booked on the warrant charge.

• DUI ARREST MADE: CERES - Officer Jon Vera was patrolling in the 2600 block of Fowler Road late on Wednesday, April 27 when he saw a 2000 Lincoln LS running on a sidewalk and then pulled out in front of the patrol car, narrowly missing.

Vera pulled over the driver at 11:43 p.m. and found an intoxicated driver in Sean Stewart, 21, of Ceres. Stewart's breathalyzer test showed a blood alcohol content of .09.

One of the four passengers, Joshua Bido, 18, of Turlock, is being charged with possession of a switchblade knife.

• ALLEGED DRUNK DRIVER STRIKES POLE, HYDRANT: CERES - A motorist struck a police, tree and fire hydrant near Sinclear Elementary School on Monday morning and fled but officers were able to trace him to his home.

At 8:19 a.m. police were called about a driver who crashed at Morgan and Hackett but leaving the scene. The officer tracked leaking fluids to Edith Court where they located a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am with major front-end damage. They arrested and booked Alex Sanchez, 18, of Ceres. on charges of drunk driving and hit and run.