• DUI SUSPECT PUTS CAR IN CANAL: CERES - Anthony Krigbaum, 29, of Ceres, was cited for driving while under the influence, after driving his car into public utilities at Boothe and Hatch roads late Saturday evening and then the TID canal.
Police Lt. Brent Smith said Krigbaum was driving a white 1997 Acura at 11:30 p.m. and wiped out a pole that holds the push-button for a pedestrian crossing signal. Krigbaum was seen walking away from the Acura with signs of intoxication. He will also face charges of misdemeanor hit and run and driving on a suspended license.
• HIT AND RUN DUI: CERES - A Modesto mother was arrested for drunk driving and hit and run after driving her car into a fence and attempting to flee.
The incident occurred at 10:16 p.m. on Saturday, March 26.
Police said Phetaya Tung, 23, of Modesto, was located near her vehicle in the area of Morgan and Service roads. Tung hit a fence and tried to take off through a field but got mired in the mud. Police found Tung near the car with two young children inside.
She was arrested and charged with DUI, driving on a suspended license, child endangerment and hit and run.
• STOLEN CAR SET ON FIRE: CERES - Firefighters battled a Sunday blaze consuming a stolen car found in the backyard of a home on Sequoia Street - the same house which was set afire by vandals on March 11.
An officer on patrol saw black smoke coming from the area of Sequoia and Lois at 10:14 p.m. Sunday and investigated. He found a stolen 2000 Dodge Intrepid - stolen from Glenn Avenue in South Modesto - burning in the backyard at 2016 Sequoia.
The car fire was extinguished and no suspects have been arrested.
Police arrested two juveniles who set the house on fire over weeks ago.
• WARRANT ARREST MADE: CERES - Alerts citizens from a strong Neighborhood Watch program in the Kay and Standford area aided in the arrest of a Keyes man with warrants Sunday.
Officers were dispatched to Kay Street at 11:30 p.m. Sunday with complaints of loud and drunk people loitering in the street. Officers detained and checked the identities of all the persons located and one, Jaime Garcia, 25, of Keyes, had a $15,000 felony narcotics warrant. He was arrested and booked.
• MULTIPLE CHARGES FOR MAN: CERES - A 32-year-old Modesto man was arrested Friday on multiple charges after he reportedly broke the windows at his girlfriend's house and stole her bicycle.
Daniel Leon, 32, of Modesto, allegedly broke a window at the woman's house in the 3200 block of Eighth Street in Ceres, then rode off on her bicycle before riding off, said police Lt. Brent Smith. The victim called police at 2:41 p.m.
Officer James Yandell was on patrol at 4 p.m. and found Leon on the stolen bike in the area of Tenth and Roeding. Yandell ordered Leon to stop but Leon fled on foot. Leon ducked into a washroom at 3055 Tenth Street where he was arrested. Leon faces charges of felony theft, vandalism, resisting an officer, and violating the terms of his parole.
• SHOOTING VICTIM DIES: CERES - The woman shot by her boyfriend March 21 in the 4000 block of Warner Road outside Ceres has died from her wounds.
Teresa Rangel, 26, of Ceres, died Friday.
Sheriff's detectives arrested Robert Vandeheiden, 33, of Ceres, following an investigation of the 9:45 p.m. shooting.
Vandeheiden and the victim were in a dating relationship and were living together at the residence. Vandeheiden was previously booked at the Stanislaus County Men's jail for attempted murder and domestic violence. The Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office will be amending the charges on Vanderheiden from attempted murder to murder.
Police Lt. Brent Smith said Krigbaum was driving a white 1997 Acura at 11:30 p.m. and wiped out a pole that holds the push-button for a pedestrian crossing signal. Krigbaum was seen walking away from the Acura with signs of intoxication. He will also face charges of misdemeanor hit and run and driving on a suspended license.
• HIT AND RUN DUI: CERES - A Modesto mother was arrested for drunk driving and hit and run after driving her car into a fence and attempting to flee.
The incident occurred at 10:16 p.m. on Saturday, March 26.
Police said Phetaya Tung, 23, of Modesto, was located near her vehicle in the area of Morgan and Service roads. Tung hit a fence and tried to take off through a field but got mired in the mud. Police found Tung near the car with two young children inside.
She was arrested and charged with DUI, driving on a suspended license, child endangerment and hit and run.
• STOLEN CAR SET ON FIRE: CERES - Firefighters battled a Sunday blaze consuming a stolen car found in the backyard of a home on Sequoia Street - the same house which was set afire by vandals on March 11.
An officer on patrol saw black smoke coming from the area of Sequoia and Lois at 10:14 p.m. Sunday and investigated. He found a stolen 2000 Dodge Intrepid - stolen from Glenn Avenue in South Modesto - burning in the backyard at 2016 Sequoia.
The car fire was extinguished and no suspects have been arrested.
Police arrested two juveniles who set the house on fire over weeks ago.
• WARRANT ARREST MADE: CERES - Alerts citizens from a strong Neighborhood Watch program in the Kay and Standford area aided in the arrest of a Keyes man with warrants Sunday.
Officers were dispatched to Kay Street at 11:30 p.m. Sunday with complaints of loud and drunk people loitering in the street. Officers detained and checked the identities of all the persons located and one, Jaime Garcia, 25, of Keyes, had a $15,000 felony narcotics warrant. He was arrested and booked.
• MULTIPLE CHARGES FOR MAN: CERES - A 32-year-old Modesto man was arrested Friday on multiple charges after he reportedly broke the windows at his girlfriend's house and stole her bicycle.
Daniel Leon, 32, of Modesto, allegedly broke a window at the woman's house in the 3200 block of Eighth Street in Ceres, then rode off on her bicycle before riding off, said police Lt. Brent Smith. The victim called police at 2:41 p.m.
Officer James Yandell was on patrol at 4 p.m. and found Leon on the stolen bike in the area of Tenth and Roeding. Yandell ordered Leon to stop but Leon fled on foot. Leon ducked into a washroom at 3055 Tenth Street where he was arrested. Leon faces charges of felony theft, vandalism, resisting an officer, and violating the terms of his parole.
• SHOOTING VICTIM DIES: CERES - The woman shot by her boyfriend March 21 in the 4000 block of Warner Road outside Ceres has died from her wounds.
Teresa Rangel, 26, of Ceres, died Friday.
Sheriff's detectives arrested Robert Vandeheiden, 33, of Ceres, following an investigation of the 9:45 p.m. shooting.
Vandeheiden and the victim were in a dating relationship and were living together at the residence. Vandeheiden was previously booked at the Stanislaus County Men's jail for attempted murder and domestic violence. The Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office will be amending the charges on Vanderheiden from attempted murder to murder.
