{"id":232060,"date":"2026-03-23T04:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T04:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/232060\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T04:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T04:12:07","slug":"runaway-pig-detained-by-police-in-tower-district-fresno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/232060\/","title":{"rendered":"Runaway pig detained by police in Tower District Fresno"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not often that an officer with the Fresno Police Department gets to chase down a pig.<\/p>\n

That is exactly what happened on Sunday in the Tower District. While it wasn\u2019t much of a leg bail (a term police use for pursuing someone on foot), an officer searched for the pig in the area of Ferger and Olive avenues.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long for the officer to track down the pig and detain the hog.<\/p>\n

The officer said he had to \u201ctake this\u201d call.<\/p>\n

The officer captured the pig and placed it in the back of the patrol vehicle before reuniting it with its owner nearby.<\/p>\n

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Anthony Galaviz writes about sports for The Fresno Bee. He covers the Las Vegas Raiders, high schools, boxing, MMA and junior colleges. He\u2019s been with The Bee since 1997 and attended Fresno City College before graduating from Fresno State with a major in journalism and a minor in criminology.
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