{"id":257315,"date":"2026-04-08T08:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/257315\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T08:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:57:14","slug":"fresno-da-wont-file-charges-against-man-clovis-police-said-aided-student-truancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/257315\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno DA won\u2019t file charges against man Clovis police said aided student truancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Fresno County District Attorney\u2019s Office said it won\u2019t file charges against a man whom the Clovis Police Department alleged helped organize Clovis Unified students\u2019 anti-ICE walkout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a statement to The Bee, a spokesperson for District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp said her office will not pursue any charges against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/article314684162.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alfred Aldrete,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Alfred Aldrete,&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Alfred Aldrete,<\/a> 41, of Fresno, as recommended earlier Tuesday by the Clovis Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAfter a thorough review of the evidence, our office has declined to file charges due to insufficient evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt,\u201d Taylor Long, a spokesperson for the DA\u2019s Office, said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After nearly two months of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/education-lab\/article314672592.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:investigation;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;investigation&quot;}\" class=\"link \">investigation<\/a>, the Clovis Police Department announced Tuesday morning that they had submitted a misdemeanor charge against Aldrete, for allegedly \u201ccontributing to the delinquency of a minor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The police department said on Feb. 11 that it would review surveillance footage and pursue charges against adults who attended the Feb. 10 walkout, in which 200 Clovis Unified students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/education-lab\/article315077453.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:skipped classes to protest;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;skipped classes to protest&quot;}\" class=\"link \">skipped classes to protest<\/a> President Trump\u2019s deportation crackdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The department identified Aldrete as an attendee at the student walkout and alleged he directed student activity and entered the roadway, which disrupted traffic flow, according to police. Aldrete denied the police department\u2019s claims Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In an interview with The Bee on Tuesday, Aldrete said he did not organize the protests or encourage students to walk out. As a co-founder of a local activist group Fresno Resistance, Aldrete received requests from the Clovis students asking if he could volunteer at the protests to ensure students\u2019 safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe only thing that I was doing was making sure that the cars did not drive through them while they were crossing the street,\u201d Aldrete said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a statement to The Bee on Tuesday afternoon, Fresno County District Attorney\u2019s Office said prosecutors had completed their review of the case submitted by Clovis Police. Prosecutors did not find the available evidence met the elements of the alleged offense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The charge submitted against Aldrete was under California\u2019s Penal Code section 272. Typical examples of parental liability usually include providing alcohol or drugs to minors or assisting minors in committing crimes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This charge requires proof that an adult encouraged or caused a minor to become delinquent, the district attorney\u2019s office said. The submitted evidence could not prove Aldrete\u2019s violation beyond a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fresno County District Attorney\u2019s Office said it won\u2019t file charges against a man whom the Clovis Police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[77060,42661,3463,112,30916,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-257315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-alfred-aldrete","9":"tag-clovis-police","10":"tag-clovis-police-department","11":"tag-fresno","12":"tag-fresno-county-district-attorneys-office","13":"tag-fresno-headlines","14":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}