{"id":269970,"date":"2026-04-16T01:19:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T01:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/269970\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T01:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T01:19:57","slug":"five-wanted-for-pistol-whipping-and-robbing-an-uber-driver-in-fresno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/269970\/","title":{"rendered":"Five wanted for pistol-whipping and robbing an Uber driver in Fresno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Five men are wanted for assaulting and robbing an Uber driver at gunpoint back in February.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office, the assault happened around 10 p.m. on Feb. 22 near North Willow and East Harvey Avenues.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say the driver was parked in the area when five men approached his car. <\/p>\n<p>The group forced the door open, pulled out a handgun and demanded his wallet.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/two-men-arrested-after-robbing-clovis-post-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Two men arrested after Clovis Post Office robbery<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the robbery, one of the men pistol-whipped the driver before all five left the scene on foot.<\/p>\n<p><p>Fresno County Sheriff&#8217;s Ofice is asking for the public&#8217;s help finding five men accused of assaulting and robbing a man at gunpoint on Feb. 22, 202. (Video: Fresno County Sheriff&#8217;s Ofice) <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Despite his injuries, the driver was able to get away, seek medical attention, and later reported the incident to law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators have not released descriptions of the suspects but say they are reviewing video connected to the case.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who recognizes the individuals involved or has information about similar incidents is urged to contact the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office at (559) 600-3111.<\/p>\n<p>Anonymous tips can also be submitted to Valley Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-7867 or online at valleycrimestoppers.org. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Five men are wanted for assaulting and robbing an Uber driver at gunpoint&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-269970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269970","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=269970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}