{"id":270060,"date":"2026-04-16T02:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270060\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T02:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:37:17","slug":"fresno-county-authorities-search-for-5-suspects-in-robbery-beating-of-uber-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270060\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County Authorities Search for 5 Suspects in Robbery, Beating of Uber Driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Detectives are searching for multiple suspects after a ride-share driver was robbed and beaten in Fresno, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened around 10 p.m. on Feb. 22 near North Willow and East Harvey avenues, according to the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said an Uber driver was parked in the area when five men approached his vehicle, forced the door open, and brandished a handgun while demanding his wallet.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the suspects then pistol-whipped the driver before the group fled.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was able to drive away, seek medical treatment and report the incident to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Got a Tip?<\/p>\n<p>Detectives are asking anyone who recognizes the suspects or has information about similar cases to contact the sheriff\u2019s office at (559) 600-3111 or Valley Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-7867 or online.<\/p>\n<p>Tipsters can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward. Authorities referenced case No. 26-1993.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detectives are searching for multiple suspects after a ride-share driver was robbed and beaten in Fresno, authorities said.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-270060","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\/270060","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=270060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}