{"id":327950,"date":"2026-05-22T15:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/327950\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:30:09","slug":"fresno-county-authorities-arrest-man-after-stabbing-outside-prather-post-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/327950\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County Authorities Arrest Man After Stabbing Outside Prather Post Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 75-year-old Prather man was arrested Thursday after authorities say he stabbed another man during a fight in the parking lot of the Prather Post Office, leaving the victim critically injured.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno County sheriff\u2019s dispatchers received a report of a stabbing shortly before 9 a.m. at the post office at 29460 Auberry Road, according to the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies arrived and found a man in his mid-40s suffering from a severe stab wound. A medical helicopter transported the man to a hospital, where he was initially listed in critical condition. Authorities said medical personnel later stabilized his injuries.<\/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>Investigators identified the suspect as Theodore Gallegos, 75, of Prather. Deputies later located and arrested him.<\/p>\n<p>Gallegos was booked into the Fresno County Jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. His bail was set at $20,000.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said the two men knew each other and became involved in a fistfight in the parking lot before Gallegos allegedly used a knife to stab the other man.<\/p>\n<p>Got a Tip?<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with additional information about the case is asked 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/valleycrimestoppers.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">valleycrimestoppers.org<\/a>. Authorities asked tipsters to reference case No. 26-5921.<\/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":"A 75-year-old Prather man was arrested Thursday after authorities say he stabbed another man during a fight in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-327950","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\/327950","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=327950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}