{"id":336583,"date":"2026-05-28T22:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/336583\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T22:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:29:08","slug":"fresno-police-officer-arrested-for-domestic-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/336583\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno police officer arrested for domestic violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Fresno police officer has been charged with domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies arrested Efren Lopez, 30, on Tuesday while responding to a domestic violence call, Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office spokesperson Tony Botti said.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez was off-duty at the time and arrested near Shields and Grantland avenues.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fresno County Jail booking records, Lopez was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, dissuading a victim or witness from testifying, kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n<p>His bail was set at $100,000, and he bonded out Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office is handling the criminal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Police Chief Mindy Casto said Lopez has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Efren Lopez.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"1285\" title=\"Efren Lopez.jpg\" alt=\"Fresno police officer Efren Lopez, 30, was arrested while off-duty on Tuesday. He was charged with domestic violence and assault with a deadly weapon.\"\/>                                                                                    Fresno police officer Efren Lopez, 30, was arrested while off-duty on Tuesday. He was charged with domestic violence and assault with a deadly weapon.                                                                                                                                                                        FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF\u2019S OFFICE<br \/>\n        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777490828_538_IMG_4053.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Nick Fenley\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Fenley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Nick Fenley is a reporter covering education, lawsuits, breaking news and more for The Fresno Bee. He\u2019s originally from the Imperial Valley and has been with The Bee since 2025.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Fresno police officer has been charged with domestic violence. Deputies arrested Efren Lopez, 30, on Tuesday while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-336583","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\/336583","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=336583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}