{"id":336685,"date":"2026-05-28T23:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T23:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/336685\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T23:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T23:43:13","slug":"fresno-police-officer-arrested-on-felony-domestic-violence-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/336685\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Police Officer Arrested on Felony Domestic Violence Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Fresno police officer has been arrested on several felony charges related to domestic violence and assault with a deadly weapon on Tuesday, authorities reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrested Officer Efren Lopez, 30, according to a statement from Fresno Police Chief Mindy Casto.<\/p>\n<p>The criminal investigation is being handled by the sheriff\u2019s office, while the Fresno Police Department has launched its own Internal Affairs investigation.<\/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>Lopez has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of that inquiry, Casto said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDomestic violence is a serious problem in our community, and this is a disappointing reminder that law enforcement officers are not immune to the same problems many in our society face,\u201d Casto said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Casto said officers accused of crimes face the same consequences as anyone else, along with the potential loss of their ability to work in law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno Police Department said no additional information would be released because the agency is conducting the personnel portion of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office said his bail was set at $100,000 and bonded out of jail Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>How to Get Help<\/p>\n<p>If you are experiencing domestic abuse, help is available at the Marjaree Mason Center\u00a024-Hour Crisis Helpline,\u00a0(559) 233-HELP, or by calling 1-(800)-799-SAFE.<\/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 Fresno police officer has been arrested on several felony charges related to domestic violence and assault with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-336685","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\/336685","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=336685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}