{"id":344924,"date":"2026-06-03T15:50:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/344924\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T15:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:50:28","slug":"fresno-county-authorities-arrest-woman-in-alleged-nectarine-theft-from-orchard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/344924\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County Authorities Arrest Woman in Alleged Nectarine Theft From Orchard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman was arrested Tuesday after a Fresno County sheriff\u2019s deputy discovered stolen nectarines in an orchard between Kingsburg and Parlier, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened around 2 a.m. when a deputy on patrol spotted a car leaving a nectarine orchard near the intersection of Zediker and Rose avenues, according to the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy stopped the vehicle and identified the driver as Zulema Garcia Cruz, 40. Authorities said Garcia Cruz was arrested on outstanding warrants for drug possession and petty theft.<\/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>During a search of the orchard, the deputy found an unattended pickup truck with its bed filled with nectarines that had been picked from nearby trees, the sheriff\u2019s office said. A crate of nectarines was also found in the trunk of Garcia Cruz\u2019s car.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said Garcia Cruz was also found in possession of a methamphetamine pipe.<\/p>\n<p>She was booked into the Fresno County Jail on the outstanding warrants and additional charges of grand theft of crops and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bail was set at $65,000.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Got a Tip?<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valleycrimestoppers.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">www.valleycrimestoppers.org<\/a>. Authorities referenced case No. 26-6431.<\/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 woman was arrested Tuesday after a Fresno County sheriff\u2019s deputy discovered stolen nectarines in an orchard between&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-344924","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\/344924","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=344924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}