{"id":397639,"date":"2026-07-14T07:09:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/397639\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T07:09:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:09:31","slug":"the-fresno-county-sheriff-coroners-office-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/397639\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner&#8217;s Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s deputies have arrested 19 year old Jared Williams of Firebaugh.<\/p>\n<p>He has been booked into the Fresno County Jail on charges of robbery and illegal use of tear gas. \u00a0His bail is set at $30,000.<\/p>\n<p>Around 10:00 am on July 11, a Facebook Marketplace transaction was scheduled to take place. \u00a0The buyer and seller agreed to meet near an orchard located at W. Ashlan and N. San Diego Ave. in Firebaugh. \u00a0The seller arrived with the merchandise, which was a laptop computer. \u00a0The \u201cbuyer,\u201d Jared Williams, took the laptop and ran away. \u00a0The seller and their two family members chased after Williams. \u00a0Williams dropped the computer and then pepper sprayed the people chasing him. \u00a0Williams ultimately got away.<\/p>\n<p>The victim filed a report with the Sheriff\u2019s Office. \u00a0Deputies were able to identify the suspect as Jared Williams and later contacted him. \u00a0He was arrested for theft and illegal use of pepper spray.<\/p>\n<p>The Sheriff\u2019s Office would like to remind the public to use good judgment when conducting in-person sales.<\/p>\n<p>1) \u00a0 \u00a0Avoid meeting at your home.<br \/>2) \u00a0 \u00a0Choose a public location with good lighting, security cameras and where other people will be around. \u00a0Police and sheriff substations often feature designated meeting spots for transactions.<br \/>3) \u00a0 \u00a0Bring a person with you whenever possible.<br \/>4) \u00a0 \u00a0Notify friends or family members of your plans. \u00a0Sharing your location with them through GPS is also encouraged.<br \/>5) \u00a0 \u00a0Do not carry large amounts of cash or other valuable items such as jewelry.<br \/>6) \u00a0 \u00a0Sellers should accept cash or secure digital payments. \u00a0Buyers should consider sending a small payment, such as $1, before sending the full amount to ensure the proper seller receives it.<br \/>7) \u00a0 \u00a0Communicate using social media apps rather than by phone number.<br \/>8) \u00a0 \u00a0Trust your instincts. \u00a0If something doesn\u2019t feel right, cancel the meeting \/ transaction.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jared Willams.jpg\" alt=\"Jared Williams\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" data-path=\"local-images:\/2026\/07\/Jared Willams.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nJared Williams&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s deputies have arrested 19 year old Jared Williams of Firebaugh. He has been booked into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-397639","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\/397639","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=397639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}