Top Stories: Body found at Fresno High; Dyer‘s ballot measure regret; stripper incident

Friday brought a mix of major news across Fresno, from a shocking north Fresno party gone wrong to political fallout at City Hall and a grim discovery at a local high school. Here are the top stories of the day from The Fresno Bee.

Here are The Fresno Bee’s top stories from Friday to catch you up

• A stripper, a hot tub and a night of drinking in north Fresno leads to felony charges: Adam Daniel Delacruz, 20, faces multiple felony counts after prosecutors say he armed himself, put on a mask and forced his way into a Copper Ridge Estates home in January to confront guests at a dinner party, taking iPhones, wallets and laptops at gunpoint. His attorney Miles Harris said Delacruz had come to pick up an exotic dancer who called him in tears after a male guest became aggressive in the hot tub. If convicted on all charges, Delacruz faces up to 27 years and eight months in prison.
• Why Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer says he made ‘mistake’ in supporting term limit change: Mayor Jerry Dyer told The Bee on Thursday he regrets co-sponsoring and attending a press conference for a proposal that would have let the mayor and councilmembers serve three consecutive terms instead of two. The Fresno City Council voted to table the measure after a 12-hour meeting where dozens of residents spoke in opposition. Dyer, who had initially said he’d consider a third term, insisted the idea wasn’t his and was brought to him by a council colleague.
• Body found atop building on Fresno High campus, police say. A worker discovered the man: A Fresno Unified worker discovered a man’s body on the roof of a building near the Library Media Center at Fresno High shortly after 11 a.m. Friday, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers responded to Echo and Weldon avenues, where Fresno Fire Department crews reached the rooftop. Police are treating the case as a suspicious death because of where the body was found, and the investigation is ongoing.

Original stories by Melissa Montalvo, Anthony Galaviz and Robert Rodriguez

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