Another Foul For Madec:

Former Basketball Coach Arrested After Alleged Threats Against School and Students

Story By: Sara Ohler, Sarah Hernandez, and Jesus Herrera

October 16, 2023

[File Photo] On Wednesday, Feb. 19 Ed Madec coached what could be his final game as the Ram’s head coach against the Reedley Tigers. Madec is currently under investigation for possible violations of CCCAA regulations.

Fresno City College athletics instructor and former men’s basketball coach Edward Madec was arrested on Oct. 13 in Merced County and has since posted bail from the Fresno County Jail.

The warrant for his arrest was issued in August after he allegedly threatened to shoot and kill the State Center Community College Chancellor during a school lecture according to a warrant sent out by the State Center Community College District Police Department.

Following Madec’s release from jail, SCCCD PD said that they are “deeply concerned that the alleged suspect may pose a serious and ongoing threat to FCC students and staff, and strongly urges not to confront him,” in an announcement sent to students and staff today.

SCCCD PD advises anyone who sees Madec to contact SCCCD PD immediately at (559) 224-6140 or dial 9-1-1 to report his presence and let law enforcement handle the situation.

Few details about the arrest have been made available, but police did share that no weapons were in his possession at the time of the arrest.

Madec was placed on administrative leave after multiple students filed reports in August that during a class lecture the instructor threatened to shoot and kill the SCCCD Chancellor. The warrant states that “Madec indicated the bullet points on his PowerPoint presentation were bullets ‘flying’ toward his students.”

This is the second time Madec was put on administrative leave from FCC. The first was in 2020 following allegations from the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) that he violated rules about providing special privileges to his players, according to court documents.

This is the second time this year the campus was threatened by a faculty member. On June 14, 2023 theater arts instructor Richard Fine was arrested after allegedly threatening an FCC dean, their family, and “all students on campus” according to a warning issued by the SCCCD PD.

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Sara Ohler, Opinion Editor

Sara Ohler is a 24 year-old journalism major who was born and raised in Fresno, CA. After graduating high school in 2017, she didn't know what she wanted to spend her time studying. She decided to take time off of college, but still wanted to pursue education and went on to become an esthetician. After a few years, she didn't feel challenged within her practice anymore and craved something more, so she decided she would go back to college. She initially joined the Rampage on a whim, and became an editor in her first semester and is now the editor-in-chief in her third semester. She feels lucky and grateful to have jumped on this opportunity when she did. Sara's passion for writing started around the age of 8, which stemmed from her love of reading. A few years later she would discover a passion for photography. She wrote in her high school newspaper and loved it and she feels lucky to have been given the opportunity to experience what writing for a publication is like. Though she hasn't decided which university she would like to go to, she plans on transferring to one with a good journalism program where she can dive in to the realm of investigative journalism, photojournalism and music journalism. She has quite a few different hobbies, but you will most likely catch her photographing concerts, reading in a local cafe, or playing Dungeons and Dragons with her pals.

Sarah Hernandez, Opinion Editor

Sarah Hernandez was born in Clovis, California in the year 2003, but has been raised in Fresno her whole life and is on her second year at Fresno City College. She is currently studying and majoring in Journalism. A little bit about Sarah, is that when she was about ten years old, she never really paid attention in class and found a love for writing. No matter if it was a story she came up with in her head or a random thought, she simply grabbed her journal to write. At times getting the journal taken away from her, but that never stopping her from writing on whatever she could find. Getting herself in trouble, but knowing that writing was something she always had a peak interests in. A fun fact about Sarah is that she has taken up photography recently for her past time to act as a growing hobby of hers, but she never stops writing. A little fun fact about her is that she is an avid Marvel fan and has seen a good majority of the films, plus she also loves graphic designs and draws inspiration from various shows and movies that she indulges in. Sarah’s ultimate goal in life is to be a free-lance public relations worker and to travel the world, visiting various countries like Japan and Germany while writing about her travels. She hopes the Rampage will help her get a toe in on what journalism is all about and help broaden her horizon.

Jesus Herrera, Editor-in-Chief

Jesus Herrera is the Editor in Chief at The Rampage for the spring 2024 semester at Fresno City College. This will be his fourth and final semester on the team. While also fulfilling his duties as EIC, Jesus still plans on growing his writing and photography skills throughout the semester. Born and raised in Fresno Jesus grew up on shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender, Spectacular Spider-man, and Justice League. These started his love for storytelling of all kinds and are the foundation of his belief that a story can have a huge impact on someone's life. To this day he is a big comic and manga fan with his current favorites being Kaiju No.8 and Invincible. Jesus has been going to Fresno City since 2019 but started his journalism major fall of 2022. He has also studied film and American sign language at Fresno City College with the ladder being his major prior to 2020.

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