Police: Motorcyclist at fault for fatal Roseville collision
By Ed Fletcher efletcher@sacbee.com Roseville Police believe the motorcyclist killed in a collision Thursday evening -- identified today as Grant Alan Severson, 42, of Roseville -- was at fault in the...
View ArticleJim Newcomer named to Sac Metro Fire District board
By Brad Branan bbranan@sacbee.com The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District board has picked a former district captain to fill a vacant director position. At its Thursday night meeting, the board of...
View ArticleDetectives seek to ID person of interest in Rescue burglaries
The El Dorado County Sheriff's Department is asking the public's help in identifying a "person of interest" sought in connection with several burglaries and attempted burglaries that have occurred over...
View ArticleRoseville man pleads guilty to possessing child pornograhy
Roseville resident Brian David Clayworth, 43, pleaded guilty today to possession of child pornography. According to the plea agreement, in December 2004, Homeland Security Investigations agents in Los...
View ArticleCHP truck inspectors halt contaminated tissue-holder shipment
A recent truck inspection by the California Highway Patrol's commercial truck inspectors prevented a shipment of bathroom tissue holders with radiation contamination from reaching retail stores in...
View ArticleRio Linda pastor's sentencing delayed until March
By Andy Furillo afurillo@sacbee.com The sentencing of Rio Linda First Baptist Church pastor Tommy Gene Daniels was delayed Friday after his lawyer filed a motion for a new trial. Sacramento Superior...
View ArticleWoman admits embezzlement, elder abuse in Yolo County case
A Calistoga woman has pleaded guilty to embezzlement and elder abuse in a case involving a Yolo County resident. Denise Ann Conophy pleaded guilty to embezzlement, elder abuse and tax evasion, and...
View ArticleOroville motorist, 32, dies in collision
By Denny Walsh dwalsh@sacbee.com A 32-year-old Oroville man was killed late Thursday night after he drove his 2008 Toyota into the rear of another car on a state road in Butte County. Andrew Daniel...
View ArticlePedestrian killed in Carmichael traffic collision is identified
Sacramento coroner's officials today identified a man who died Saturday after trying to cross Fair Oaks Boulevard in Carmichael as 50-year-old Richard Edward Halford. Halford left a McDonald's...
View ArticleTwo men and a dog die in apparent homeless camp tragedy
Two men and a dog were found dead inside their tent near the American River just east of the Highway 160 bridge, the apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning from a camp stove inside the tent,...
View ArticleSacramento deputy shoots twice after man attacks, say officials
A Sacramento County Sheriff's deputy shot a man he stopped for questioning shortly after 11 a.m. today after the man began pummeling the officer, a department spokesman said. The man, whose identity...
View ArticlePolice arrest parolee after high-speed chase ends in Sacramento
By Denny Walsh dwalsh@sacbee.com A parolee led officers from three police agencies on a high-speed chase this morning that ended in Sacramento when the suspected carjacker pulled over and surrendered...
View ArticleSacramento police: Mom leaves kids in cold, goes to McDonalds
By Phillip Reese preese@sacbee.com Sacramento police found two children, ages 10 and 4, huddled in some bushes, shivering, near Richards Boulevard and Bercut Drive around 9:30 p.m. Sunday evening. An...
View ArticleMarysville bicyclist hit broadside last night
A bicyclist wearing no helmet and without proper lighting on his bike suffered major injury last night when he was broadsided by a Jeep in Linda, Yuba County, according to the CHP. The bicyclist,...
View ArticleSan Joaquin convicted killer found dead in Lassen trailer
Convicted killer Loren Herzog, found dead in his Lassen County trailer, apparently hanged himself. Herzog, 46, initially convicted of three first-degree murders and implicated in several others, was...
View Article33 Granite Bay kick-the-door burglaries since August
Upscale neighborhoods in the Granite Bay area are being warned about nighttime kick-door burglars who have hit 33 homes since August. The burglars approach the front of darkened homes and kick the...
View ArticleBody of man found along railroad tracks near Plumas Lake
The Yuba County Sheriff's Department is working to identify the body of a man found Monday morning beside the Union Pacific Railroad tracks near Plumas Lake. Union Pacific employees found the body...
View ArticleJury begins deliberations in Rancho Cordova sex killing
Jurors began deliberations today in the rape-murder trial of Demetrius Shaffer who is charged in the New Year's Day 2011 strangulation death of Rajneet Kor Singh in Rancho Cordova. Shaffer, 33, also is...
View ArticleFairfield man convicted of car bombing targeting former tenant
A Fairfield man was convicted today of a 2011 car bombing targeting a former tenant. Daniel Ricahrd Garcia, 30, was found guilty of malicious use of explosives, possession of a destructive device in...
View ArticleParolee shot in struggle with deputy booked on firearm, resisting arrest charges
The man shot during a violent struggle with a Sacramento County sheriff's deputy last weekend has been booked into jail, according to authorities. After treatment for his non-life-threatening injuries,...
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