UPDATE: Man missing from Orangevale home found safe
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department reports that an 83-year-old man who went missing from an Orangevale residence this morning has been found and is safe. Clifford Stilwell (pictured)...
View ArticleFolsom police campaign aims to improve pedestrian safety
The Folsom Police Department is launching a public education campaign in an effort to increase pedestrian safety. Titled "It's Up to All of Us," the campaign will use advertising, the Internet,...
View ArticleCarmichael man sentenced to prison for distributing child porn
A Carmichael man was sentenced today to 11 years and three months in prison for distributing child pornography. Ray Laurence Howes, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge John A. Mendez and...
View ArticleCelebrants reminded of El Dorado County fireworks ban
Fire officials are encouraging people who will be celebrating the Fourth of July in El Dorado County to attend a public fireworks show. They also are issuing a reminder that all individual fireworks,...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: What news on man killed in Napa home?
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: An employee where I worked flew into Sacramento on Saturday, June 22, after being called by police somewhere in...
View ArticleWoman booked for stabbing in Woodland
Police arrested a woman for allegedly stabbing a man at motel on Tuesday in Woodland. Officers were called at 2:40 p.m. Tuesday to a gas station on West Main Street where Dave Lopez, 41, of Woodland,...
View ArticleRoseville man sentenced to prison for credit card fraud
A Roseville man has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for credit card fraud. U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller also ordered Vasilyevi Berezenko, 25, to make restitution to his victims and to...
View ArticleWindshield repairman pleads guilty to insurance fraud
A man who was employed as a windshield repair technician has pleaded guilty to a felony charge of insurance fraud. An investigation by the California Department of Insurance's Urban Auto Task Force...
View ArticleCaught on tape: Teen booked for stinging pepper spray incident at Sacramento...
A Vacaville man has been arrested for the deployment of pepper spray at a Sacramento mall that left some people feeling the sting of the aerosol agent. Juan Miguel Pantoja, 19, (pictured) was arrested...
View ArticleTraffic stop in South Lake Tahoe ends in arrest, sap confiscation
A traffic stop in South Lake Tahoe of a convicted felon from Alaska resulted in his arrest on suspicion of burglary, possession of a sap and other charges. An officer stopped a vehicle being driven by...
View ArticleDrone protesters' bid for jury trial rejected
By Denny Walsh dwalsh@sacbee.com Five people who protest the government's use of drones and who were arrested for trespassing at Beale Air Force Base had their request for a jury trial rejected by a...
View ArticleUC Davis grad student dies from injuries suffered in I-5 crash
By Bill Lindelof and Jeffrey Dastin blindelof@sacbee.com UC Davis veterinary school graduate Loreto A. Godoy has died from injuries she suffered in a car crash Friday that killed three others,...
View ArticleSacramento strikes back against copper wire thieves
By Ben Mullin bmullin@sacbee.com Copper thieves, beware: The city of Sacramento is trying to pull the plug on wire theft. In an effort to halt the rising tide of copper theft from Sacramento street...
View ArticleStepped-up enforcement on Lake Tahoe to target impaired boaters
The South Lake Tahoe Police Department's marine units will participate this weekend in Operation Dry Water, a nationwide campaign highlighting the risks and dangers of operating boats under the...
View ArticleUnregistered assault weapons seized from home of felon
A Sacramento County man barred from possessing firearms because of prior felony convictions has been arrested after law enforcement officers seized nine firearms, including eight unregistered assault...
View ArticleMan arrested in fatal shooting at Mack Road gas station
Sacramento police today announced the arrest of a 27-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of a man June 15 at a gas station on Mack Road. Officers responded at 11:31 a.m. to a report of a...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: What caused death of woman found in car in Rio Linda...
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: Last year, a woman was found dead in her car on Q Street close to a storage rental facility in Rio Linda. Did...
View ArticleCamino man succumbs to injuries from Foothill Farms shooting
A man has died from a injuries suffered when the car in which he was a passenger was shot up earlier this week in Foothill Farms. The Sacramento County Coroner's website states that Ralph R. Squires,...
View ArticleJudge sentences lookout in fatal drug robbery to 34 years to life in prison
The lookout in an attempted Meadowview methamphetamine robbery that turned into a fatal, pre-dawn backyard brawl was sentenced today to 34 years to life in prison. Arsenio Barajas, 24, received the...
View ArticlePhone scammers masquerade as FBI, El Dorado County sheriff
Phone scammers intent on bilking El Dorado County residents of their money are falsely identifying themselves as the FBI or the sheriff. Telephone scams are not new. The El Dorado County Sheriff's...
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