Sacramento DA's office to resume police shooting reviews
The Sacramento District Attorney's Office will resume conducting legal reviews of all police shootings in the county, a top official in the prosecutor's office said Friday. "We are not going to conduct...
View ArticleMan involved in 2011 chase sentenced for drug trafficking
A Fairfield man was sentenced today in federal court in Sacramento to 19 years and seven months in prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses. After a court trial, Jaymar Dwaune Jamerson was...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: What happened to man accused of abusing child?
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: About five or six years ago, Billy Ray Arnett was accused of child abuse. What was the outcome? Submitted by:...
View ArticleDivers recover body of man who drowned in Lake Natoma
By Richard Chang and Cathy Locke rchang@sacbee.com Divers early this morning retrieved the body of a man who drowned in Lake Natoma late Friday near the CSUS Aquatic Center off Hazel Avenue. Capt....
View ArticleMan arrested in connection with fatal North Natomas shooting
A 30-year-old man was arrested Saturday in connection with a fatal shooting earlier this month in the parking lot of a North Natomas apartment complex, Sacramento police report. Dominique Nelson was...
View ArticleDrowning reported in American River near Howe Avenue
By Jeffrey Dastin jdastin@sacbee.com A man drowned Sunday evening in the American River near Howe Avenue, the fourth case in the city of Sacramento this summer, officials said. The Sacramento Fire...
View ArticleAbandoned pressure cooker prompts bomb concern in S. Lake Tahoe
With the Boston Marathon bombings still fresh in their minds, South Lake Tahoe police closed down part of Highway 50 last night when an abandoned pressure cooker was found after a competitive event....
View ArticlePriest says he thought his statements to church officials were confidential
The Rev. Uriel Ojeda testified today that his statements to a top-ranking Sacramento diocese official and a private investigator in which he allegedly admitted to molesting a parish girl was not a...
View ArticleMan draws jail time for insurance fraud scheme
A man who filed a fraudulent stolen vehicle claim when he fell behind on his auto loan payments was sentenced today in Sacramento Superior Court to 270 days in county jail. James Adkins also was placed...
View ArticleUPDATE: El Dorado County fire contained, Highway 50 reopened
A wildland fire that shut down Highway 50 and knocked out power to thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric customers in El Dorado County late this afternoon has been fully contained. Westbound Highway 50...
View ArticleWoodland police seek man accused of exposing himself
Woodland police are looking for a man who reportedly exposed himself to a 12-year-old girl this afternoon. Officers were dispatched to the 1300 block of Elwood Street about 3 p.m. The girl told police...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: Was anyone arrested in 1990s slaying at Burger King...
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: There was a murder at what was a Burger King on Sunrise Boulevard about 20 years ago. Were the murderers ever...
View ArticleWoodland police investigate suspicious deaths of cats
Woodland police are investigating what they say appears to be the intentional killing of several cats in recent weeks. An officer was dispatched about 5:30 pm. Friday to the Lincoln Manor Apartments at...
View ArticleUpdate: Details unclear, but homicide suspected in Antelope storage unit death
Sacramento County sheriff's detectives are still searching for answers this afternoon after a woman's body was found in an Antelope storage unit Monday night. Detectives are not sure how she died, or...
View ArticleMan arrested on Auburn street on gun, drug charges
An Auburn police officer arrested a man on High Street who they say had a loaded handgun and drugs without a prescription. Police officer Joe Almeida went up to Timothy Ryan Ody, 39, as he sat in a...
View ArticleCrying children in Meadowview prompts police visit
The cries of three small children who couldn't get inside their home brought Sacramento police to a notoriously crime-plagued pocket of Meadowview. Sacramento police reported that they were called...
View ArticleBrain-damaged woman can't testify in ex-cop's rape trial, judge rules
A brain-damaged woman who is the alleged victim in the rape prosecution of a former Sacramento police officer will not be allowed to testify against him at trial, a judge ruled Monday. The woman, who...
View ArticlePriest's statements weren't confidential, DA's expert says
The prosecution's expert witness testified Tuesday that the Rev. Uriel Ojeda had no expectation of confidentiality when he allegedly made admissions to a church official and a private investigator that...
View ArticleElk Grove police ask help finding missing man with brain injury
The Elk Grove Police Department is asking the public's help in finding a 48-year-old man who suffers from a brain injury that affects his memory and cognitive functions. Angelito "Sam" Cabaccang...
View ArticleCoroner identifies Roseville man as Lake Natoma drowning victim
A man whose body was recovered from Lake Natoma early Saturday has been identified by the Sacramento County Coroner's Office as 19-year-old Guillermo Fabian Contreras of Roseville. Sacramento...
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