Yuba City pedestrian injured in suspected DUI crash
A 60-year-old man suffered major injuries this morning when he was struck by a vehicle while walking along Lincoln Road in the Yuba City area. According to the California Highway Patrol, Karemjit...
View ArticleFormer Citrus Heights man draws 300-year prison term for child molestation
A man found guilty of molesting boys after luring them to his Citrus Heights home with video games has been sentenced to 300 years to life in prison. Ryan Matthew Haley, 32, was convicted by a jury in...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: What happened to man who killed girlfriend in...
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: In fall 2003, there was a young man named Correll who killed his girlfriend. What ever happened to Correll?...
View ArticleAfter 5,000 meals and 950 stays, Red Cross to close Rim fire shelter
With Rim fire containment near Yosemite at 80 percent, the Red Cross today will close its shelter in Sonora. At the height of its use, on August 23, more than 180 residents stayed overnight at the...
View ArticleSacramento woman dies in crash at Watt Avenue and Highway 50
A Sacramento woman has died after the car in which she was riding was rear-ended by another vehicle early Sunday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. Christine Shimosaka, 35, of...
View ArticlePolice say beware of the Roseville snake scam
A so-called "snake scam" has spread from the Bay area to Roseville, police said. Burglars posing as animal control officers knocked on the doors of at least two homes in Roseville on Monday. The fake...
View ArticleCarnival worker suspected of broken bottle assault
A carnival worker has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a fellow employee with a broken beer bottle. Police said that two carnival workers at Auburn's Gold Country Fairgrounds got into an...
View ArticleCourts, sheriff resolve security funding flap, ease shortfall
By Andy Furillo afurillo@sacbee.com The Sacramento courts and the Sheriff's Department have resolved their flap over security costs, ending a threat of cuts this year in the number of uniformed...
View ArticleFederal jury convicts man in Nevada County crime spree
A resident of Rough and Ready has been found guilty of a 2011 crime spree in Nevada County that involved mail and identity theft. A federal jury in Sacramento on Tuesday convicted Jasen Lynn Dushane,...
View ArticleCoroner IDs man found in shallow grave in Rio Linda field
The man whose body was exhumed from a shallow grave in a Rio Linda field last month has been identified as 69-year-old Larry Edward Lillard of Wheatland, according to the Sacramento County Coroner's...
View ArticleCHP seeks driver in I-80 hit-and-run collision that injured Meadow Vista couple
The California Highway Patrol has released new details regarding a vehicle believed to have been involved in a hit-and-run collision that sent two motorcycle riders to the hospital Aug. 24. Joe Mikles,...
View ArticleTwo Yuba City men arrested in fatal drive-by shooting
Two men have been arrested and another is sought in connection with a fatal drive-by shooting in the Sutter County community of Live Oak on Saturday night. The Sutter County Sheriff's Office announced...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: What happened to men who killed skate rink manager...
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: What happened to the guys who robbed and killed a guy at Kings skating rink in south Sacramento? I think it was...
View ArticleRoseville detectives need help in finding killer of freight-riding teen
Detectives need help in finding the killer of a Southern California teen who rode a freight train north to Roseville where his remains were found in May near a creek bed. John Paul Alpert, 19, of...
View ArticlePursuit of Woodland theft suspect ends at Travis AFB
A Davis man was arrested this morning after a reported theft at a Woodland Target store led to a police chase that ended at the entrance of Travis Air Force Base. Woodland police officers responded at...
View ArticlePolice seek suspects in assault on woman Meadowview area
The Sacramento Police Department is seeking information from the community regarding a recent case of elder abuse. Shortly after 8 a.m. Friday, a woman in her 70s was assaulted by four men as she was...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: Have drivers been identfied in recent Folsom crash?
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: About two weeks ago a woman in a green SUV was driving crazy, first on Highway 50, then onto Folsom Boulevard...
View ArticleFormer Sierra Oaks teacher sentenced to 26 years for molestation
Former Sierra Oaks Elementary School teacher Shane Vicars was sentenced today to 26 years in state prison for his conviction on 13 counts of molesting two boys in an after-school program. Sacramento...
View ArticleCarmichael firefighters save kittens stuck underground
Fox40 has the story of how firefighters in Carmichael saved a family of kittens that were stuck under a tree.
View ArticleFamily river outing turns tragic; body of man sought
By Kurt Chirbas kchirbas@sacbee.com> Sacramento Metro Fire shifted Sunday afternoon from a search and rescue mission to a recovery operation for a man who fell off a raft in the San Juan Rapids, on...
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