Sacramento police seek name for cold case homicide victim from 1980
Sacramento police are asking for the public's help in solving a cold case from three decades ago in which the homicide victim's identity remains a mystery. Police say that the unidentified man's body...
View ArticleProsecution wrapping up retrial over Elk Grove party death
The prosecution is expected to rest its case today in the retrial of a 25-year-old woman accused of murder in the April 19, 2009, shooting death of Alison Joelle Freeseha at a party in Elk Grove. A...
View ArticleSacramento man indicted on federal child exploitation charges
A Sacramento man, already in jail on state charges, was indicted today on federal child exploitation charges. A federal grand jury in Sacramento returned a a three-count indictment charging Phillip J....
View ArticleMan wounded in shooting at Carmichael apartment complex
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department is searching for suspects in the shooting of a man at a Carmichael apartment complex this evening. Sheriff's spokesman Deputy Jason Ramos said calls began...
View ArticleGalt police looking for shooter who was in faded van
Galt police want help in finding a man with a tear drop tattoo who fired shots at pedestrians. Police released sketches of the shooter who police said pulled up in a van in the area of 7th and B...
View ArticleAppellate court schedules arguments over juror's Facebook posts
Nearly a year after it was ordered to revisit the matter, the California 3rd District Court of Appeal has scheduled oral arguments for next month on whether a juror has to turn over to a Sacramento...
View ArticleArraignment of son accused of killing father delayed to March 22
The arraignment of Christopher Jon Michael Northam, 25, who is accused of shooting his father to death last year was delayed Friday in Placer Superior Court to March 22. Northam is accused of gunning...
View ArticleNevada County coroner releases name of stabbing victim
Nevada County coroner's officials today released the name of a man stabbed to death at a party that went awry. He was identified as Ryan Roth, 33, of Lake of the Pines. Nevada County dispatchers were...
View ArticleTwo Sacramento real estate agents indicted
By Rick Daysog rdaysog@sacbee.com Two Sacramento real estate agents were indicted for their alleged roles in a property flipping and mortgage fraud scheme. A federal grand jury on Thursday charged...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 34 years in prison for child sexual assault
A man with prior convictions relating to sex abuse crimes was sentenced today to 34 years in prison for child sexual assault. A Sacramento County Superior Court jury last month convicted Phil Douglas...
View ArticleThree Sacramento women indicted in tax fraud scheme
Three Sacramento women have been indicted for allegedly participating in a tax fraud scheme. Nadiyah Muhammad Woods, 33, Nakia Renee Vaughn, 26, and Tomisha Lee McKinnie, 24, were charged by a federal...
View ArticleNanny interrupts burglary at Folsom home; suspect arrested
A nanny surprised a burglar when she arrived at her employer's Folsom home early this afternoon. When the nanny entered the house on Fratis Street in Folsom's Prairie Oaks neighborhood, she heard a...
View ArticleFolsom prison inmate killed in assault
By Denny Walsh dwalsh@sacbee.com Law enforcement officials are investigating a homicide that occurred this morning in a medium security unit of Folsom State Prison, according to Corrections Lt. Paul...
View ArticleGo-cart driver killed in collision with pickup identified by Sacramento coroner
The Sacramento County Coroner's office has released the name of a go-cart driver killed in a collision with a pickup in Elk Grove on Saturday. He was identified as Daniel Gordon Orth, 33, of...
View ArticleSacramento sheriff to hold community meeting
Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones is inviting the public to sound off on how the department is doing at a town hall meeting Thursday night. The meeting is scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday in the...
View ArticleVandal damages Capitol, state building, City Hall property
A man went on a rampage last night causing damage to the Capitol, a nearby state office building and Sacramento City Hall, according the California Highway Patrol. CHP officer Rich Wetzel said that...
View ArticleTight security marks opening in Sacramento of dismemberment trial
Heightened security marked the beginning of the Sacramento Superior Court trial today for a man accused of shooting an acquaintance with an AK-47 assault rifle and then chopping off his head. Two...
View ArticleYolo cops arrest armed pot growers
Three Woodland men were arrested on suspicion of growing marijuana and two of them were allegedly armed, including one who had an assault rifle, Woodland police said today. Early Thursday, Woodland...
View ArticleMan arrested after female found dead in Cameron Park home
A Cameron Park man was arrested this evening after El Dorado County sheriff's detectives determined that a suspicious death at a Cameron Park residence was a homicide. Todd Alan Winkler (pictured), 45,...
View ArticleFormer Lassen County postmaster pleads guilty to embezzling
The former postmaster of the Lassen County community of Bieber has admitted to embezzling postal funds. Kristina Michelle Morris, 38, of Bieber pleaded guilty today in federal court in Sacramento to...
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