Gang sweep ends with vehicle hitting brick wall in Lodi
A police sweep of suspected gang members in Lodi ended with a pursuit and a crash. The sweep on Wednesday consisted of police checking to see if suspected gang members were violating parole or...
View ArticleSacramento sheriff to hold community meeting tonight
Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones is inviting the public to sound off on how the department is doing at a town hall meeting tonight. The meeting is scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m. in the department's...
View ArticleJudge sentences defendant in videotaped Sacramento beating
The man who slugged a mentally ill woman while mugging for a pal shooting a videotape in south Sacramento last year was sentenced today to 240 days in county jail and five years probation. Sacramento...
View ArticleGrass Valley man dies when van strikes tree
A man died Wednesday when his van slid off a road outside of Colfax and hit a tree. The man, Jeffrey Lynn Menesez, 62, from Grass Valley, was driving about 2:15 p.m. Wednesday on Placer Hills Road...
View ArticleMurder charges dropped in 1987 midtown homeless killing
Murder charges were dismissed Wednesday against a defendant arrested last year when his DNA turned up on an open beer can at the scene of the 1987 killing of a homeless man in midtown Sacramento....
View ArticleInjured skier reported rescued in remote area of Placer County
A skier injured in an avalanche in Placer County this afternoon is reported in critical condition and en route Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee. A Placer County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman said the...
View ArticleAuthorities report two suspects in weekend homicide at Folsom State Prison
Two suspects have been identified and removed from the general prison population following a homicide Saturday involving an inmate in a medium security unit at Folsom State Prison. The names of the...
View ArticleMan arrested second time in two days after alleged threats at business
A 37-year-old state correctional officer has been arrested for the second time in two days, accused of threatening employees at an Arden Arcade business. Taurus Collins (pictured) was initially...
View ArticleElk Grove man headed to prison for loan modification activities
An Elk Grove man has been sentenced to four years in state prison for illegal conduct in loan modifications. Rodney Andrews, 57, pleaded no contest last month to embezzlement, theft by false pretenses,...
View ArticleSkier caught in Placer County avalanche dies
A skier injured in an avalanche in Placer County on Thursday had died, according to the Nevada County Sheriff's Department. The 29-year-old skier, whose name was not immediately available, was taken...
View ArticleSkier killed in avalanche identified; slide danger high today in Sierra
In the wake of the death of a skier who died on Thursday, avalanche experts are warning of more danger today. The skier died when he triggered a slide near Stanford Rock in Placer County, according to...
View ArticleProsecutors will not seek death penalty in slaying of baby, dad
A prosecutor announced in court today that the District Attorney's Office will not seek the death penalty against three defendants accused in a shooting in which a young father and his 7-month-old son...
View ArticleAccount of killer slide detailed by Sierra avalanche center
The skier who died in an avalanche on Thursday made a desperate effort to save himself by grabbing a tree only to be swept along by the slide that buried him. That's according to an account on the...
View ArticleJudge sentences pastor to 158 years to life in molestation case
Rio Linda Baptist Church Pastor Tommy Gene Daniels was sentenced to 158 years to life in prison today for molesting five little girls in a respite and child-care operation his family ran out of his...
View ArticleSacramento Sheriff: Public's help needed in solving fatal shooting
By Kim Minugh kminugh@sacbee.com Sacramento County sheriff's detectives say they are in desperate need of the public's help in trying to solve the fatal shooting of a 41-year-old man in his driveway...
View ArticleAuburn police officer credited with pulling burning man from fire
An Auburn police officer drew on his previous experience as a firefighter to rescue a man from a vegetation fire. Officer Chris Forman was dispatched at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday, along with the Auburn Fire...
View ArticleSacramento police announce Saturday sobriety checkpoint
The Sacramento Police Department will conduct a sobriety and driver's license checkpoint Saturday night at Fruitridge Road and Mendocino Avenue. Beginning at 8 p.m. and continuing for up to seven...
View ArticleAuthorities seek 80-year-old Sacramento County man missing since Friday
An at-risk 80-year-old man has been missing from his convalescent home since Friday morning, and Sacramento County sheriff's deputies are asking for the public's help in finding him. MD "Doc" Wormly,...
View ArticleSacramento police: Man tried to pull teen girl into his car
A 17-year-old girl reported that a man she did not know tried to pull her into his car in a Gardenland parking lot Friday afternoon, according to a Sacramento police report. The girl said the man...
View ArticleSheriff: Rancho Cordova man chased CPS worker, led deputies in pursuit
A 42-year-old Rancho Cordova man was arrested Friday evening after he led authorities on a pursuit while chasing a social worker who had taken his children into protective custody, according to...
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