Detectives narrowing time of death for girl found dead at Rosemont park
By Bill Lindelof and Kim Minugh blindelof@sacbee.com Sacramento County Sheriff's department officials say the body found in a Rosemont park this morning is that of a girl who died last night. A...
View ArticleHacker who targeted Sacramento firm pleads guilty
By Dale Kasler dkasler@sacbee.com A hacker has pleaded guilty in connection with the notorious computer attack last year on Sacramento cybersecurity firm HBGary Inc. and its sister company HBGary...
View ArticleRiot quelled at old Folsom Prison without serious injury
By Peter Hecht phecht@sacbee.com Correctional officers at Folsom State Prison today put down a wild prison melee involving up to 70 suspected gang members, firing pepper spray and non-lethal rounds to...
View ArticleSacramento man sentenced to prison for possessing child porn
A Sacramento man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for possession of child pornography. Sean Howard, 35, pleaded guilty in December and was sentenced Monday in Sacramento by U.S. District Judge...
View ArticleSheriff's officials ID 13-year-old victim found dead in Rosemont park
By Kim Minugh and Bill Lindelof kminugh@sacbee.com Sacramento County Sheriff's officials have identified the girl found dead in a Rosemont park this morning as 13-year-old Jessica Funk-Haslam. The...
View ArticleSacramento Children's Home warns of false solicitations
The Sacramento Children's Home is warning people to beware of a group of individuals going door to door claiming to seek donations on behalf of the Children's Home. On Saturday, individuals apparently...
View ArticleSacramento deputy collides with car while responding to call
A Sacramento County Sheriff's deputy responding to a theft call slammed into a car in Arden Arcade this morning, sending a man to the hospital. The driver of the car hit by the patrol car, a...
View ArticleIt's all about the Benjamins in Roseville scam
A quick-change artist recently duped a clerk in Roseville with an old scam. On March 1, a man gave the clerk at a Harding Boulevard business five $20 bills and requested a $100 bill in exchange. The...
View ArticlePrankster seeks to annoy Roseville residents
A prankster is at work in Roseville with a decidedly low-tech goof to get a few chuckles. Roseville police said that on two occasions somebody taped a spoon to a window or door. Tied to the spoon was...
View ArticleSheriff's officials to hold community meeting in wake of 13-year-old's killing
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department has scheduled a community meeting in Rosemont for Thursday night to answer questions about the killing of a 13-year-old girl, whose body was found in a...
View ArticleMan killed, two injured in Newcastle collision
An 82-year-old man was killed and his passenger was seriously injured this morning in a collision on Indian Hill Road in Newcastle. California Highway Patrol Officer David Martinez said the crash...
View ArticleUpdate: Suspected bank robber fatally shot in Citrus Heights
A suspected bank robber who claimed to have an explosive device was fatally shot by police late Wednesday afternoon, Citrus Heights Police officials report. Jon Kempf, Citrus Heights Police officer,...
View ArticleMetal thefts on the rise as copper prices increase
Thefts of copper and other metals have increased 81 percent, driven by rising prices for the stolen recyclables, according to an insurance industry report released today. A total of 25,083 claims of...
View ArticleCoroner identifies suspected bank robber shot by Citrus Heights police
The Sacramento County coroner's office today released the name of the suspected bank robber shot by Citrus Heights police. He was identified as Jeffrey James Gonzales, 51, of Citrus Heights. Police...
View ArticleElk Grove man sued for damage suffered in glass-smashing Oakland Occupy protest
An Elk Grove man is being sued by Oakland for damages incurred during an Occupy demonstration. Cesar Aguirre, 24, was arrested by officers who saw him smashing windows of a public building in Oakland's...
View ArticleLive chat: Q&A with Arden Fair security chief Steve Reed
Steve Reed of Arden Fair is in the Bee newsroom taking your questions about security issues at the mall and anything else you care to ask. The live chat starts shortly. Join in. The Bee's Sam Stanton...
View ArticleDismemberment killer 'maniacal,' DA says
A prosecutor displayed photographs of the dismemberment killing of a Galt area man and told a jury today it was the work of a man who had fashioned himself into a "natural born killer." "You hear about...
View ArticleSacramento Coroner: 13-year-old died of blunt force, asphyxia and stab wound
By Kim Minugh kminugh@sacbee.com The Sacramento County Coroner's Office has officially released the cause of death of the 13-year-old girl found dead in Rosemont Community Park on Tuesday morning as...
View ArticleDefendant in dismemberment case is 'pure evil,' prosecutor says
A prosecutor displayed photographs of the dismemberment killing of a Galt area man and told a jury today it was the work of an associate who had fashioned himself into a "natural born killer." "You...
View ArticleShamrock run shuts streets Sunday
By Sam McManis smcmanis@sacbee.com Wondering why the streets of Sacramento and West Sacramento will be packed with hyperventilating runners on Sunday morning? It's the 9th annual running of the...
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