El Dorado County officials report recovery of more than $50,000 in stolen...
Searches of two locations in El Dorado County have turned up stolen property with an estimated value of more than $50,000, according to sheriff's officials. Sheriff's detectives and members of the...
View ArticleNevada man suspected of Truckee, Lake Tahoe-area burglaries
A 24-year-old man from Incline Village, Nev., has been arrested in connection with a commercial burglary in Truckee and is a suspect in numerous other burglaries in the Lake Tahoe area. Truckee police...
View ArticleCHP seeks help locating driver in fatal hit-and-run on I-80
The California Highway Patrol seeks the public's help to locate the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a tow-truck driver Tuesday. David Robinson Jr. had gotten out of his tow truck about 4:15...
View ArticlePolice seek help identifying Natomas-area robbery suspects
Sacramento police are asking the community's help in identifying suspects in robberies of ice cream and sandwich shops in the Natomas area earlier this month. At 9:52 p.m. March 1, two armed men...
View ArticleCitrus Heights man arrested following hit-and-run in Rio Linda
A Citrus Heights man identified as a convicted felon is in jail after he allegedly broadsided a vehicle at a Rio Linda intersection while leading CHP officers on a chase Thursday afternoon. About 2:40...
View ArticleMan jailed after Sacramento airport screening leads authorities to stash of...
A 45-year-old man is being held without bail in Sacramento County Jail, accused of attempting to take several firearms through a security checkpoint at Sacramento International Airport. Harold Waller...
View ArticleMan jumps in front of Redding bus, mini van
Redding police said they believe that a man was under the influence of a drug when he jumped in front of a bus and then a minivan. The man, Jamal Essayah, 24, identified as a transient, was hit by the...
View ArticleMan in fatal Lodi skydiving incident identified
The San Joaquin County Sheriff's office has released the name of the skydiver who died Thursday during a jump in Lodi. He was identified as William L. Calhoun, 72, of Novato. A spokesman for the...
View ArticleSacramento judge orders continued detention of teen witness
By Andy Furillo afurillo@sacbee.com A Sacramento judge ordered today that an alleged juvenile rape victim must remain locked up to ensure her court appearance against the man accused of sexually...
View ArticleModesto police arrest ex-teacher, allege sex abuse of student
Modesto police announced today that they have arrested former Enochs High School teacher Christopher James Hooker (booking photo at left) on suspicion of sexual abuse of a minor. Hooker had resigned...
View ArticleArraignment of suspected murdering mom set for Monday
Roseville mom Denise Wilder is scheduled to be arraigned at 1 p.m. Monday in Auburn on charges that she murdered her 2-year-old daughter McKinley Wilder. Wilder is also facing child neglect charges....
View ArticleAntelope man pleads guilty in deception of credit agencies
An Antelope man today pleaded guilty in federal court in Sacramento to two counts of mail fraud in a complex scheme to deceive credit reporting agencies. According to court documents, Ricky Lamont...
View ArticleCitrus Heights man accused of two attempts to set fire to home
A 46-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly tried on two occasions to cause an explosion and fire at his Citrus Heights home. Anthony Alan Chance (pictured) was arrested Thursday on...
View ArticleOne dead in North Highlands mobile home fire
By Carlos Alcalá calcala@sacbee.com One person was reported dead after Sacramento Metropolitan Fire crews extinguished a fire this morning in a mobile home park in North Highlands. The fire broke out...
View ArticleSuspect subdued after punching Sacramento police officer
By Carlos Alcalá calcala@sacbee.com Sacramento police arrested a man on K Street in the vicinity of Downtown Plaza Friday after he punched an officer. The officer attempted to make contact with Izeal...
View ArticleValley Hi home invaders flee after exchange of gunfire
By Carlos Alcalá calcala@sacbee.com A Valley Hi resident apparently chased home invaders from his home Friday, exchanging gunfire with the would-be robbers, police reported. The man was with his...
View ArticleSacramento taxi driver shot in face
By Carlos Alcalá calcala@sacbee.com A taxi driver was shot in the face near Garden Highway and Truxel Road early today. Police have little information on this incident, which occurred around 3 a.m. The...
View ArticleSacramento man victim of cash scam
By Carlos Alcalá calcala@sacbee.com Two men conned an elderly victim out of a large amount of cash in the Greenhaven area Friday, police reported. The man told police he was contacted by two men who...
View ArticleRedding police see deja vu in DUI crash
By Carlos Alcalá calcala@sacbee.com Redding police arrested a driver after responding to a second DUI crash in three months at the same residence. Police say Lucas C. Muncy, 18, of Redding told them he...
View ArticleWoman dies after fall from Highway 50 overpass sign
By Carlos Alcalá calcala@sacbee.com An 18-year-old woman died at UC Davis Medical Center this week after falling from the Ponderosa Road overpass, El Dorado County Sheriff's officials reported today....
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