Sacramento man suspected of scalding 3-year-old boy for wetting his pants
Police suspect that a man placed his girlfriend's small child in scalding water after the 3-year-old boy urinated in his pants. Sacramento police arrested Kirk A. Douglas, 22, on Monday on suspicion...
View ArticleSoccer coach's bail set at $12 million in child molestation case
By Hudson Sangree hsangree@sacbee.com Cristan J. Rooms, a 29-year-old state licensed foster parent and youth Esparto soccer coach, was arraigned Thursday on 48 felony child molestation counts with a...
View ArticleMan arrested in Sacramento for stealing donated toys
Sacramento Police Department officers have arrested a man suspected of stealing toys from a donation bin and then trying to pass himself off as a police officer. Keith Napier, 49, is accused of going...
View ArticleState board suspends license of psychologist accused of false police report
The California Board of Psychology announced that it has suspended the license of Laurie Ann Martinez, a psychologist employed by the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation who is accused...
View ArticleWest Sacramento man convicted of murder in 2009 shooting
Christopher Allen Smith of West Sacramento has been convicted of murder in the shooting death of a man who reportedly gave him a dirty look. A Yolo County jury on Wednesday found Smith, 31, guilty of...
View ArticleMan, 53, killed on I-80 by assailants hiding in car's backseat
A 53-year-old man who got into a car with his wife around midnight this morning was fatally shot on Interstate 80 after being surprised by assailants hiding in the back seat, Sacramento Police...
View ArticleFamily of man killed in Sacramento carjacking pleads for community's help
The family of a man shot to death on a Sacramento freeway during a carjacking made an impassioned plea today for the community to come forward with information in the case. Sacramento police have not...
View ArticleSmoke damage sustained in midtown apartment fire
A smoky apartment fire erupted this morning in midtown Sacramento, sending occupants of the four-plex into the cold. The fire began in the kitchen-dinning room area of a downstairs apartment in the...
View ArticleWoman in critical condition after stabbing in Lincoln
Lincoln police are investigating the attempted homicide of a woman early Sunday morning. Police were called to the 400 block of Joiner Parkway at 1 a.m. Sunday where a woman had been stabbed several...
View ArticleMotorcyclist dies after collision in Sacramento
A motorcyclist died from injuries suffered in a collision with another vehicle Sunday evening. The Sacramento County Coroner's office identified the man as William E. Stratton, 65, of Sacramento....
View ArticlePriest's bail review motion delayed amid suggestion of flight risk
A bail review motion scheduled for today on a Catholic priest accused of child molestation was put off until Jan. 5 amid suggestions he may be a flight risk. The Rev. Uriel Ojeda, 32, who served in...
View ArticleSacramento man is suspect in home invasion and bank robberies
A Sacramento man is a suspect in a string of crimes, including a home invasion robbery in which children were tied up. Delaudea Else, 19, was booked into Placer County Jail on suspicion of robbing a...
View ArticleLibrary official and wife convicted in kickback scheme
The former security chief of the Sacramento Public Library and his wife were both convicted of grand theft and bribery today in connection with a billing scheme in which they and a third defendant...
View ArticleLincoln 3-strike offender get 27 years to life for spitting on cops
By Ed Fletcher efletcher@sacbee.com A 33-year-old Lincoln third strike offender will serve 27 years to life in prison for spitting on and fighting with two Placer Sheriff's deputies. Joshua Daniel...
View ArticleFolsom's Sutter Street reopens after transient's bomb threat
The 700 block of Sutter Street, in Folsom's historic district, was evacuated for about 90 minutes today after a homeless man found living under a commercial building claimed to have explosives. Folsom...
View ArticlePlaques stolen from Carmichael Park's Wall of Honor
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department seeks information regarding the theft this past weekend of several memorial wall plaques from the Wall of Honor at Carmichael Park. The plaques are memorial...
View ArticleLincoln police seek husband of Sunday stabbing victim
Lincoln police are looking for the 28-year-old husband of a woman who was found stabbed early Sunday morning. Angel Romero (pictured) is sought in connection with the stabbing of his wife, who police...
View ArticleSacramento police urge people to be alert for robbery suspects
The Sacramento Police Department urges the community to be on the alert for two robbery suspects. About 7:25 p.m. Saturday, the victim left his vehicle and was approaching the door of a residence in...
View ArticleTechnology aids Probation Department in vehicle recovery
The Sacramento County Probation Department announced that it has recovered 100 vehicles since equipping two department vehicles with Automated License Plate Reader technology in April 2010. The 100th...
View ArticleWoodland man found guilty of molesting child
A Woodland man has been convicted of molesting the 6-year-old daughter of a couple with whom he was sharing a home. After a four-day trial, a Yolo County jury deliberated a half-day before finding...
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