Janitor's lawyer admits his client killed Placerville principal
By Peter Hecht phecht@sacbee.com In dramatic testimony this morning, an office clerk at Placerville's Louisiana Schnell School described school janitor John Luebbers bursting in and gunning down the...
View ArticleUPDATE: 2 men accused in attempted robbery of armored car guard in custody
Both men accused of participating in Tuesday's attempted robbery of an armored car guard outside a Walmart in south Sacramento County are in custody, according to authorities. The man who allegedly...
View ArticleSacramento police: Man stabbed after gang-related fight at Downtown Plaza
A man was stabbed and another beaten during two gang-related brawls near the food court at Downtown Plaza this morning, according to Sacramento police. The man who was stabbed is being treated at a...
View ArticleSailor rescued after drifting three days on Sacramento River
A man who had spent three days drifting on the Sacramento River after the motor on his sailboat failed was rescued and his boat secured Tuesday after he rowed to shore in a dinghy. West Sacramento...
View ArticleEmbattled UC Davis police Chief Annette Spicuzza retires
By Sam Stanton sstanton@sacbee.com Annette M. Spicuzza, the embattled UC Davis police chief who came under fire in last week's report on what led to the Nov. 18 pepper spray incident on campus, has...
View ArticleFederal agents seize more than $4 million in counterfeit athletic clothing at...
Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations spent Wednesday inventorying an estimated $4 million worth of counterfeit athletic apparel found in a south...
View ArticleSuspect arrested in assault on Citrus Heights man during transaction
A 20-year-old man was arrested today in Richmond in connection with a January assault on a Citrus Heights man in Vacaville. Julian Broussard was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Pacific Regional...
View ArticleFormer correctional officer sentenced in marijuana case
A former Folsom State Prison correctional officer was sentenced today in Sacramento Superior Court for possession of marijuana for sale. Ryan Coma and his co-defendant Vietmy Nguyen each received a...
View ArticleOnline registration opens for Kops-N-Kids summer camp
Online signups are being accepted for the 2012 Kops-N-Kids summer camp program that teams Sacramento youth with local law enforcement. This year's camp is scheduled June 18-22 at Rosemont High School,...
View ArticleState corrections agents search for juvenile escapee
Special agents from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are leading a search for a 15-year-old juvenile offender who escaped from Sierra Vista Hospital in the south Sacramento...
View ArticleActivist Sheehan says she has court date today for refusing to pay taxes
Anti-war crusader Cindy Sheehan said she will appear in federal court today to defend her decision not to pay taxes. "I refuse to fund the empire's crimes and wars," Sheehan said in a press release. "I...
View ArticleTeenage offender back in custody after escape from hospital
A 15-year-old juvenile offender who escaped from a South Sacramento-area hospital Wednesday night has been captured. The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reports that the boy was...
View ArticleUPDATE: Investigation of care home pregnancy continues after disabled woman...
Placer County sheriff's officials are continuing DNA screening in an effort to identify the person who impregnated a severely mentally and physically disabled woman living at a Penryn care home. The...
View ArticleUPDATE: UC Davis swears in Carmichael as police chief for one year
By Darrell Smith dvsmith@sacbee.com UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi announced this afternoon that Matt Carmichael is the new chief of the embattled campus police force. Carmichael, the acting...
View ArticleYolo County authorities seek to ID dogs in five biting incidents
Yolo County Animal Services officials seek the public's help in locating dogs involved in five different dog-bite incidents during the past week. Three occurred in Davis, one in Woodland and one in...
View ArticleSacramento man indicted for bank fraud, identity theft
A Sacramento man was indicted today by a federal grand jury for bank fraud and identity theft. Yasir Mehmood, 41, is charged with multiple counts of bank fraud, submitting false documents to an agency...
View ArticleSearch for masked Citrus Heights robbers unsuccessful
A Citrus Heights mini-mart was held up last night by robbers who got away despite a multi-agency search for the culprits. Citrus Heights police said that about 9 p.m. Thursday, three men wearing ski...
View ArticleSwarms of police search for gunman as I-80 causeway reopens
The Yolo Causeway has been closed since 7 a.m. as authorities search for a gunman suspected of firing on workers at a West Sacramento business, and then responding officers, before crashing a stolen...
View ArticleCarjack victim: 'He is running up with a shiny revolver, pointing it at my face'
Steve Welch of Sacramento had one adrenaline-pumping morning when he was carjacked this morning by the man who has now the subject of the manhunt on the causeway. Welch, 45, an employee of a West...
View ArticleJury finds Elmore guilty in 2009 double murder
A Sacramento Superior Court jury today convicted Douglas Elmore of the special-circumstance Oct. 11, 2009, double murder of Shawn Cope and Tammula Robbins in the south area and then trying to hide...
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