Truck tool boxes the target of theft in Roseville
Roseville police report a rash of thefts from locked truck tool boxes. Four thefts of tools have occurred over the past week from tool boxes in the beds of pickups parked overnight in the Meadow Oaks...
View ArticleHelp identify Roseville River City Bank robber
Roseville police need the public's help in identifying a bank robber. The robber held up the River City Bank inside the Bel Air supermarket at Sunrise Avenue and Cirby Way at aboupt 5 p.m. Thursday....
View ArticleCourt delays arraignment for 'Bankers' Dozen' of UC Davis
By Darrell Smith dvsmith@sacbee.com Arraignment of the 12 UC Davis students and faculty known as the "Bankers' Dozen" was pushed back to May 10 to allow them to retain counsel. The 12 appeared Friday...
View ArticleUPDATE: Tommy gun, TEC-9 part of weapons cache found in Sacramento home
Sacramento police have uncovered a cache of weapons that includes a Tommy gun and a TEC-9 semi-automatic handgun that is commonly associated with gang crimes. The weapons, some of them stolen and some...
View ArticleThree ordered to stand trial in Nedra Court shooting death
A judge today ordered three Sacramento men to stand trial on murder charges for the Jan. 3, 2010, shooting death of Aliyah Smith in an apartment on Nedra Court in the Meadowview area. Sacramento...
View ArticleTwo men arrested in August 2011 shooting at Woodland bar
Two men, one from Elk Grove and the other from Sacramento, have been arrested in connection with a shooting last August at a Woodland bar. Woodland police, assisted by the Sacramento County Sheriff"s...
View ArticleSacramento police seek leads in woman's 2006 stabbing death
Sacramento police are seeking the community's help in solving a six-year-old homicide case. At 3:19 p.m. April 28, 2006, 67-year-old Line Withrow (pictured), a retired occupational therapist, was...
View ArticleMan with history of DUI indicted in South Lake Tahoe death
A man with multiple convictions for driving under the influence has been indicted for murder in the September death of a South Lake Tahoe man. An El Dorado County criminal grand jury on Thursday...
View ArticleWoodland gang members convicted of possessing assault weapon
A Yolo County jury has convicted three men identified as Norteno gang members for having an assault pistol in their car and engaging in street gang activity. Angel Palacios, Carlos Hernandez and German...
View ArticleSacramento man sentenced in multistate drug conspiracy
A Sacramento man is headed to prison for his role in a multistate drug conspiracy. U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. today sentenced Son Nguyen, 41, in federal court in Sacramento to 15 years...
View ArticleUPDATE: One person wounded in drive-by shooting in Del Paso Heights
A man was wounded this evening is a drive-by shooting in the Del Paso Heights area. Sacramento Police Department spokesman Sgt. Andrew Pettit said the shooting occurred about 6:30 p.m. in the 3700...
View ArticleCHP to hold free child safety seat check-up event Saturday
The California Highway Patrol will conduct a child passenger safety seat check-up event Saturday at the IKEA store in West Sacramento. CHP-certified car seat technicians/instructors will be on hand...
View ArticleElder-abuse suspect arrested after barricading self in Woodland home
A Woodland man suspected of battery and elder abuse was arrested this evening after barricading himself in a bedroom and starting a fire, according to police. Woodland officers responded to the 200...
View ArticleSacramento police, Jiffy Lube partner to fight theft
By Mark Glover mglover@sacbee.com The Sacramento Police Department is partnering with Jiffy Lube on Wednesday with a free catalytic converter etching event, where motor vehicle license plate numbers...
View ArticleUnwanted prescription meds can be dropped off today
By Mark Glover mglover@sacbee.com Sacramento-area residents looking to dispose of unwanted and expired prescription medications can do so today at two sites overseen by authorities. Both drop-off...
View ArticleUpdate: Suspicious item turns out to be homemade tattoo gun
By Mark Glover mglover@sacbee.com Sacramento police investigating a possible pipe bomb found in a yard in the 600 block of Acacia Ave., say the object turned out to be a homemade tattoo gun. Police and...
View ArticleFive arrested in Sutter County for false-employment scam
By Denny Walsh dwalsh@sacbee.com Five individuals from Sutter County were arrested Tuesday in connection with a false-employment scam that has drained millions of dollars out of government coffers via...
View ArticleSacramento man convicted of child pornography, sex tourism
A 70-year-old Sacramento man was convicted today on child pornography and sex tourism charges. A federal jury in Sacramento found James E. Johnston guilty of conspiring to produce child pornography,...
View ArticleMemorial events to honor fallen law enforcement officers
Three memorial events honoring fallen law enforcement officers are scheduled in Sacramento over the next several days. At noon Thursday, the Sacramento Police/Sheriff's Memorial Foundation will hold...
View ArticleLodi man booked for pointing laser at CHP airplane
A Lodi man was arrested for allegedly shining a laser at a California Highway Patrol airplane. While flying near Lodi about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, the crew in the CHP plane noticed a green laser piercing...
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