Woman in surveillance photo not a suspect in arson-homicide
Two people taken into custody in Bakersfield are now believed to be the only suspects in the death of Stephen Sieck, 60, whose body was found May 20 in his burned apartment in the Arden Arcade area. In...
View ArticleFolsom home suffers major damage in two-alarm fire
A fire believed to have started in a wood shake roof caused damage estimated at $400,000 to a Folsom home Thursday. The Folsom Fire Department responded to a fire at 103 Cedar Ridge Court at 4:28 p.m....
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: What is status of marijuana-related homicide case?
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: What is going on with the case of the Asian gangsters in Amador County, where the marijuana farm went wrong and...
View ArticleDrive-by shootings wound victims in Sacramento's north, south areas
Sacramento police reported non-fatal drive-by shootings at opposite ends of the city last night. On Robinridge Way, in south Sacramento's Parkway neighborhood, a man was shot in his lower body at about...
View ArticlePolice seek details in West Sacramento shooting
By Andrea Gallo agallo@sacbee.com A 25-year-old man was wounded by a gunshot Thursday in West Sacramento. West Sacramento police say the victim, who was shot after 11:30 p.m. on the 1100 block of...
View ArticleWest Sacramento man arrested for suspected copper theft, burglary
By Andrea Gallo agallo@sacbee.com A West Sacramento man was arrested Thursday when police found him allegedly possessing stolen copper pipe and power tools. Robert Joyce, 61, was arrested after a...
View ArticleJudge sentences two to life in prison for pharmacy murder
The two men whose Sept. 2, 2010, robbery of a North Highlands pharmacy left a 27-year-old woman dead from a gunshot wound to the head were each sentenced to prison today for the rest of their lives...
View ArticleNordstrom at Arden Fair back open after car thief is arrested
The Nordstrom store at Arden Fair mall was evacuated this afternoon after officers arrested a stolen car suspect hiding on one of the upper floors, police said. Sacramento police said an officer tried...
View ArticleTwo arrested in shooting death of Arden Arcade man last week
Two people have been arrested in the shooting death of 27-year-old Kerry Ray Burns outside a duplex in Arden Arcade last week. Sacramento County sheriff's detectives announced on Friday that they had...
View ArticleDavis police investigating cases involving peeper, exhibitionist
Davis police are looking for a suspect who they believe may be a serial peeper. Two incidents involving a man peeping into residences and exposing himself have been reported in the past two weeks, and...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: What happened to driver in deaths of teenage...
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: In the summer of 1988, a teenage couple were both struck and killed by a car while crossing the street. Was the...
View ArticleWoman arrested for DUI after multiple Sacramento collisions
By Carlos Alcalá Police arrested a woman Friday who allegedly drove erratically, hit two vehicles, a tree, a traffic signal and a pedestrian while driving from Highway 50 at 65th Street to Fair Oaks...
View ArticlePolice release ID of stolen car suspect
Police have released the name and a booking photo for Christopher Abaya, 24, who is accused of leading police on a long chase that ended when he ran into Nordstrom at Arden Fair Mall, temporarily...
View ArticleSuspect arrested after she fails to go, then fails to stop
Tanisha Felder, 31, was arrested in Del Paso Heights Friday after fleeing police. Police say they first noticed Felder when she failed to go on a green light near Marysville Boulevard and North Avenue....
View ArticleMissing woman sought; last seen near 16th and W streets
By Brad Branan bbranan@sacbee.com Sacramento police are seeking the public's help trying to locate a woman who has been missing since early this morning. Norma Bognuda, 46, was last seen walking...
View ArticleTwo-alarm fire displaces families at Citrus Heights complex
By Brad Branan bbranan@sacbee.com A two-alarm fire this evening displaced 10 families in a Citrus Heights apartment complex. No one was injured but the blaze caused significant damage to 10 units in...
View ArticlePatio cooking eyed as possible source of Citrus Heights blaze
Fire officials today are continuing to investigate the cause of a fire that displaced 10 families in a Citrus Heights apartment complex on Saturday evening. No one was injured. The blaze, however,...
View Article1 killed, 3 hurt in head-on crash on Blue Ravine Road in Folsom
By Melody Gutierrez mgutierrez@sacbee.com Police are investigating the cause of a fatal accident in Folsom early this morning after a car crossed into oncoming traffic and caused a head-on collision on...
View ArticleToddler drowns in Carmichael backyard pool
By Melody Gutierrez mgutierrez@sacbee.com A 14-month-old toddler died Saturday night of an apparent drowning in a backyard pool at a Carmichael home, officials said. Sacramento County sheriff's Sgt....
View ArticleWild shooting in Valley Hi shatters woman's car window
Wild shooting of a weapon from a vehicle resulted in a woman's car window being shattered in the Valley Hi neighborhood over the weekend. Sacramento police said the woman was driving near Valley Hi...
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