Two men arrested, cache of guns seized at Placer County home
Two men were arrested after law enforcement officers found a cache of firearms and an estimated $2.5 million worth of marijuana plants in a Placer County home. Detectives from the Sacramento County...
View ArticleColusa County fire 35 percent contained; Scotts fire burns in Lake County
The 16 Complex fire, which started Tuesday in a remote area of Colusa County, has burned 16,719 acres and was reported 35 percent contained late this afternoon. The complex consists of two fires...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: How much prison time did man get in child porn case?
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: How much prison time did Santino Deanda get in prison at his June 1, 2012, sentencing for multiple counts of...
View Article2 teens arrested in South Lake Tahoe burglary, vandalism
By Richard Chang rchang@sacbee.com Two male juveniles are in custody on suspicion of vandalism and burglary at an art supply store, South Lake Tahoe police said today. Police said the suspects, ages 15...
View ArticleRumsey Canyon fire burns 18,000 acres, is 71 percent contained
By Richard Chang rchang@sacbee.com The 16 Complex Fire in the remote Rumsey Canyon area of Colusa County has burned almost 18,000 acres and is reported 71 percent contained, officials said tonight. The...
View ArticleSuspicious fire burns vacant Citrus Heights home
Officials are investigating a suspicious fire that erupted this morning at a vacant house in Citrus Heights, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said. Firefighters responded just before 8 a.m. to...
View ArticleNo one injured in Arden mobile home fire
Sacramento city firefighters put out a mobile home fire Sunday afternoon in Arden, said Sacramento Metro Fire Assistant Chief Walter White in a press release. The fire started some time around 4:30 P.M...
View Article16 Complex Fire in Colusa County now 90 percent contained
The 16 Complex fire, which began last Tuesday, has now burned a little less than 18,000 acres and is 90 percent contained as of 6:30 a.m. The 16 Complex Fire is two separate fires located about four...
View ArticleMan convicted in love-triangle shooting death
A Sacramento Superior Court jury today convicted Manuel Martin Guzman of second-degree murder in the July 17, 2011, love-triangle shooting death of Mario Jose Rodriguez in a Foothill Farms apartment....
View ArticleTwo El Dorado County men charged in teen's drug-related death
By Ed Fletcher efletcher@sacbee.com Two El Dorado County men were arrested Monday and are facing felony manslaughter charges in connection with the drug-related death of a Pollock Pine teen. Jesse...
View ArticleSeventeen arrested in pot bust near Elk Grove
By Darrell Smith dvsmith@sacbee.com Seventeen people were arrested and 1,500 plants seized when state drug agents shut down a marijuana growing operation Monday near Elk Grove. The 7 a.m. raid by the...
View ArticleRocklin teacher arrested in student sex case
A 33-year-old high school teacher was arrested by the Rocklin Police Department on Monday and is being held on suspicion of having an "unlawful intimate relationship" with a 17-year-old female student....
View ArticleMan who killed brother gets 32 months on weapons charge
A man accused on a weapons charge in the shooting death of his brother has pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 32 months in state prison. Robert Manuel Steward, 34, entered his plea Sept. 10 in...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: What were circumstances of 1990s Land Park shooting?
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: What were the circumstances surrounding the drug-related shooting of Michael Savage in Land Park in the mid to...
View ArticleForesthill Bridge jumper injured, stuck in tree
By Darrell Smith dvsmsith@sacbee.com Rescuers are working tonight to free an injured base jumper stuck in a tree under the Foresthill Bridge in Auburn. The base jumper leapt from the bridge just before...
View ArticleUpdate: Authorities say Foresthill bridge jumper is veteran daredevil
A man who had to be rescued from a perilously bending branch of a tall pine tree after parachuting from the Foresthill Bridge claims to be a veteran BASE jumper, authorities said today. Rescuers early...
View ArticleUpdate: Mother of Elk Grove beating suspect dies
The mother of an 11-year-old boy facing charges for lashing her with an electrical cord, has died. Elk Grove Police spokesman officer Chris Trim said the mother's death was not related to any injuries...
View Article21 indicted in crackdown on student aid fraud
By Denny Walsh dwalsh@sacbee.com A crackdown on student aid fraud in California was announced in Sacramento today by U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner and U.S. Department of Education Inspector General...
View ArticleUpdate: Folsom light-rail service to be restored in time for Wednesday commute
UPDATE: A grass fire at Folsom Boulevard and Highway 50 in Folsom this afternoon has disrupted light-rail service, but Regional Transit officials say they expect service to be restored in time for the...
View ArticleShooter admits to manslaughter in 2010 Rancho Cordova killing
A man who shot and killed a woman's ex-boyfriend pleaded no contest Monday to voluntary manslaughter charges in Sacramento Superior Court. Isaac Merciful Martinez, 21, entered the plea in the July 10,...
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