Former NFL player convicted in Natomas home invasions
A Sacramento Superior Court jury today convicted a former National Football League defensive lineman on 19 counts stemming from three home invasion robberies in the North Natomas area in the summer of...
View ArticleSacramento police seek help in finding man suspected of groping woman
Sacramento police are asking for the public's help in locating a 20-year-old man they suspect of breaking into a home and groping a woman. The incident occurred about 1:20 a.m. Oct. 12, when a...
View ArticleMan who attempted two carjackings arrested, Rocklin police say
By Ed Fletcher efletcher@sacbee.com Rocklin Police arrested a 26-year-old Sacramento man who they believe Monday afternoon attempted to carjack two vehicles. Officers responded at a report of an...
View ArticlePolice investigating homicide in south Sacramento
Sacramento police are investigating a homicide of a man found in a home in the 100 block of Emerald Creek Court. Police said they were dispatched to the house about 4:43 p.m. Monday when a woman with...
View ArticleSacramento attempted rape suspect wanted
A Sacramento man is suspected of entering a Greenhaven-area home and fondling a woman while she slept earlier this month. Sacramento police said Johnta Lexus Waters, 20, is wanted on a warrant for...
View ArticleAttempted carjacking suspect nabbed in Rocklin after abandoning baby in gridlock
A Sacramento man was arrested on suspicion of attempted carjacking and child endangerment in Rocklin Monday afternoon, after leaving a baby in a stalled vehicle in traffic on Sierra College Boulevard....
View ArticleRape charges dismissed against Sacramento workers comp doctor
Trial began today in the case of a Sacramento workers compensation doctor accused of taking sexual improprieties with his patients, but the most serious charges of rape, forced oral copulation and...
View ArticleJury finds Yolo deputies acted legally in Woodland man's death
By Denny Walsh dwalsh@sacbee.com A federal court jury today rejected the claim of a Woodland couple that their eldest son's killing by a Yolo County sheriff's deputy was unconstitutional under federal...
View ArticleCoroner IDs inmate found dead in New Folsom prison cell last week
The New Folsom prison inmate found dead in his cell last week has been identified by the Sacramento County Coroner's Office as 51-year-old Raymond Johnston. Johnston's death is being investigated as a...
View ArticleSacramento deputies arrest man after 2-year-old boy cut with machete
A 30-year-old man was arrested last week after he cut a 2-year-old boy with a machete during an argument with another man in Arden Arcade, according to authorities. The boy was taken to the hospital...
View ArticlePolice arrest woman in connection with south Sacramento killing
Sacramento police have arrested a 52-year-old woman in connection with the death of a man whose body was found Monday afternoon, according to authorities. Detectives arrested Yanqun Tan on suspicion of...
View ArticleUPDATE: Mother, two children found dead inside Rancho Cordova home
By Kim Minugh kminugh@sacbee.com Sacramento County Sheriff's Department officials have confirmed that three bodies found Tuesday afternoon inside a Rancho Cordova home are that of a woman and her two...
View ArticleTestimony concludes in Hirschfield trial
Testimony concluded today in the Richard Joseph Hirschfield murder trial, with the case scheduled to go to a Sacramento Superior Court jury late next week. Attorneys for the 63-year-old defendant...
View ArticleMother, two children found dead inside Rancho Cordova home
By Kim Minugh kminugh@sacbee.com Sacramento County Sheriff's Department officials have confirmed that three bodies found Tuesday afternoon inside a Rancho Cordova home are that of a woman and her two...
View ArticleUpdate: Names of 3 victims slain in Rancho Cordova released
Denis and Alina Bukhantsov, top photo, take a ride in a buggy in West Sacramento during their wedding on April 26, 2008 (Photo by Sacramento wedding photographer Sergey Bidun). Above, a recent photo...
View ArticleU.S. Army officer convicted of sex crime in Sacramento
An Army lieutenant colonel was convicted Tuesday by a Sacramento County jury, after a January incident when he propositioned a 13-year-old girl walking to a Land Park school to perform a sexual act....
View ArticleWoman drives car into Sacramento River, swims to safety
During early morning rain, a Walnut Grove woman drove her car into the Sacramento River Wednesday and swam to safety, said the California Highway Patrol. Maria Lopez, 52, was driving her car northbound...
View ArticleSacramento man who died in crash wasn't wearing seat belt
A Sacramento man who died in a single-car accident Friday was not wearing a seat belt, said California Highway Patrol officers. Anthony Garcia, 21, was driving his 2005 Toyota Tundra westbound on...
View ArticleFolsom hosts motorcycle police skills competition
Motorcycle cops will display their road-handling skills at the Folsom Police Department's annual Police Motor Skills Challenge on Saturday, Oct. 27, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Palladio and Broadstone...
View ArticleMemorial fund set up for Folsom crash victim
A memorial fund has been set up to help care for the family of a man killed in an early morning head-on crash in Folsom on Oct. 13. Meanwhile, the other driver who died in the accident has not yet been...
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