Two arrested after chase through El Dorado, Amador counties
Two people, including a man wanted for parole violation, were arrested Thursday night after leading law enforcement officers on a 34-mile pursuit through El Dorado and Amador counties. The incident...
View ArticleBookkeeper admits embezzling $1.7 million from employer
A Citrus Heights woman has admitted defrauding her employer of more than $1.7 million. Kathe Rascher, 53, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Sacramento to one count of mail fraud and one count of...
View ArticleAttorneys finish arguments in Hirschfield trial
The lawyers finished their arguments in the Richard Joseph Hirschfield murder trial today, and the Sacramento Superior Court jury that heard the case will begin its deliberations Monday. Judge Michael...
View ArticleMan arrested after SWAT officers called to Rancho Cordova residence
A man wanted on an out-of-county warrant has been taken into custody in Rancho Cordova after he initially failed to respond to law enforcement officers seeking to arrest him. Some residents were...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: Has man indicted in real estate fraud case gone to...
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: Has Christopher Jackson gone to trial? If not, what is causing the delay? Submitted by: William423, Sacramento...
View ArticleMan shot outside liquor store in Sacramento
A man was injured after being shot outside of a liquor store Friday night, authorities said. Sacramento County Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Jason Ramos said the shooting occurred just after 9 p.m. at the...
View ArticleMan arrested in connection with fatal Arden Arcade shooting
By Anita Creamer and Richard Chang acreamer@sacbee.com A 30-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a shooting early Saturday that left one man dead and another injured at an Arden Arcade...
View ArticleVictim killed at Arden Arcade apartment identified
The man shot to death at an Arden-area apartment complex early Saturday morning has been identified as Rickey Howard, 33. Sacramento sheriff's deputies arrested Donnell DeShawn Stean, 30, photo left,...
View ArticleUPDATE: 4 killed, 7 injured in crash on I-5 crash in Elk Grove
By Mark Glover and Anne Gonzales mglover@sacbee.com Four people were killed in a violent, head-on crash this afternoon on northbound Interstate 5 in Elk Grove, emergency officials said. Tracey Hansen,...
View ArticleCoroner identifies first of four who died in I-5 crash
The Sacramento County Coroner's office has released the name of one of the four people who died in a crash on Interstate 5 south of Sacramento on Sunday. She was identified as 50-year-old Kulwant Kaur...
View ArticleFamily of victim killed by Sacramento Regional Transit bus awarded $2.4 million
A Sacramento Superior Court jury today awarded more than $2.4 million to the husband and son of a woman who was struck and killed by a Sacramento Regional Transit bus nearly five years ago. The verdict...
View ArticleJury to return verdicts in Hirschfield murder trial at 4 p.m.
A Sacramento Superior Court jury has reached verdicts in the Richard Joseph Hirschfield murder trial. The verdicts are scheduled to be announced at 4 p.m. today, after less than one full day of...
View ArticleWoodland police investigate shooting that wounded 18-year-old
Woodland police are investigating a Sunday night shooting incident in which an 18-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. Police responded at 8:41 p.m. to multiple reports of a gunshot in the...
View ArticleMan with prior convictions sentenced for February burglary
A 61-year-old man with convictions for previous crimes has been sentenced to 40 years to life in state prison for a February robbery and residential burglary. A Sacramento County jury in August...
View ArticleHirschfield convicted in Davis sweetheart murders
By Andy Furillo afurillo@sacbee.com A Sacramento Superior Court jury has delivered a guilty verdict against Richard Joseph Hirschfield for the 1980 murders of John Riggins and Sabrina Gonsalves. The...
View ArticleSeven aboard overturned boat owned by Elk Grove resident rescued from Tomales...
Seven people were rescued Sunday afternoon from a boat owned by an Elk Grove resident after it overturned in Tomales Bay, trapping two children inside the small cabin. Sgt. Ed Hoener of the Sonoma...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: What happened to woman who killed daughter in 1990s?
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: In 1994 or 1995, Paula Scott killed her child. She was sent to a mental hospital before she could stand trial....
View ArticleUpdate: Authorities release name of son accused of killing father in Rosemont
Sacramento County sheriff's officials have identified the teen suspected of killing his father this morning as 18-year-old Daniel Cartwright. Detectives booked Cartwright into the Sacramento County...
View ArticleSuspicious device on North Highlands lawn determined to be safe
Sacramento County sheriff's deputies determined a suspicious device found in North Highlands this morning was not dangerous. Deputies received reports just before 11:30 a.m. today that a two-foot-long...
View ArticleSacramento uncle now a murder suspect after infant nephew dies of injuries
A 5-month-old baby who was hospitalized last week after suffering trauma allegedly at the hands of his uncle has died, Sacramento police say. Officers arrested the boy's uncle, identified as...
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