Gone in three minutes: Amador County thieves steal $19,000 in equipment
It took thieves three minutes to steal $19,000 worth of power equipment from an Amador County store. Security camera video shows that at 4:49 a.m. Sunday a man opened a locked gate at Guy's Saw Center...
View ArticleSheriff IDs Pollock Pines man who died in officer-involved shooting
An El Dorado County man was killed in gunfire last night in an officer-involved shooting. The dead man was identified as Christopher Michael Sheldon, 38, of Pollock Pines. The incident began when the...
View ArticleWoman gets 15 years to life for murder of step-daughter
A woman already doing time for strangling and beating her 6-year-old step-daughter had a life sentenced added to her term as a result of her no-contest plea to a murder charge filed after the little...
View ArticleSacramento deputies arrest three in connection with Wilton homicide
Sacramento County sheriff's deputies have arrested three men in connection with the fatal shooting of a man in his Wilton home nearly two months ago. Detectives allege the men shot the victim,...
View ArticlePlacer County detectives arrest man for rape of disabled woman
Placer County sheriff's detectives relied on DNA evidence to arrest an ex-employee of a care home suspected of impregnating a severely mentally disabled woman. Sheriff's officials said that they...
View ArticleDeputies seek 13-year-old girl missing from south Sacramento home
Sacramento County sheriff's deputies are asking for the public's help in locating a missing 13-year-old girl. Kaylecia Jackson was last seen Wednesday morning when she left her home on Wire Drive, near...
View ArticleStolen vehicle leads to wanted probationer's arrest in Woodland
A man wanted for probation violations was arrested this afternoon after allegedly stealing a vehicle. A resident called the Woodland Police Department about 7:10 this morning to report that his 1994...
View ArticleFormer Elk Grove man accused of embezzling $2.5 million
A former Elk Grove man has been charged with mail fraud related to embezzlement from his former employer. A federal grand jury today returned a 20-count indictment against Vincent J. Doyle, 53. Doyle...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: What was outcome of trial in 1999 machete murder?
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: In the late '90s, a coworker broke into a home in south Sacramento, assaulted a young woman and attacked her...
View ArticleDrunk driver checkpoint slated for tonight in S. Sacramento
A drunk driver checkpoint will be in place tonight in South Sacramento. The Sacramento Police Department will be conducting the checkpoint at 24th Street and Fruitridge Road beginning at 8 p.m. The...
View ArticleDriver arrested on suspicion of hitting wheelchair user in midtown
A woman was arrested by Sacramento police on suspicion of leaving the scene after hitting a person in a wheelchair. Regina Medina, 35, was arrested on suspicion of felony hit and run and driving on an...
View ArticleConnecticut killings remind north state of past school shootings
By Loretta Kalb lkalb@sacbee.com Today's mass killing at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school where 27 people, including 18 students, died at the hands of a lone gunman, has grim similarities to...
View ArticleRocklin traffic stop leads to arrests in suspected identity thefts
A traffic stop in Rocklin early this morning led to the arrest of two people after police reported finding burglary tools and evidence of identity theft in the vehicle. Shortly after 4 a.m., officers...
View ArticleIndictments charge four area men with receiving child porn
Four Sacramento-area men were recently charged in federal indictments with receiving or sharing child pornography. James Capalbo, 61, of Davis was charged with receipt of child pornography. The Nov. 29...
View ArticleUPDATE: Teen struck by vehicle crossing Roseville's Washington Blvd.
A 13-year-old boy has been transported to a hospital after he was stuck by a vehicle in Roseville late this afternoon. The accident occurred about 4:45 p.m. Police spokeswoman Dee Dee Gunther said...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: What were circumstances of '90s homicde in Lincoln...
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: Sometime in the early '90s, a young man named DeVarr Williams was killed in Lincoln Village. What were the...
View ArticleOff-duty CHP officer killed in motorcycle accident
By Matt Weiser mweiser@sacbee.com An off-duty California Highway Patrol officer was killed Friday night in a dramatic vehicle accident that closed Highway 12 in Solano County for most of the evening....
View ArticleSouth Lake Tahoe man dies in crash on Pioneer Trail
A 26-year-old man died Saturday after a two-vehicle accident that knocked out power in the Ski Run neighborhood of South Lake Tahoe, police reported. William Olazaba of South Lake Tahoe was pronounced...
View ArticleSheriff seeks help identifying suspect in two sexual assaults
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department has released composite sketches of a suspect who is being sought in connection with two sexual assaults in the Arden Arcade area in recent weeks. On Nov. 23,...
View ArticleRocklin, Sacramento police report nude men arrested
Police arrested two men in separate incidents who were allegedly naked in public places over the weekend - on a downtown Sacramento street and along Interstate 80 in Rocklin. In the first incident,...
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