Wrong-way driver pleads no contest in fatal head-on crash
A Redwood City man has pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and gross vehicular manslaughter for his role in a Highway 50 crash last February that left three people dead and two others injured....
View ArticleHand digging at well site delayed in search for murder victims
Hand digging at a Linden well site thought to contain the remains of murder victims has been delayed for at least a week to allow for continued site preparation work. A team searching for victims of...
View ArticleDetectives seek possible witnesses to weekend shooting
Sacramento County sheriff's homicide detectives are seeking the public's help in identifying the occupants of a vehicle that was near the scene of a fatal shooting early Saturday. The vehicle is...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: What happened to defendants in slaying at Arden-area...
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: Several years ago there was a homicide at the pool hall then located at Arden and Ethan. Three young Vietnamese...
View ArticleCHP officer crashes off I-5 near Del Paso Road
A Woodland CHP officercrashed in Natomas while driving southbound on I-5 last night. For unknown reasons the officer lost control of his vehicle, hit a drainage ditch north of Del Paso Road and rolled...
View ArticlePlacer DA: No new details on teens who allegedly drugged parents
The Placer District Attorney's Office declined to offer any new details today related to the two Rocklin teen-age girls who were arrested on suspicion of drugging one of the girl's parents with a...
View ArticleCops chase suspects from Rancho Cordova to Dixon
Sacramento County Sheriff officers arrested two people in Dixon after a high-speed chase that began in Rancho Cordova this morning. Officers responded to a victim who reported being struck with a gun...
View ArticleTeen suspect flees CHP, crashes into Antelope house
A 16-year-old male is in custody after leading CHP on a short chase through Antelope and into the garage of a single-story house. Officers originally responded to a report of a stolen car near Elgin...
View ArticleUPDATE: Galt police identify officer killed responding to burglary
Authorities have identified the Galt police officer killed this morning while responding to a burglary as 35-year-old Kevin Tonn, who has been with the department 3 1/2 years. "He was a very well...
View ArticlePlacer County residents can track neighborhood crime online
Placer County residents can sign up to receive online notification of crimes that have occurred in their neighborhood. By going to the Sheriff's Office's website at www.placer.ca.gov\sheriff, and...
View ArticleAuburn man arrested after allegedly threatening neighbor
An Auburn man is in jail accused of threatening his neighbor, then fighting police officers. Auburn police responded to the 100 block of Pine Street about 12:20 p.m. Monday regarding a report of a...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: What's happening in Rancho Cordova triple homicide...
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: Is there any update on the triple homicide that happened in Rancho Cordova a couple of months back? Last I...
View ArticleCoroner identifies driver killed in stolen vehicle chase
A 21-year-old man who died Monday afternoon in a collision after leading police on a short chase has been identified by the Sacramento County Coroner's Office as Sage A. Lopez of Sacramento. Lopez, who...
View ArticleSMUD business customers continuing to be scam targets
SMUD is warning a phone scam continues to be perpetrated on its business customers. Around the holiday season, some customers reported getting phone calls by someone pretending to represent the...
View ArticleUpdate: Coroner IDs man suspected of killing Galt police officer, then self
The man accused of fatally shooting a Galt police officer before turning the gun on himself Tuesday has been identified as 30-year-old Humphrey Kenneth Gascon. The Sacramento County Sheriff's...
View ArticleNew women's prison for Folsom
The Folsom Women's Facility, located near Folsom State Prison and California State Prison-Sacramento, is expected to receive its first inmates next week. The prison, which will house low-risk inmates,...
View ArticlePaint, etching aims to stem Roseville catalytic converter thefts
The next time a thief slides under a Toyota truck in Roseville to cut off a catalytic converter, police hope he or she gets one look at the brightly painted emission control device and slides back out....
View ArticleMan sentenced to prison for 2012 carjacking, robbery
A man convicted of carjacking and robbery has been sentenced to 35 years and eight months in prison. Dante Perkins, 21, was convicted by a jury in November of two counts of carjacking, robbery and...
View ArticleJuries selected for three charged in 2010 N. Highlands cabbie killing
Jury selection concluded today in the murder trial of three men accused in the fatal Oct. 18, 2010, robbery shooting of a cab driver in North Highlands. Opening statements are scheduled for Tuesday in...
View ArticleCouple to be sentenced in Davis embezzlement case
A Brentwood couple indicted by a Yolo County grand jury in 2010 awaits sentencing after pleading to charges in the embezzlement from a Davis business. Kara Leigh Brown, 43, on Friday pleaded to a...
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