Boy killed when car is broadsided near Wheatland
A four-year-old died in a collision at an intersection Wednesday northwest of Wheatland. The California Highway Patrol said that boy was in a Honda Civic headed southbound on Rancho Road about 4:30...
View ArticleSacramento police arrest man for allegedly brandishing knife
Sacramento police arrested a man in Del Paso Heights on Wednesday afternoon after he allegedly brandished a large knife at several people, including a Grant High School student walking home from the...
View ArticleDeath Row killer dies at San Quentin
By Sam Stanton sstanton@sacbee.com James Leslie Karis Jr., who was sentenced to death in 1982 after he abducted two women near Placerville and killed and raped one of them, died on San Quentin's Death...
View ArticlePolice seek help locating missing Rancho Cordova teenager
Rancho Cordova police seek the public's help in locating a teenage girl who has been missing from her home for several days. Ciera Buckley (pictured), 15, was last seen at her home Sunday in the 9800...
View ArticleThree Sacramento residents indicted in bank fraud scheme
Three Sacramento residents were indicted today by a federal grand jury for allegedly stealing the identity of U.S. Postal Service and department store customers to commit bank fraud. Glen Patrick...
View ArticleHelp sought to ID bank robbery suspect dubbed 'Bad Hatter Bandit'
The Sacramento Violent Crimes Task Force is asking the public's help to identify a man suspected of robbing three Sacramento-area banks in the past two months. Authorities have dubbed the suspect...
View ArticleElk Grove residents invited talk with police over coffee
Elk Grove residents will have an opportunity to discuss questions and concerns with local police officers over a cup of coffee Feb. 7. Officers from the Elk Grove Police Department's Problem Oriented...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: Were parents convicted in child's 2005 beating death?
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: In the winter of 2005-06, an 11-month-old boy named Alan was beaten to death at Vince's Motel on Folsom...
View ArticleTwo women sought in road-rage related stabbings
Sacramento police are asking the public's help in identifying suspects in a stabbing that occurred Wednesday afternoon. Officers responded to Del Paso Boulevard and Southgate Road regarding a report...
View ArticleUrgent care robbery in South Sacramento caught on tape
Two men walked into the south Sacramento Calvine Urgent Care with guns drawn and demanded money Wednesday night. Luana Munoz of Fox40 reports.
View ArticleHit-and-run driver kills two on Meadowview street
An argument or fight on a Meadowview street turned deadly when both men involved in the altercation were hit and killed by the driver of a pickup truck. Sacramento police were called about 2:45 a.m....
View ArticleSuspected copper thief with machete arrested in Woodland
A machete-wielding man allegedly discovered stealing copper by workers at Woodland body shop fled after being pepper-sprayed but was later arrested by police. Woodland police said that the owner and of...
View ArticleBail reduced to $250,000 on suspect in Old Sac shooting
A judge reduced bail to $250,000 today on the woman accused of setting off the bar fight that resulted in the New Year's Eve shooting deaths of two people in Old Sacramento. Bail had been set at $1...
View ArticleHomicide suspected in fatal Norwood Avenue fire
Sacramento police have been called to the scene of an apartment fire where a man was found dead this morning. The fire began in one unit of a four-unit single story apartment house in the 3700 block of...
View ArticleTransient arrested on suspicion of threatening Roseville area principal
A man has been arrested on suspicion of threatening a Placer County middle school principal. Reiner Gae Poppenga, 61, (pictured) was also booked into Placer County Jail on suspicion of obstructing a...
View ArticleCitrus Heights police seek information on restaurant robbery
Citrus Heights police are seeking three people who robbed a local restaurant Thursday night. Officers responded to the Star of Siam restaurant at 6029 Greenback Lane about 8:40 p.m. regarding a...
View ArticleSix men ordered to face murder trial in 2010 barbershop shooting
Six men accused of participating in the barbershop shootout that killed a young mother who sacrificed her body to save the life of her young son have been ordered to stand trial for murder. Sacramento...
View ArticleSearch for murder victims' remains continues at Linden well site
Twenty-five days into excavation on agricultural property in the Linden-area, FBI personnel and technical experts have yet to discover human remains. Crews have dug to a depth of approximately 65 feet...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: What happened to man who kidnapped, brutally...
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: In mid-2000s, there was a nurse who was abducted from Mercy San Juan Hospital. She was forced to withdraw funds...
View ArticleFire was set to cover up Sacramento homicide, police say
Sacramento police said they are investigating the death of 32-year-old Patrick Kendrick as a homicide after his body was discovered Friday in an apartment fire on Norwood Avenue. "It appears to be a...
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