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View ArticleCoroner identifies pedestrian hit by car on Auburn Boulevard
The name of the man who was hit and killed by a car Thursday morning when crossing Auburn Boulevard has been released by the Sacramento County Coroner's office. He was identified as Nikolay Gorkavchuk,...
View ArticleUpdate: Sacramento homicide victim was man in his 20s
Sacramento police have no motive for the killing of a young man whose body was found early this morning in the street. At about 4 a.m., officers were sent to 35th Street and 26th Avenue near Fruitridge...
View ArticleSmoke detector alerts Sacramento County apartment residents to blaze
A smoke detector is credited with alerting residents of a Sacramento County apartment to fire in their dwelling. Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District firefighters were dispatched about 6:30 a.m. today...
View ArticleMan stabbed in back on Woodland street
A man was stabbed in the back after being punched by four attackers in Woodland early this morning. Woodland police said the man was walking from a market about 5:45 a.m. today on Industrial Way when...
View ArticleJury convicts Roseville couple on pimping, pandering charges
A Placer County jury has found a Roseville couple guilty of pimping and pandering two Sacramento runaways, the defense attorneys in the case confirmed Friday. The jury acquitted the two defendants on...
View ArticleUpdate: 30-year-old woman dead in Foothill Farms double shooting
Sacramento County sheriff's deputies are investigating a double shooting in the Foothill Farms area that left a woman dead and a man injured. About 1:30 p.m., the Sheriff's Department received calls of...
View ArticleEx-police officer pleads no contest to falsifying DUI reports
A former Sacramento police officer pleaded no contest Friday to four felony counts related to falsifying reports on arrests he made for drunken driving. Brandon Michael Mullock, 27, entered the pleas...
View ArticleTrain hits unoccupied vehicle, blocks midtown traffic
Traffic through midtown Sacramento has been blocked this evening by a stalled Union Pacific train. Sacramento Police Department spokesman Officer Doug Morse said the train hit an unoccupied car, but it...
View ArticleAuburn man arrested after yearlong investigation of alleged sex offenses
An Auburn man was arrested today, accused of offenses involving sexual assault and child pornography. Auburn police said Thomas Mitchell Hale, 53, was taken into custody following a yearlong...
View ArticleFugitive, parolee arrested after chase on Interstate 5
By Allen Pierleoni apierleoni@sacbee.com Wanted fugitive Michael Paul Thompson and parolee-at-large Ricky "Smoke" Gonzales were surprised Friday night when they walked out of the Days Inn motel off...
View ArticleAuthorities warn of police impersonator in Citrus Heights
By Allen Piereoni apierleoni@sacbee.com The Citrus Heights Police Department is warning residents to beware of a police impersonator. About 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Citrus Heights police responded to a...
View ArticlePlacerville inmate collapses in jail yard, dies at hospital
An El Dorado County jail inmate collapsed while exercising Friday evening in an outdoor recreation yard and died at a nearby hospital, said El Dorado County sheriff's deputies. James Thomas Clark, 53,...
View ArticleCoroner ID's fatal shooting victim found in South Sacramento
Coroners identified the body found on a south Sacramento street Friday morning. The death of Dalando D. Barconey, 23, of El Sobrante, is being investigated as a homicide, according to Sacramento...
View ArticleThree shot, one dies at Natomas party
A third victim has been identified in the Natomas shooting that left one dead during a party early Sunday morning, Sacramento police said. Along with one man injured and another man dead, a woman was...
View ArticleFive women arrested in connection with Midtown assault
Two women were assaulted and five arrested after a midtown assault just after midnight Sunday, said Sacramento police. Police were called to the scene of a reported fight at 12th and L streets about...
View ArticlePolice pursuit ends in crash of stolen vehicle, report says
The driver of a stolen vehicle led Sacramento police officers on a brief pursuit Saturday morning, before crashing into another vehicle, according to police reports. Officers identified a stolen...
View ArticleMan rescued from house fire dies later
A man died after fire blazed through his home Saturday morning. The case has been turned over to arson investigators, officials said. The house in the 6100 block of McLaren was in flames and filled...
View ArticleOne held in gunshot slaying of woman in Foothill Farms
A man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a woman at a Foothill Farms apartment complex Friday afternoon, said Sacramento County sheriff's deputies. Shoreem Bryant, 29, was...
View ArticleTire-puncture spree hits Woodland neighborhood
Police say that 17 vehicles had their tires punctures in a case of malicious mischief in Woodland. On Sunday morning, police were dispatched the neighborhood where the tires were punctured as vehicle...
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