Arrest made in fatal Woodland shooting
A 30-year-old man has been arrested in connection with Friday night’s shooting death in Woodland that marked the city’s first homicide of 2019. Stefon Clifford Ceaser was taken into custody shortly...
View ArticleFather: Woodland homicide victim was ‘good kid, hard-working’
WOODLAND — Although Yolo County coroner’s officials have not released the name of the man who was fatally shot Friday night in Woodland, family members confirm Anthony Bosser, 23, was the victim of the...
View ArticleOfficials ID man killed by train
Authorities have identified the person hit by a train Wednesday at the Davis Amtrak station as 44-year-old John Noah Moyle of Davis. According to Davis police and Amtrak officials, the fatality...
View ArticleArraignment delayed in Woodland murder case
WOODLAND — Tension gripped a nearly packed Yolo County courtroom Wednesday as the accused killer of a Woodland man appeared for arraignment on murder, weapon and vehicle-theft charges. Stefon Clifford...
View ArticleLimbaugh coroner report shows no clear motive for officer shooting
The man who shot and killed Davis Police Officer Natalie Corona was under the influence of alcohol and marijuana that night, and had been taking prescription medication typically used to treat...
View ArticleArraignment delayed again in Woodland murder case
WOODLAND — For the second time this week in a Yolo County courtroom, Stefon Clifford Ceaser’s arraignment hearing was delayed. The accused killer of a Woodland man appeared in court on Friday, a week...
View ArticleWildhorse disturbance ends quietly
A Sunday night incident that left some Davis residents unable to enter or exit their Wildhorse neighborhoods was described by police as a response to a “distraught male.” The Davis Police Department’s...
View ArticleDriver killed in head-on crash south of Woodland
A 32-year-old man died Saturday night in a head-on collision that also caused major injuries to the driver of the other car, according to the California Highway Patrol. Yolo County coroner’s officials...
View ArticleNeighborhood Court seeks volunteers
The Yolo County District Attorney’s Neighborhood Court will hold volunteer panelist trainings this spring, and also is seeking public input on efforts to expand the program. NHC is the core program of...
View Article19-year prison term in store for man who killed daughter
WOODLAND — A man accused of drowning his young daughter in a Winters-area creek has made a plea agreement that eliminates his murder charge and potential life sentence, the resolution triggered by what...
View ArticleKnights Landing shooter convicted of voluntary manslaughter
WOODLAND — A Yolo County teen did not commit murder, but rather the lesser crime of voluntary manslaughter, when he fatally shot a man last year during a Knights Landing melee, a Yolo Superior Court...
View ArticleDavis killer denied parole again
Convicted murderer Daniel Wehner was denied parole for the 12th time last week by a two-commissioner panel of the Board of Parole Hearings, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced. In...
View ArticleYolo sheriff’s officials searching for missing New Mexico woman
The Yolo County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in finding a missing New Mexico woman who traveled through Yolo County late last week. Victoria Barnard, 76, was last seen at about 4 p.m....
View ArticleCar chase ends with a bang in Davis
A vehicle pursuit Monday morning through parts of East Davis came to an end when the suspect rear-ended a Unitrans bus. The chase got its start in West Sacramento, when officers attempted to stop a...
View ArticleCouple robbed while changing tire in rural Yolo County
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a roadside robbery that occurred early Sunday morning in rural Yolo County. According to Officer Rodney Fitzhugh, the incident occurred at about 2 a.m. on...
View ArticleWalmart settles misleading-packaging allegations
The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office, along with DA’s offices in Shasta, Fresno, Placer, Tulare and Santa Cruz counties, have reached a settlement with Walmart, Inc. in a civil enforcement action...
View ArticleFBI seeks tips about Davis bank robber
The FBI’s Sacramento bureau is seeking the public’s help in identifying a serial bank robber whose Sacramento-area targets have included River City Bank in downtown Davis. Officials say the suspect...
View ArticleRoad to recovery: Woodland woman completes Addiction Intervention Court
WOODLAND — Trouble followed Calli Garcia for as long as she could remember. The Woodland woman, 36, had been in and out of jail since 2003. Most of her cases involved drugs, her addictions compounded...
View ArticleKnights Landing shooter sentenced to 21-year term
WOODLAND — A Yolo County teen convicted of voluntary manslaughter and other charges for his role in a fatal Knights Landing shooting last year received a 21-year sentence Friday. A minor at the time of...
View ArticleCompetency doubt delays Woodland murder trial
WOODLAND — Next week’s scheduled trial of a Woodland man accused of fatally stabbing a massage worker was postponed Monday after his attorney declared a doubt regarding his mental competency. The...
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