CHP launches maximum-enforcement patrols
Wherever people choose to observe Independence Day, they can expect the California Highway Patrol to be out in force for a maximum-enforcement eriod (MEP) from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight on Sunday. As...
View ArticleGuilty plea anticipated for 1994 Davis greenbelt assault
For the second time in a week, a suspect in a series of decades-old sex crimes in the Sacramento region — including Davis — pleaded guilty to his conduct. Mark Jeffrey Manteuffel, arrested a year ago...
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Fires around Yolo County
A Davis firefighter inspects the damage a small blaze caused to the main office building at the Davis Cemetery on Pole Line Road on Saturday morning. Davis Fire Department Battalion Chief Roland...
View Article$8 million awarded to truck driver injured at Capay warehouse
WOODLAND — A Yolo County jury awarded nearly $8 million in damages this week to a former truck driver whose leg was amputated following a Capay warehouse accident. Monday’s verdict in favor of...
View ArticleMental health support coming to Woodland PD
Woodland police officers are getting some backup in the form of mental health services support. Beginning this week, Crisis Intervention Specialist Robert Villarreal joined officers in the field when...
View ArticleBusy week of arrests reported by Davis PD
Two burglaries, a package theft and a roommate dispute led to multiple unrelated arrests this week, the Davis Police Department reported. Manuel Antonio Beteta-Monterroso was arrested Sunday night at...
View ArticleNew policing unit makes gun, drug arrest
A newly formed Davis Police Department unit arrested a Woodland man on weapon and drug charges Wednesday. The Community-Oriented Policing and Problem-Solving Unit (COPPS), which works in cooperation...
View ArticleWoodland police seeking sex-battery suspect
Police in Woodland are on the lookout for a suspect who sexually battered a woman and a teenage girl after sneaking into their homes. Sgt. Dallas Hyde said the latest offense occurred at about 1:45...
View ArticleShootings investigated in Woodland
Woodland police are investigating two shootings that occurred within a week’s time, the agency reported Friday. The first occurred at about 11:40 p.m. July 3 in the 1600 block of Midway Drive, where...
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Winters homicide victim ID’d; killer remains at large
Nearly three months after the victim’s death, the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office has publicly identified a Woodland teen killed in an April drive-by shooting near Winters as the search continues for his...
View ArticleDavis police reveal ethnicity data for 2019 traffic stops, arrests
White, Hispanic and Asian drivers were the most frequently pulled over by police in the city of Davis in 2019, according to data released this week by the Davis Police Department. When it came to...
View ArticleDavis police investigate robbery attempt at park
A man reported being the victim of an attempted robbery this week at a South Davis park, police reported Thursday. According to Lt. Art Camacho, the victim said he was walking through Walnut Park on...
View ArticleWoodland massage therapist face sexual assault charges
Woodland police announced Thursday the arrest of a local massage therapist on multiple sexual assault charges. Fermin Robles, 54, was taken into custody Wednesday after a victim reported she was...
View ArticleParking ticket fraud reported at UC Davis
Someone is creating fake parking tickets at UC Davis in an attempt to swindle money from their recipients, according to a fraud alert issued this week by the UCD Police Department. The citations, which...
View ArticleParole denied to Davis Food Co-op hostage-taker
A man serving a 33-year state prison sentence for a 1996 robbery and hostage standoff at the Davis Food Co-op was denied parole Thursday, according to the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office. It...
View ArticleChild abandoned at Woodland hotel; probe underway
The discovery last week of an abandoned girl in Woodland led to a kidnapping and domestic violence investigation, Woodland police reported Friday. Sgt. Dallas Hyde said the probe began on the night of...
View ArticleJuvenile arrested for attempted murder
Woodland police arrested a youth on attempted murder and other charges following a shooting that left a man injured, police reported Friday. According to Sgt. Dallas Hyde, officers were summoned at...
View ArticleWoodland man indicted following fentanyl death
A Woodland resident has been charged by indictment with distribution of fentanyl resulting in an overdose death and with distributing fentanyl on two separate dates after the overdose death, U.S....
View ArticleMan suspected of attempted vehicle theft
Davis police arrested a 29-year-old man Saturday afternoon after he allegedly tried to steal a car outside a local restaurant. Lt. Art Camacho said the owner of the Mercedes left the vehicle unlocked...
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Restorative justice offers way to avoid prison
By Janelle Marie SalangaCalMatters A hit-and-run offender sits on a Zoom call with three other people: a facilitator and two community members. The facilitator asks the offender to explain the...
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