Crash into river results in DUI arrest
Two Sacramento teens were able to free themselves from a car that rolled into the Sacramento River on Monday night, but one of them is now facing drunken-driving charges, according to the California...
View ArticleMarsh attorneys ready for June murder trial
WOODLAND — A Davis double-murder case remains on track to go to trial in mid-June, attorneys said during a brief court hearing Tuesday. The defendant, Daniel William Marsh, will have turned 17 by the...
View ArticleParole denied in 1985 beating death
A man convicted 28 years ago of beating his friend to death was denied parole for the ninth time Tuesday, Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced. Kenneth Roy Stark, now 60, was convicted...
View ArticleUCD police investigate sexual battery report
The UC Davis Police Department has issued a crime alert about a sexual battery incident that occurred on campus this week. According to the bulletin, a woman was walking with two friends in the Segundo...
View ArticleBicyclist hurt in collision with car
A bicyclist sustained minor injuries Wednesday after colliding with a vehicle, Davis police said. Lt. Tom Waltz said 21-year-old Emily Wolffe failed to stop for a red light on southbound Oak Avenue at...
View ArticleGang member faces 30-year prison term
A Woodland man faces a prison sentence of 30 years to life for his role in an Aug. 8, 2012, gang-related drive-by shooting that gravely injured another man, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office...
View ArticleApartment fire displaces three residents
The Davis Fire Department is investigating the cause of a blaze that displaced three people from their West Davis apartment Thursday. Spokeswoman Evelyn George said the fire was reported at 5:14 p.m....
View ArticleArrests made for Woodland tire slashings
Woodland police announced Friday the arrests of three Woodland teenagers in connection with a rash of tire slashings reported late last month. Brandon Brimm, 18, and two minors ages 15 and 17, face 18...
View ArticleTestimony continues in alleged child-abuse case
WOODLAND — The trial of a man accused of fatally injuring his infant son continued last week with testimony from medical witnesses who asserted the boy’s wounds were abuse-related, and from the...
View ArticleCHP seeks witnesses to Woodland-area pursuit
The Woodland office of the California Highway Patrol is seeking witnesses and possible victims of an April 24 high-speed pursuit that ended with the suspect’s arrest in Woodland. Officer Bryan Konvalin...
View ArticleUCD police seek witnesses in stalking case
The UC Davis Police Department is seeking the public’s help in the case of a Davis man arrested on stalking charges last week. Erik Bryan Bowling is suspected of sending multiple unwanted and harassing...
View ArticleFinal restitution ordered in Davis hate-crime case
A Davis man serving time for a 2013 hate-crime beating was ordered Friday to pay more than $200,000 in restitution to his victim, according to the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office. The $213,995...
View ArticleDid shaking or a fall cause baby’s fatal injuries?
WOODLAND — Two brain-injury experts figuratively duked it out in a Yolo County courtroom last week, offering dueling theories as to what could have caused a 3-month-old boy’s fatal injuries in the...
View ArticleDavis police warn of new Internet scam
The Davis Police Department is warning the public about an Internet scam in which the victim is led to believe he owes money to a New York state attorney’s office. Lt. Glenn Glasgow said the sender of...
View ArticleDefendant testifies in infant death case
WOODLAND — A Woodland man accused of fatally injuring his infant son took the stand in his own defense Tuesday, repeatedly fighting back tears as he described the final month of his young son’s life....
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Talamantes attorneys put focus on her mental state
WOODLAND — One of the last people to see 5-year-old Tatiana Garcia alive, Davis police Officer Kimberly Walker broke down on a Yolo Superior Court witness stand Tuesday at the memory of seeing the...
View ArticleDA: Fake job offers on the rise
Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig issued a warning to be alert for offers of employment that turn out to be scams. In one recent case, a Winters man was victimized and lost $3,500 after using...
View ArticleCourt date set for accused Davis priest
Although no charges have been filed yet, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday a June 10 arraignment date for a St. James Church priest arrested last week on suspicion of...
View ArticleStone maintains innocence in infant death case
WOODLAND — A Woodland man accused of fatally injuring his infant son returned to the stand on Wednesday and continued to insist, under cross-examination by the prosecution, that he never physically...
View ArticleAunt recalls day slain niece found in car trunk
WOODLAND — Speaking softly and often through tears, the sister of a Davis murder suspect recalled Wednesday the events leading up to the discovery of her 5-year-old niece’s body in the trunk of her...
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