12-year term imposed in ‘egregious’ child-porn case
Once a well-paid branch chief for the state Department of Public Health, a Grizzly Flats man assumed the role of federal prison inmate Thursday, his downfall the result of an ill-advised indecent...
View ArticleGrant will expand Yolo’s Neighborhood Court program
The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office has received $1.95 million in federal grant funds from the Board of State and Community Corrections to expand the DA’s Neighborhood Court program to Woodland...
View ArticleSacramento man arrested following Davis bank robbery
A Sacramento man was arrested Saturday following a robbery at the Bank of America branch at 325 E St. and a pursuit through downtown Davis. Davis police Sgt. Trevor Edens said Eugene Lemasters, 56, of...
View Article12-year term imposed in ‘egregious’ child-porn case
Once a well-paid branch chief for the state Department of Public Health, a Grizzly Flats man assumed the role of federal prison inmate Thursday, his downfall the result of an ill-advised indecent...
View ArticleDavis hit-and-run trial postponed
A shortage of available courtrooms resulted in the postponement of a high-profile trial this week in Yolo Superior Court. Both of the court’s felony trial courtrooms were occupied with other cases, so...
View ArticleCHP arrests woman who fled crash scene
A 33-year-old Pleasant Hill woman is facing felony charges after allegedly fleeing the scene of a crash she caused on Interstate 80 Saturday afternoon. According to the California Highway Patrol,...
View ArticleTow-truck driver killed in hit-and-run collision
Woodland California Highway Patrol officers are on the hunt for a big-rig driver that struck and killed a tow-truck operator Monday night in West Sacramento. The fatal collision occurred sometime...
View ArticleMan gets prison time for downtown Davis beating
A Sacramento man was sentenced to three years, eight months in prison last week for his role in a beating outside a downtown Davis restaurant, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced...
View ArticleCHP: Fatal hit-and-run probe could be ‘uphill battle’
You can help A memorial fund has been established at First Northern Bank for Mike Bower’s family. Contributions to the Mike Bower Memorial Fund may be made at any First Northern Bank branch, including...
View ArticleSearch on in Knights Landing for missing infant boy
Law-enforcement officers from Sutter County to the Bay Area have gathered in Knights Landing today in a desperate search for a 3-week old baby boy who vanished two days ago. Justice Rees was reported...
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Hope succumbs to despair as missing baby’s body found
KNIGHTS LANDING — A Woodland family’s elation over the recent birth of a baby boy turned to anguish Wednesday at news that the 3-week-old infant was found dead along a rural Yolo County slough. Justice...
View ArticleWoodland infant’s death remains a mystery
WOODLAND — A young Woodland mother told authorities she and her newborn son were abducted, and that’s why they vanished two days before searchers found the baby’s body on the bank of a Knights Landing...
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Fire damages South Davis home
The Davis Fire Department is investigating the cause of an early-morning blaze that heavily damaged a South Davis home today. No one was injured in the fire, which Fire Marshal Tim Annis said was...
View ArticleFather of slain Davis toddler again denied parole
A former Davis man convicted of fatally beating his 14-month-old son more than two decades ago was again denied parole last week, according to the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office. Manuel...
View ArticleParole denied in 1987 killing spree
A convicted Yolo County murderer was denied parole last week, 28 years after he and a friend took part in a Knights Landing killing spree. Anthony Louis King was 16 years old and living in the rural...
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Sheriff: Mother ‘sole person responsible’ for infant’s death
In the end, Yolo County sheriff’s officials said, Samantha Green’s claim of being kidnapped along with her infant son just didn’t hold up. Green had provided possible suspect names to detectives...
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County: Baby Justice was on Social Services’ radar
Samantha Green and her infant son Justice Rees came to the attention of Yolo County’s Department of Employment and Social Services following the baby’s birth, said county officials who confirmed Monday...
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Mother pleads not guilty to lesser charges in baby’s death
WOODLAND — Once suspected of murder, the mother of an infant boy found dead in Knights Landing last week no longer faces a life prison sentence under the charges filed Wednesday by the Yolo County...
View ArticleTrial ordered in Davis child death case
WOODLAND — There is sufficient evidence for the case of a fatally beaten Davis toddler to proceed to trial, a Yolo Superior Court judge ruled Thursday. Darnell D’Angelo Dorsey, the Sacramento man...
View ArticleUCD police warn of sexual battery incident
The UC Davis Police Department issued a crime alert this week about a sexual battery that occurred on campus. The incident occurred at 7:55 p.m. Wednesday as the victim and a witness walked northbound...
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