Man arrested for domestic violence
A 23-year-old Davis man was arrested Friday afternoon for alleged domestic violence, police reported. Zhiwei Zhao was arrested for causing corporal injury and false imprisonment upon a victim he was...
View ArticleCommunity mailbox break-ins on the rise
Mail theft and community mailbox break-ins are increasing in Davis, according to the Davis Police Department and U.S. Postal Service inspectors. A recent community mailbox break-in at Oceano Way and...
View ArticleHit-and-run reported on Covell
Davis police are looking for the driver of a white four-door car, possibly a Honda, who sideswiped a parked 2006 Pontiac at about 8 p.m. Friday in North Davis and fled the scene. The crash occurred...
View ArticleBaby Justice’s father: ‘I want answers, too’
WOODLAND — Jailed for the second time in less than a week, the father of deceased Woodland infant Justice Rees says he harbors no grudge against the officers who arrested him on drug-related charges...
View ArticleBurglar arrested at County Administration Building
A man was arrested Saturday evening for burglary after passers-by reported seeing him throw chairs and papers out of a window in the Yolo County Administration Building, 625 Court St. in Woodland. One...
View ArticleDavis police seek hit-and-run driver
Davis police are seeking the driver in a hit-and-run collision that injured a bicyclist early Sunday morning. Lt. Glenn Glasgow said the 32-year-old victim was struck from behind shortly before 3:30...
View ArticleWoman struck, killed by Amtrak train
A woman was struck and killed by an Amtrak passenger train east of Davis this morning, according to the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office. Lt. Lance Faille said the westbound Captial Corridor train hit the...
View ArticleTrial date on horizon for former Harper teacher
WOODLAND — A former Harper Junior High School teacher accused of sexual battery made his second court appearance Tuesday, and will be back before a judge later this month set a trial date. The attorney...
View ArticleWoman struck by train ID’d as West Sacramentan
The woman struck and killed by an Amtrak passenger train east of Davis on Tuesday morning has been identified as Kristy Dawn Walker, 39, of West Sacramento, Yolo County coroner’s officials said. An...
View ArticleMurder charge sought in Baby Justice case
WOODLAND — The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office has filed a motion to amend its complaint against a Woodland woman whose infant boy was found dead in a Knights Landing slough last month,...
View ArticlePlea deal for man shot by CHP officer on I-5
A Lincoln man is facing five years in state prison after admitting to his role in a roadside altercation during which he was shot by a California Highway Patrol officer. Heath Austin Nunes, 38, pleaded...
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Yolo County withholds records in infant death case
Yolo County officials said Thursday they won’t release child welfare records regarding the brief life of Justice Rees, the 3-week-old boy whose body was found near a Knights Landing slough last month,...
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Judge allows murder charge for Woodland infant’s mother
WOODLAND — Samantha Lee Green left a Yolo County courtroom in tears Friday morning, moments after a judge granted a prosecutor’s motion to charge the Woodland woman with murdering her infant son...
View ArticleBeheaded animals found in Clarksburg
Yolo County Animal Services officers are investigating whether a bag full of decapitated animals found in Clarksburg on Sunday is related to a series of similar incidents that has plagued the...
View ArticleWoodland murder suspect’s lawyers seek police personnel records
WOODLAND — The attorneys for a Woodland woman accused of fatally shooting her husband last year are seeking evidence of possible police misconduct as the case heads toward trial. During a brief status...
View ArticleDavis man arrested after four-county chase
A Davis man is facing evading and impaired driving charges after allegedly leading California Highway Patrol officers on a four-county high-speed pursuit on Monday. Ramon Bernal, 24, was taken into...
View ArticleGreen’s defense lawyers demand evidence for murder charge
WOODLAND — The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office says it has the evidence to support charging a Woodland woman with murder for the death of her infant son, and defense attorneys want to know what...
View ArticleAssault suspect’s trial date hinges on expert’s availability
WOODLAND — It could be months before the man accused of fatally beating a Davis toddler last year goes before a jury. Darnell D’Angelo Dorsey, 22, was ordered to stand trial on felony child assault...
View ArticleFormer St. James priest faces deportation
Staff, wire reports Federal immigration authorities have arrested a former St. James Catholic Church priest and are preparing to deport him to Mexico after he admitted to having unlawful sex with a...
View ArticleSexual battery reported in South Davis
A woman reported being the victim of a sexual battery Friday night in South Davis, according to police reports. The victim said she was grabbed on the buttocks at about 10 p.m. in the area of Cowell...
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