Another arrest made in Davis homicide
The number of suspects in the Sept. 19 homicide in downtown Davis, which police say was carried out by members of a Vacaville-based Norteño street gang, now stands at six. Davis police announced the...
View ArticleProbation, jail time for crash that killed tow truck driver
A Hayward man was sentenced this week to three years of probation for his role in a 2013 collision that led to the death of a tow-truck driver. Pacifico Sanpedro, 73, was convicted Sept. 10 of...
View ArticleHomicide suspects no stranger to crime, court records show
WOODLAND — The five suspects in custody for a Davis nightclub homicide are facing an amended set of criminal charges that emphasize what authorities say is the gang-related nature of the crime. On...
View ArticleMan struck, killed by freight train in Davis
Emergency personnel in Davis responded to a fatal collision involving a freight train and a pedestrian early this morning. Davis fire Capt. Brian Lynch said the incident occurred at 12:43 a.m. along...
View ArticleDavis man dies in I-80 crash
A 29-year-old Davis man was killed early this morning in a vehicle crash on Interstate 80, according to the California Highway Patrol. The man, whose name was not immediately released, was traveling...
View ArticleCoroner identifies I-80 crash victim
The Davis man who died in a vehicle crash early Wednesday morning on Interstate 80 has been identified as David Vaughn, 29. California Highway Patrol officers said Vaughn was at the wheel of a...
View ArticleTrain-vs.-pedestrian victim ID’d as Davis man
Yolo County coroner’s officials have identified the man killed in a train-versus-pedestrian collision Wednesday morning as Steven Lowell Inness, 55, of Davis. Inness died after being struck by the...
View ArticleDavis homicide suspects due back in court Monday
WOODLAND — Two more suspects in a downtown Davis homicide appeared in Yolo Superior Court on Wednesday, their arraignments — like those of their three co-defendants — postponed until Monday while they...
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Character witnesses testify in Woodland murder trial
WOODLAND — The character of Woodland murder defendant Susan Hoskins took center stage this week in Yolo Superior Court — as did that of Bryan Hoskins Sr., the husband she’s accused of killing....
View ArticleFall weekends bring more cops to downtown Davis
It’s 10 p.m. on a balmy Thursday night. In downtown Davis, the sidewalks begin to fill with people — the majority of them in their 20s, celebrating the end of the first day of fall classes at UC Davis....
View ArticleMan arrested on drug, weapon charges
Davis police arrested a 28-year-old Fairfield man on multiple weapon and drug-related charges Thursday. Sgt. Ariel Pineda said officers received a report shortly after noon of a man acting erratically...
View ArticleSheriff’s office investigates stabbing
The Yolo County Sheriff’s Office reported a stabbing that occurred near the town of Yolo early Saturday morning. Sheriff’s Sgt. Matt Davis said deputies were summoned at about 4 a.m to a party in the...
View ArticleBig-rig driver hit, killed by vehicle on I-80
A big-rig driver was fatally struck by a car while standing on the shoulder of Interstate 80 Friday, according to the California Highway Patrol. Yolo County coroner’s officials identified the victim as...
View ArticlePolice investigate Mace Ranch robbery
A man reported being the victim of a strong-arm robbery Sunday afternoon in Mace Ranch, Davis police said. According to Lt. Ton Phan, the victim was walking in the area of Oceano Way and Del Valle...
View ArticleSuspect ID’d in Highway 50 tow-truck driver fatality
The California Highway Patrol confirmed Monday it has identified a suspect in a February hit-and-run collision that killed a tow-truck driver on Highway 50. An arrest warrant on felony hit-and-run...
View ArticleDavis murder suspects enter not-guilty pleas
WOODLAND — The five suspects in custody for a downtown Davis stabbing death pleaded not guilty to murder and criminal street gang charges at their first collective court appearance Monday. Two of the...
View ArticleDavis police make stalking arrest
Davis police arrested a man on stalking charges Monday. Lt. Ton Phan said the suspect, identified as 30-year-old transient Shaun Loughney, had been stalking the female victim around her apartment,...
View ArticleMurder defendant takes the witness stand
WOODLAND — Susan Hoskins says she had no intention of killing her husband on the night of Aug. 3, 2014, even as she pointed a loaded pistol at him. “I just wanted him to stop coming at me,” Hoskins,...
View ArticlePolice, deputies launch manhunt in El Macero
Law-enforcement officers descended upon the El Macero neighborhood Wednesday afternoon to search for two suspects in an attempted residential burglary. No arrests were reported as of that evening as a...
View ArticleDefense experts back Hoskins domestic violence claims
WOODLAND — On the night she fatally shot her husband, Susan Hoskins had suffered such chronic abuse at his hands that she acted in fear for her life, and that behavior was consistent with being a...
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