West Davis standoff ends peacefully
A stretch of Anderson Road in Davis was cordoned off Thursday night while police negotiated the surrender of an armed, suicidal man. He was apprehended without force shortly before 10:30 p.m., about 2½...
View ArticleFormer church musician admits to child-porn charge
WOODLAND — A former Woodland church musician accused of secretly filming women and girls in the church’s bathroom pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual exploitation of a child last week, according to...
View ArticleTeen robbed, dragged by car on South Davis street
A teenager reported being robbed and briefly dragged by a vehicle Monday night while walking in South Davis. Lt. Ton Phan said the 18-year-old male victim was walking home in the area of Valdora Street...
View ArticleWoodland murder trial wrapping up
WOODLAND — Closing arguments are expected to begin today in the monthlong trial of a Woodland woman accused of killing her husband last year. Susan Kathleen Hoskins, 60, is charged with murder and...
View ArticleDavis homicide suspects’ court hearing could be delayed
WOODLAND — A preliminary hearing for the five defendants in a downtown Davis homicide may be delayed next week. Scheduled for Monday, the hearing will determine whether there is sufficient evidence for...
View ArticleFinal witness testifies in Hoskins murder trial
WOODLAND — Bryan Hoskins Jr. says the characteristics used to describe his father over the past few weeks don’t mesh with those of the man who raised him. Though big, bald and bearded, “he was...
View ArticleU.S. Attorney: Suspects attempted illegal arms deal at Yolo airport
An undercover operation involving the illegal deal of firearms culminated in eight arrests, several of which took place earlier this month at the Yolo County Airport, according to the U.S. Attorney’s...
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Hoskins murder case in jury’s hands
WOODLAND — Susan Hoskins’ ultimate fate hinges upon which of her stories the jury believes. Was it her initial account, that she shot her husband in their Woodland condo “because he’s an a—— and he...
View ArticleMan who died in Davis police custody ID’d
Yolo County coroner’s officials have identified the man who died while in Davis police custody Thursday as David Elwood Shurtz Jr., 54, of Sacramento. An autopsy was conducted, but no cause or manner...
View ArticleiPhone robbers escape the scene of the crime
A T-Mobile Wireless employees tackled an alleged robber to the ground after an attempted robbery at 2 p.m. Friday at their store on 110 F St. The alleged robber cut the cord to an iPhone on display and...
View ArticleDavis man arrested on domestic violence charges
Chambers Clayton, 55, was arrested on felony domestic violence charged on an anonymous victim last Friday evening. Clayton — who was staying in the home of his dating partner on Alta Loma Street —...
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17-year-old runaway still missing
Detectives are still searching for runaway teen Eunicia “Nici” Figueroa, 17. Figueroa was last seen at 1 p.m. on Friday near the Davis School of Independent Study on 526 B St., wearing a black shirt,...
View ArticleDriver, passenger face DUI charges
Davis police arrested both a driver and a passenger on suspicion of impaired driving early Sunday after a dispute left both with their hands on the steering wheel. Lt. Ton Phan said Christopher Michael...
View ArticleTeen held in stabbings at Madison party
Violence marred a Madison quinceañera party Saturday night, leaving six people hospitalized with stabbing injuries and one person in custody, according to the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office. Daniel...
View ArticleUCD police warn of sexual assault attempt
UC Davis police issued a weekend crime alert regarding a sexual battery incident that occurred on campus early Sunday morning. According to police, the female victim met the suspect at a Davis...
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Hearing for Davis homicide suspects delayed
WOODLAND — In light of an ongoing investigation that a prosecutor described as “massive,” Monday’s scheduled preliminary hearing for the five defendants in a downtown Davis homicide has been delayed...
View ArticleHoskins jury deliberations continue
Jurors in the Susan Hoskins murder case ended their fourth day of deliberations Tuesday without yet reaching a verdict. Hoskins, 60, is accused of fatally shooting her husband, Bryan Hoskins Sr., on...
View ArticleDavis police seek robbery suspects
Davis police are investigating a robbery that occurred early Tuesday morning outside a South Davis apartment complex. According to Lt. Ton Phan, the three victims were sitting in a vehicle in the...
View ArticleFormer Dixon Realtor gets 3 years in mortgage-fraud case
More than a year after his conviction in a federal mortgage-fraud case, a former Dixon Realtor was sentenced Tuesday to three years, four months in prison, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner...
View ArticleMadison stabbing suspect pleads not guilty
A Madison teen pleaded not guilty Wednesday to eight felony charges stemming from his alleged knife attack on quinceañera guests Saturday at Madison Town Hall. Daniel Portugal, 18, requested a public...
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