West Sacramento settles lawsuits filed by disgraced cop’s victims
Six women who were sexually assaulted by an on-duty West Sacramento police officer will share in $4.11 million in settlements to their civil lawsuits, it was announced Thursday. Of that, $2.8 million...
View ArticleTrial ordered in Davis sex-assault case
WOODLAND — A Yolo County judge has found sufficient evidence for a former UC Davis doctoral student to stand trial early next year on sexual assault charges. Ephrem Rukundo, 35, has pleaded not guilty...
View ArticleGrant will aid Yolo DA’s impaired driving prosecution unit
Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that the California Office of Traffic Safety has awarded the District Attorney’s Office $186,012 for the continuation of its DUI vertical prosecution...
View ArticleSuspect arrested for DUI after crashing into PG and E yard
A Davis man is facing drunken-driving charges after crashing his car into the PG&E yard at Fourth and L streets in Davis early Saturday morning, Davis police reported. This was one of five DUI...
View ArticleWest Sacramento police investigate teen girl’s shooting
A 13-year-old West Sacramento girl remains in critical condition at the UC Davis Medical Center after being shot in the head at her residence Saturday night, police said. Sgt. Roger Kinney said the...
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Jury acquits Hoskins of murder, hangs on manslaughter charge
WOODLAND — Acquitted of both first- and second-degree murder in the shooting death of her husband, Susan Hoskins has her first bid at freedom in more than a year while prosecutors decide whether to...
View ArticleMan robbed of Segway at UCD
A man reported being robbed of his Segway electric scooter Saturday night on the UC Davis campus. According to a campus crime alert issued about the incident, the man was riding on Hutchison Drive...
View ArticleChemical spill clears building at UC Davis
A small chemical spill sent multiple hazardous material cleanup crews to UC Davis’ Young Hall on Monday night, Davis fire officials said. Nate Trauernicht, chief of the Davis and UCD fire departments,...
View ArticleYolo deputies arrest 2 on drug charges
The Yolo County Sheriff’s Office reported the arrests of two Shasta Lake residents Monday on suspicion of possessing heroin and methamphetamine for sale. According to a news release, the suspects were...
View ArticleSuspect arrested in West Sacramento teen’s shooting
West Sacramento police announced Tuesday the arrest of a Stockton man in connection with a weekend shooting that critically wounded a 13-year-old girl. Sonny Martinez, 39, was taken into custody in...
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West Sac shooting suspect appears in Yolo court
WOODLAND — As his alleged victim continued to fight for her life in a hospital room, a Stockton man pleaded not guilty Thursday to attempted murder and other charges related to a drive-by shooting...
View ArticleCyclist killed in Road 99 collision
A 44-year-old bicyclist from Davis died Friday morning when he was struck by a vehicle on County Road 99 — the third cyclist fatality to occur in the region since May. Jorge Solorio-Arroyo was riding...
View ArticleBicyclist dies in County Road 99 collision
A 44-year-old bicyclist from Davis died Friday morning when he was struck by a vehicle on County Road 99 — the third cyclist fatality to occur in the region since May. Jorge Solorio-Arroyo was riding...
View ArticleDavis rape investigation continues
Davis police are continuing their investigation into the Oct. 22 sexual assault of a female UC Davis student. Lt. Paul Doroshov said Friday that two detectives have been assigned full-time to the...
View ArticleTestimony details discovery of Woodland infant’s death
WOODLAND — From the back of an ambulance, a distraught Samantha Lee Green described finding the lifeless body of her 19-day-old son on the levee of a Knights Landing slough. “He was propped up on a...
View ArticlePolice investigate series of cell-phone robberies
Davis police are investigating series of recent robberies — two of them on Halloween — in which the suspects targeted the victims for their cell phones. The first occurred at about 3:50 p.m. Saturday...
View ArticleDA: Man admits to role in gang-related shootings
A Woodland man has admitted to assault and weapon charges stemming from a pair of September 2013 shooting incidents in Woodland that authorities say were gang-related. Mitchell Allen Contreras, 28,...
View ArticleClues piece together baby’s last hours
WOODLAND — Samantha Green had just hazy memories of her final hours with her infant son, but investigators pieced together the pair’s movements in the clues they left behind. Shortly after Green...
View ArticleUCD police investigate campus robbery
UC Davis police have issued a campus alert about a strong-arm robbery that occurred Tuesday night near Aggie Village. Police say the female victim was walking on the Arboretum foot path near the campus...
View ArticleExposure, heart defect factors in baby Justice’s death
WOODLAND — Hypothermia and a previously undetected congenital heart defect contributed to the death of Justice Rees, the 19-day-old Woodland baby whose mother now stands accused of his murder. But Yolo...
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