Three arrested for selling meth
A trio of young men were arrested Thursday evening after they attempted to sell methamphetamine to local law enforcement detectives. The arrest occurred at 10:30 p.m. in a parking lot near 1800 E....
View ArticlePost-bar brawl sends two men to jail
About 2:10 a.m. Saturday, Davis police were called to break up an alcohol-fueled fight at Fourth and G streets that resulted in the arrest of two men — Tyler Chilson, 22, of Davis, and DeJohn Miller,...
View ArticleDUI suspect breaks free of cuffs, steals CHP patrol car
What began as a routine drunken-driving arrest morphed into a major felony case when the suspect stole his arresting officer’s patrol car just east of Davis, according to the California Highway Patrol....
View ArticleYolo’s mental health court sets defendants back on track
WOODLAND — For years, Jesse Fiero considered the Yolo County Courthouse a dark place — a revolving door of punishment for crimes brought on by his homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction, and...
View ArticleTwo arrested for cell phone robbery
Davis police arrested two people Tuesday on suspicion of robbing a man of his cell phone. According to police reports, the victim phoned police at 6 a.m. to report the robbery, which occurred at...
View ArticleFamily, pet cat escape North Davis structure fire
A garage fire damaged a North Davis home Wednesday, temporarily displacing the residents, according to the Davis Fire Department. The fire, the cause of which remains under investigation, was reported...
View ArticleYolo County Jail employee arrested on drug charges
A Woodland man didn’t have far to go for booking at the Yolo County Jail following his arrest on drug charges Tuesday. Ricardo Navarro was employed as a cook at the Woodland correctional facility when...
View ArticleWoman reports being pushed to ground by assailants
A woman reported being assaulted Sunday night while walking in South Davis, police said. According to Lt. Ton Phan, the woman was walking home from work on Lillard Drive near Danbury Street shortly...
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Trial for Davis child assault suspect postponed after all
WOODLAND — Satisfied that defense attorneys had made sufficient progress in lining up their expert testimony, a Yolo Superior Court judge agreed Tuesday to postpone a Davis child assault trial so those...
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Family fears West Sacramento homicide will go unsolved
Who killed Michael Ryan Perez? The 25-year-old West Sacramento resident was shot to death on Sept. 20 in the parking lot of the Stardust Motel on West Capitol Avenue. Police arrested a suspect the...
View ArticleUPS employee dies in workplace collision
A 47-year-old United Parcel Service employee has died from injuries he sustained after being struck by a truck Thursday night in West Sacramento. Both the West Sacramento Police Department and the...
View ArticleSuspects in Woodland hit-and-run fatality due in court
The three suspects in a deadly hit-and-run collision in Woodland are scheduled to make their initial court appearances later this week. Raymond Melchor Contreras, 34; Norma Linda Gentry, 23; and...
View ArticleCampus cops make another bike theft arrest
UC Davis police arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of bike theft Thursday — the fourth such arrest campus authorities have made in recent weeks. UCD spokesman Andy Fell said residents of Solano...
View ArticleJudge rejects bail decrease for suspect in CHP vehicle theft, pursuit
WOODLAND — A Yolo Superior Court judge refused Friday to lower bail for a Stockton man accused of stealing a California Highway Patrol car during his drunken-driving arrest last month. Robert Lee...
View ArticleMan dies after fall from bike
A Davis man died Friday after collapsing while riding his bicycle, authorities said. Davis police Sgt. Ariel Pineda said Gerald Schimke, 78, fell to the ground while riding in the area of Sixth and B...
View ArticleParolee arrested after Capay Valley car chase
Yolo County sheriff’s deputies nabbed an armed parolee at large Saturday following a vehicle pursuit in the Capay Valley. Sheriff’s officials said the chase began at about 10:15 a.m. when a patrol...
View ArticleSheriff’s Office: Tortured animal ‘put up quite a fight’
Vicky Fletcher, Yolo County’s longtime chief animal services officer, has seen more than her share of animal torture cases. But the discovery of a bound and possibly suffocated dog near Woodland last...
View ArticleCourt delayed while odd smell investigated
WOODLAND — Yolo Superior Court proceedings were briefly delayed Tuesday while emergency personnel investigated what initially seemed to be an electrical smell inside the Main Street building. Court...
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Strike 3: Yolo DA still can’t have murder defendant’s medical records
WOODLAND — For the third time, Yolo County prosecutors entered a courtroom Tuesday seeking the jailhouse medical records for Samantha Lee Green, the Woodland woman facing second-degree murder charges...
View Article2 arrested for campus bookstore theft
UC Davis police arrested two students this week on suspicion of attempting to steal books from the temporary bookstore in the UC Davis Pavilion, campus officials said. Adam Sato, 21, of Redwood City;...
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