PETA offers $5,000 reward in pit-bull torture death
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case of a pit bull that was bound and suffocated before being dumped...
View ArticleTwo hurt in auto vs. bike collisions
Two bicyclists were injured Wednesday after being struck by vehicles in downtown Davis, police said. Cyclist Yuan Shaoeng, 40, of Davis, suffered a broken ankle and bruising to his arms after being hit...
View ArticleCompetency trial set for Clarksburg hit-and-run suspect
A March 14 trial is scheduled to determine whether a man accused of intentionally hitting three bicyclists with a vehicle last summer is mentally competent to be tried on criminal charges. The attorney...
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Woodland hit-and-run suspects enter not-guilty pleas
WOODLAND — With more than a dozen of their alleged victim’s relatives watching, the three suspects in a Woodland hit-and-run fatality pleaded not guilty Friday to criminal charges stemming from the...
View ArticleThree arrested on burglary charges
Davis police reported the arrests of three people on burglary charges late last week. Officers conducting a probation search at the F Street apartment of a 15-year-old boy Thursday found an allegedly...
View ArticleWoodlander arrested following carjack attempt
A Woodland man is facing attempted carjacking charges after allegedly trying to pull a man from his car early Sunday morning. Woodland police Sgt. Brett Hancock said officers responded shortly after...
View ArticlePot-smoking driver faces child endangerment charges
Davis police arrested a father of three Monday after he allegedly smoked marijuana while driving with his children inside the vehicle. Lt. Ton Phan said a witness called police at about 10:30 a.m. to...
View ArticleSecond suspect in Clarksburg homicide arrested
Yolo County sheriff’s officials announced Wednesday a second arrest in connection with a Clarksburg-area homicide that occurred last month. Lance Ornellas-Castro, 27, of Rio Vista, was taken into...
View ArticleMurder charge upheld in fatal Woodland bar stabbing
WOODLAND — Emotions ran high in a Yolo County courtroom this week as family and friends of a Woodland homicide victim got their first glimpse of surveillance video that captured the fatal stabbing...
View ArticleCHP officers Start Smart teen driving class
The Woodland office of the California Highway Patrol will offer a Smart Start class for teen drivers and their parents or guardians, focusing on comprehensive traffic safety education. The class will...
View ArticleYolo DA check program collected $188K last year
Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced last week that the DA’s Check Prosecution Unit collected a total of $188,260 for Yolo County merchants and residents in 2015. “Much of the money was...
View Article2016 Yolo judicial assignments announced
Yolo Superior Court officials have announced the judicial assignments for 2016. Judge David Rosenberg will serve as presiding judge and Judge Janet Gaard will continue as the assistant presiding judge...
View ArticleWoodland woman accused of tax refund fraud
A Woodland woman is one of two people facing federal charges in connection with an alleged tax-fraud scheme. Denna Chambers, 33, and 32-year-old Starsheka Mixon of Pinole are accused of scheming to...
View ArticleReward in tortured pit bull case reaches $10K
A second animal advocacy organization has joined the call for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever tortured, killed and dumped a pit bull found near a Woodland freeway onramp...
View ArticleWoman faces manslaughter, DUI charges in big-rig driver’s death
A Woodland woman who struck and killed a truck driver who was standing outside his big rig last October is due in court this week to face criminal charges. Jacqueline Ochoa Torres, 26, was arrested...
View ArticleCarjacker? Sweatshirt? ‘Victim’ can’t tell the difference
A supposed carjacking victim found himself in jail Monday after his drug-induced state apparently caused him to mistake a sweatshirt-covered bucket of tools for an assailant. Woodland police officers...
View ArticleFormer CHP officer’s wife refuses to testify in domestic violence case
WOODLAND — The trial of a former California Highway Patrol officer accused of domestic violence is at risk of proceeding without one of the prosecution’s key witnesses — the case’s alleged victim....
View ArticleWoman accused in fatal drug-related crash pleads not guilty
WOODLAND — A woman accused of causing a drug-induced collision that killed a big-rig driver last fall pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony charges of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and...
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Hearing in Davis murder case likely delayed again
WOODLAND — With six suspects and even more attorneys involved, a high-profile Davis homicide case is expected to take a few more months to reach the preliminary hearing stage. That hearing, in which a...
View ArticleWoodland men face vehicle theft charges
Davis police arrested two Woodland men Tuesday morning on suspicion of stealing a pair of cars from their hometown. Lt. Ton Phan said a citizen phoned in a report of a suspicious vehicle parked in the...
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