Sacramento man killed in rural Yolo County crash
An 80-year-old Sacramento man was killed Wednesday when his vehicle ran off Highway 16 near the town of Madison, according to the California Highway Patrol. A witness to the accident reported that...
View ArticleMan assaulted while walking downtown
A 22-year-old man was beaten and possibly stabbed early Friday morning while walking home from downtown Davis, police said. According to Lt. Paul Doroshov, the victim was attacked at about 3 a.m. in...
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Police arrest suspect in Davis rape attempt
The suspect in a Davis sexual assault attempt was taken into custody Monday night after spending more than two months at large, police said. Brandon Allan Clark, 32, is scheduled to be arraigned at...
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CHP nabs attempted murder suspect during traffic stop
What began as a routine traffic stop north of Woodland this week resulted in an attempted murder suspect being taken off the streets, the California Highway Patrol reported Tuesday. Lance Bernard Jett....
View ArticleDavis apartment manager accused of stealing tenants’ identities
The manager of an East Davis apartment complex is accused of using his position to commit identity theft, using the personal information of some of the tenants he managed. William Raymond Stanley Jr.,...
View ArticleHearing in Davis homicide case rescheduled to May
Evidence in the case of a Los Angeles college student who was fatally stabbed in a downtown Davis bar last fall is now scheduled to be aired in a Yolo County courtroom starting May 2. Afterwards, Yolo...
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Police probe second in-custody death
Friday’s death of a 56-year-old man while in Davis police custody marked the law-enforcement agency’s second such incident to occur in less than four months. “To have two in such a close amount of...
View ArticleMan who died in custody had troubled past
The man who died shortly after being detained by Davis police last week had a criminal history dating back to the early 1980s, including at least two stints in state prison. James Kenneth Dugger served...
View ArticleProbation ordered in Woodland animal hoarding case
WOODLAND — A Woodland woman who kept more than 40 cats in the home she shared with her young children was sentenced this week to five years of probation. Katrina Emma Gamble, whose Yolo County court...
View ArticleWoodland police investigate shooting
A 30-year-old man was shot and wounded Monday in an incident that’s now being investigated by Woodland police and the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office gang task force. Woodland police Sgt. Brett Hancock...
View ArticleUCD student reports odd incident at bus stop
The UC Davis Police Department issued a crime alert this week about a suspicious incident that occurred in the city of Davis. A female student was waiting for a Unitrans bus in the 3000 block of...
View ArticleUCD police launch effort to stop distracted driving
UC Davis police are unveiling an educational campaign this week aimed at curbing distracted driving among young and first-time motorists. “Statistics show that a lot of teenage accidents are the result...
View ArticleFormer UCD student’s second rape trial begins
WOODLAND — The second trial of a former UC Davis student accused of raping a fellow student got underway this week in Yolo Superior Court. Lang Her’s first trial in May 2015 resulted in a hung jury,...
View ArticleCops arrest suspected burglars, thanks to helpful witness
An alert citizen helped Davis police nab two suspected car burglars Tuesday night. Lt. Tom Waltz said the witness called police shortly before 8 p.m. to report the burglary in the parking lot of the...
View ArticlePolice stumble upon suspected drug lab
Davis police arrested six people Thursday after finding a suspected drug manufacturing lab while investigating an unrelated crime. The discovery occurred that morning, when officers armed with a search...
View ArticleCrash leads to DUI arrest
A South Davis crash led to a man’s arrest Thursday on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. According to Davis police reports, the crash occurred at about 4:45 p.m. in the 4400...
View ArticleHate crime reported at UCD; 3 arrested
UC Davis police arrested three men early Monday in connection with an assault that has been classified as a hate crime. Police Chief Matt Carmichael said the victim, an African-American woman, called...
View ArticleOne hurt in rollover crash
Two people had to be extricated from their vehicle after it rolled over in an East Davis crash Monday, according to the Davis police and fire departments. The vehicle rolled onto its side after...
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Former Marrone Bio executive charged with fraud
SACRAMENTO — It was late 2013, and the pressure was on for Hector Absi, chief operating officer for Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. in Davis. That September, a month after the developer of bio-based...
View ArticleDUI arrest leads to assault arrest downtown
A series of drunken disputes downtown led to the arrest of Heather Padilla, 28, and her sister Tiffany Padilla, 26, around 1 a.m. Saturday morning. Heather Padilla was pulled over by police and...
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