Campus safety walk planned Wednesday at UCD
The UC Davis police and facilities management departments will host a campus safety walk Wednesday in response to concerns raised following a hate crime at UCD. “We’re taking back our campus,” Police...
View ArticleVolunteer firefighter charged with child molestation
A Woodland resident and volunteer firefighter is facing allegations that he molested two young children for nearly nine years. Xavier Marcia Mancilla, 64, pleaded not guilty Friday to an amended...
View ArticleJackknifed big-rig damages stretch of I-5 in Woodland
Friday’s rainfall was being blamed for a big-rig crash in Woodland that damaged a freeway guard rail and snarled traffic for hours. The solo vehicle collision occurred at about 1:40 p.m. on northbound...
View ArticlePursuit, crash suspect found incompetent for trial
WOODLAND — A Yolo County murder suspect has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial, and will be hospitalized and medicated until his condition improves. Thomas Phillip Leae sat with his...
View ArticleCoroner IDs drivers in wrong-way I-5 crash
Yolo County coroner’s officials have identified the two motorists who died in a wrong-way collision on Interstate 5 in Zamora last Tuesday. Jose Luis Morales Montiel, 29, of El Nido, was traveling...
View ArticleThree teens arrested for burglary
Davis police arrested three teens on burglary charges last week. Lt. Tom Waltz said officers responded at about 3 p.m. Thursday to a report of a residential burglary in the 800 block of Alvarado Avenue...
View ArticleUCD police investigate campus assault
The UC Davis Police Department has issued a crime alert regarding an aggravated assault that occurred last week on campus. A male victim reported being involved in a verbal and physical altercation...
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Yolo judge responds to disqualification motion
WOODLAND — A Yolo Superior Court judge has declined to disqualify himself from a Davis child assault case, saying the defense attorney who questioned his impartiality failed to demonstrate proof of any...
View ArticleWoman dies in I-5 collision
One driver died and another suffered major injuries Thursday morning in a head-on collision on Interstate 5 between Zamora and Dunnigan. According to the California Highway Patrol, a 37-year-old woman...
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Massage therapist accused of sexual battery
Davis police arrested a local massage therapist this week after a female client accused him of inappropriately touching her. Jeremy Tali Davis, 31, of Fairfield, was arrested Wednesday and booked into...
View ArticleDavis police roll out body camera program
Starting in April, all Davis police officers will be equipped with body-worn cameras, joining a growing number of law-enforcement agencies that are using the devices to record officers’ interactions...
View ArticleOutside judge to rule on Dorsey recusal motion
A Stanislaus County judge will decide whether a Yolo Superior Court judge should be disqualified from presiding over the trial of a Davis child assault suspect. The Judicial Council of California has...
View ArticleThree cited for buying alcohol for minors
The Davis Police Department arrested three suspects Saturday on suspicion of furnishing an alcoholic beverage to a minor. The operation was conducted at six separate ABC-licensed off-sale...
View ArticleUCD student accused of filming woman in bathroom
UC Davis police arrested a student over the weekend on suspicion of invading another student’s privacy. Campus spokesman Andy Fell said officers responded at about 2 p.m. Saturday to reports of a man...
View ArticleCharges upheld in Woodland child molest case
WOODLAND — After rejecting a plea-agreement offer that likely would send him to prison for the rest of his life, a former volunteer firefighter was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on charges of...
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Suspects in Woodland hit-run fatality ordered to stand trial
WOODLAND — Surveillance video, broken vehicle parts and a phone tip led police to the suspects in a hit-and-run collision that killed a longtime Woodland resident last fall. Woodland police officers...
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Hearing for suspect in fatal crash delayed
WOODLAND — With numerous police and medical reports just beginning to trickle in, Wednesday’s scheduled preliminary hearing for the suspect in a fatal Davis crash was postponed until mid-April. Steven...
View ArticleYolo drug case poised to test medical marijuana laws
WOODLAND — A former UC Davis Fire Department captain turned Woodland business owner is facing criminal charges for allegedly selling marijuana out of his hydroponics store. But the attorney for Paul...
View ArticleDavis man accused of assaulting police officer
A 29-year-old man was arrested Sunday after allegedly assaulting an officer. Davis police were summoned at about 5 a.m. to a residence in the 900 block of Ninth Street to investigate a report of an...
View ArticleYolo deputies arrest two on robbery charges
Two people are facing robbery charges after allegedly taking an elderly man’s property in Woodland early Tuesday. Yolo County sheriff’s Sgt. Matt Davis said deputies received a report at 12:30 a.m. of...
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