Jury rejects murder charges in Woodland bar stabbing
WOODLAND — A swift and grisly stabbing death inside a Woodland bar last December did not amount to murder, ruled a Yolo County jury, which convicted the defendant of voluntary manslaughter Friday...
View ArticleWoman dies, kids hurt in Woodland head-on crash
A 70-year-old Woodland woman died and three children were injured Friday in a head-on collision on County Road 102 south of Woodland. Fu Huang succumbed to her injuries at the UC Davis Medical Center,...
View ArticleDavis hit-and-run defendant a no-show for court
WOODLAND — A Davis man accused of violating his probation in a hit-and-run case is now wanted on a pair of warrants after failing to show up to court Monday morning. Brian Douglas Cassidy, 59, was due...
View ArticleWoman’s sleep-drug use garners DUI conviction
A West Sacramento woman has been convicted of driving under the influence of Ambien, a prescription sedative, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Tanya Jones-Watkins, 54, was...
View ArticleFormer UCD grad student tried on sexual assault charges
WOODLAND — Trial proceedings began this week for a former UC Davis graduate student accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a house in Davis last year. Ephrem Rukundo is charged with felony counts of...
View ArticleWoodland police K-9 critically injured during suspect chase
A Woodland Police Department K-9 underwent emergency surgery Saturday morning for injuries he suffered after being struck by a car during an early-morning foot pursuit, police officials said. Peydro, a...
View ArticleBoy, 9, cited for arson at church
Davis police cited a 9-year-old boy on arson charges after the child allegedly set several fires inside a Mace Ranch church. Firefighters were summoned shortly after 9 a.m. to the University Covenant...
View ArticleSex assault suspect believes contact was consensual
WOODLAND — Accused of felony sexual assault, a former UC Davis graduate student took the witness stand in Yolo Superior Court this week, saying he believed his actions that night to be part of a...
View ArticleDavis restaurant fined over meat-handling violations
A Yolo Superior Court judge has ordered Ohana Hawaiian BBQ to pay $13,200 in costs and penalties, and to implement improved food-handling practices, following alleged meat-handling violations at its...
View ArticleCard-skimming device found at local ATM
Davis police reported Wednesday the discovery of a card-skimming device Monday on the ATM of River City Bank, 239 E St. in downtown Davis. Skimmers are small devices that can scan and store credit card...
View ArticleClerks busted for selling alcohol to minors
On May 27, the Davis Police Department conducted a decoy operation in an attempt to identify clerks willing to sell alcohol to minors. Minor decoys, under the direct supervision of officers, entered...
View ArticleFormer UCD grad student acquitted of sex assault charges
WOODLAND — It took only a couple of hours of deliberations Thursday for a Yolo County jury to find a former UC Davis graduate student not guilty of the sexual assault charges he faced for more than a...
View ArticleInjured Woodland police K-9 has long road to recovery
A Woodland police K-9 injured last week during a suspect chase continues to show signs of improvement, though a long road to recovery lies ahead. Peydro, who suffered spinal and facial wounds after...
View ArticleSuspect in bicycle hit-and-run enters insanity plea
WOODLAND — An attempted murder suspect accused of striking three bicyclists with a car intends to argue that he suffered from mental illness at the time of his alleged actions, entering a plea Friday...
View ArticleCache Creek Casino among targets of alleged credit fraud scheme
A federal grand jury returned a nine-count indictment last week against two people suspected of a nationwide credit fraud scheme that affected casinos nationwide, including Cache Creek Casino in Yolo...
View ArticleAuthorities seek Elkhorn fire department burglars
Yolo County Sheriff’s Department officials hope the public will recognize two men caught on camera burglarizing a rural fire department last week. The suspects broke into the Elkhorn Fire Department on...
View ArticleScotia woman dies in Yolo County crash
The California Highway Patrol is seeking witnesses to a vehicle accident that killed a 51-year-old Scotia woman Saturday near Woodland. According to a CHP news release, dispatchers received reports at...
View ArticlePolice warn of car burglary increase
This past week, the Davis Police Department has taken 10 vehicle burglary reports from locations in West Davis (Sycamore Lane, Alvarado Avenue, Arthur Street, Wake Forest Drive), East Davis (San Gallo...
View ArticleEmerson students cited after stun device brought to school
Two Emerson Junior High School students received police citations this week after one of the teens used a friend’s stun device on a fellow student. Police Chief Darren Pytel said officers were summoned...
View ArticleHit-and-run defendant jailed again for drug violations
Having allegedly violated his probation in a hit-and-run case, a Davis man was back in jail this week following two failures to show up in court and a second arrest on drug-related charges. However,...
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