Houston withdraws insanity plea following assault conviction
WOODLAND — The man who claimed he was legally insane when he struck and injured three bicyclists near Clarksburg last year abruptly withdrew his insanity plea Thursday, half a day into the sanity phase...
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Houston court hearing set for January
WOODLAND — A Jan. 6 sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Alamar Cyril Houston, who was convicted last week of assault and other charges for a day-long crime spree that left multiple people...
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Sentencing delayed in Davis child death case
WOODLAND — A Davis man convicted of fatally beating his girlfriend’s toddler son won’t be sentenced until January, allowing his attorneys time to gather information they say might aid him at future...
View ArticleMan arrested after brandishing knife at first responders
A man who was unconscious in the median at Anderson Road and Covell Boulevard was arrested Saturday afternoon after he brandished a knife at the ambulance personnel who came to help him. Sgt. James...
View ArticleStolen vehicle recovered, suspects arrested on Olive Drive
Davis police officers were dispatched to the 900 block of West Olive Drive on Friday evening where a stolen vehicle was recovered. Sgt. James MacNiven said police were called by an employee of a West...
View ArticleWoodland man convicted of attempted murder
Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced Friday that a Yolo County jury found 23-year-old Woodland resident Andres Alejandro Cordova guilty of attempted murder. The jury also found that...
View ArticleSacramento woman dies in crash
A 43-year-old Sacramento woman died Monday from injuries she sustained two days earlier in a Yolo County crash, according to the California Highway Patrol. Officers said Patte Thomas was driving on Old...
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Search continues for missing Yolo County teens
Where are Enrique Rios and Elijah Moore? The Yolo County teenagers — who are classmates and friends — have been missing for weeks now, their sudden disappearances baffling their families and...
View ArticleOperation Vigilance tracks Yolo’s sex offenders
Yolo County law enforcement conducted surprise compliance checks on more than 300 sexual offenders last week as part of Operation Vigilance, a program that started eight years ago with the goal to...
View ArticleDavis police make hate-crime arrest
A Fairfield man is facing battery and hate-crime charges following an altercation in downtown Davis early Saturday morning, police said. Nathaniel Neal Rogers, 21, “pushed an Asian male and then told...
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Samantha Green sentenced to prison; bid for new trial denied
WOODLAND — Samantha Green received a 15-year-to-life state prison sentence Friday for the death of her infant son Justice Rees, the Yolo Superior Court hearing slamming the nation’s methamphetamine...
View ArticleTeen, employee robbed at gunpoint in Woodland
Woodland police are investigating two armed robberies that occurred just hours apart earlier this week. A 14-year-old boy reported being robbed at gunpoint at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday in the area of...
View ArticleGirl, 12, reports kidnap attempt
A 12-year-old girl reported that a man tried to grab her as she walked home from school Wednesday in the Lake Alhambra Estates neighborhood, according to Davis police. Lt. Tom Waltz said the girl was...
View ArticleWoodland man arrested for sexual assaults
A 21-year-old Woodland man faces sexual assault charges after confronting two women Thursday night and early Friday, Woodland police said. Sgt. David Krause reported that a suspect approached a woman...
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Suspect arrested in kidnapping attempt
Davis police announced Saturday the arrest of a UC Davis student as a suspect in the attempted kidnapping of a 12-year-old girl that occurred last week. Sander Ian Findlay, 27, was taken into custody...
View ArticleMan injured in bike-car collision
A man was hospitalized early Monday morning after being struck by a car on the Richards Boulevard overpass, according to Davis police and fire officials. The man was either riding or walking his bike...
View ArticleJail tablet program aims to close revolving door
WOODLAND — Joey Rivera has spent his adult life in and out of prison. But he’s hoping a new pilot program at the Yolo County Jail will make this his last spin through that revolving door. In October,...
View ArticleWould-be robber leaves convenience store empty-handed
Davis police are seeking a man who attempted to rob a convenience store clerk at gunpoint early Tuesday morning. Lt. Tom Waltz said the suspect entered the AM/PM market, 333 Mace Blvd., at about 2 a.m....
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Investigation of Davis attempted kidnapping continues
Davis police are investigating whether a suspicious incident in West Davis involving a 15-year-old girl is somehow related to the attempted kidnapping of another child that occurred five days later....
View ArticleSuspect in attempted kidnapping denies guilt
WOODLAND — A former UC Davis student accused of trying to abduct a 12-year-old girl last week pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony attempted kidnapping and false imprisonment charges. Sander Ian...
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