Trial begins in triple-fatal freeway crash
WOODLAND — Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of an Elk Grove man accused of causing a fiery August 2011 crash on a Woodland freeway that killed three people, including a 2-year-old girl. Gubani...
View ArticleCar chase, foot pursuit ends in arrest
An American Canyon man who allegedly led California Highway Patrol officers on a pursuit in a stolen vehicle was arrested Friday with the help of a K-9, the CHP reported Tuesday. Officer Bryan Konvalin...
View ArticleSolano man convicted of two Davis burglaries
A Yolo County jury convicted a Solano County man last week of burglarizing two homes in Davis in July 2011. Prosecutors alleged that Jimmy Medel, 45, dropped off his wife at her Davis workplace, then...
View ArticlePlea deal made in Davis burglary case
WOODLAND — A Shingle Springs man has agreed to serve just over three years in prison for his role in several residential burglaries in Davis last year. Kyle Kennedy Frank, 37, pleaded no contest...
View ArticleSuspect pleads to manslaughter in Davis woman’s 2010 strangling death
WOODLAND — After numerous trial delays, a woman accused of killing a Davis resident inside a Woodland motel room three years ago entered into a plea agreement Wednesday that is expected to result in a...
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Fatal I-5 crash: Manslaughter or tragic accident?
WOODLAND — Robert and Linda Taylor of Oregon were en route to visit family. So was La’nessa Demillo, just 10 days shy of her third birthday, as she rode with her mother and great-grandfather in a car...
View ArticleDavis burglary reports remain on the rise
Davis police say the city is continuing to see an uptick in residential burglaries, with 21 new reports being filed over the past two weeks. “The days and times of these burglaries vary greatly,” Lt....
View ArticleJudge imposes death penalty in UCD “sweethearts” murder case
SACRAMENTO — Calling the defendant’s crimes “so horrendous, so evil,” a Sacramento Superior Court judge Friday said the death penalty is the “appropriate punishment” to impose on Richard Joseph...
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Judge imposes death penalty in ‘sweethearts’ murder case
SACRAMENTO — For the last time, the family and friends of John Riggins and Sabrina Gonsalves gathered in Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Sweet’s courtroom on Friday to witness the final chapter...
View ArticleIn their own words: Family, friends reflect on sentencing
Excerpts of victim impact statements from Friday’s sentencing hearing for Richard Hirschfield: “I see Sabrina all around me, in all that is good, in her beautiful smile, her laugh, her devotion to...
View ArticleDavis police investigate sexual assault
Davis police are seeking the suspect in a sexual assault and robbery that occurred Sunday at Davis Community Church. Lt. Glenn Glasgow said police received a report from a woman who said she was...
View ArticleOfficer assault lands parolee back in jail
A 44-year-old man recently released from prison found himself back in custody Saturday after allegedly assaulting a Woodland police officer. Reggie Joe Dickerson was on searchable probation for grand...
View ArticleBoy arrested for bringing weapons to school
A 17-year-old Woodland Polytechnic Academy student was arrested on Friday on suspicion of possessing a 3-inch knife and a spring-activated BB gun on school grounds. Administrators searched the boy’s...
View ArticleCouncil set to host debate on Fire Department audit recommendations
The City Council will host a roundtable discussion Tuesday to hear arguments for and against four recommended changes to the Davis Fire Department made late last year by Interim Fire Chief Scott...
View ArticleArrest made in Davis sexual assault case
Davis police have arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with Saturday’s sexual assault and robbery on the Davis Community Church grounds, thanks to a phone call from an alert citizen. Christopher...
View ArticleSexual assault suspect due in court
The man accused of sexually assaulting a woman on the grounds of a downtown Davis church was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon in Yolo Superior Court. Christopher Lynn Romone Turk, 25, was...
View ArticleSex assault suspect’s bail boosted to $1 million
The man accused of sexually assaulting a woman on the grounds of a downtown Davis church last weekend pleaded not guilty Wednesday to six felony charges and one misdemeanor count stemming from the...
View ArticleAttorneys argue over consent in Davis date-rape trial
UPDATE: Thaddeus Sonne was found not guilty in a verdict delivered at 1:30 p.m. Friday and was released immediately from the Yolo sheriff’s custody, his attorney Dan Hutchinson said. Read the complete...
View ArticleMolest suspect ordered to stand trial
A Yolo Superior Court judge has found sufficient evidence for a former Esparto foster parent and youth soccer coach to stand trial on 90 count of child molestation. Judge Timothy Fall ordered...
View ArticleJury acquits Davis man of rape charges
It took a Yolo County jury less than a day of deliberations to acquit a 21-year-old Davis man of rape charges Friday following a two-week trial in Yolo Superior Court. Thaddeus Jay Sonne, who had been...
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