Sacto 9-1-1

By Edward Ortiz
eortiz@sacbee.com

An early morning South Sacramento shooting that left one person dead and another injured has Sheriff's Homicide detectives looking for clues.

Sheriff's deputies around 12:30 a.m. received calls that gunshots had been fired on or near the 4800 block of Baker Ave. They found a 27-year-old man with multiple gun shot wounds to his upper body. The victim was found lying in the front yard of a home at the address. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 22-year-old male who had been shot once in the arm was also found at the scene and transported to a hospital. Deputies said he is expected to survive that injury.

A canvass of the neighborhood did not uncover any leads to the identity of the suspect or suspects, although deputies said one witness reported a vehicle speeding from the scene soon after the shots were fired.

Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues.

QUESTION: What happened in court to Michael Gomes, who was one of the men accused of the Mariposa County gem heist?
Submitted by: Elizabeth, Auburn

ANSWER: Michael Anthony Gomes, 43, was arrested in January at his Citrus Heights home in connection with the September robbery of the California State Mining and Mineral Museum in Mariposa.

Three officers suffered minor injuries in a struggle with a man in Woodland last night.

Woodland police were called to a home on King Place at about 10 p.m. Thursday where a man's parents reported their son was violent and agitated. The police call indicated that the son might be under the influence of drugs.

When officers tried to take Eddie Bouphavichith, 27, into custody, he allegedly fought with them -- even after a Taser was deployed. He was eventually handcuffed.

After being treated for injuries at Woodland Memorial Hospital, Bouphavichith was arrested on suspicion of resisting a police officer and three counts of battery on a peace officer causing injury.

The three officers who suffered injury were able to carry on with their duties.

Lodi police said they have arrested a man on suspicion of killing his roommate.

Richard Welker, 33, (pictured) was arrested on suspicion of voluntary manslaughter, felon in possession of a firearm and felon in possession of ammunition, according to a police press release.

Officers responded to the 700 block of South Central Avenue about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday to investigate a shooting. When they arrived, police found Arlie Druen, 33, had been shot more than once.

He was taken by ambulance to Lodi Memorial Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Welker, Druen's roommate, was then arrested.

A man who allegedly attempted to rob a CVS pharmacy at gunpoint was shot late this afternoon by a Sacramento County sheriff's deputy when the suspect refused to put down his gun, a sheriff's official said.

Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Jason Ramos said the suspect, whose name has not been released, was taken to a hospital with injuries that are not thought to be life-threatening.

Ramos said deputies responded about 5 p.m. to a report of a robbery in progress at the CVS pharmacy at Marconi and Walnut avenues in Carmichael. The suspect, described as a white man in his 30s, was reported to have a gun.

A brother and sister are in Sacramento County Jail, accused in a plot to have a woman killed.

Manuel Perez (top left photo), 47, and his sister, Natalia Perez (top right photo), 45, were arrested earlier this week on suspicion of solicitation to commit murder and criminal conspiracy, according to a Sacramento County Sheriff's Department news release.

Manuel Perez has been in custody since December on charges related to committing lewd acts with two minor females. He is alleged to have victimized one of the females on several occasions in 1996, and the other child during 2010.

A Little League game was disrupted this evening when shots were reportedly fired at a south Sacramento County park.

Sacramento County sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Jason Ramos said multiple calls were received about 6:45 p.m. reporting shots fired in Rutter Park on Palmer House Drive south of Florin Road. He said information regarding the incident was sketchy, with people reporting that two to four males were seen running from the area.

Between six and 10 shots reportedly were fired, but no one was struck and no injuries were reported. He said it was unclear who was targeted or what prompted the shooting.

Two men were accused of throwing rocks at vehicles Monday in separate incidents, one in North Natomas and the other in the Meadowview area.

The first incident occurred about 6:12 a.m. Sacramento police officers responded to a report of an individual throwing rocks at passing vehicles at Gateway Park and North Market boulevards. A windshield of a car was believed to have been struck and damaged by a rock, but no one was injured, according to the Police Department's daily activity log.

Police searched the area and found Franklin Cole (picture), 60, who was identified as the person suspected of throwing the rocks. He was arrested on suspicion of assault.

At 4:51 p.m., Sacramento fire personnel called police dispatch after someone threw a rock at their fire engine in the area of 24th Street and Florin Road. The engine wasn't hit, but 48-year-old James Ross was cited for throwing an object at a vehicle, according to the police log.

An armed man barricaded himself in an Oak Park home for almost five hours Saturday night before surrendering to Sacramento SWAT and negotiators, according to police.

The incident began about 7 p.m. when city police received a report of a shot being fired in the 3400 block of San Jose Way. The suspect reportedly yelled at a woman for parking her car in front of his house, then pointed a gun at her and fired, police said. The woman was not injured.

The suspect then went into his house. When police officers arrived on the scene, he refused to come out. A hostage negotiation team and SWAT responded to the scene, and the standoff ended when the suspect finally exited the home about 11:40 p.m., said police.

Alan Myles, 52, was booked into Sacramento County jail on counts of assault with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

A Sacramento man was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of sexually assaulting his estranged wife, according to Sacramento police reports.

Police said they responded to a report of a sexual assault in the 1600 block of West El Camino Avenue about 6:45 p.m. They contacted the victim, investigated the incident and ultimately booked her 26-year-old estranged husband into Sacramento County jail on counts of sexual assault, domestic violence, kidnapping and false imprisonment.

A homeless man camping behind a shuttered Woodland restaurant was stabbed during an argument late Saturday night, according to police.

Police said they were called to the former Casa De Sapore restaurant at 929 Court St. about 11:35 p.m. for a report of a stabbing. When they arrived, they found a 32-year-old Woodland man with multiple stab wounds to the chest and neck area.

Paramedics responded to the scene and began treating the victim for several life-threatening injuries. He was transported to UC Davis Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition Sunday morning.

Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues.

QUESTION: There was a large police presence in River Park on Thursday afternoon/evening. A helicopter and many patrol cars, including park rangers, were on scene. What was the cause?
Submitted by: Greg, Sacramento

ANSWER: According to the Sacramento Police Department's daily activity log, officers were called to the 5400 block of Sandburg Drive in the River Park area about 7:30 p.m. Thursday regarding teenagers involved in a fight.

An inmate at California State Prison, Sacramento in Folsom has been sentenced to 28 years to life in prison for assaulting a fellow inmate.

Steven Thompson, 51, was convicted last month by a Sacramento County jury of assault on another inmate, personally inflicting great bodily injury and possession of a weapon, according to a Sacramento County District Attorney's Office news release.

Thompson is serving time in prison for first-degree murder and attempted murder. In 1981, he shot at two unarmed high school students from his car after an altercation, authorities said. Both victims were hit and one died at the scene. Before he was apprehended, Thompson plotted to kill the other victim so he would not be able to identify Thompson.

While in prison, Thompson stabbed another inmate on the prison yard with an inmate-manufactured knife, authorities said. The victim suffered a punctured lung as a result of the assault.

Community members and law enforcement leaders from across the state will gather at the California Peace Officers Memorial Monument during two events to honor officers lost in the line of duty.

At 8:30 p.m. Sunday, a candlelight vigil will be held at the monument at 10th Street and Capitol Mall.

At 10:30 a.m. Monday, a dedication ceremony will be held at the monument. Two officers who died in 2012 will be honored: Stanislaus County sheriff's Deputy Robert Lee Paris Jr. and California Highway Patrol Officer Kenyon Youngstrom.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department has released a composite sketch of a man believed responsible for shooting a 10-year-old boy two weeks ago in North Highlands.

The suspect is described as Latino, 20 to 30 years old, and may have a scar on the side of his forehead.

At 11:15 p.m. April 20, the 10-year-old was standing with friends in front of a residence in the 6300 block of Whitecliff Way. A black vehicle with several occupants drove up to the boy, and one of the occupants said something to the juveniles standing outside the residence, according to a Sheriff's Department news release.

More than 100 law enforcement officers, their relatives and community members gathered Thursday afternoon to honor Sacramento County's fallen peace officers.

The annual ceremony was held at the Sacramento Police and Sheriff's Memorial in Woodlake Park. Enshrined there are the names of 31 police officers, sheriff's deputies and a district attorney's investigator who died in the line of duty.

Police said an elderly man who told some rowdy teens to take their noisy activity elsewhere was beaten in front of his Roseville home.

At about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, police and fire personnel responded to the assault in the 900 block of Douglas Boulevard. According to a police activity report, the 79-year-old man had exited his house to ask a group of rowdy teens to move along.

Instead, the five teens charged the man, knocking him to the ground. They allegedly kicked and hit him.

Sacramento police are asking the public's help in identifying people involved in a large fight that left several injured.

Officers responded to the 1500 block of 21st street about 1:59 a.m. April 14 regarding a fight. They were able to obtain a description of at least two of the vehicles involved. One reportedly was a white Chevrolet Suburban and the other was a white two-door compact car.

Multiple people got out of the SUV and, without provocation, began challenging and fighting random people in a parking lot, according to a Police Department news release. At least one person who was attacked was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said. One person reported being struck with a blunt object, and other people were physically assaulted during the incident.

Placerville police are investigating a possible link between an alleged kidnapping in the city this morning and Saturday's fatal stabbing of a an 8-year-old girl in Calaveras County.

"We have no confirmed nexus to the Calaveras County case," said Placerville police Capt. Mike Scott. But he said Placerville officers have been in communication with Calaveras County law enforcement officials following the arrest of 44-year-old Jason Wayrynen. Scott said a DNA sample also has been collected from Wayrynen.

Wayrynen, whose last known address was off Paul Bunyon Road in Camino, allegedly entered a Placerville apartment uninvited this morning and took a 15-month-old girl from her mother.

Calaveras County authorities are searching today for a man presumed armed and dangerous in connection with Saturday's murder of an 8-year-old girl in a Valley Springs home.

Sheriff's deputies, partnering with other law enforcement, are gathering evidence at the scene and plan a press conference at 3 p.m. to update the public on the case.

Residents in the surrounding area were told to lock their doors while officers investigate the homicide at a home on rural Rippon Road. Calaveras County sheriff's deputy Jim Macedo told news outlets that a quarter-mile perimeter has been set up around the house, and officers are going door to door searching for the suspected killer.

Sacramento police arrested a woman for allegedly stabbing her husband in the back at their home in the 1800 block of P Street early Sunday, the department reported.

Tracy Feather, 51, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and domestic violence.

Police said they responded to an emergency call about 5:30 a.m. and found a man outside the residence with a non-life threatening stab wound to his back. Police reports indicate he was watching TV in his house, when his wife stabbed him with a knife.

Elk Grove police are investigating a shooting in which an 18-year-old man that injured.

Police spokesman officer Christopher Trim said officers responded about 4:45 p.m. to reports of shots fired at Kunsting Park. When they arrived, they were told that some type of shooting had occurred on the west side of the park, but officers were unable to find a victim.

They then learned that a victim had been transported by a private vehicle to an area hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.

Trim said the suspect has been described only as a white adult male. No information was available regarding a motive for the shooting.

Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues.

QUESTION: What's the latest information regarding the home invasion/shootout in the Greenhaven area last year?
Submitted by: ict1, Sacramento

ANSWER: Three men have been charged in the Dec. 22 home invasion robbery in which one of the intruders was killed and three other people were wounded.

Sacramento police are asking the public's help in identifying a suspect in the robbery of a business.

Police responded about 10:30 a.m. Friday to the 1500 block of West El Camino Avenue regarding an armed robbery of Advance America. The suspect, armed with a handgun, entered the business, demanded money and ordered the victim into a safe, according to a Police Department news release.

The suspect stole money from the safe, then left the business on foot.

A West Sacramento man has been convicted of robbery in a case involving a 2011 marijuana deal in which one person was shot.

A Yolo County jury last week found Wendell Joseph Coleman, 22, guilty of three counts of robbery and three counts of assault with a firearm. The jury also convicted Coleman of six enhancements for personal use of a firearm during the commission of those crimes, according to a District Attorney's Office news release.

On June 14, 2011, Coleman met with the victims Nick Gartiez, Darien Williams and Max Williams to conduct a marijuana deal, authorities said. The victims reported, and phone records confirmed, that the deal was set up through multiple phone calls between Gartiez and Coleman.

A 23-year-old pedestrian has been arrested after allegedly attacking a Woodland motorcycle officer.

The incident occurred about 1:35 p.m. Tuesday as a police officer assigned to the traffic division conducted a traffic enforcement stop on East Main Street near Industrial Way. As the officer got off his motorcycle, he noticed and individual walking down the sidewalk toward the area of the traffic stop.

When the officer began to approach the stopped vehicle, the pedestrian approached from the officer's blind side and punched him in the right side of the head, according to a Police Department news release. The officer was wearing his motorcycle helmet, which absorbed the blow, and the officer was not injured.

A ten-year-old boy caught in a hail of bullets from a drive-by shooting in North Highlands Saturday night is doing better at UC Davis Medical Center.

The boy, who has not been identified by authorities, was listed in fair condition on Wednesday, according to hospital officials. His assailants have not been found.

Sacramento County Sheriff's deputies were called to a home where a child's birthday party was occuring in the 6300 block of Whitecliff Way about 11:30 p.m. Saturday. The boy and a teen were standing at the front of the house when a vehicle pulled up outside the residence.

Special weapons and tactics forces executed search and arrest warrants in South Lake Tahoe where a motorcycle club member was taken into custody on suspicion of committing several felonies.

South Lake Tahoe Police Department authorities used SWAT because they considered arresting Anthony Corbin a high-risk situation. Corbin, 46, is a member of the South Lake Tahoe Brotherhood Motorcycle Club.

He is suspected of beating a 34-year-old South Lake Tahoe man in mid-March. The victim was left with significant injuries, including broken bones.

The Sacramento Police Department is investigating two strong-arm robberies on Lemon Hill Avenue that targeted senior citizens.

The first occurred about 1:55 p.m. Feb. 18 as an 84-year-old man was walking on Lemon Hill Avenue. He was approached by a man who asked for change. After receiving the change, the man demanded all the victim's money and physically went through the victim's pockets, according to a Police Department news release.

The suspect then ran and got into a waiting vehicle driven by a second suspect.

Woodland police officers said they didn't get much help investigating a stabbing last night from the victim or a witness.

Police were called to Woodland Memorial Hospital around 9 p.m. where a man had been taken by a friend for treatment of stab wounds to his left arm and the middle of his back.

Neither the stabbing victim nor a witness to the assault that occurred near 9 Main Street wanted to cooperate with the investigation, police said. Police said they have not determined a motive for the stabbing.

Two California prison inmates have been convicted of assaulting a fellow inmate in 2011.

Alexander Rey Dixon and Francisco Javier Nunez were each convicted by a jury of assault on an inmate with a deadly weapon and possession of a weapon by an inmate, according to a Sacramento County District Attorney's Office news release.

On May 1, 2011, Dixon and Nunez assaulted Lance Melendez while incarcerated at California State Prison, Sacramento, in Folsom. Authorities said Melendez suffered numerous stab wounds to his back and head.

Dixon and Nunez face a possible maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison as a result of the convictions, according to the news release. They are to be sentenced May 13 by Sacramento Superior Court Judge James Long.

A former Twin Rivers Police Department officer has pleaded no contest to misdemeanor assault under the color of authority.

On Sept. 17, 2010, Branche Smith, 38, grabbed two individuals by the neck in choke holds and lifted them off benches to which they had been secured by handcuffs, according to a Sacramento County District Attorney's Office news release. He also pointed his Taser at the chest of a third individual handcuffed to a bench and threatened to deploy the device if that individual did not stop shaking, authorities said.

On May 30, 2011, Smith kicked a handcuffed individual in the head while that subject was restrained at the jail.

The District Attorney's Office announced that Smith was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to serve 60 days in the county jail. He can apply to the Sheriff's Department for a work-release program.

A woman was killed by a pit bull last night in Stockton.

San Joaquin County Sheriff's deputies arrived at a home in the 400 block of Lillian Avenue for a report of a dog attack about 8:20 p.m. Deputies arrived to find the woman who was attacked by the dog. Medics pronounced the woman dead at the scene.

The pit bull was found in the backyard of the home where the attack occurred. Animal Control officers removed the dog from the yard, taking it to the county shelter where it will be held pending the conclusion of the investigation into the woman's death.

The woman's name has not been released.

Fox40 reported Stockton residents were shaken after the pit bull attack.

The Stockton Record, quoting authorities and residents, said the woman was killed Thursday night when she was attacked by a pit bull that has terrorized an east Stockton neighborhood for months.

San Joaquin Sheriff's Sgt. Tom Rees described the dog as a "big, nasty pit bull," according to the Record.

Read the Stockton Record story here.

Police are investigating the stabbing of a man Wednesday morning near Woodland High School.

Officers were dispatched to the 100 block of West Beamer Street at 10:24 a.m regarding a report of a stabbing that had just occurred. They arrived to find a 26-year-old Woodland man suffering from a single stab wound to his right tricep, according to a Police Department news release.

The man, who was treated at the scene by paramedics, told officers that he was standing in the front yard of his home when a group of five or six Latino men ran toward him yelling obscenities. The group reportedly came from the area of the high school parking lot.

One of three people who helped pin down a suspected burglar near Woodland on Wednesday was stabbed in the side.

The Yolo County Sheriff's office said deputies were called to the report of a burglary on Mallard Street in the Wild Wings subdivision, west of Woodland, about 2:13 p.m. Wednesday.

Once there, deputies learned that three citizens had taken down a suspected burglar. The resident of a home on Mallard Street arrived home to hear voices inside the residence.

A 25-year-old woman was in surgery this evening after being dropped off at Sutter Memorial Hospital with gunshot wounds.

Sacramento County sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Jason Ramos said the Sacramento Police Department was contacted by the hospital after the the woman was dropped off there by someone in a vehicle. The vehicle was found to be registered to an owner with an address on Lincoln Village Drive, in the Sheriff's Department's jurisdiction.

Ramos said the woman's husband later returned to the hospital, where he was detained by police. He provided information indicating that the shooting had occurred in the 9800 block of Lincoln Village Drive.

Ramos said sheriff's deputies have found evidence of a shooting at that location and are conducting and investigation. He said investigators are interviewing the husband and have yet to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

A fight between two brothers in south Sacramento left one hospitalized with stab wounds and the other in a jail cell Saturday night, according to Sacramento police.

Officers got a call about a stabbing in the 5600 block of Jacinto Avenue about 9:05 p.m., police reports said. The victim was being transported to the hospital by a family member, but dispatchers advised the caller to pull the vehicle over. While paramedics tended to the victim's wounds, police discovered the man had been stabbed by his brother, according to officers.

A man has been taken into custody by police after allegedly assaulting a family member at an Oak Park residence.

Sacramento Police Department SWAT officers were dispatched to a home on Ninth Avenue near Pansy Avenue about 8:45 p.m. Police Department spokesman Officer Doug Morse said the man had gone to the home and, during a physical confrontation, he allegedly assaulted an adult female family member. The man was not armed at the time and the woman fled the house.

Fire Department paramedics responded and the woman was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Morse said.

Sacramento police are investigating a home-invasion robbery reported at a South Land Park apartment Tuesday night.

According to a police report, the female victim was inside her apartment on the 6000 block of South Land Park Drive about 10 p.m. when three men came in the open back door.

One of the suspects assaulted the woman, and the three suspects stole cash before leaving, according to the report. The woman went to a local hospital for treatment of a non-life-threatening injury.

She told police one of the suspects was a white male in his teens. No description was given of the other two suspects, according to the report.

Police spokesman Officer Doug Morse said police are still investigating.

Sacramento County sheriff's deputies arrested a 28-year-old man early this morning after a robbery at a convenience store and a home-invasion robbery at a home in the Fruitridge area.

Just before 1 a.m., a clerk at a convenience store at 3920 Fruitridge Road called 911 to report his store had been robbed, said sheriff's Sgt. Jason Ramos. The clerk said the suspect was armed with a gun when he demanded money, Ramos said.

The suspect was described as a black man about 30 years old, 5 feet 7 inches and wearing a pink hoodie, Ramos said.

Police baton, Taser and a police dog were used to bring a man under control in a wild fight with officers on Sunday afternoon in a neigborhood near Howe Avenue and American River Drive.

Sacramento police were called to the 2000 block of University Avenue at about 4 p.m. Sunday on a report of a man was on the caller's roof acting crazy and possibly under the influence of drugs.

When officers arrived, the man was down from the roof but he refused to cooperate with police. The officers requested cover from colleagues and tried to subdue the man, using a Taser and police baton.

A man who died in a standoff with police in Washington was wanted in Sacramento for real estate fraud.

The two-day police stand-off at a home in the small town of Hoquiam, along Washington's coast, ended this morning when the man was shot and killed.

The house where he had been holed up, then erupted in fire.

A Sacramento-based animal protection organization is offering a $2,500 reward in an effort to find a person who shot a Woodland cat with a pellet gun earlier this month.

RedRover, a national nonprofit organization, is offering the reward for information leading to the arrest and arraignment of whoever shot the 3-year-old orange tabby named Annie.

Annie's owner, Amanda Hartman of Woodland, came home from work March 13 and found Annie motionless in the driveway of her Owens Valley Drive home. She initially thought Annie had been hit by a car and rushed the cat to the UC Davis Small Animal Clinic. An examination and X-rays determined that a pellet gun bullet was lodged near Annie's spine and she was partially paralyzed, according to a news release.

A California State Prison, Sacramento inmate has been convicted of a 2010 attack on a fellow inmate.

A Sacramento County jury today found Steven Thompson, 50, guilty of assault on another inmate, personally inflicting great bodily injury and possessing a weapon in prison.

While incarcerated at the prison in Folsom, Thompson stabbed another inmate on the yard with an inmate-manufactured knife, according to a Sacramento County District Attorney's Office news release. The victim suffered a punctured lung.

Thompson faces up to 53 years to life in prison for the offenses. He is to be sentenced May 3 by Superior Court Judge Maryanne Gilliard.

A man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a woman at a Foothill Farms apartment complex Friday afternoon, said Sacramento County sheriff's deputies.

Shoreem Bryant, 29, was arrested on suspicion of being an accessory to murder, as well as for a parole violation at 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

Deputies responded to reports of shots being fired at the Cambridge Park Apartments at 5800 Hamilton Street at about 1:30 p.m. Friday. They found 30-year-old Deandra Horton dead from multiple gunshot wounds, according to sheriff's officials.

A 31-year-old man also was shot and was taken to a hospital. He is expected to survive his injuries.

Sheriff's deputies said there could be additional suspects. Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to contact the sheriff's homicide bureau at (916) 874-5115.

A third victim has been identified in the Natomas shooting that left one dead during a party early Sunday morning, Sacramento police said.

Along with one man injured and another man dead, a woman was also wounded during the gunfire at an apartment, police discovered later in the day.

Police received reports of a shooting and a large fight in an apartment in the 2200 block of River Plaza Drive about 1:05 a.m. When they arrived at the scene, they found a black male in his 20's with multiple gunshot wounds. The Sacramento Fire Department pronounced him dead at the scene.

Coroners identified the body found on a south Sacramento street Friday morning.

The death of Dalando D. Barconey, 23, of El Sobrante, is being investigated as a homicide, according to Sacramento police.

Police were called to 35th Street near Fruitridge Road and Highway 99 about 4 a.m., where a body was reported in the street. They found a man who had suffered multiple gunshot wounds at 3520 35th St. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police reports indicate there was a dark sedan believed to be connected to Barconey's killing, seen in the area around the time of the shooting.

Homicide detectives said they have no known motive for the killing, and no one has been arrested.

Sacramento County sheriff's deputies are investigating a double shooting in the Foothill Farms area that left a woman dead and a man injured.

About 1:30 p.m., the Sheriff's Department received calls of multiple gunshots fired outside the Cambridge Park apartment complex in the 5800 block of Hamilton Street, near Palm Avenue and Hillsdale Boulevard.

The 30-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The man, 31, who was in a wheelchair, was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not life threatening, said Sacramento County sheriff's Sgt. Jason Ramos.

A man was stabbed in the back after being punched by four attackers in Woodland early this morning.

Woodland police said the man was walking from a market about 5:45 a.m. today on Industrial Way when four males about 18 years old approached him. He was asked for a cigarette and then repeatedly punched in the head by the four teens.

When he turned around to flee, the victim was stabbed once in the back He was driven to Woodland Memorial Hospital by a family member.

Sacramento police have no motive for the killing of a young man whose body was found early this morning in the street.

At about 4 a.m., officers were sent to 35th Street and 26th Avenue near Fruitridge Road and Highway 99 where a body was reported in the street. Sacramento Fire Department personnel also responded and declared the man dead at the scene.

The man in his 20s suffered multiple gunshot wounds, according to police. A dark sedan, thought to be connected to the killing, was seen in the area around the time of the shooting, police said.

The man's identity has not been released. Anyone with information is asked to call the dispatch at (916) 264-5471 or Crime Alert at (916) 443-4357. Tipsters to Crime Alert may remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.

A 23-year-old man is in custody after he allegedly led multiple law enforcement officers on a high-speed pursuit that lasted a half-hour and spanned two freeways, according to authorities.

The suspect also struck multiple cars as he raced westbound on Florin Road from Highway 99 to Interstate 5, though nobody was injured, said Sacramento County Sheriff's Sgt. Jason Ramos.

The pursuit began in Rancho Cordova, when deputies developed information that 23-year-old Andre Rushing, who had a felony warrant out for his arrest in connection with a robbery, was inside a home on Mills Tower Drive, Ramos said.

The deputies saw Rushing get into a car and then tried to conduct a vehicle stop shortly after 11 a.m., but Rushing failed to yield, Ramos said. The suspect led deputies throughout Rancho Cordova, blowing through stoplights and at one point crashing through a fence, while driving at freeway speeds, Ramos said.

The suspect then got on westbound Highway 50 and then headed south on Highway 99, exiting on Florin Road. While driving westbound on Florin - at times reaching 90 miles per hour - the suspect crashed into several cars, Ramos said.

He then got on northbound Interstate 5 and was involved in some sort of collision near 43rd Avenue, but continued northbound, Ramos said. When he exited at J Street, the car spun out and officers detained the driver and a female passenger just before 11:40 a.m.

The passenger was released, but deputies arrested Rushing on the outstanding warrant. Ramos said he is likely to face fresh charges in connection with the pursuit, including felony evasion.

Sacramento police officers assisted in the pursuit. Nobody was injured.

Police are looking for attackers who assaulted a man outside his home early this morning in Sacramento near Howe Avenue and Highway 50.

The man in his 20s was near his home in the 100 block of College Town Drive after getting off work when he was set upon by men who struck him with a blunt object. He was treated at a hospital for non life-threatening injuries.

The initial indication is that the man did not know his attackers, but that could change as the investigation progresses, according to a police spokesman. He was not robbed.

A reward of $100,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whomever killed Jessica Funk-Haslam, the Rosemont girl found dead a year ago.

The reward is being offered by the owners of Leonard Padilla Bail Bonds and friends.

"Here's a young lady who was killed in a park a year ago and there are no leads," said Sacramento bounty hunter Leonard Padilla. "Let's get something going here."

Woodland police arrested a man for stabbing his wife while she slept with her daughter next to her.

Police said the Guillermo Aldama, 35, stabbed his wife in the upper part of her chest. Officers were dispatched to the Aldama home on West Cross Street about 1 a.m. today.

A police investigation revealed that Aldama stabbed his sleeping spouse with a knife, according to a department press release. Their 9-year-old daughter was next to her during the attack.

The woman was transported to UC Davis Medical Center where she was treated for non life-threatening injuries. Aldama was booked into Yolo County Jail on suspicion of attempted homicide and child endangerment.

A man was hit with a baseball bat and called gay slurs last night in midtown.

Sacramento police are investigating the assault that happened about 10:15 p.m. at 20th and D streets. Police said a man in his 40s was walking home when he was approached by a young man.

The man in his twenties made derogatory homosexual comments toward the older man. Then, another young man also made anti-gay comments while striking the older man in the lower part of his body with a bat.

The first man who made the gay comments was described as black, heavy-set, 24-28 years old, about 5 feet 10 inches tall. He was wearing a dark green, t-shirt and blue jeans.

The man wielding the baseball bat was described as a white, 28-34 years old, about 5 feet 9 inches tall with a medium build. He was wearing a dark-colored t-shirt and pants.

Lodi police arrested a man for allegedly stabbing his mother twice on Saturday.

Chad Elliott, 24, was arrested on suspicion of attempted homicide. His mother was listed in stable condition.

Police said they were called at about 1:30 p.m. to 325 West Locust St. where they were told a person had been stabbed. Police said they found that Elliott had stabbed his 50-year-old mother two times with a knife. The woman was transferred to a Sacramento area hospital.

Police surrounded the home and order Elliott of the residence. He complied with police orders and was taken into custody.

The U.S. Marshals fugitive task force on Sunday arrested a wanted man hiding in a dirt hole in Grass Valley.

When the marshals task force, Nevada County deputies and a California Highway Patrol police dog searched the basement of a home on Cone Tree Way they found Andrew Christian Stewart, 25, of Grass Valley.

Federal officers had been looking for Stewart since March 3 when he allegedly rammed a Buena Park, Orange County, police officer's patrol car with a stolen vehicle. The officer was injured.

The Los Angeles division of the U.S. Marshals fugitive task force learned Stewart may have fled to Nevada County. The Sacramento division of the task force picked up the job of finding Stewart -- and by Sunday they had the Cone Tree Way residence surrounded.

After entering the home, the police dog noticed someone hiding in a dirt hole in the basement. The dog was used to bring Stewart into custody.

A night on the streets of Sacramento turns violent after two men walk up to a prostitute and punch her. All the while they recorded the attack then posted it Thursday on YouTube for all to see. In the video you could hear the men saying the attack was not their first. Fox40's Luana Munoz reports.

A 16-year-old girl has been arrested in connection with a stabbing that occurred Feb. 15 in Folsom.

The girl was taken into custody about 2 p.m. today after detectives served a search warrant at a residence associated with the suspect, according to a Police Department news release. She is accused of stabbing a 21-year-old man in the 9400 block of Greenback Lane.

Police previously reported that the stabbing occurred shortly before midnight after a fight broke out at a party at the Forestwood apartment complex, 9483 Greenback Lane. Detectives indicated at the time that the fight might have been gang-related. Police said the victim was stabbed multiple times.

Elk Grove police are asking the public's help in identifying and locating two suspects in the attempted robbery Wednesday of the Wells Fargo Bank at 5120 Laguna Blvd.

The suspects entered the bank at 3:43 p.m. and confronted several employees. When they entered, one of the suspects used the handle from a scooter to prop open the front door, according to a Police Department news release. Once inside, they reportedly approached several different employees, grabbed them and demanded that they open the safe.

Before employees were able to comply with the demands, the suspects left on foot and were seen running into a residential neighborhood. They did not obtain any money from the bank.

A woman robbed of her belongings on a city street has the kindness of another person to thank for getting them back.

Sacramento police said the 75-year-old woman was waiting at a bus stop about 7:30 p.m. Monday on Stockton Boulevard at Sixth Avenue, between the Oak Park and Tahoe Park neighborhoods. A man in his 30s approached and asked for money.

When she refused to give him any money, he roughed her up and took her utility cart containing her belongings. A citizen nearby witnessed the assault and followed the robber.

Once confronted by the citizen, the robber eventually handed over the woman's possessions to the good Samaritan. The robber, who fled, was described as a black man, about 6 feet 1 inch tall, 180 pounds, wearing a dark puffy jacket and blue jeans.

The woman was taken to the hospital for treatment of her injuries.

A Shingle Springs teenager is in custody, accused of attempted murder after allegedly assaulting a couple Sunday night.

The El Dorado County sheriff's dispatch center received a call about 10 p.m. from 42-year-old Deborah Lewis who reported her husband, Craig Templin, 51, had been stabbed. The couple had been living in a tent along the railroad right of way outside the town of El Dorado, according to a Sheriff's Office news release.

Lewis told authorities that the man, whom the couple did not know, entered their tent while they were sleeping. They awoke when the assault began.

A Sacramento police officer on bicycle patrol sustained minor injuries during a K Street altercation about 2 p.m. Saturday.

Police reports said bike officers were called to a fight between neighbors in the 1700 block of K Street, and when they arrived, one man yelled at the officers, approached them and pushed one of the officers.

The man was allegedly attempting to gouge out the officer's eyes, police reports said. Chi Yip, 57, was then subdued and handcuffed. He was booked on suspicion of assault and assault on a police officer.

Sacramento police reported a suspect struck a victim on the head while they waited in line at a homeless shelter.

"Someone felt like he was cut in line," officer Doug Morse said.

Officers arrived at Dos Rios and North D streets about 7:15 a.m. Friday and arrested Rashaad Sampson, 53, who was leaving the area, according to a police report. Sampson was charged with felony battery and remains in Sacramento county jail in lieu of $1 million bail, according to county inmate information.

Fire personnel treated the victim with an injury that was not life threatening at the scene, officers said.

Sacramento police are asking the public's help identifying a suspect in the March 1 robbery of a Bank of the West.

Officers responded at 3:56 p.m. to a report of a robbery at the bank in the 1600 block of Response Road. They were told that a man approached a teller, demanded money and indicated that he had a gun, although no firearm was seen, according to a Police Department news release.

After receiving the cash, the man left the bank and fled the area on a bicycle.

Clergy leaders from across Sacramento gathered at City Hall today to advocate for more funding to expand the Ceasefire anti-violence program to more communities in the city.

The leaders, who comprise the nonprofit Sacramento Area Congregations Together, are asking that city leaders designate $2 million a year from Measure U sales tax revenues to Ceasefire.

"We know Ceasefire has worked for our community and it can continue to work," said Pastor Pat Rivers of For His Glory Baptist Church in Del Paso Heights. "We cannot, we should not wait until Sacramento reaches even more disastrous levels of violence to make serious investments in this issue."

Ceasefire is a program that targets gang members who drive violence in communities and offers them services to help them leave the gang lifestyle. The program has been duplicated in cities across the nation with positive results. It began in Sacramento in 2010.

Tamesha Ellison, whose 20-year-old son, DeAndre, was shot to death in 2011, issued a personal plea for city leaders to dedicate resources to ending street violence.

"People, this is an urgent alert," said Ellison, 36. "The killings have to stop."

Photo caption: Tamesha Ellison holds a program from her son DeAndre's funeral. DeAndre was 20 when he was fatally shot in January 2011. Credit: Kim Minugh

South Lake Tahoe police seek to identify the suspect in a robbery that occurred this afternoon at the El Dorado Savings Bank at 3443 Lake Tahoe Blvd.

Officers responded to the robbery report about 2:06 p.m. They were told that a man entered the bank and passed a note to the teller demanding money. After receiving an undisclosed amount of money, the man left on foot.

No weapon was seen during the robbery, according to a Police Department news release.

A couple of Arkansas residents will be spending extended time behind bars in California after pleading no contest to multiple offenses stemming from an October carjacking in Davis.

James Hammons, 34, of Rodgers, Ark., pleaded no contest to six felonies, including carjacking, felony evading a police officer, vehicle theft, receipt of stolen property, possession of marijuana for sale, and possession of personal identifying information of 10 or more people. He agreed to serve 12 years and 4 months in state prison, according to a Yolo County District Attorney's Office news release.

His companion, Sara Erbe, 39, of Fayetteville, Ark., pleaded no contest to three felonies, including vehicle theft, possession of marijuana for sale, and possession of personal identifying information of 10 or more people. As part of her plea agreement, Erbe will serve two years and eight months in county prison, according to the DA's office.

By Darrell Smith

dvsmith@sacbee.com

Former West Sacramento police officer Sergio Alvarez pleaded not guilty in Yolo Superior Court Thursday to 35 counts of sexually assaulting women while on patrol.

Alvarez, 37, has been held in lieu of $29.3 million bail since his Feb. 25 arrest on allegations including rape, sodomy and kidnapping of six women while on duty between October 2011 and September 2012. Alvarez, who had been in Solano County custody, appeared in Yolo County jail clothing for his brief morning hearing before Yolo Superior Court Judge David Rosenberg.

Alvarez's arrest came after a five-month investigation into the allegations and a grand jury indictment. Two phone book-sized stacks of transcripts from the panel were presented at the hearing. Rosenberg left a court order sealing the papers in effect.

A trial readiness hearing has been scheduled for March 22 in Yolo Superior Court.

PHOTO CAPTION: Former West Sacramento police officer Sergio Alvarez is lead from the Yolo County Courthouse by a Yolo County Sheriff's deputy after he pleaded not guilty in Yolo Superior Court in Woodland, Calif. on Thursday, March 7, 2013.
Alvarez is accused of sexually assaulting several women while on patrol. Randy Pench/Sacramento Bee

Auburn police have released images from surveillance video showing the suspect sought in the armed robbery of a convenience store early Saturday.

A clerk at the store in the area of Auburn Ravine Road and Mikkelsen Drive called police about 5:30 a.m. and reported that a man armed with a black pistol had walked into the store and demanded cash. After the robbery, the suspect left on foot, heading west on Auburn Ravine Road.

Police said the suspect (pictured) was described as a white man, about 5 feet, 8 inches tall with a medium build. He reportedly was wearing a blue and gray knit poncho, black athletic pants, black and red gloves, and a dark-colored face mask.

Police seek the public's help in identifying the man. Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to call the Auburn Police Department's Investigations Division at (530) 823-4237, ext. 207.

Two people were injured over the weekend when shot at an Elk Grove bowling alley parking lot.

Elk Grove police were dispatched about 12:45 a.m. Sunday to the Pins N Strikes parking lot, 3443 Laguna Blvd., where a group of teens and young adults were involved in a disturbance. When responding, additional calls came in that a shooting had occurred.

When officers arrived at the scene, two shooting victims had already been transported by private vehicles to the hospital. One male suffered a wound to his ankle and a female had several wounds to her arm and hip.

The injuries were not life-threatening. No suspect information was available.

A suspected motorbike thief was wrestled, hit with a Taser and ultimately struck with a police baton during a violent arrest in South Sacramento on Sunday.

Lonetoga Maea, 32, was booked on suspicion of assault on a police officer, motor vehicle theft and a drug charge after his arrest Sunday night.

Officers were called to the area of Mack Road and Samos Way in the Parkway neighborhood about 6:45 p.m. Police were told that people were being loud and riding dirt bikes up and down the street.

Two Woodland residents are in custody accused of robbery after leading Davis police officers on a chase through the UC Davis campus early this morning.

Police were called to Fifth and L streets about 2:15 a.m. regarding an armed robbery that had just occurred. The two victims reported that they had been robbed by a man with a handgun, who then fled in a vehicle. The victims were able to describe the vehicle and provide a partial license plate number, according to a Davis Police Department news release.

About 2:40 a.m., a Davis police officer spotted a vehicle that matched the description of the suspect vehicle entering westbound Interstate 80 from Mace Boulevard. When officers attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver failed to stop and led police on a chase through the campus after exiting the freeway at Old Davis Road.

Sacramento County sheriff's detectives seek to identify a group of suspects wanted in connection with a series of robberies and a carjacking during the past month.

In each case, the suspects were described as white or Latino men in their 20s. They wore black ski masks or hooded sweatshirts pulled tight around their faces, as shown in the accompanying surveillance photos from a Feb. 4 robbery, according to a Sheriff's Department news release.

The suspects have been linked to robberies at the Hoa Viet restaurant, 3110 Bradshaw Road, and the Star of Siam Thai Food, 6029 Greenback Lane on Jan. 31; Original Pete's Pizza, 4521 Gateway Park Blvd., Feb. 2; and Adalberto's restaurant, 5544 Watt Ave., Feb. 4.

A Grass Valley man was arrested today in connection with the armed robbery of an Auburn gas station and market earlier this month.

Auburn Gas & Food at 1110 High St. was robbed Feb. 7 by man wearing a mask who brandished a gun at a clerk and left with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Through an investigation, Detective Dave Neher was able to identify a possible suspect and recover the firearm used during the robbery, according to an Auburn Police Department news release.

One young man is dead and another injured after the two apparently exchanged gunfire following an altercation on a Meadowview street, according to Sacramento police.

The dead man was only identified as being in his 20s. The wounded man, also in his 20s, suffered non life-threatening injuries, said police Sgt. Matt Young.

According to police, the man who was killed and possibly one other person approached a home in the 3500 block Reel Circle on foot shortly after 11:30 a.m. An argument unfolded with one resident of the home, and gunfire was exchanged, Young said. Two of the men were struck.

Sacramento police responded to the scene after callers reported shots heard in the area and one person seen lying in the street. Officers located the two victims in the area of Reel Circle and Detroit Boulevard. One victim was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was taken to a local hospital.

Nearby Susan B. Anthony Elementary School was locked down for about an hour, but no injuries or incidents were reported on campus.

PHOTO CREDIT: Kim Minugh, Sacramento Bee.

The Sacramento Police Department seeks the community's help in identifying people involved in a fight early Monday at 22nd and K streets.

Police were called to the area at 12:11 a.m. regarding a fight between an African American woman and several other people. When officers arrived, all the people involved had left the scene.

A silver chain with a glass butterfly pendant (pictured) was recovered in a canvas of the area, according to a Police Department news release. Witnesses reported seeing all the subjects leave in a light blue older model compact car (pictured) with a right brake light that was out.

A Woodland man was arrested this morning after driving his vehicle through a glass storefront.

Officers were dispatched to a business in the 1200 block of East Main Street about 7:30 a.m. After driving his vehicle into the building, Dennis Cortopassi reportedly entered the business and began throwing items from displays, according to a Police Department news release.

When officers arrived, they located Cortopassi outside the business. He is alleged to have intentionally driven the vehicle through the storefront.

A 50-year-old man has been sentenced to 17 years and four months in prison for snatching purses from several elderly women in the Arden area last summer.

Haywood Luster last month pleaded to three counts of robbery with an elder victim enhancement, according to a Sacramento County District Attorney's Office news release.

In summer 2012, Luster robbed seven women ranging in age from 76 to 93. He followed the women home from two grocery stores in the Arden area. When the women began taking groceries into their houses, he struck them from behind and stole their purses, authorities said.

Folsom police seek to identify a man who robbed a Wells Fargo Bank on Wednesday afternoon.

The man entered the bank at 13389 Folsom Blvd. at 4:11 p.m., brandished a gun at employees and left with an undisclosed amount of cash, according to a Police Department news release.

The man was described as black, in his early to mid-20s, about 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a thin build and no facial hair. He was reportedly wearing blue jeans with a blue denim jacket over a gray hooded sweatshirt.

Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call Detective Tim Galovich at (916) 355-7241, or email tgalovich@folsom.ca.us.

Authorities have released the sketch of an intruder who sexually assaulted an elderly woman last week at her home in southern Sacramento County.

The suspect entered the woman's apartment in the 4900 block of El Paraiso Avenue, near Lemon Hill Avenue and 44th Street, about 6:15 p.m. Tuesday. The woman tried to flee, but was overpowered and sexually assaulted.

The assailant then took money and other possessions from the woman before fleeing the apartment.

He is described as a thin, black male, between 17 and 19 years old, about five feet 9 inches tall. He was wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and a short-sleeved white t-shirt with black horizontal stripes.

Anyone who knows the identity of the suspect is asked to call the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department Sexual Assault Bureau at (916) 874-5070.

A standoff in the North Natomas area ended after two men who had been holed up inside a condominium surrendered to law enforcement officers.

Sacramento County sheriff's detectives tracked a wanted parolee to the unit in the 2100 block of Club Drive about 3:30 p.m. He was described as a man in his 30s. When he refused detectives' orders to come out of the residence, they called for assistance from the Sacramento Police Department's SWAT and hostage negotiations teams.

Sacramento police spokeswoman Officer Michele Gigante said a woman who came out of the unit about 3:45 p.m. verified that the man detectives were looking for was inside, along with another man. Gigante said it was believed the men were armed.

A man was arrested for allegedly drawing a gun on a father intent on protecting his daughter.

The 7-year-old girl was walking near De Mar Drive and Cache River Circle in the Pocket Area around noon Monday when she was approached by a man, according to police.

The man allegedly asked her to "come here" and asked about the whereabouts of her parents. The little girl ran to her father who was nearby. The father then approached the stranger.

A brief confrontation ended when the stranger pulled out a gun and threatened the father, police said. The father left with his wife and child.

Sacramento police were called and eventually arrested Jamaal Price, 28, (pictured) who was armed. He was booked on suspicion of gun possession, brandishing a weapon and outstanding warrants.

Suspects dubbed by law enforcement officers as the "bad hatter bandits" have been linked to a fourth bank robbery in the Sacramento area.

The primary suspect in the "bad hatter bandit" robberies entered the Chase Bank at 4117 Elverta Road in Antelope on Thursday and presented the teller with a demand note. During the robbery, the man wore a tan fedora, dark blue dress shirt, striped tie, oversized eyeglasses and black gloves, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation news release.

This was the fourth robbery of an area Chase Bank branch by the suspects since late November. The branch at 3501 Del Paso Road in Sacramento was robbed Nov. 29 and Jan. 29, and the branch at 1800 Douglas Blvd. in Roseville was robbed Jan. 10.

Auburn police are searching for a suspect who robbed a gas station and convenience store this evening.

Officers responded at 7:02 p.m. to Auburn Food and Gas, the Beacon gas station at 1110 High St. The clerk reported that he had been robbed of cash by a man who was armed with a handgun, according to a Police Department news release. The suspect reportedly left on foot, heading southbound on High Street.

Auburn officers, assisted by Placer County sheriff's deputies and the California Highway Patrol air unit, checked the area but were unable to locate any suspects.

An Esparto man has been found guilty of using his truck as a deadly weapon in an assault on a motorcyclist.

A Yolo County jury returned the verdict against 39-year-old Joshua Shawn Bracy on Jan. 30, according to a Yolo County District Attorney's Office news release.

On the morning of Aug. 29, 2012, the victim was riding his motorcycle along Beamer Street on his way to work in Woodland. Bracy mistakenly believed the motorcycle had been stolen from him, and he began to chase the victim with his Dodge truck, officials said.

A 29-year-old man has been convicted of robbing an elderly woman in a West Sacramento parking lot, then pepper spraying bystanders who intervened.

A Yolo County jury on Monday found Thomas Jones IV guilty of robbing the woman, who was disabled, the afternoon of Oct. 27, 2012, as she went to the Little Caesars Pizza restaurant near West Capitol Avenue and Jefferson Boulevard, according to a Yolo County District Attorney's Office news release. Jones rode his bicycle up to the woman from behind and grabbed her purse.

The commotion and the woman's screams drew three employees from a nearby business, who chased Jones as he tried to escape with the purse. The employees pursued him across West Capitol Avenue and cornered him in a loading dock. When they attempted to detain Jones, he used a large can of Mace to spray them, officials said.

Placer County sheriff's detectives credit a tip from the public for the arrest of a man wanted in connection with armed robberies of two businesses, in Loomis and Penryn.

Dwayne Deshawn Hargo (pictured), 30, of Penryn, was booked into Placer County Jail today on suspicion of two counts of armed robbery. His bail is set at $100,000.

Hargo is accused of robbing Star Liquor in Loomis on Jan. 16 and the Penryn Valero on Jan. 18, according to a Sheriff's Office news release.

A surveillance photo from one of the robberies that the Sheriff's Office released last week was instrumental in Hargo's arrest, officials said.

A man is in custody on suspicion of assaulting a city parking enforcement officer and a police officer, authorities said.

The incident happened about 4 p.m. Friday at Meadowview Road and Freeport Boulevard, when Brian Debbs, 27, allegedly punched a parking officer in the face after the city employee told him to move off the roadway and out of traffic.

A Sacramento Police K9 officer arrived on scene and was also hit in the face, authorities said. With the help of the police dog, the attacker was apprehended, according to reports. Other police units arrived afterward.

Both the K9 officer and parking enforcement officers suffered minor injuries. Debbs was also treated at a local hospital, then booked into Sacramento County Jail. Police believe he was under the influence of drugs.

Debbs was arrested on suspicion of multiple assault charges on an officer, violation of probation and resisting arrest.

Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues.

QUESTION: In mid-2000s, there was a nurse who was abducted from Mercy San Juan Hospital. She was forced to withdraw funds from the ATM, driven around for several hours, assaulted, beaten and set afire. She survived her ordeal. What happened to her assailant?
Submitted by: Laurie, Copalis Beach, Wash.

ANSWER: Daniel James Harper was twice tried and convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting the woman, and then trying to kill her when he stabbed her in the neck, set her on fire and left her for dead on a rural road near Thornton.

Citrus Heights police are seeking three people who robbed a local restaurant Thursday night.

Officers responded to the Star of Siam restaurant at 6029 Greenback Lane about 8:40 p.m. regarding a reported robbery.

Three males wearing dark-colored ski masks, and each armed with a gun, entered the business and demanded money from the cashier, according to a Police Department news release. The suspects also ordered customers to the floor and took personal items, including a cell phone and camera.

Sacramento police are asking the public's help in identifying suspects in a stabbing that occurred Wednesday afternoon.

Officers responded to Del Paso Boulevard and Southgate Road regarding a report that two people had been stabbed. They arrived to find two women in their 20s who had suffered multiple and potentially life-threatening stab wounds, according to a Police Department news release.

Police said they believe the stabbings were the result of a road-rage incident involving the occupants of two vehicles. It apparently started in the area of eastbound Interstate 80 and southbound Interstate 5.

The Sacramento Violent Crimes Task Force is asking the public's help to identify a man suspected of robbing three Sacramento-area banks in the past two months.

Authorities have dubbed the suspect (pictured) the "Bad Hatter Bandit" because in each instance he has worn one of a variety of black hats.

All three robberies have occurred at Chase Bank branches, with the suspect hitting the branch at 3501 Del Paso Blvd. in Sacramento twice, on Nov. 29 and Tuesday. The branch at 1800 Douglas Blvd. in Roseville was robbed Jan. 10.

A young woman peacefully eating her lunch in an Elk Grove department store parking lot was carjacked at gunpoint.

Elk Grove police are looking for the heavy-set man who pointed a gun at the 19-year-old woman who was in her car eating lunch about noon Monday outside Kohl's department store, 9650 Bruceville Road.

The man, described as being in his early 20s, leaned into the car's open window, pointed a handgun at the woman and forced his way into the vehicle. When another motorist honked his horn, the carjacker let the woman get out of the vehicle with her purse.

The suspect drove away with her cell phone. The car, a maroon 2002 Mitsubishi Gallant, license plate 5EEW575, is still missing.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at (916) 478-8060.

Sacramento police are investigating a fight that resulted in the stabbing of two women on a city street.

Officers were called about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to investigate a fight that began near Northgate Boulevard and the Arden Garden Connector. Police said that two vehicles pulled over and the occupants got out.

A fight began, which resulted in the stabbing of the two women. The wounded women got back in their car and drove to Del Paso Boulevard and Southgate Road where they called police.

Homicide detectives were called in due to the seriousness of injury. Nobody has been arrested.

The women were transported to the hospital for treatment of their injuries.

A man who pleaded no contest to attempted murder and carjacking has been sentenced to eight years and eight months in state prison.

Jose Camilo, 32, was sentenced today by Sacramento Superior Court Judge John P. Winn.

On March 30, 2011, Camilo intentionally rode his bicycle into the side of a car waiting at a stoplight at Florin and Power Inn roads, according to a Sacramento County District Attorney's Office news release. He then entered the car through the passenger door, beat the 51-year-old driver, forced her out of the car and sped away.

Sacramento police are investigating a shooting during a robbery this afternoon at a pawn shop in the central city.

The victim - an employee of the shop, located on 16th Street near E Street - was shot during an attempted robbery just after 3 p.m., said police Officer Doug Morse.

The victim was shot once, and his wounds are not life-threatening, police say.

Sacramento County sheriff's detectives are seeking the public's help in identifying a man they suspect is responsible for at least one robbery and an attempted robbery this week.

The man is described as a white or Hispanic man in his 20s, about 5-feet, 6-inches tall and weighing 140 pounds. He wore dark sunglasses and a hooded sweatshirt during both crimes, according to the Sheriff's Department.

The first crime detectives attribute to this suspect occurred about 2:30 p.m. Monday at a Rite-Aid on Elk Grove-Florin Road. The suspect displayed a handgun, demanded prescription drugs from employees and fled with undisclosed number of pills, the Sheriff's Department reported.

The man who allegedly held a woman hostage in her Tahoe Park home while hiding from police Wednesday had an outstanding warrant for his arrest on suspicion of a felony burglary charge, according to authorities.

Antwan Adger, 49, was wanted in connection with a burglary in Contra Costa County, according to a spokesman for the Sheriff's Department there.

Sacramento police discovered the warrant for Adger's arrest after he had holed up in a 64th Street home, near 2nd Avenue, and kept a 36-year-old resident there against her will. The woman, Cathy Scoto, eventually ran from the home and was unharmed.

The ordeal unfolded after a California Highway Patrol officer tried to stop Adger for an alleged traffic violation, according to Sacrament police. Adger allegedly failed to yield, and fled the car after crashing it near Kroy Way and Broadway in Tahoe Park. The officer gave chase, but lost sight of Adger.

Adger entered Scoto's home through an unlocked back door, Scoto said. After Scoto fled the home, Adger eventually surrendered to police and was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, false imprisonment and burglary and the outstanding warrant, according to police.

Adger was found to be unarmed.

By Darrell Smith
dvsmith@sacbee.com

A Yolo County judge on Thursday rejected claims by a victims' advocacy group that a video showing the June 2008 shooting death of a Yolo County Sheriff's deputy played at trial and later aired by Sacramento's KCRA-TV violated the privacy of the slain deputy's family.

Attorney Nina Salarno Ashford of Crime Victims United represented the family of Deputy Sheriff Tony Diaz, killed by Marco Topete following a chase near Dunnigan.

Salarno Ashford argued for a protective order stopping viewing of the dashboard camera video that captured the shooting, citing privacy provisions in what is known as Marsy's Law that are designed to protect the privacy of crime victims and their families. Members of the Diaz family attended the hearing but did not speak with reporters.

A man who surrendered peacefully after barricading himself inside a Tahoe Park home this afternoon has been identified by Sacramento police as 49-year-old Antwan Adger (pictured).

He was booked into Sacramento County Jail on suspicion of kidnapping, false imprisonment and burglary. Police spokesman Officer Doug Morse said authorities found that Adger also had a felony warrant from a jurisdiction outside Sacramento County.

Police said they are still trying to ascertain whether Adger is the motorist who fled from the California Highway Patrol and disappeared into a house on 64th Street moments after crashing his vehicle.

Initially, police believed the suspect had held a woman in the house hostage. A woman left the home safely at 2:20 p.m. -- about 60 minutes before the suspect surrendered.

Earlier today, police had evacuated the neighborhood as they surrounded the house with the SWAT team and negotiators. Police were in contact with the man in the house at 64th Street and Second Avenue.

The incident began shortly before noon when an outside agency was pursuing a vehicle for a traffic violation, Morse said. The vehicle crashed in the area of Broadway and Kroy Way.

PHOTO CREDIT: Kim Minugh, Sacramento Bee.

Roseville police are asking the public's help in identifying the suspect in a bank robbery that occurred this afternoon.

About 12:45 p.m., a man went to U.S. Bank service branch in the Safeway at 989 Sunrise Ave. He presented the teller with a demand note and received an undisclosed amount of cash, according to a Police Department news release.

Police said the man may be associated with a mid-1990s blue Chevrolet Suburban that was seen leaving the area immediately after the robbery. The suspect (pictured) was described as white man with a scruffy appearance, in his mid to late 20s, and wearing large winter gloves.

A man with a history of robbery convictions over more than three decades has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison under California's three strikes law.

Michael Neal Johnson, 53, was convicted of robbing the downtown River City Bank in Sacramento on Jan. 25, 2012, and was found to have committed three prior bank robberies. He was sentenced today by Sacramento Superior Court Judge Gary Mullen.

Johnson's criminal record dates back to a 1980 robbery conviction when he was a juvenile in Santa Clara, according to a Sacramento County District Attorney's Office news release.

In 1983, he was convicted of possession of stolen property. In 1985, he was convicted of robbing a savings and loans bank and was federally prosecuted in the Eastern District of California.

A Sacramento County jury has convicted a 22-year-old parolee of multiple charges, including attempted murder, attempted robbery and use of a gun.

On June 16, 2011, Lawrence Jackio and an accomplice broke into an occupied residence and attempted to rob two homeowners at gunpoint, according to a Sacramento County District Attorney's Office news release. One victim was pistol whipped, and Jackio shot the other in the stomach, causing serious injuries.

At the time, Jackio was on parole for a residential burglary conviction.

He is to be sentenced March 1 by Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Savage.

A man convicted of carjacking and robbery has been sentenced to 35 years and eight months in prison.

Dante Perkins, 21, was convicted by a jury in November of two counts of carjacking, robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The jury also found true that Perkins possessed and used a firearm in committing the crimes, according to a Sacramento County District Attorney's Office news release. He was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Geoffrey Goodman.

On Feb. 20, 2012, a young mother and her 1-year-old child were sitting in front of a store. The father had gone inside to purchase an item and left the keys in the ignition while the two waited for him.

An Auburn man is in jail accused of threatening his neighbor, then fighting police officers.

Auburn police responded to the 100 block of Pine Street about 12:20 p.m. Monday regarding a report of a disturbance at an apartment complex. They were told that the suspect, John Hurd, 47, had threatened a woman who is his neighbor.

As officers were about to contact Hurd at his apartment, they heard the sound of a pump-action shotgun from his apartment.

Authorities have identified the Galt police officer killed this morning while responding to a burglary as 35-year-old Kevin Tonn, who has been with the department 3 1/2 years.

"He was a very well respected, very proactive member of our department," said Galt police Lt. Jim Uptegrove. "His loss is extremely tragic to us and to our community."

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The suspected shooter, a man in his 30s or 40s, also died from what were apparently self-inflicted injuries, said Sacramento County Sheriff's Sgt. Jason Ramos.

Ramos said the officer confronted the subject about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday following a burglary call in the 200 block of F Street. Later, the officer called for emergency back up.

A second officer, responding to the scene, radioed in that shots had been fired and an officer was down. The first officer, Tonn, was transported to Kaiser Permanente South Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

It is the first line-of-duty death for the Galt Police Department, which has about 30 to 40 officers.

After learning of Tonn's death, city officials canceled the City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday night.

Photo captions: Top, Wearing black bands over their badges in sympathy for fellow Officer Kevin Tonn, 35, who died in the line of duty Tuesday, Galt police Lt. Jim Uptegrove, center, leaves the podium with fellow officers. Bottom, The scene where a Galt police officer was killed on Tuesday. Photo by Renee C. Byer / rbyer@sacbee.com

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A woman was shot late Friday night in midtown Sacramento after she resisted a man who tried to steal her purse.

The victim, a 33-year-old woman whose name was not released by Sacramento police, was transported to a local hospital with a gunshot wound to her upper body. Her condition was not available.

The incident began just after 10:30 p.m. Friday when the woman stepped outside to smoke a cigarette. She was standing on the steps of an apartment building in the 800 block of 27th Street when a man approached and grabbed her purse.

The Placer County Sheriff's Office today announced the arrest of four people in connection with recent robberies and thefts In Incline Village and Kings Beach.

Placer County deputies, along with the Washoe County Sheriff's Office and the California Highway Patrol have been investigating several related crimes, officials said.

On Dec. 29, an attempted armed robbery was reported at the Kings Beach Liquor Store, and on Jan. 2, an armed robbery occurred at the Incline Village Chevron station, according to a Sheriff's Office news release. Shortly after the Chevron robbery, a vehicle was stolen in Incline Village, and on Jan. 5, that vehicle was involved in an accident in Tahoe Vista.

Thursday, a 17-year-old was arrested in Tahoe City in connection with the vehicle theft. Shortly afterward, search warrants were served in both California and Nevada, leading to the arrest of Jorge Miranda Rivas (left photo), whose age was not given, and another 17-year-old boy from Incline Village.

Today, two more search warrants were served in Kings Beach, and Jorge Torres (right photo), 18, of Kings Beach was arrested on suspicion of vehicle theft. Authorities said Torres is also a suspect in the Incline Village robbery.

Five men have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a 2008 gang assault.

Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny today sentenced George Christian, age 23, and Samuel Kemokai, 25, to 30 years in prison; Tommy Cornelius, 27, to 20 years; Xavier Whitfield, 22, to 15 years; and Demetrius Royster, 25, to 8 years. All were involved in an assault on Santana Robinson at a Shell gas station across from Arden Fair Mall on Oct. 31, 2008, according to a Sacramento County District Attorney's Office news release.

Robinson was pumping gas shortly after midnight when he was approached and attacked by Christian, officials said. After the initial attack, Christian was joined in the assault by his fellow defendants.

Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues.

QUESTION: What happened to the man who followed and beat up the old man in Rocklin because of road rage?
Submitted by: MM gramma, Rocklin

ANSWER: Zubin Dimitri Bogdanoff, 33, remains in Placer County Jail accused of beating an 83-year-old Rocklin man in an alleged road rage incident in November.

A 74-year-old man, dubbed the "fedora bandit" by law enforcement agents, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Sacramento to three counts of armed bank robbery.

David Griffith Osborne, formerly of Carson City, pleaded guilty to robbing the American River Bank, 9750 Business Park Drive, in Rancho Cordova on June 3, 2010, as well as the Bank of the West in Gridley on April 26, 2010, and the Chase Bank in Paradise on June 29, 2010, according to a federal Department of Justice news release.

Osborne also admitted to four other bank robberies at Bank of the West branches in Grass Valley, Dec. 22, 2009, and March 31, 2010; South Lake Tahoe, Feb. 18, 2010; Kings Beach, March 9, 2010.

The Sacramento Police Department is seeking the public's help in identifying a man suspected of robbing a bank in November.

About 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 29, a man entered the Chase Bank at 3501 Del Paso Road and demanded money from a teller, who complied, according to a Sacramento police news release. The suspect then left the bank and might have fled in a blue, 1990s Toyota or Honda sedan.

The suspect was described as possibly a black man in his 20s with a very light complexion, according to police. He is 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds with dark hair, brown eyes and a faint black goatee. He wore a black baseball cap; a yellow, black and gray plaid, button-down shirt; and a black nylon jacket.

Anyone with information about this suspect is asked to call Crime Alert at (916) 443-HELP or text in a tip to 274637. Enter "SACTIP" followed by the information. Callers can remain anonymous and might be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.

Despite a rash of street robberies in Sacramento's midtown area during the holiday season, police assured residents that their neighborhoods are safe.

The midtown area is now among the safest places in the city, City Councilman Steve Hansen told approximately 200 people who attended a midtown community safety meeting this evening, "so when something happens, we notice it."

Sacramento Police Capt. Ken Bernard acknowledged the uptick in street robberies, with 13 reported in midtown between Dec. 20 and Jan. 6. With the exception of four in the area of 20th and J streets, he said, the robberies were spread over a large area and appeared to be unrelated.

The Roseville Police Department is asking the public's help in identifying a man who robbed a bank in the city this afternoon.

At 2:28 p.m., a man entered the Chase Bank in the 1800 block of Douglas Boulevard and gave a bank employee a note demanding money. He received an undisclosed amount of cash and left, getting into the back passenger seat of a faded silver older Toyota Camry sedan occupied by two other people, according to a Police Department news release.

Officers found the Camry abandoned in a nearby residential neighborhood and learned that it had been stolen Wednesday night or this morning from the area of Florin Road and Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento. Police said they don't know what other vehicle the suspects might be driving.

Sacramento police today arrested a man in connection with a Dec. 30 robbery in the midtown area.

Robert Binns (pictured), 53, was booked into Sacramento County Jail on suspicion of robbery and violation of parole.

About 1 a.m. Dec. 30, the victim left a nightclub in the 2000 block of K Street and started to walk home. As the victim approached 21st and J streets, the suspect reportedly rode up on a bicycle, asked a question and then struck the victim, knocking him to the ground. The suspect stole the victim's wallet and keys to his roommate's vehicle before leaving the area, according to a Police Department news release.

At least two suspects remain at large following an armed robbery in Elk Grove.

Elk Grove police spokesman Officer Christopher Trim said Elk Grove and Sacramento police ended their search of an area northwest of the Florin Road and Tamoshanter Way intersection about 6 p.m. The suspects had been believed to be in the area after their vehicle crashed and they ran off on foot following a police pursuit.

Trim said a woman was walking with friends in the 7500 block of Laguna Boulevard in Elk Grove about 3:40 p.m. when a black Impala with three men inside drove up.

An Olivehurst man was arrested Tuesday night after reportedly fleeing, then fighting with Yuba County sheriff's deputies.

About 10:30 p.m., deputies attempted to contact a motorcyclist who was seen in an orchard in the area of the Peach Tree Golf and Country Club in the east Linda area. The motorcyclist drove off but was spotted again by a deputy on Simpson Lane near Simpson-Dantoni Road. When the man saw the deputy, he again tried to flee by driving over a levee, according to a Sheriff's Department news release.

As he attempted the maneuver, however, the driver and motorcycle fell. The driver then began to run from the area and fought with pursuing deputies, officials said.

Deputies eventually subdued the man, who was identified as Jason Ray Gorham, 25. He was arrested on suspicion of battery on a peace officer, resisting arrest, violation of parole, driving on the levee and other minor vehicle code violations.

Two women were knocked down by a stranger in separate incidents near a midtown supermarket.

Police responded to 19th and S streets about 5 p.m. where the women were assaulted by someone they did not know. The man was reported to have knocked the women to the ground.

Officers eventually found a man matching the description given by the victims. He was identified by the women as the person who attacked them.

Christopher McCombs, 51, was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor battery in the Sacramento County Jail. He has since been released from jail.

PHOTO CAPTION: Christopher McCombs

Sacramento Police have arrested a 42-year-old man for investigation of assaulting and robbing a man who was walking home Saturday afternoon in the 3300 block of 33rd Street in Oak Park.

The victim, who told police he believed he knew the suspect and that he lived in the area, was taken to a local hospital after the assault with injuries not believed to be life-threatening.

Officers arrested Calvin Anthony Barron, who was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail early today for investigation of robbery, battery and assault with a deadly weapon, all considered felonies.

Sacramento police arrested a 28-year-old man Friday night after he allegedly tried to punch officers.

Police responded to the 1600 block of Arden Way after reports of a man causing a disturbance. When they tried to talk to the man, later identified as Justin Brinsky, he took a swing at an officer but missed, said police spokesman Officer Doug Morse.

He then swung at another officer who had his arms up to protect himself, and the officer was struck in the arm but not injured, Morse said.

Officers eventually were able to take Brinsky into custody with the help of an officer from an outside agency, Morse said. Brinsky was booked on suspicion of battery on a peace officer and violating the terms of his probation.

A 24-year-old Rocklin man has been arrested in connection with the August robbery of a local restaurant.

Justin Zinman is being held in Placer County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail, according to a Rocklin Police Department news release. Officials said he was arrested Dec. 15 on suspicion of robbing the El Mariachi Restaurant and on unrelated drug charges.

Police were called to the restaurant at 1240 Sunset Blvd. about 8:40 p.m. Aug. 15 regarding a report of an armed robbery that had just occurred. Officers were told that a white man believed to be in his 20s entered the business with a white handkerchief over his face. He reportedly showed the employee behind the counter a black handgun in his waistband and demanded money.

Shots were fired into an occupied Woodland residence this evening, but no one was injured.

Police were dispatched to the 100 block of Muir Circle regarding a report of shots fired into a home. When officers arrived, they found that one round had gone through the front wall of the house, entering the kitchen. Two additional rounds were located in the side of a vehicle parked in front of the residence, according to a Police Department news release.

No one was struck by the gunfire.

Police said they had no suspect description and did not know the motivation for the shooting.

Anyone with information regarding the case is asked to call the Woodland Police Department at (530) 661-7800 or (530) 666-2411.

Sacramento police say two people are dead and three others injured following a shooting in Old Sacramento tonight.

Police spokeswoman Michele Gigante said officers heard shots fired in the area of K and Second streets at 9:38 p.m. She said a fight in the Sports Corner Cafe spilled out onto the street and five people were shot.

Gigante said she did not know the gender or age of the victims, nor was any information available regarding suspects.

Because of the shooting, police made the decision to cancel the midnight fireworks show planned as part of New Year's Eve festivities. A police helicopter flew over the area announcing the cancellation.

Woodland police are searching for a suspect who apparently followed a man from a Sacramento bank this morning, then attempted to rob him at a gas station, striking the victim with a crowbar.

Police were dispatched at 10:40 a.m. to the 400 block of County Road 102 regarding a fight. It was reported that one person had a crowbar. Dispatchers were subsequently told that an approximately 30-year-old man had left southbound on Interstate 5 in a gold Nissan Altima or gold Saturn. The victim was still at the scene with a head injury.

When officers arrived, they found a 29-year-old Sacramento man. He told police that he had withdrawn a large sum of cash from a bank in Sacramento and was en route to Redding when he stopped in Woodland to buy gas. While pumping gas, a black man in his late 20s or early 30s, wearing a red hooded sweatshirt with the hood over his head, approached the victim and demanded his money.

Sacramento County sheriff's detectives seek the public's help to identify three men wanted in connection with a shooting in south Sacramento County earlier this month in which a child was nearly hit by gunfire.

The incident occurred in the parking lot of a busy shopping area, and detectives hope people in the community will recognize the individuals depicted in the surveillance video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buhDsXEXwjY

On Dec. 10, deputies responded to a report of gunshots fired at ShopSmart in the 7600 block of Stockton Boulevard. When they arrived, deputies located a vehicle that had been struck by gunfire. An 11-month-old girl seated in the backseat of the car was nearly hit, according to a Sheriff's Department news release. She suffered minor injuries from shattered glass from the car windows during that shooting.

By Denny Walsh
dwalsh@sacbee.com

The Sacramento Police Department has announced the arrest of one suspect in the home invasion robbery that left one person dead three other people wounded early today in the Pocket neighborhood of Sacramento.

Thomas Ordonaz, 21, (pictured) was arrested about 18 hours after the gunfire erupted. He was booked for investigation of assault with a deadly weapon and being an accessory, authorities said.

By 10 p.m., no other people in the shooting had been identified, pending the results of a preliminary investigation, according to department police spokesman Officer Doug Morse.

Three gang members have been sentenced in a 2011 case of attempted murder in Woodland.

Yolo Superior Court Judge Stephen Mock on Tuesday sentenced Rolando Arismendez, 34, Juan Reyes, 21, and German Quezada, 19, to prison terms for attempted murder and gang enhancements, according to a Yolo County District Attorney's office news release.

On Nov. 16, 2011, Arismendez, a validated gang member, provided guns, a car and a driver to fellow gang members Reyes and Quezada. Their plan, officials said, was to kill a resident of Donnelly Circle in Woodland.

A woman already doing time for strangling and beating her 6-year-old step-daughter had a life sentenced added to her term as a result of her no-contest plea to a murder charge filed after the little girl died of her injuries six years after the initial attack.

Weili Kao, 43, received the added 15-to-life prison term Wednesday from Sacramento Superior Court Judge Patrick Marlette for killing Truly Lo.

Kao beat the little girl and grabbed her by the neck while disciplining her on May 11, 2004. The girl fell into a persistent vegetative state and Kao was convicted and sentenced the next year for felony child abuse.

Sacramento prosecutors filed murder charges agaisnt Kao after Lo died on Dec. 21, 2010. Kao entered her plea to the second-degree murder charge on Dec. 3.

A Roseville man was arrested after he allegedly rammed a vehicle during a dispute with another motorist on Highway 49 near Auburn.

Auburn police reported that their dispatch center received multiple calls about the incident, which occurred shortly before 3:30 p.m. Monday on Highway 49 near Borland Avenue. Mark Mickle, 56, is accused of ramming the back of another vehicle after the other vehicle passed him in a passing area south of the Auburn city limits. Two occupants of that vehicle complained of minor injuries consisting of a sore neck and back from the rear-end impact, according to a Police Department news release.

Mickle left the area before law enforcement officers arrived, but Roseville police later found him at his home. An Auburn officer subsequently contacted Mickle at the residence and arrested him on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.

Mickle was booked into Placer County Jail. Police said he was released on $25,000 bail.

A wanted parolee has surrendered to law enforcement officers, ending a standoff that
prompted the evacuation of several homes and apartment units in the area of Connie Drive and El Camino Avenue tonight.

The name of the man, who allegedly broke into his girlfriend's duplex, has not been released pending booking into Sacramento County Jail.

Sacramento police spokeswoman Michele Gigante said a call was received at 7:12 p.m. from a woman reporting a prowler at her home in the 2400 block of Connie Drive, east of the Capital City Freeway. She said someone was trying to break in and then determined that it was her boyfriend, a wanted parolee, Gigante said.

By Debbie Arrington and Edward Ortiz
darrington@sacbee.com

Hundreds of Saturday afternoon customers at a Sacramento shopping center witnessed a tense three-hour standoff at a Jack in the Box restaurant, which ended with a robbery suspect shot by Sacramento police sharpshooters.

Two female hostages, both restaurant employees, escaped unharmed from the eatery in the 8300 block of Folsom Boulevard in the College Greens Shopping Center.

The wounded suspect, whose name was not released, was transported by paramedics to a local hospital, where he died Saturday night.

By Edward Ortiz
eortiz@sacbee.com

Multiple gunshots and at least three concussion grenades were fired at a Jack in the Box restaurant on Folsom Boulevard where a gunman has been barricaded with at least one hostage.

A woman, apparently an employee of the restaurant, rushed from the store at about 3:43 p.m. after the gunfire, where she was met by several Sacramento Police officers, who rushed her to safety behind the building.

Medical personnel and police officers are at the scene did not immediately enter the building, but police said that the suspect had been shot.

By Debbie Arrington and Richard Chang
darrington@sacbee.com

A 24-year-old man was in custody Saturday on suspicion that he shot to death another man who was on the phone with 911 emergency personnel during the shooting, authorities said.

The altercation followed a road rage incident in north Sacramento County, according to sheriff's deputies.

Brian Jones, 24, was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on suspicion of murder after his arrest by Sacramento County sheriff's homicide detectives.

By Kim Minugh and Ed Fletcher
kminugh@sacbee.com

Police officers have had two brief phone conversations with the suspect shooter who has barricaded himself in a Galt home after fatally shooting an animal control officer earlier today, according to authorities.

The suspect shooter, who lived at the 1st street home until being evacuated Tuesday, is 65-year-old Joseph Francis Corey, said Sacramento County sheriff's Sgt. Jason Ramos.

"The primary goal is to get him to come out and surrender," Ramos said, adding later: "We are trying to establish his state of mind."

Authorities have not yet released the name of the animal control officer killed in the early afternoon shooting. A bank official who was with him suffered a "superficial wound," Ramos said.

A Sacramento man reported that he was kidnapped and robbed early this morning in Woodland as he was heading home from work.

Woodland police received a call from the man about 2:20 a.m. He reported that, after leaving work about 2 a.m., he was driving on East Main Street. When he reached the intersection with County Road 102, two men stopped him in the roadway and forced their way into his vehicle, according to a Police Department news release.

The victim said the two men were wearing dark clothing, gloves and ski masks. He believed one of the men was armed with some type of gun, although he did not see a weapon.

A Black Friday fight at the Westfield Galleria in Roseville resulted in the arrest of four people suspected of taking revenge on one of the combatants by trashing his family's car.

Roseville police said that Friday morning two groups who knew each other got into a fight at the mall. Two males began bumping into each other and trading insults, some of the comments gang-related.

The fight eventually erupted when the insults moved to the second floor of the mall in front of a shoe store. Police were notified of the fight at 12:23 p.m. and by the time officers got to the area of the ruckus, all fighters had dispersed.

Rancho Cordova Police are investigating the death of man who was found severely beaten in front of a pet clinic this evening.

Sheriff's Sgt. Jason Ramos, spokesman for the Police Department, said an officer was en route to another call about 8 p.m. when he was flagged down by a Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District crew that had responded to a report of an assault victim at Folsom Boulevard and La Loma Drive.

They had been flagged down by a woman who reported that a man was severely injured in front of the pet clinic. They found the man on the ground with a bicycle at 2890 La Loma Drive. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

By Cathy Locke
clocke@sacbee.com
Woodland police are seeking a man who robbed an elderly woman as she was walking home after shopping Sunday morning.

Police said the 81-year-old woman was on foot, returning to the 400 block of Ashley Avenue about 11:15 a.m. She was using a walker with a compartment under the attached seat, and her wallet was in the compartment.

The woman passed a man and, after passing him, she was pushed against him as he reached around her to remove her wallet from the compartment, according to a Police Department news release. He then left on foot.

A woman was nearly kidnapped at a Woodland shopping center over the weekend, police said.

The 31-year-old woman was walking between parked vehicles in the Westgate shopping center on Main Street Sunday afternoon when a man opened his truck door to block her path. Then, the suspected kidnapper grabbed the victim's hair.

Police said he pulled her toward the pickup but she screamed for help. A bystander heard her cries and approached.

By Melody Gutierrez
mgutierrez@sacbee.com

Authorities released a photo of who they call a person of interest in the stabbing death of man at Red Hawk Casino on Wednesday night.

After interviewing witnesses and analyzing the crime scene, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office reported in a news release that detectives are looking for a man named Estaphen Juarez (pictured) as a person of interest in the incident.

The sheriff's office reported that deputies were dispatched to the Shingle Springs casino at around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday following an alleged stabbing on the sixth floor of the casino parking structure.

Earlier today authorities identified the man stabbing victim as 19-year-old Gene Mcarn, from Sacramento County.

Mcarn was transported by friends to Marshall Medical Center in Placerville, where he was pronounced dead.

Call The Bee's Melody Gutierrez, (916) 326-5521. Follow her on Twitter @MelodyGutierrez

Citrus Heights police said a husband is suspected of ramming one of his wife's co-workers and another man into a plate glass window with an SUV.

Detectives said that the incident began Sunday with an argument between two co-workers. One of the co-workers allegedly called her husband who went to the 7900 block of Auburn Boulevard about 9 p.m. Sunday.

There, the co-worker who had argued with the woman, was on foot in front of a closed business. That is when the husband, identified as Anthony Ray Robinson, 47, of North Highlands, ran his sport utility vehicle into his wife's co-worker and another man, police said.

Two men have been convicted of multiple charges including attempted murder, use of a gun and gang allegations stemming from a 2008 drive-by shooting.

A Sacramento County jury on Wednesday returned guilty verdicts for Xuan Le and Darann Sing, both 20 years old

About 4:30 p.m. Oct. 8, 2008, a group of approximately 10 people were standing outside a house in south Sacramento's Elder Creek neighborhood. Two cars carrying Khom Zing Tong gang members drove by and passengers from each car opened fire on the group, striking the house, several cars and seriously injuring four people, according to a Sacramento County District Attorney's Office news release. The Sacramento Police Department found 32 9mm casings in the street.

Le and Sing are to be sentenced Jan. 3 by Sacramento Superior Court Judge Ben Davidian.

The Sutter County Sheriff's Office today announced the arrest of a Yuba City man in connection with a stabbing at a Sikh Temple on Sunday.

Mangal Singh Sanghera, 43, was arrested and booked into the Sutter County Jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and violation of probation, according to a Sheriff's Department news release.

Sheriff's deputies responded shortly after 6:30 p.m Sunday to the Sikh Temple in the 2400 block of Tierra Buena Road in Yuba City, where 50 to 100 people were reported fighting with sticks. When they arrived, deputies found a 30-year-old man with a stab wound to his upper body.

A 35-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a shooting at his Placerville-area home Monday night.

The victim, a 55-year-old Citrus Heights man, was taken by air ambulance to Sutter Roseville Medical Center and is expected to recover from his injuries, officials said.

The El Dorado County Sheriff's Dispatch Center received calls about 7:30 p.m. reporting that gunfire was heard in the 3600 block of Wamego Road, southwest of Placerville. As deputies were en route to the location, a caller reported that someone had been shot at a residence.

Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues.

QUESTION: What was the outcome of the case where a Sacramento teacher slapped a student on the buttock at Hiram W. Johnson High School? The teacher's name was Timothy Carter, a math teacher.
Submitted by: Hailey, Sacramento

ANSWER: A Sacramento County jury found Hiram Johnson High School math teacher Tim Carter not guilty of misdemeanor battery against a student.

A 15-year-old Granite Bay boy has been arrested on suspicion of four counts of attempted homicide in the Wednesday night firebombing of an occupied residence.

The youth was taken into custody Thursday by Placer County sheriff's deputies. He is being held in Placer County Juvenile Hall in Auburn.

The boy, a sophomore at Granite Bay High School, went to the home in the 4800 block of Bentwood Way in Granite Bay about 11:30 p.m., according to a Placer County Sheriff's Department news release. He allegedly threw a large rock through a window at the front of the house, and then threw a bottle containing a flammable liquid at the same window, which started a fire.

Redding police said they arrested a knife-wielding man who was acting in a crazed manner inside a Walmart and in a Sears parking lot.

Police said the man, identified as David Michael Macleod, 20, a Redding transient, first threatened a man sitting in his truck in a Sears parking lot about 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Police said Macleod, armed with a crowbar and a knife, threatened to kill the man.

About 15 minutes later, police were called to the nearby Walmart on Dana Drive where "a crazed white male carrying a knife was threatening people and acting irrationally," according to a police press release.

A man who allegedly threatened to kill a woman in Woodland this afternoon led police on a high-speed chase that ended with a collision and his eventual capture in a Natomas neighborhood.

Woodland officers were dispatched about 1:11 p.m. to the Del Valle Super Mercado at 500 Kentucky Ave. in Woodland after a woman called police and said that Larry Ventimiglia, 25, of Davis had just threatened to shoot and kill her at that location. When officers arrived, the victim said that Ventimiglia had left in a white Saturn.

While police were investigating the incident, another Woodland officer spotted Ventimiglia driving in the area of North and Fourth streets. The officer tried to catch up to Ventimiglia, who began speeding eastbound on North Street across East Street. Several other Woodland officers joined in the pursuit, which continued through residential streets and onto eastbound Beamer Street, where speeds reached more than 90 mph in the industrial area, according to a Police Department news release.

A 61-year-old man with convictions for previous crimes has been sentenced to 40 years to life in state prison for a February robbery and residential burglary.

A Sacramento County jury in August convicted Jonathan Mayhew Watson of the robbery and burglary. The court further found the Watson had five previous convictions for crimes including residential burglary, attempted residential burglary, forcible rape and rape by threat, according to a Sacramento County District Attorney's Office news release. He was sentenced by Sacramento Superior Court Judge Ernest Sawtelle.

On the evening of Feb. 28, the victim returned home to find that Watson had broken into her apartment and was rifling through her belongings, authorities said. The woman screamed for help and Watson fled from the residence.