http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/ The Sacramento Bee's Crime blog is a comprehensive report of crime news, trends and information for your community and beyond. en Copyright 2013 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:59:57 -0700 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification A pilot was rescued this afternoon after reporting an airplane crash in the Truckee area. The Nevada County Sheriff's Department received a report about 3 p.m. of a downed aircraft in the area of the Truckee Airport. The reporting party was the lone occupant of the single-engine aircraft that had http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/pilot-rescued-after-reporting-crash-near-truckee-airport.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/pilot-rescued-after-reporting-crash-near-truckee-airport.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 Accident Nevada County Thu, 23 May 2013 16:59:57 -0700 A man previously accused of defrauding a Granite Bay woman of more than $7 million has been indicted in connection with a second scheme, this one involving a Pennsylvania financial manager. A federal grand jury in Sacramento today returned a 20-count superseding indictment charging Troy Stratos, 47, formerly of Los http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/man-accused-of-defrauding-granite-bay-woman-faces-new-charges.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/man-accused-of-defrauding-granite-bay-woman-faces-new-charges.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 Courts Placer County Sacramento Scam Thu, 23 May 2013 16:19:24 -0700 Woodland police are looking for thieves who stole equipment from a cemetery storage area. Officers received a report about 7 a.m. today that a maintenance yard and shed had been forcibly entered at the Woodland Cemetery, 800 West St. The suspects took small power equipment form the yard and from http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/police-seek-thieves-who-stole-woodland-cemetery-equipment.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/police-seek-thieves-who-stole-woodland-cemetery-equipment.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 Property Crime Woodland Thu, 23 May 2013 15:25:10 -0700 The Sacramento Police Department hosted an awards ceremony today to recognize more than two dozen of its employees and volunteers. The annual event is designed to honor "those that work tirelessly to keep our community safe," said Officer Doug Morse. The 17 officers who received the bronze medal of valor http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/sacramento-police-honor-employees-at-annual-awards-ceremony.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/sacramento-police-honor-employees-at-annual-awards-ceremony.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 Community service Sacramento Sacramento County Sacramento Police Department Thu, 23 May 2013 14:00:25 -0700 A Sacramento Superior Court jury today convicted Dr. Scott Dodd Anderson on six counts of sexually abusing two of his patients four years ago at a workers' comp clinic on Folsom Boulevard. The jury acquitted Anderson (pictured), 64, on two other counts but has not reached verdicts on seven other http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/doctor-convicted-in-sexual-abuse-of-patients.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/doctor-convicted-in-sexual-abuse-of-patients.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:36:31 -0700 The nation's drug czar on Thursday released study results showing that 78 percent of adult males arrested in Sacramento County tested positive for at least one illegal drug. Gil Kerlikowske (pictured with Vice President Joe Biden), director of National Drug Control Policy, during an address today at the Urban http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/nations-drug-czar-releases-report-show-most-sacramento-inmates-test-positiv.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/nations-drug-czar-releases-report-show-most-sacramento-inmates-test-positiv.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 Drugs Sacramento Sacramento County Thu, 23 May 2013 08:30:17 -0700 Woodland police are looking for a man who they believe hit a transient on the head with a baseball bat during a fight on Wednesday. Police said Monty Tesnear, 57, was hit on the head and left arm during the brawl, reported about 11 p.m., in which combatants used with http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/homeless-man-struck-with-bat-during-fight-in-woodland.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/homeless-man-struck-with-bat-during-fight-in-woodland.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 Violent Crime Woodland Yolo County Thu, 23 May 2013 07:14:53 -0700 The Sacramento County Coroner's office has released the name of a woman found shot to death in a double homicide Tuesday night in Citrus Heights. She was identified as Gladys Quinteros, 41, of Citrus Heights. The man found dead with Quinteros has yet to be identified by the coroner. Officers http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/coroner-identifies-woman-killed-in-citrus-heights-double-homicide.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/coroner-identifies-woman-killed-in-citrus-heights-double-homicide.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 Citrus Heights Homicide Sacramento County Thu, 23 May 2013 05:55:34 -0700 Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: On March 13, 2010, there was a stabbing death of Monica Ann Anderson at an apartment complex in Citrus Heights. Lan Anh Le was arrested. Could you tell me what the outcome was? Submitted by:Jim, Sacramento ANSWER: http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/ask-sacto-911-crime-qa-what-happened-to-woman-accused-of-fatal-citrus-heigh.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/ask-sacto-911-crime-qa-what-happened-to-woman-accused-of-fatal-citrus-heigh.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 Ask Sacto 911 Q&A Citrus Heights Homicide Wed, 22 May 2013 19:46:59 -0700 A pedestrian has been taken to a hospital with critical injuries after being struck by a vehicle at Martin Luther King Boulevard and 23rd Avenue in Sacramento's Oak Park neighborhood. Sacramento Police Department spokesman Officer Doug Morse said the collision occurred at 6:12 p.m. He said the vehicle, a red http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/pedestrian-hit-by-car-seriously-injured-in-oak-park.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/pedestrian-hit-by-car-seriously-injured-in-oak-park.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 Sacramento Traffic accidents Wed, 22 May 2013 19:22:22 -0700 The U.S. Forest Service is asking the public's help in catching thieves who have caused more than $35,000 worth of damage to Plumas National Forest campgrounds at Lake Davis and Frenchman by removing copper pipes and brass fixtures. "Thankfully, the campgrounds were open before Memorial Day because repairs were done http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/thieves-damage-plumas-national-forest-campgrounds.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/thieves-damage-plumas-national-forest-campgrounds.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 Property Crime Wed, 22 May 2013 17:17:17 -0700 A Montana man arrested last year at Sacramento International Airport when he attempted to board a plane with a concealed firearm has been sentenced to three years in prison. Harold E. Waller, 46, of Circle, Mont., was sentenced today in federal court in Sacramento by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/man-draws-prison-term-for-trying-to-board-plane-with-loaded-gun.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/man-draws-prison-term-for-trying-to-board-plane-with-loaded-gun.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 Courts Sacramento County Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:30 -0700 A Sacramento Superior Court jury today convicted Antoine Blesset in the Feb. 10, 2011, shooting death of Christopher Sisoukchaleun at a liquor store on Del Paso Boulevard. Jurors found that Blessett, 38, murdered the 20-year-old victim for the benefit of the defendant's street gang, the Meadowview Bloods. Judge Michael W. http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/gang-member-convicted-in-2001-north-side-murder.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/gang-member-convicted-in-2001-north-side-murder.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 Courts Homicide Sacramento Wed, 22 May 2013 15:11:14 -0700 By Cathy Locke and Kim Minugh clocke@sacbee.com A woman who barricaded herself in a south Sacramento home for nearly three hours this afternoon before surrendering to police has been booked into Sacramento County Jail. Stacy Curnow (pictured), 34, was arrested on suspicion of discharging a firearm in a grossly negligent http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/sacramento-police-surround-home-where-armed-subject-is-barricaded.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/sacramento-police-surround-home-where-armed-subject-is-barricaded.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 Sacramento Sacramento County Sacramento Police Department Wed, 22 May 2013 14:35:21 -0700 Three separate Sacramento juries have convicted two men and failed to reach a verdict on a third defendant accused in the Jan. 1, 2011, bludgeon murder of 48-year-old Scott Hanson during an attempted drug robbery on Amanda Way in Meadowview. Convicted of first-degree murder were Joseph Lee Conn, who turns http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/two-convictions-one-hung-jury-in-meadowview-drug-murder-trial.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/two-convictions-one-hung-jury-in-meadowview-drug-murder-trial.html#mi_rss=Sacto%209-1-1 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:07:54 -0700