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Special Olympics TIP-A-COP: The Sacramento Police Department will be participating in a Tip-A-Cop fundraising event at Applebee's restaurant to benefit the Special Olympics of Northern California. Reference No. 032906-76
Southside Park Murder-UPDATE: Investigators have identified two additional suspects wanted in connection with the Sunday morning shooting death of a 25-year old Sacramento man. Reference No. 032806-74a Oak Park Murder: The Sacramento Police Department's Homicide Unit is investigating a shooting that killed 19-year old Jai Anton Westbrook in Oak Park early Monday evening. Reference No. 032806-75
Southside Park Murder: The Homicide Unit arrested five suspects in the shooting death of Hector Manuel Barrera (25) of Sacramento which occurred early Sunday morning inside a residence on U Street near Southside Park. Reference No. 032706-74
Police Arrest Homicide Suspect: The Sacramento Police Department's Homicide Unit in conjunction with the Special Investigations Division and the Parolee Intervention Team arrested Ceron Hill for the shooting death of an 18-year old in a South Sacramento shopping center parking lot. Reference No. 032406-73
Mien Community Academy: The Sacramento Police Department and the Sacramento District Attorney's Office will be presenting the lu Mien Community Academy today at 6:00 p.m., at the Public Safety Center in Sacramento. Reference No. 032306-72
Charges Dropped In Alleged Brutal Rape: The Sacramento Police Department in conjunction with the District Attorney's Office has dropped all charges on five suspects accused of raping a 19-year old Sacramento woman after information surfaced refuting the victims allegations. Reference No. 032206-71
Police Investigate Fatal Traffic Accident: The Sacramento Police Department's Major Collision Investigation Team is looking into a traffic accident that killed a 50-year old man. Reference No. 032006-69
Police Investigate South Sacramento Homicide: The Sacramento Police Department's Homicide Unit is investigating the shooting death of an 18-year old Sacramento teen. Reference No. 031606-68
Police Investigate Robbery Series: The Sacramento Police Department's Neighborhood Crimes Unit for the Downtown area is looking into a series of robberies to area businesses. Referenece No. 031506-67
East Sacramento Homicide: The Sacramento Police Department's Homicide Unit is investigating the shooting death of a 58-year old Elk Grove man. Reference No. 031406-66 Police And FBI Arrest Bank Robber: A joint operation conducted by the Sacramento Police Department, Sacramento County Sheriff's Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation leads to the arrest of bank robber Edward Eastes. Reference No. 031406-65
Police Detective Appointed To POST Commission: The Sacramento Police Department is proud to announce the appointment of veteran detective Lai Lai Bui to the California Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission. Reference No. 031006-63 Filipino Youth "CSI" Day: Members of the Sacramento Police Department including Chief Albert Najera will be on hand at a workshop designed to promote dialogue, understanding and mutual learning between law enforcement and the Filipino community. Reference No. 031006-62 South Sacramento Homicide And Arrest: The Sacramento Police Department is investigating the shooting death of a 19-year old Sacramento man. Four teens are being held in connection with the murder. Reference No. 031006-61 Police And ATF Arrest Firebombing Suspects: The Sacramento Police Department will be holding a press conference at 11:00 a.m. today to announce the arrest of three suspects in connection with a January firebombing of an Oak Park residence. Reference No. 031006-60
Police Search For Missing 11-Year Old: The Sacramento Police Department is searching for an 11-year old Sacramento child who's been missing since 8:00 a.m. Reference No. 030906-59
Suspect Arrested In Katrina Fraud Case: The Financial Crimes Unit has linked a 40-year old man to a complex fraud scheme to steal over $15,000 from Louisiana Department of Labor's Hurricane Katrina relief program. Reference No. 030806-58 Police Search For Rape Suspects: The Sacramento Police Department's Sexual Assault Unit is holding a Press Conference on Thursday, March 9, 2006, at 10:00 a.m., to ask the public's help in locating three suspects wanted in connection with the brutal rape of a 19-year old Sacramento woman. Reference No. 030806-57
North Sacramento Homicide: The Sacramento Police Department's Homicide Unit is looking into an early morning shooting that killed a 19-year old Sacramento teen. Reference No. 030706-56
Officer Involved Shooting: Three Sacramento Police Officers were attacked by a knife wielding man at an East Sacramento residence. Reference No. 030606-55
Police To Operate Sobriety Checkpoint: The Sacramento Police Department's Traffic Enforcement Unit will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint at 26th Avenue and Franklin Boulevard at approximately 9:00 p.m. Reference No. 030406-54 Police Helicopter Capture Suspects: The Air Operations Helicopter Unit utilized its thermal imaging device known as "FLIR" to help capture three arson suspects in North Sacramento. Reference No. 030406-52 Police Make Arrest In Abuse Case: The Parolee Intervention Team arrest two people for abusing a 21-year old dependent adult with down syndrome in North Sacramento. Reference No. 030406-51 Real Estate Fraud Unit Makes Arrest: The Real Estate Fraud Unit arrests two men for allegedly defrauding customers. Reference No. 030406-50
Police Arrest "Roof Top" Burglars: The Sacramento Police Department's Neighborhood Crimes Unit for North Sacramento has arrested two men for committing a series of commerical buglaries. Reference No. 030306-49 $10,000 Reward Offered In Unsolved Murder: The Sacramento Police Department will hold a press conference on Monday, March 6, 2006, at 10:00 a.m., to announce a reward to help solve a 2005 murder case. Reference No. 030306-48
Sobriety Checkpoint: The Sacramento Police Department's Traffic Enforcement Unit will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint on Saturday, March 4, 2006. Reference No. 030206-47
Police To Patrol Area Levees: The Sacramento Police Department's Air Operations Unit will deploy its helicopter as a precautionary measure to help manage flood control issues along city levees and waterway systems. Reference No. 030106-46
Police Capture Burglary
Suspects:
The Sacramento Police Department's Neighborhood Crimes Unit for the
Greenhaven/Pocket Area has arrested two suspects in connections with a
residential burglary and mail theft. Reference No. 022406-45 Monte Carlo Club Shooting:
The Felony Assaults
Unit has identified the person responsible for shooting a 21-year old
Sacramento man at the Monte Carlo Club late Wednesday night.
Reference No. 022406-44
Police Investigate Early
Morning Shooting:
The
Sacramento Police Department's Felony Assaults Unit is investigating a
shooting which leaves a 25-year old Sacramento man in grave
condition.
Reference No. 022306-43 North Sacramento Business Burglaries:
The Neighborhood Crimes Unit is looking into several burglaries to area
fast food restaurants and convenience stores in the North Sacramento
Area. Reference No. 022306-42 Police Search For Commercial Burglar:
The Sacramento Police Department is searching for a suspect caught on
video surveillance camera burglarizing a North Sacramento business.
Reference No. 022306-41
Police Search For Suspect In Sexual
Assault: The Sacramento Police Department's
Sexual Assault Unit is investigating a man who sexually assaulted a
female driver after impersonating a law enforcement officer.
Reference No. 021906-40 North Sacramento Shooting Suspect Arrested
- UPDATE: The 24-year old victim of a Friday
night freeway shooting in North Sacramento has died. The suspect
involved in the case will now be charged with murder. Reference
No. 021906-39
North
Sacramento Shooting Suspect Arrested: The Sacramento Police Department's Homicide Unit has
arrested Yee Xiong (21) for the freeway shooting of a Sacramento
man. Reference No. 021806-38 Arrest Made In North Sacramento Stabbing:
Police arrest David Lee Kindle (48) of Sacramento for the stabbing
death of his roommate. Reference No. 021806-36
Police
Capture Armed Robbery Suspects: The Sacramento
Police Department apprehend four men for robbing a local North
Sacramento store at gunpoint. Reference No. 021606-35 South
Sacramento Shooting Turns To Homicide: Homicide and
Gang Investigators are searching for suspects involved in a Friday,
February 10, 2006 shooting that caused the death of a 19-year old teen
in South Sacramento. Reference No. 021606-34 Police Search For Suspect In Home Invasion: The Downtown Neighborhood Crimes Unit of the Sacramento Police Department is looking for a suspect involved in a violent home invasion robbery that occurred on Tuesday, February 7, 2006. Reference No. 021606-33
Mack Road Homicide Update: Investigators are
looking for two men who may have information about a man found shot to
death
outside a South Sacramento shopping center. Reference No. 021006-32
Homicide Victim Found in Parking Lot: Homicide victim
found slumped over the wheel of a vehicle in a Mack Road parking
lot. Reference No. 020806-31
Faith-Based Organizations Assist in
Disaster Preparedness: The Sacramento Region
Citizen Corps Council will be holding its first meeting with the
leaders of faith-based organizations from throughout the Sacramento
Region to assist in disaster preparedness. Reference No. 020606-29
Police Search For Robbery Suspect: The Sacramento
Police Department's Neighborhood Crimes Unit is investigating a series
of commerical robberies in South Sacramento. Reference No. 020206-28
Islamic
Center Vandalism Suspect Arrested:
The Sacramento Police Department has arrested a 49-year old Sacramento
woman wanted in connection with vandalising the Islamic Center of
Greater Sacramento. Reference No. 013106-27 Firebombing
Suspect In Custody:
The Sacramento Police Department's Career Criminal Apprehension Team
arrested the last of three North Sacramento area firebombing
suspects. Cedric Thomas (24) was taken into custody late this
evening in a Modesto, California neighborhood. Refererence No. 013106-26 Composite Of Homicide Suspects Released:
The Sacramento Police Department's Homicide Unit and Forensice
Identification Unit released a composite sketch of the suspects
involved in the January 3, 2006 shooting death of a South Sacramento
teen. Reference No. 013106-25
Islamic Center Evacuated:
The Sacramento Police Department and the Sacramento Fire Department
responded to the Islamic Center of Greater Sacramento regarding the
discharge of a suspicious cloudy substance. Reference No. 013006-24 Special
Unit Makes Big Impact:
The Sacramento Police Department, in conjunction with several area law
enforcement agencies, is taking part in a specialized enforcement unit
designed to curb illegal street racing activities.
Reference No. 013006-23
Bicyclist Critically
Injured in Accident:
The Major Collision Investigation Team is looking into an early Friday
evening traffic accident at North 16th Street and A Street. The
accident leaves a bicyclist in grave condition at the UC Davis Medical
Center. Reference No. 012806-22
Firebombing
Suspect In Custody:
The Sacramento Police Department's Felony Assaults Unit in conjunction
with the Career Criminal Apprehension Team (CCAT) arrested the second
of three North Sacramento firebombing suspects late yesterday
afternoon. Reference No. 012606-21
$6,000 Reward Offered In Oak Park
Firebombing:
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has
issued a $5,000 reward and the Crime Alert Program a $1,000 reward for
information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or
persons responsible for firebombing an Oak Park residence back on
January 15, 2006. Reference No. 012406-20
Scam Involving The Elderly:
The Financial Crimes Unit is investigating two cases involving scam
artists taking advantage of senior citizens. Reference No. 012306-19
Traffic Accident Claims Life Of 16-Year Old:
The Major Accident Investigation Team is looking into a traffic
collision that killed a 16-year old High School Student Saturday night
at 65th Street Expressway between 21st Avenue and Fruitridge
Road. Reference No. 012206-18
East Area Shooting Suspect In Custody: Homicide Detectives in conjunction with the Special Weapons and Tactics Unit arrested attempt murder suspect Jamaul Broadbent (19) in the Oak Park area of Sacramento. Reference No. 011806-17 Police Investigate Transient Assaults: The Sacramento Police Departments' Felony Assaults Unit is investigating the beating of a homeless man that may be linked to similar occurrences in the Downtown area. Reference No. 011806-16
Police To Receive High-Tech Equipment:
The Sacramento Police Department is the proud receipient of a high-tech
fingerprint scanning system designed to help address one of
America's most pressing concerns, missing and exploited children.
Reference No. 011706-15 East Area Shooting Suspect Identified:
Homicide Detectives have identified a 19-year old suspect responsible
for shooting three people at the intersection of 19th Avenue and 36th
Street leaving one man in grave condition. Reference No. 011706-14 South Area Homicide Suspect Arrested:
Homicide Detectives have arrested a Sacramento teen in the shooting
death of on man on December 22, 2005 at the intersection of Mclaren
Avenue and 38th Avenue in South Sacramento. Reference No. 011706-13
Three Wounded In North
Area Shooting:
The Sacramento Police Department's Homicide Unit and Gang Unit are
investigating a shooting that occurred at Altos Avenue and El Camino
Boulevard early Sunday night that left one in grave condition and two
others in stable condition. Reference No. 011606-12 Police
Investigate Firebombing In Oak Park:
The Sacramento Police Department's Explosives Ordinance Detail are
investigating the early morning firebombing of an Oak Park
home.
Reference No. 011606-11 Fatal
Traffic Collision In East Sacramento:
The Sacramento Police Department's Major Accident Investigation Team
arrested Kao S. Saephan for vehicular manslaughter and felony drunk
driving for the death of a passenger involved in a a fatal
traffic collision on Elder Creek Road. Reference No. 011606-10
Suspects Identified In Fire-Bombing: The collaborative efforts of law enforcment, local media and the
community in combination with solid investigative skills led to the
identity of three suspects responsible for the firebombing of a North
Sacramento home. Reference No. 011406-9
Police Promotional Ceremony: The
Sacramento Police Department will promote seven of its finest members
on Friday, January 13, 2006 in the City Council Chambers. Reference No. 011206-6 Suspects
Sought in Fire Bombing: The Sacramento Police Department is searching for two suspects wanted
in connection with fire bombing a North Sacramento home. Reference No. 011206-5
20 Year-Old Homicide Solved: The Sacramento Police Department's Cold Case Unit arrest a North Carolina man after murdering his wife almost 20 years ago. Reference No. 010606-4 Police Search for Homicide
Suspects: The
Sacramento Police Department's Homicide Unit continues to search for 2
men responsible for shooting and killing an 18 year old Sacramento teen.
Investigators Search For Suspect: The
Sacramento Police Department's Major Accident Investigation Team is
seeking the help of the community in identifying a hit and run suspect
who struck and killed a 46 year old Sacramento man on September 11,
2005 before 2:00 a.m. near the intersection of Fruitridge Road and
Mendocino Boulevard. Reference No. 010406-2
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