Arrests: development
Arrests and incarceration plummeted more than 70% in the first week that Sacramento residents were told to stay home to avoid COVID-19 Trayvon Moore-Davis was…
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The tinted tell
An alleged meth trafficker from West Sacramento faces federal charges as local officials drill down on the cascading effects of addiction 3-12-2020 A West Sacramento…
The future reloaded
Amid growing concern over 3D-printed firearms, one tech start-up sets out to help authorities detect them The shooting happened so fast that three off-duty officers…
Unbreakable bond
Former state boxing champion Richard ‘Trino’ Savala emerged from a criminal past to become the region’s most unique youth advocate and bail bondsman Richard “Trino”…
Red flag of courage: Researchers identified 21 potential shootings curbed by family members or law enforcement in just two years
A man veers his SUV onto a sidewalk, accelerating straight at a group of pedestrians as he screams, “I’m going to kill you!” He misses…
Hunting poachers
On the trail of the outlaw shooters threatening the Pacific Deer Herd A black tail deer ducks under some fallen pine branches as a pickup…
An unpredictable call. A heavily armed suspect. An ambush that leaves police searching after the death of Officer Tara O’Sullivan.
Issues of domestic violence, access to guns and officer safety collided during rookie officer’s last call in Sacramento By Raheem F. Hosseini and Mozes Zarate…
A crystalized crisis
As meth trafficking surges, Sacramento’s doctors, treatment specialists and CPS workers struggle with the fall-out Ten minutes before sunrise, the team hit the house. The…
The road to peace
Advance Peace initiative sees early signs of progress in combating gang killings in Sacramento In 2018, the city of Sacramento managed to escape a grim…
The Chinese connection
After a dozen arrests and 100 home seizures, federal investigators say they’ve mapped an international scheme to produce black market marijuana When federal agents finally…
Getting away with an almost murder
A vindictive pimp shot two men 40 years ago. Two retired sex workers say they covered it up—and it’s why California needs to pass legislation…
Undercover deputies solicit and arrest 10 women in ‘Stockton stroll’ prostitution sting that uses condoms as evidence
Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department subverts the messaging of anti-human trafficking coalition to which it belongs The largest prostitution-related sting in Sacramento County this year swept…
Midnight Burning: Three murders, three detectives and the remnants of a savage summer
Doyle Hemling was in his bedroom when a car door slammed in the darkness. Hemling lived on Annabelle Avenue, a one-way country road dipping through…
A Sacramento crime reporter compares notes with Scotland’s top crime novelist
Ian Rankin’s research and hardened realism has universal appeal I first learned of Scotland’s literary shadow weaver while strolling down Edinburgh’s Young Street in 2015. I’d…
What the bones say: Arrest in grisly murder made with luck, determination and a tale beyond the crime tape
The hikers stopped when they saw the skeleton splayed out along the manzanita and scrub brush. It was weather-beaten. A cervical vertebra was missing from…
Nowhere to go: Crammed shelters, a seller’s market and financial challenges brew recipe for a domestic violence disaster
On March 10, Sacramento police Detective Michael Severi sat in a courtroom describing a crime scene from last summer, after officers rushed into a house to…
Gunning for the source: ATF’s gun-tracing investigations are solving crimes across California
A Roseville police officer shot in the face by a .45-caliber Glock in October 2013; a 13-year-old gunned down on the streets of Stockton with…