People could rob banks for any number of reasons. Greed, lack of money, or just the need to feed themselves or their families. Doesn’t make it right, but there’s probably a motive. Steven Wilson had something else in mind when he robbed the Bank of America branch on Del Paso Boulevard last Saturday morning. The…
The Sacramento Police Department has arrested 21-year-old Daniel Foalima for the murder of 50-year-old Arun Singh. You may recall the grotesque nature of this crime. On August 7, 2010, at 2:46 a.m., the Sacramento Fire Department responded to the 900 block of North Avenue on an apartment fire, upon which they discovered a deceased male…
The Sacramento DA is looking into whether this morning’s shooting at the Canterbury Inn was self defense. According to Sacramento Police, officers responded to the 1900 block of Canterbury Road at approximately 12:50 a.m. on a disturbance occurring at a hotel. Officers arrived finding a broken window in a hotel room and 29-year-old Christopher Maurice…
After a long overdue hiatus, the North Sacramento Cops Log is back. The primary holdup was the design of the log; should it be a straight list or a little more colorful. The log for May 2010 is currently up in the Crime section; other months to be compiled down the road. Still debating weather…
Sacramento Police arrested Donald Joseph Fernandes, who’s suspected of severely beating a 50-year-old woman on Boxwood Drive. The woman is described by neighbors as the “cat lady”.
Despite the recent incident near Dixieanne, crime in the North Area has decreased 12-percent between 2008 and 2009. The most notable was the decrease in homicides. There were 16 homicides in Police Sector 2 (which is our sector) in 2008 compared to three homicides in 2009, the lowest number for all sectors in the City…
Three robbers tried to hold up a mini-mart in Del Paso Heights last night, but were stopped by a police officer hailed by a passerby. The suspects scattered: two made it out, and the third was stuck at the back door. Enter Lamont Rogers. Rogers grabbed the aluminum bat he keeps for protection and started…
The Sacramento Police Department has released a composite sketch of the driver of a vehicle that hit and killed a 4 year old boy on Northgate Boulevard near Smythe Elementary on the morning of November 30, 2009. The suspect vehicle is described as a 1995-1997 Nissan Maxima, dark red or burgundy with a black tinted…
The Sacramento Police Department is asking for your help in locating the vehicle that killed a 4 year old boy yesterday morning near Smythe Elementary. The suspect vehicle is described as a 1995-1997 Nissan Maxima, dark red or burgundy with a black tinted rear window. Detectives believe that there may be minimal if any damage…
A boy died at a hospital this morning after he was critically injured in a hit-and-run near Smythe Elementary School. The victim, a 4-year-old child, was hit and dragged about 25 yards as he rode his scooter near the intersection of Northgate Boulevard and Wilson Avenue. The crash occur around 8:20am this morning. The car…