National Night Out – a nationwide event focused on crime prevention and strengthening communities – returns Tuesday, August 7, 2012. The event is designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness; generate support for, and participation in, local anti-crime programs; strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and send a message to criminals letting them…
Sacramento Police caught a copper thief red-handed at a North Sacramento park over the weekend. On Sunday, June 24, 2012, the Sacramento Police Department arrested 29-year-old Patrick Hayes for vandalism, destruction of electrical lines, and for possession of burglary tools and stolen property. The arrest would not have occurred were it not for a citizen…
The Sacramento Police Department arrested 27-year-old Jaspreet Hayer on Friday, June 22 for felony possession of stolen property and violation of parole. Police say arrest would not have occurred were it not for a tenacious burglary victim, an alert musician store clerk, and follow-up by the Sacramento Police Department’s North Area Crime Suppression Unit (CSU).…
An officer with the Twin Rivers Police Department has been charged with four counts of misdemeanor assault. In January 2012, the Sacramento Police Department, at the request of the Twin Rivers School Board, investigated possible criminal and administrative misconduct of Branche Smith, a police officer with the Twin Rivers Police Department. At the conclusion of…
Sacramento Police stopped a bb-gun shooting spree Tuesday night. According to the Sacramento Police Department, someone drove by the Sacramento News & Review building on June 19 and shot out their window with a bb gun. Thirty minutes later an officer saw the same subjects drive Marysville Blvd/Arcade and shot the bb gun at a…
The Sacramento Police Department will host a Neighborhood Watch training session tomorrow, June 20 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm at the Kinney Police Station. The training will outline “How to Start and Organize a Neighborhood Watch” group and provide insights on the roles/responsibilities of the Captain and Co-Captain. Participants can also become part of the Sacramento…
Sacramento Police were dispatched to a report of a stabbing on the 300 block of El Camino Avenue Monday night. Officers arrived and found a boyfriend and girlfriend got into an argument that became physical. The boyfriend stabbed the girlfriend with a broken piece of glass then fled the scene. Officers chased, caught and arrested…
The Sacramento Police Department has arrested 29-year-old Edgar Carrillo for the 2008 murder of Francisco Torres. On Thursday, December 25, 2008, at approximately 12:07 a.m., the Sacramento Police Department responded to the 2300 block of North Avenue regarding a shooting. Upon arrival, officers found a male Hispanic in his 20s who had been shot. The…
As reported on CBS 13 News, the operators of Four Oaks Market fended off two robbers Thursday night. Click here for raw video from the incident.
Sacramento Police Officers responded to a domestic violence call on Las Palmas Ave in the midnight hour of Monday morning where a live-in girlfriend had stabbed her boyfriend, Frankie Martinez.Officers were able to determine that the girlfriend had acted in defense of her sister who Martinez was holding down and attempting to strangle while threatening her. Martinez was…