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Solano

Juvenile Arrested for Attempted Murder of Dixon Police Officer

A juvenile 15 years of age was arrested for attempted homicide (PC 664-187) after exchanging gunfire with police officers near Dixon High School, according to a Dixon Police Department press

Solano

Swindler Gets Federal Prison Sentence For Bribing Travis AFB Official

A native of Afghanistan, 41, now a naturalized American citizen, was sentenced September 25 to two years in federal prison. Lida Amin had bribed an Air Force official in charge

Yolo

Costly Consequences For Woodland Man Convicted of Stealing A Few Hundred Dollars

Generally a string of small business robberies is referred to as a “spree.” But the prosecutor in the case of Salvador Jimenez, 47, of Woodland, raised the rhetorical ante in

Yolo

Police Raid Davis Trailer Park, Seize Weapons and Narcotics

Officers with a task force comprising multiple local agencies raided and searched a trailer in the Royal Oak trailer park in South Davis on September 24. Officers from the Yolo

Yolo

Jury: Daniel Marsh Was Sane While Committing Savage Murders

A Yolo County jury returned to the courtroom on Monday, September 29, to hear statements from prosecutors and Daniel Marsh’s attorney related to his state of mind while stabbing to

Yolo

Jury Convicts Daniel Marsh of Gruesome Davis Double Murders

It took a Yolo County jury only about two hours to convict teen Daniel Marsh of murder on Thursday September 25. In addition, the jury of eight women and four

Solano

Dixon Real Estate Salesman/Bank Robber Convicted of Mail Fraud, Could Serve 30 Years

On September 22, U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner announced that a federal jury had found former real estate salesman and convicted bank robber Hubert Rotteveel, 52, a resident of Dixon, guilty

Solano

Prosecutors Drop Embezzlement Charges Against Vacaville Coach For Now

The Solano County District Attorney’s Office filed a motion on September 16 to drop charges of embezzlement against the Vanden High School head football coach. Levon Haynes, 42, had been

Solano

Preliminary Hearing Set for Vacaville Pastor’s Firebombing Trial

The preliminary hearing for the trial of the Baptist pastor accused in January of firebombing his former girlfriend’s family home has been set for September 26. Pastor Mark Lewis, who

Solano

After High-Speed Getaway From No Crime, Man Lands In Canal.

The driver of a vehicle that led police in a pursuit reaching speeds upwards of 70 mph through suburban Fairfield eventually plunged into the waters of the Putah Creek canal