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Penryn man receives two life sentences for torture and murder

PENRYN — Drug dealer Donald Hugh Sherman of Penryn was given two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of  parole for ordering the torture and murder of his cousin, whom he

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Roseville police search for shooter, motive

ROSEVILLE — Police investigators are working to identify the suspect in a shooting that occurred Wednesday evening in a strip mall parking lot on Sunrise Avenue at Cirby Way. The victim,

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Defendant in ’06 murder case sent to mental hospital

ROSEVILLE — Eric Martin Minchak, accused of using a knife in the death of a woman at a Roseville gas station in 2006, has been placed under the conservatorship of

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Defendant in '06 murder case sent to mental hospital

ROSEVILLE — Eric Martin Minchak, accused of using a knife in the death of a woman at a Roseville gas station in 2006, has been placed under the conservatorship of

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Armed robbers hold up gas station store

ROSEVILLE — A Tuesday night convenience store robbery has police searching for the armed suspects responsible. The robbery occurred around 10:36 p.m. at a gas station convenience store on the

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Burglaries may be related

ROSEVILLE — Police officers in Roseville and Citrus Heights are investigating three robberies that may have been committed by the same suspects. The robberies occurred on Brimstone Drive in Citrus

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Transient charged with attempted murder

By Jim Ruffalo Crime Voice Contributor Auburn — After several days of investigation, Auburn police arrested a local transient as a suspect in a pair of attempted murders. Officers from

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'Underwater research' got ex-attorney arrested, disbarred

ROSEVILLE — An Auburn man who spent time in prison for conducting a bizarre underwater study on teens and young adults was arrested last week for trying to recruit another

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‘Underwater research’ got ex-attorney arrested, disbarred

ROSEVILLE — An Auburn man who spent time in prison for conducting a bizarre underwater study on teens and young adults was arrested last week for trying to recruit another

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Unoccupied home site of marijuana operation

ROSEVILLE — An unoccupied home in the 1800 block of Blue Skies Drive was the site of an illicit marijuana growing operation, police announced Wednesday. The man renting the residence,