Defendant in ’06 murder case sent to mental hospital
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
Teen gets 50-to-life for killing teen
FONTANA — Cordell Rabon was sentenced to a 50-year-to-life prison term for murdering 17-year-old Darius Simmons in January 2009. The sentence was announced by Judge Dwight W. Moore after a jury
Three who targeted Cal Poly students arrested
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Three men, all in their early 20s, were arrested for a string of three robberies of Cal Poly students on or near campus on Saturday between
Drug raid nets family meth makers
NEW LONDON — Two men and a woman operating a crystal methamphetamine lab out of a home in rural New London were arrested Wednesday by a regional drug enforcement task
Visalia couple arrested in string of bank robberies
VISALIA — Police arrested a Visalia couple Tuesday suspected of robbing a check cashing store Jan. 2, as well as a string of banks in California and Colorado, Visalia police
Two charged with Woodland motel strangulation
WOODLAND — Two people were charged Wednesday with the murder of a 46-year-old Davis woman at the Dunton Motel in Woodland. Aretha Goldine McDonald, a resident of the 1000 block
Deputies catch wayward sex registrant
VISALIA — A registered sex offender was arrested Tuesday by Tulare County Sheriff’s detectives who tracked the man down after an eight-month investigation for falsifying his address, an official said.
Police nab dog-napper
IRVINE — A pizza delivery man started off the New Year by being arrested after leading police to the 3-year-old pug he had allegedly dog-napped and was holding for ransom.
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
Car burglar interrupted by victim
CARLSBAD — A local resident who stumbled onto a vehicle break-in lead police to the suspect believed responsible for multiple residential burglaries in and around Carlsbad. The resident came upon 23-year-old
