A Woodland man faces life in prison after being convicted of kidnapping, child endangerment and carjacking. A Yolo Superior Court jury on Monday convicted Paul Alexander Hinojosa Jr., 31, of the charges stemming from an incident May 2, 2009. That day, Hinojosa, hitched a ride from a Woodland car wash with a man who was accompanied by his three children.
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Elk Grove cop testifies how she and partner stopped deadly rampage
Aaron Norman Dunn Elk Grove police officer Tisha Smith told a jury Tuesday how she finally shot down a gunman who had already killed two people and was going for more during a methamphetamine-fueled rampage almost four years ago. Smith testified that she and her partner, Janell Bestpitch, were driving down Laguna Boulevard coming off their dinner break when they were stunned by “probably the loudest thing I’ve ever heard.” The noise came from a blast fired by murder defendant Aaron Norman Dunn, 33, when he shot out the rear passenger window of their car during his March 25, 2006, shooting spree on Laguna Boulevard
Dead officer’s partner in Sacramento sheriff’s gang unit testifies in Jimmy Siackasorn’s murder trial
Sheriff’s gang Det. Ed Yee took off his jacket and tried to stop the blood pouring out his mortally wounded partner, Vu Nguyen, sprawled on top of a backyard chicken coop
Judge sentences Woodland gang member 55 years to life for shooting
An 18-year-old Woodland youth was sentenced to 55 years to life in prison Monday for a gang-related park shooting that left one person seriously injured, according to the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office.
Appeals court upholds most of gang injunction against West Sacramento’s Broderick Boys
Siding with a Yolo County judge and its district attorney, a state appeals court has declared the Broderick Boys “a criminal street gang whose activities have created a public nuisance” in a designated area of West Sacramento. The appeals court left intact all but two provisions of a sweeping preliminary injunction issued by the lower court that imposes severe restrictions on the Broderick Boys’ activities
Court partially upholds injunction against Broderick Boys
By Chelsea Phua cphua@sacbee.com The 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento has partially upheld a preliminary injunction against the Broderick Boys, an alleged West Sacramento street gang. In a 44-page opinion issued Monday, the appellate court said it supports Yolo County Superior Court Judge Kathleen M. White’s preliminary injunction that would restrict the activities of alleged gang members in a defined area of West Sacramento
Trial in 1980 Davis ’sweetheart’ slayings delayed again
The prospect of the murder trial getting under way this year in the 1980 Davis “sweetheart” killings appeared remote after a brief hearing in defendant Richard Joseph Hirschfield’s case today in Sacramento Superior Court. Defense attorney Linda Parisi informed that court that she has two other death penalty cases that have lined up ahead of Hirschfield’s capital punishment trial. Hirschfield, 51, is accused in the Dec
Newsom declares candidacy for lieutenant governor
After dropping out of the gubernatorial race last year, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that he is running for lieutenant governor. Newsom’s announcement wasn’t a surprise – he filed papers Feb. 17 with the secretary of state, a necessary step to run again for a statewide office.
Witnesses tell of lives shattered in deadly Elk Grove shooting spree
Aaron Norman Dunn all but did a victory dance after the second killing, one witness testified.
Weed Wars: San Diego case focuses debate on legality of medical pot sales
Now that a Sacramento jury has rendered a felony conviction in a criminal case that raised questions over reasonable personal use for medical pot , a major test stirs in San Diego over whether marijuana collectives are illegal sales operations. Undercover police officers with physicians’ recommendations for medicinal weed targeted Donna Lambert, a 49-year-old cancer survivor who ran a marijuana network that provided home deliveries to medical users. Now Lambert, who operated “The Women’s Health Cooperative,” is due to go on trial April 13 on seven felony counts, including illegal sales of marijuana.
