On March 11, 2010, at 11:00 p.m., Sacramento County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives booked 54-year-old Nazir Ahmad Fazel into the Sacramento County Main Jail on the charge of murder.
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‘Fake-bearded Fedora’ bandit hits Grass Valley, Lake Tahoe banks
The FBI and local law enforcement were working to find a fedora-wearing, fake-bearded man who robbed three Bank of the West branches in the Lake Tahoe and Grass Valley areas. SLIDESHOW: Bandit spotted in surveillance photos
U.S. judge sentences Folsom man, 2 other for torture, murder, robberies
A Folsom man and two other men have been sentenced in federal court to lengthy prison terms for their roles in a series of violent crimes, including torture and murder, and robberies.
Folsom man who led violent robbery ring gets life-plus sentence
A Folsom man and two other men have been sentenced in federal court to lengthy prison terms for their roles in a series of violent crimes and robberies. U.S
Sacto 9-1-1: Indicted SK Foods boss seeks release on bail
By Denny Walsh and Sam Stanton dwalsh@sacbee.com Indicted tomato executive Frederick Scott Salyer returns to federal court this afternoon seeking his release on bail, with his lawyer expected to attempt to call the case’s lead FBI agent to testify. The move by attorney Malcolm Segal is designed to call into question the government’s claims that Salyer, a multimillionaire who has been pursuing business interests overseas, was preparing to flee the country to avoid prosecution. Salyer, whose Monterey-based SK Foods LP controlled up to 20 percent of the tomato products sold in the United States, is accused of running the company as a corrupt racketeering enterprise, bribing food company executives to get a jump on competition and mislabeling old and moldy tomatoes to pass them off as suitable for consumption
SK Foods magnate Salyer hears charges in racketeering case
Food magnate Frederick Scott Salyer made his first appearance in Sacramento federal court Friday and pleaded not guilty to racketeering charges related to the operation of SK Foods LP, a key part of his international agribusiness empire. Salyer, 54, becomes the court’s celebrity defendant, filling a vacancy created when the government dropped charges against Hmong warrior and patriarch Maj
Attorney: Garrido Mentally Ill, Not Manipulative
Court documents filed by accused kidnapper and convicted rapist Phillip Garrido’s defense attorneys say that Garrido contacted a number of law enforcement offices, including the FBI, just days before his bizarre behavior led to discovery by UC Berkeley police officers.
Fair Oaks man pleads guilty to impersonating officer
A Fair Oaks man accused of taking part in a bizarre scheme to recover money from an alleged $40 million Ponzi ring in Folsom has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to impersonate an officer, federal authorities reported. Michael David Sanders, 42, was the fourth and final person to plead guilty in the case in which defendants admitted they tried unsuccessfully to recover funds for people who lost investments to the Ponzi ring, according to officials for the U.S
Flight diverted to Salt Lake after bomb threat
Airport officials say an airliner en route to San Francisco has been diverted to Salt Lake City following a bomb threat. Salt Lake City Superintendent of Airport Operations Dave Korzep says the FBI and airport police are on scene searching the plane. Korzep says the 193 passengers and six crew remain on board United Flight 741 and that there are buses waiting to transport passengers to the terminal when the all-clear is given.
