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3 dead in apparent murder-suicide in Sacramento County

Three people are dead after an apparent love triangle led to a murder-suicide Saturday night, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.

Mother arrested in death of her 2-year-old girl

A 19-year-old Oakland woman is being held on suspicion of murder in the suffocation death of her 2-year-old daughter. Oakland police say Tiffany Lopez was arrested after her daughter, Kamilah Russell, died after being taken to a hospital around 4:30 p.m

Sac sheriff says arrested on-call deputy resigns from force

Eric Maurice Cephus, an on-call sheriff’s deputy, was arraigned in Placer Superior Court on one felony count each of lewd acts on a child under 14 and transporting a person for a sex act. The on-call Sacramento County sheriff’s deputy accused of picking up a 13-year-old girl he met on duty and having sex with her in a Lincoln hotel is no longer employed by the Sheriff’s Department, authorities said today. Sheriff John McGinnness confirmed that Eric Cephus, who remains in custody in Placer County, resigned from the Sheriff’s Department on Friday.

Sacto 9-1-1: Sketch released of Del Campo sexual assault suspect

This is a composite sketch representing the suspect who has committed several sexual assaults on Del Campo High School students. A composite sketch of a man suspected of three separate sexual attacks on Del Campo High School girls has been released by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.

Girl wins record personal injury suit in Sacramento Court

A Sacramento Superior Court jury has awarded a local-record $24.3 million in personal injury damages to a 14-year-old Oregon girl who was run over by a truck driven by her father six years ago. The 10-woman, two-man panel made the damages award Friday in a case where Judge David W. Abbott in December already had found Freeway Transport, Inc., of Portland, liable for the injuries sustained November 2004 by Diana Luleidy Loza-Jimenez.

Woman’s call to police on teen girl at Lincoln salon led to deputy’s arrest

Eric Maurice Cephus, an on-call sheriff’s deputy, was arraigned in Placer Superior Court on one felony count each of lewd acts on a child under 14 and transporting a person for a sex act. Call it a grandmother’s instinct, but Elizabeth Rios knew there was something strange about a young girl walking into her Lincoln hair salon and asking to call a cab. The girl claimed to be 17 and said she had been “left” at the nearby Holiday Inn Express, Rios, 51, told The Bee

Sacramento on-call deputy accused of sexual assault of 13-year-old

Eric Maurice Cephus became an on-call Sacramento County deputy after being laid off. An on-call Sacramento County sheriff’s deputy has been arrested after allegedly picking up a 13-year-old girl at the end of his shift and sexually assaulting her in a Lincoln hotel last weekend. Lincoln police took 39-year-old Eric Maurice Cephus into custody at his San Jose home late Tuesday night, according to acting Police Chief Paul Shelgren.

‘On-call’ Sacramento sheriff’s deputy arrested on sex charges

Eric Cephus A 39-year-old man employed by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department as an “on-call” deputy has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl at a Lincoln hotel, according to authorities. Eric Cephus was taken into custody late Tuesday night in San Jose, said Lincoln police acting Chief Paul Shelgren. He was booked into the Santa Clara County jail on suspicion of lewd or lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14 and transporting to commit rape, Shelgren said

Calif. lawmakers weigh forcing witnesses to report

As many as 20 people stood by and watched for nearly two hours, Richmond police say, as others gang-raped a 16-year-old girl outside a high school homecoming dance in the tough San Francisco Bay area community last fall. Now, state legislators are seeking to change the law so witnesses in similar situations could be charged with a crime for failing to call police. The move concerns both prosecutors and civil rights attorneys, however

Friends and strangers reach out in days after Citrus Heights teen’s slaying

Out of the heart-wrenching death of 17-year-old Rebecca Layson comes a glimmer of humanity: an outpouring of support from friends and strangers. In the days after the teenager’s body was found in Van Maren Park last Friday morning, drivers lined up at fundraising carwashes