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.
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Man convicted of Lincoln animal cruelty gets prison for probation violations
A 20-year-old Placer County man who admitted he violated a judge’s orders to stay out of trouble following a conviction for animal cruelty has been sent to prison.
Roseville PD: 3 teens arrested after BB-gun attack
Roseville police arrested three teens Wednesday after they allegedly fired a BB gun at Roseville High School students Tuesday afternoon, according to authorities. At least five students standing in front of the school’s gym on Alta Vista Avenue were hit by BBs, but nobody was seriously injured, said police spokeswoman Dee Dee Gunther.
‘On-call’ sheriff’s deputy pleads not guilty to sex, kidnap charges
Eric Maurice Cephus became an on-call Sacramento County deputy after being laid off. A 39-year-old man employed by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department as an “on-call” deputy pleaded not guilty today to sexual assault and kidnapping charges in Placer County Superior Court. Bail was set at $1 million for Eric Cephus.
Roseville PD arrests 4 burglary suspects on neighbors’ tip
Roseville Police officers have arrested four suspected burglars in a west Roseville neighborhood, thanks to neighbors reporting suspicious activity, a police spokeswoman said today. At 10:41 a.m. Monday, residents reported a silver Dodge Neon with four occupants slowly cruising back and forth along Steinbeck Drive, occasionally stopping while three males got out of the vehicle, walked up to houses and looked around, said Dee Dee Gunther of the Roseville Police Department.
Placer County sheriff honored for Night Out program
The Placer County Sheriff’s Department has been honored for hosting one of the top 2009 National Night Out events in the country, placing in the top 15 with jurisdictions such as Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Palm Beach, according to a department news release. National Night Out is an anti-crime program that is run by the National Association of Town Watch, a nonprofit, crime-prevention organization National Night Out is celebrated annually on the first Tuesday in August. In Placer County, first-responders caravan in emergency vehicles to dozens of neighborhoods
ID sought for body found in the American River near Auburn
The body of a man found floating in the American River near Auburn was found Sunday morning by members of the Placer County Sheriff’s Department dive team. The man, who has not been positively identified, was spotted by a sheriff’s helicopter Saturday afternoon.
Retired Rocklin Workers Rehired Getting 2 Salaries
Retired and re-hired. The city of Rocklin in Placer County is under fire accused of giving some employees two salaries.
Roseville PD: No happy meals for two burglary suspects
Roseville police pretty much got it their way after they nabbed two burglary suspects this morning in the drive-through lane of a fast-food restaurant, a police spokeswoman said. Here’s how Dee Dee Gunter said the arrest went down: At 2:34 a.m., Roseville officers responded to a theft that had just occurred of construction equipment from the back of a parked pickup.
Ask Sacto911: 2nd-generation drug user got 12 years in slaying
Q: What was the sentence given to the killer of Dustin Hays in 1993?
