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    19. Suspect dies after arrest

    October 24: A dozen or more blocks were cordoned off near Grand and South avenues in Del Paso Heights on Saturday as law officers searched for a suspect in the shooting of a Twin Rivers police officer. Read the story here.
    AUTUMN CRUZ | acruz@sacbee.com
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    18. Molestation investigation shuts Citrus Heights private school

    July 19: A Citrus Heights police officer guards the entrance to the Creative Frontiers private school, which was shut based on a state Social Services Department complaint. Read the story here.
    RANDALL BENTON | rbenton@sacbee.com
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    13. CHP officer wounded, suspect killed on Hwy. 99 in Elk Grove

    November 14: Sacramento County deputies guard a crime scene on southbound Highway 99 after a traffic stop turned into a shootout. Read the story here.
    Ken Cavalli | Special to The Bee
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    8. Police allege Folsom prison psychologist staged fake rape attack

    December 9: Officers arrested 36-year-old Laurie Ann Martinez – a licensed psychologist for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation – on suspicion of two counts of criminal conspiracy, according to authorities. Read the story here.
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    6. Woman paralyzed by boyfriend's beating dies of infection, pneumonia

    September 14: Cindy Hammond developed a severe infection and pneumonia related to her paralysis. In January, Hammond, left, watches Justine Bunnell demonstrate how to use the Kindle reader she brought as a gift. Read the story here.
    RENÉE C. BYER | Bee file, 2011
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    5. Attack on two Sikh men seen as possible hate crime

    March 6: Surinder Singh's widow, Amarjit Kaur, second from left, is comforted by friends and family Saturday at her Elk Grove home. Singh was shot to death while walking with friend Gurmej Atwal. Read the story here.
    MANNY CRISOSTOMO | mcrisostomo@sacbee.com
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    3. 2-year-old, father suffered gunshot wounds

    August 14: Mourad "Moni" Samaan and his 2-year-old daughter, Madeline Layla Samaan-Fay, who were found dead in El Dorado County, both suffered gunshot wounds. Pictured, Makram Samaan, a psychologist who counsels married couples, laments that he wasn't able to help his late son Mourad. Read the story here.
    JOSÉ LUIS VILLEGAS | jvillegas@sacbee.com
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    1. Sacramento mother arrested on suspicion of killing baby in microwave

    June 21: In a case as rare as it is nightmarish, police arrested a North Sacramento woman who they said killed her 6-week-old daughter in March by burning her to death in a microwave oven. Read the story here.

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