Crime

In a macabre series of discoveries, authorities unearthed 300 human bone fragments Sunday in an abandoned well near Linden, marking the fourth consecutive day they have found possible victims of two serial killers.

Andre Mouton plans to write Gov. Jerry Brown a thank you. He might like to run for elected office one day, and the pardon Brown gave him – one of 21 granted last year – could make his years-old burglary conviction less awkward to explain.

The gunfight at Fly Cuts & Styles killed two people, but only one of them is a victim in the complaint filed by Sacramento County prosecutors.

A federal grand jury has indicted three Sacramento residents for alleged money laundering and wire fraud as part of a wide-ranging mortgage fraud probe.

A Yolo County jury on Wednesday convicted a West Sacramento resident and 25-year employee of The Sacramento Bee of workers' compensation insurance fraud.

For 31 years they've waited. Now it looks like friends and family of slain UC Davis sweethearts John Riggins and Sabrina Gonsalves have only about six weeks more to go.

Citrus Heights Police Chief Christopher Boyd took part in a live online chat with Bee readers Tuesday, addressing questions on crime, the Creative Frontiers School case and even traffic infractions.

The last time so much gold was pulled out of this town, the place was known as "the richest square mile on earth," a Gold Rush jewel north of California's Mother Lode.

A Sacramento Superior Court jury failed to reach a verdict Thursday on three defendants accused of murder in the shooting death of a man who prosecutors say was targeted over a $16,000 Indian casino win.

For the second time in two weeks, a 49ers defensive end spent the early-morning hours in jail.

It's not much, they acknowledge, but Elk Grove police hold out hope that an updated description of a pickup truck might spur the one tip needed to solve the killings of two Sikh men almost one year ago.

Robert Neal-Anderson caught a break Wednesday when a jury convicted him of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of David Maxey in the victim's South Natomas apartment.

Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown is far more likely to allow the release of paroled killers from prison than either of California's two previous governors, newly released records show.

A Yolo County judge sent convicted cop killer Marco Antonio Topete to death row Tuesday, after rejecting a defense motion for a new trial and hearing how the murder of Deputy Jose Antonio Diaz traumatized relatives and a co-worker.

Mark C. Anderson burned up hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of fine wine and then burned his bridges with the Sacramento federal judge who would sentence him for arson and other crimes.

The federal government has charged a former Caltrans civil engineer with trying to illegally export $550,000 worth of radiation-hardened computer circuits used in satellite communications to China, according to a Colorado grand jury indictment.

The man suspected of driving while drunk head-on into a van of five people early Monday – killing three and critically injuring two others – had previously had his license suspended for DUI, state officials said Monday.

A Sacramento County sheriff's deputy fatally shot a man early Monday morning, the sixth time this year a deputy has felt compelled to fire his gun during a confrontation with a suspect.

They call it "Jack Day," and every year it's celebrated by a south Sacramento street gang to remember the murder of one of its own.

A maintenance worker remains employed at Twin Rivers Unified School District, despite pleading no contest to stealing thousands of dollars of copper wiring from the district.

Citrus Heights Police Chief Christopher Boyd will take questions from readers Tuesday in a live chat on sacbee.com, part of a series featuring the region's law enforcement leaders.

Sacramento police generally acted professionally, appropriately and according to policy in the arrest and transport of Tyrone Smith, despite his eventual death in custody, according to a recent report by the city's police oversight office.

John O'Mara recoiled Friday at the mere thought of it. Talk about himself? It's not in his attention-avoiding DNA. All he wanted was to slide out of his fourth-floor corner office in the Sacramento District Attorney's Office. He saw no need to look back on the career during which he oversaw every county murder prosecution going back five presidents.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department on Friday released the names of deputies involved in three shootings last month.

Despite budget cuts and reductions in the number of park rangers, crime along the American River Parkway dropped dramatically last year, new figures from Sacramento County indicate.

Jurors listened to closing arguments Thursday in the murder trial of a man who claimed self-defense in the ghastly, neck-stabbing death of a retired, well-liked hairdresser who spent most of his life dabbling in the arts.

Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against a Placerville aircraft broker in a novel case involving the alleged sale of six planes to Mexican drug traffickers.

A Catholic priest accused of child molestation again did not enter a plea Thursday at his Sacramento Superior Court arraignment.

A standoff between Sacramento County sheriff's deputies and a gunman barricaded in a Florin-area apartment ended late Tuesday night with the arrest of a suspect.

Sacramento police have arrested two people suspected of shooting at Bee carriers delivering newspapers in Meadowview earlier this year.

An fire that ripped through a North Highlands home early Wednesday was intentionally set, according to the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District.

Rewards totaling up to $5,500 have been offered in connection with the case of a cat shot in the head with a crossbow-style arrow in Diamond Springs in December.

A 44-year-old Sacramento man dialed 911 Wednesday morning to report an "officer down" – just to get officers to respond more quickly to an argument with his landlord, authorities allege.

One day after turning thumbs down, the Assembly on Tuesday passed legislation that would ask voters to alter California's "three-strikes" criminal sentencing law.

City of Sacramento residents can again go online to pay their city utility bills and parking fines, and sign up for recreation classes.

A chase that began about 6 p.m. Tuesday in West Sacramento ended more than 90 minutes later near Stockton when the driver of a stolen box truck finally surrendered to California Highway Patrol officers, authorities said.

Sheriff's deputies Tuesday night were attempting to negotiate the surrender of a man who barricaded himself in an apartment on Stockton Boulevard in the Florin area.

Prosecutors say they expect to file more charges and disclose additional victims after the completion of a wide-ranging investigation of a foster father and youth soccer coach from Esparto accused of child molestation.

A federal appellate court Tuesday rejected claims by a former University of the Pacific student that school officials were deliberately indifferent and retaliated against her after she was sexually assaulted by three UOP basketball players.

For all the attention his crime is getting, Jeffrey John Wadleigh probably should have had "Public Enemy No. 1" stamped on the back of his orange jail jumpsuit.

Rancho Cordova has selected Rosanne Richeal to be its new police chief from a trio of Sacramento County Sheriff's Department captains.

Cameras posted in and around the Estrellita Ballroom would appear to have all but gift-wrapped the double-murder case for the prosecution.

The city of Sacramento's main website and two other city sites were taken offline on Sunday, apparently after someone hacked into a parking website.

Aldon Smith, the 49ers' first-round draft pick and a candidate for Defensive Rookie of the Year, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Miami Beach early Saturday morning.

Arson and homicide detectives are asking a terrifying question: Was this a double homicide – or a murder-suicide?

In June 2007 a young girl was killed in a hit and run. Her name was Megan Smith. Whatever happened in that case – was anyone convicted? I know they believed it was a stolen car, and I heard they had suspects who had drug-related warrants, but never any outcome.

A suspected burglar was shot Friday morning by a sheriff's deputy in Galt, law enforcement officials said.

After a stint in the Air Force as a B-52 tail gunner and time spent with the Contra Costa County Sheriff's and Stockton Police departments, Gregory Wyatt has been Sacramento County's coroner since 2008.

The judge said it was a case in which corrupt public officials met with sleazy contractors for barroom payoffs with envelopes stuffed with cash.

The brothers were together, as usual, that Saturday night, practicing hip-hop moves with their friend Bronson Chapman at the Mirror Ballroom in Sacramento.