Press Releases
Judge Dismisses Two Cases Due to Lack of Courtrooms
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – On February 17, 2026, Judge Tom Dyer dismissed two misdemeanor cases set for trial due to a lack of sufficient judges and courtrooms. Under California Penal Code section 1382, felony and misdemeanor cases have specific statutory time...
Learn about the Criminal Justice System at the Yolo County District Attorney’s Citizens Academy
Applications now being accepted Press Release (Woodland, CA) – February 13, 2026 – Applications are now being accepted for the annual Yolo County District Attorney Citizens Academy. The academy is sponsored by the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office in cooperation...
Woman Convicted in Death of Her Infant Son Denied Parole
Samantha Green was convicted in death of Baby Justice in 2016 Press Release (Woodland, CA) – February 12, 2026 - Samantha Green, now 33 years old, who was convicted in the death of her infant son in 2016, was denied parole at her first parole hearing on February 12,...
Felony Charges Filed for Theft of Beehives
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – February 12, 2026 The Yolo County District Attorney has filed charges against 46-year-old Sacramento resident, Leonid Terzi, for the theft of a large number of beehives that had been reported stolen from the central valley of...
Uber Driver Convicted of Sexual Battery of UC Davis Student
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – February 6, 2026 – On February 5, 2026, 46-year-old Carmichael man, Safiullah Miakhil, was convicted by a Yolo County jury of two counts of sexual battery. The offense occurred after midnight on November 1, 2023, when the victim received...
Winter’s Rapist Recommended for Parole under State’s Elder Parole Hearing Process – Israel Ceja was convicted of 20 counts of Forcible Rape and other charges in 2000
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – February 5, 2026 - Convicted rapist Israel Ceja was recommended for elder parole last week by a two-commissioner panel of the Board of Parole Hearings. The hearing took place virtually. In 1993, Ceja married the victim’s mother and...
Charges Filed Against West Sacramento Man after DUI Collision that Resulted in the Death of Davis Woman
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – January 28, 2026 The Yolo County District Attorney has filed charges against 28-year-old West Sacramento resident, Kanwal Sahil, after a collision that occurred on January 25, 2026, in West Sacramento, that resulted in the death of a...
Resentencing Denied for Man Convicted for his Part in Murder of California Highway Patrol Officer Andrew Stevens
Gregory Zielesch Conspired with Stevens’ Murderer Brendt Volarvich Press Release (Woodland, CA) – January 22, 2026 On January 21, 2026, the Honorable Daniel M. Wolk denied the resentencing of Gregory Zielesch, 67, that would have reversed his murder conviction for his...
Baby Kidnapper Will Stay in Prison
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – January 16, 2026 - On January 15, 2026, the California Board of Parole hearings ruled that former Woodland resident, Bruce Young, will remain in prison for August 9, 1982, kidnapping of Woodland baby Brandon Huff who was three months old...
West Sacramento Child Molester Sentenced to Life in Prison
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – January 15, 2026 On January 9, 2026, the Honorable Paul K. Richardson sentenced West Sacramento resident Enrique Urbina Mendoza, to a 12-year determinate sentence to be followed by an indeterminate sentence of 25 years to Life in state...