Press Releases
Yolo DA Announces the Launch of “FastPass to Prosecution” Combatting Retail Theft through Retailer-Initiated Reporting and Rapid Prosecution
Press Release | Press Conference Video | Video Surveillance of Yolo County Retail Thefts Woodland, CA – March 7, 2024 – On Tuesday, March 5th, Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig, in collaboration with Yolo County law enforcement leaders and asset protection...
Sacramento Men Charged with Multiple Felonies, Including Resisting Executive Officer with Force or Violence, after Retail Theft
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – March 1, 2024 – On February 28, 2024, 44-year-old Antonio Garland Compton, and 35-year-old Michael Dean Cole, both Sacramento residents, were arrested by West Sacramento Police, for a retail theft incident, which was committed at Target...
Learn about the Criminal Justice System at the Yolo County District Attorney’s Citizens Academy
Applications now being accepted Press Release (Woodland, CA) – February 9, 2024 – 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...
Felony Charges Filed Against Woodland Man After Police Stand-Off
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – February 2, 2024 – On January 30, 2024, 39-year-old Jeffrey Wendell Card, a resident of Woodland, was arrested after a brief police pursuit and hours long stand-off that required nearby schools and residents to go on lockdown. The Yolo...
Serious and Violent Retail Theft Conviction Sentenced to 3 Years in State Prison
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – January 26, 2024 – Today, Traireese Jones, a 28-year-old West Sacramento resident, was sentenced to 3 years in state prison for Second Degree robbery with personal use of a deadly weapon and assault with a deadly weapon committed during...
Good Samaritan’s Efforts Lead to Conviction of Child Predator
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – December 22, 2023 – On December 21, 2023, a Yolo County jury convicted Jayson Proctor, a 45-year-old Sacramento transient, of one count of communicating with a minor with the intent to commit an illegal sex act and one count of arranging...
Three Strike, Serial Sex Offender Sentenced to Multiple Life Sentences
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – December 21, 2023 – On December 21, 2023, John Augborne, a 48-year-old Eureka man, was sentenced for the sexual assaults of three minor female victims. The Honorable Samuel T. McAdam sentenced Augborne to eight indeterminate life...
Yolo County District Attorney’s Office Awarded Grant From the Office of Traffic Safety for Specialized DUI Prosecution Team
Press Release Woodland, Calif. – December 7, 2023 - The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office will continue to have a specialized prosecution team that handles alcohol and drug-impaired driving cases through a $213,311 grant from the California Office of Traffic...
Operation Vigilance: Officers Conduct Compliance Checks on Yolo County’s Registered Sex Offenders
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – November 28, 2023 – On November 14th and 15th, Yolo County law enforcement conducted compliance checks and address verifications on over 300 registered sex offenders. “Operation Vigilance” is a program that started 14 years ago with the...
Killer from 2006 West Sacramento Hit and Run Murder Denied Parole
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – November 17, 2023 – On November 16, 2023, a two-commissioner panel of the Board of Parole Hearings denied the parole of 56-year-old Kevin King. King is serving a 19 year-to-life prison sentence. This was his first request to be paroled....