Press Releases

Press Release (Woodland, CA) – August 17, 2022 – On August 15, 2022, Woodland men Francisco Ponce, age 23, and Joseph Gonzalez Jr., age 27, were sentenced for their roles in the shooting that killed Alvaro Gamera and left two others injured in the City of Woodland on...

Press Release (Woodland, CA) – August 8, 2022 – On August 4, 2022, Yolo County Superior Court Judge Thomas Dyer sentenced 37-year-old Sacramento man, Jose Perez-Meza, to the maximum term of 17 years State Prison for the sexual assault of two women. Perez-Meza was...

Press Release (Woodland, CA) – August 3, 2022 – The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office continues to support a Conviction & Sentencing Review Unit (https://yoloda.org/the-das-office/conviction-sentence-review-unit/). The focus of this Unit is to review...

Only 10% of those referred for services engaged in drug treatment Press Release (Woodland, CA) – July 25, 2022 - In January 2021, the Yolo County District Attorney’s office adopted a Harm Reduction Policy (HR-Diversion) where individuals arrested and/or cited for drug...

Chandale Shannon and Jesus Campus were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole Press Release (Woodland, CA) - July 22, 2022 - On July 22, 2022, Chandale Shannon of Winters, and Jesus Campos of Woodland, were both sentenced to life without the possibility...

Press Release (Woodland, CA) – July 22, 2022 – Today, Chandale Shannon (age 25), of Winters, and Jesus Campos (age 22), of Woodland, will be sentenced for the murders of Enrique Rios and Elijah Moore.  This will bring a conclusion to six years of investigation and...

Press Release (Woodland, CA) – July 15, 2022 – On July 14, 2022, a 75-year-old former resident of West Sacramento, David John Sidhu, was sentenced in a Yolo County Courtroom, to 196 years in prison, by Judge Timothy L. Fall. On June 2, 2022, Sidhu had been convicted...

Daniel Wehner murdered two UC Davis students in 1980 Press Release (Woodland, CA) – July 13, 2022 - Convicted murderer Daniel Wehner was denied parole for the 13th time on July 12, 2022, by a two-commissioner panel of the Board of Parole Hearings. Wehner is currently...

Press Release Woodland, CA - (June 13, 2022) - The International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the World Health Organization at the United Nations (UN) launched the first World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) on June 15, 2006 in an effort to unite...

An investigative team using genetic genealogy identified the victim as Gerron Gipson Press Release (Woodland, CA) – June 3, 2022 – On June 2, 2022, a victim of a 1999 homicide was identified by a law enforcement team using genetic genealogy. The victim’s human remains...