Press Releases
District Attorney’s Consumer Fraud Division Files Enforcement Action Against Local Funeral Homes, Kraft Bros. Funeral Directors and McNary’s Chapel
Press Release | Filed Complaint Woodland, CA – September 3, 2025 – On August 29, 2025, a civil enforcement action was filed by the Yolo County District Attorney’s Consumer Fraud Division against Kraft Brothers Funeral Directors and McNary’s Chapel, and their owners...
Davis Murderer and Woodland Assailant both Denied Parole
Daniel Wehner murdered two UC Davis students in 1980 - Aaron Anthony Valadez assaulted the victim in 2009 Press Release (Woodland, CA) – August 7, 2025 - Convicted murderer Daniel Wehner was denied parole for the 14th time on August 5, 2025, by a two-commissioner...
PROP 36 CHARGES FOR DRUGS AND THEFT IN YOLO COUNTY – SIX MONTH PROGRESS REPORT
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – June 18, 2025 – Since Proposition 36 took effect on December 18, 2024, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office has filed 77 complaints alleging the newly enacted violation of Health and Safety Code section 11395, for possession of...
Child Molester Sentenced to Life in Prison
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – June 13, 2025 On June 9, 2025, the Honorable Paul K. Richardson sentenced Savannah, GA, resident Thomas Jonathan Nichols, 47, to a 43-year determinate sentence to be followed by an indeterminate sentence of 165 years to Life in state...
West Sacramento Assailant Denied Parole
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – June 13, 2025 On June 11, 2025, a two-commissioner panel of the Board of Parole Hearings denied parole to 47-year-old Gregory McKay who was sentenced to prison for 88 years-to-life in 2004. At the time of the crime, McKay was a resident...
Two Domestic Violence Parole Hearings Were Held Last Week
The Board of Parole Hearings denied parole in both Press Release (Woodland, CA) – May 22, 2025 During the week of May 12, 2025, Yolo County Deputy District Attorneys appeared at two parole lifer hearings on individuals sentenced to life or lengthy prison sentences...
Arizona Man arraigned on Murder Charges in Shooting Death of Teenager in West Sacramento
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – May 6, 2025 On May 5, 2025, Adrek Miramontes, of Yuma, Arizona, was arraigned in the Yolo County Superior Court on charges related to the shooting death of a West Sacramento teenager last week. Miramontes, 19, was charged with one count...
PROP 36: BAY AREA MEN CHARGED WITH MULTI-COUNTY ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT CRIMES UNDER NEW LAWS
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – On April 28, 2025, Hoan T. Nguyen and Khuong M. Lu, both Bay Area residents, were arraigned on several felony charges involving retail theft, including a new law created by California’s voter-initiative, Prop 36. Aimed at addressing...
MAN SENTENCED FOR THE KILLING OF 16-MONTH-OLD BABY AND PHYSICAL ABUSE OF HER 3-YEAR-OLD BROTHER
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – April 18, 2025 – On April 15, 2025, Derrick Dimone Woods, a 47-year-old Sacramento man was sentenced 15 years, 8 months in state prison for the killing of 16-month-old Amanda Owens and the physical abuse of her 3-year-old brother,...
Charges Filed Against Woodland Man after Incident that Resulted in the Death of Toddler
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – April 11, 2025 The Yolo County District Attorney has filed charges against 22-year-old Woodland resident, Christian Arnulfo Jacobo, after an incident that occurred on August 26, 2024, in Woodland, that resulted in the death of toddler....