Press Releases
Felony Charges Filed Against Sacramento Resident after Incident at Turning Point USA Event on UC Davis Campus
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – November 13, 2025 The Yolo County District Attorney has filed charges against 22-year-old Sacramento resident, Joanna Sodke, after an incident that occurred on April 3, 2025, during Turning Point USA event being held on the UC Davis...
JUDGE DISMISSES GRAND JURY INDICTMENT AGAINST UC DAVIS EGGHEAD VANDALS OVER DISTRICT ATTORNEY OBJECTION
Press Release |Press Release Announcing Charges 5-29-24 (Woodland, CA) – October 20, 2025 – On October 14, 2025, the Honorable Sonia Cortés of the Yolo County Superior Court dismissed a grand jury indictment against defendants Nathan Orr, (32), Lysandra Dasilva (32),...
Juvenile Sex Offender Sentenced to 18 Months Ankle Monitoring
Deeply Flawed Laws Prioritizes Offenders Over Victims Press Release (Woodland, CA) – October 14, 2025 – On October 8, 2025, Judge Tom Dyer sentenced Luis R., age 19, to eighteen months of GPS monitoring and wardship probation after finding Luis R. had committed...
PROP 36 CHARGES FOR DRUGS AND THEFT IN YOLO COUNTY FROM THE FIRST 9 MONTHS CHALLENGES REMAIN IN IMPLEMENTING NEW LAW
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – October 13, 2025 – Since Proposition 36 took effect on December 18, 2024, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office has filed 97 complaints alleging the newly enacted violation of Health and Safety Code section 11395, for possession of...
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...