Press Releases

Press Release (Woodland, CA) – June 26, 2019 For the second year in a row, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office and the UC Davis Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) co-hosted a two day program: “DA for a Day.” EAOP is an organization based at UC Davis that...

Press Release | Complaint | Final Judgment Woodland, CA – June 19, 2019 – Yesterday the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office, along with other prosecutor’s offices, entered into an $11 million settlement with AutoZone, Inc. (AutoZone), to resolve allegations that...

Prease Release  Social Security Administration Scam Call Audio   Transcript of Social Security Administration Scam Call Audio (Woodland, CA) June 14, 2019 - Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig is warning residents to be aware of a growing fraudulent...

Press Release (Woodland, CA) – June 13, 2019 – On June 11, 2019, a Board of Parole Hearings Commission denied convicted murderer Edward Pharr’s parole from state prison at a hearing at California Health Care Facility State Prison in Stockton. Pharr is now 45 years old...

Press Release (Woodland, CA) – June 7, 2019 – During the dates of June 4-6, 2019, police officers, prosecutors, and other leaders in the criminal justice community from California and Oregon attended a training at the Glide Church in the Tenderloin District of San...

Press Release (Woodland, CA) –June 6, 2019 – This week the Board of Parole Hearings denied parole for two Yolo County murderers at separate State Prisons across California. On June 4, 2019, Thomas Branscum, who is 57-years-old and was living in Woodland at the time of...

Press Release (Woodland, CA) – May 29, 2019 – On May 28, 2019, 28-year-old Woodland resident Steven Alcaraz successfully graduated from Addiction Intervention Court in Department 14 of the Yolo County Superior Court. Addiction Intervention Court (AIC) is a specialty...

Press Release (Woodland, CA) – May 29, 2019 – On May 23, 2019, special agents from the California Department of Justice along with investigators from the Yolo County District Attorney's Office conducted a countywide operation to locate and remove firearms from certain...

Press Release (Woodland, CA) – May 24, 2019 – Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that his office has implemented a pilot project that would significantly expand the local Neighborhood Court diversion program. Neighborhood Court offers individuals the...

Press Release (Woodland, CA) – May 24, 2019 - James Curtis Sled, 59, of West Sacramento, was convicted by a Yolo County jury on May 23, 2019, of Attempted Criminal Threats to Commit Crime Resulting in Death or Great Bodily Injury and an enhancement for Use of a...