Press Releases
DA’s Multi-Cultural Community Council Honors Citizens
Press Release Woodland, CA - September 12, 2019 District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that the Yolo County District Attorney’s Multi-Cultural Community Council (MCCC) honored a dozen Yolo County citizens in five different categories at the 6th annual MCCC Justice...
DA Erases Over 700 Marijuana Convictions
Code for America, a nonprofit that develops technology to improve government service delivery, has developed a free Community Resource Guide that provides resources and information to help spread the word about AB 1793, a new California law that requires the...
Collaborative Program – Steps to Success – Holds Graduation Ceremony
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – September 5, 2019 -- Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that four Yolo County residents graduated from the Steps to Success (S2S) diversion program on August 28, 2019. The well-attended ceremony, honoring Jose Maldanado,...
Knights Landing Man Convicted of Attempted Murderer is Denied Parole
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – August 23, 2019- On August 22, 2019, a two-commissioner panel of the Board of Parole Hearings denied parole to convicted 60-year-old Javiad Akhtar who was convicted of attempted murder by a jury in 2002. In 2001, Akhtar went to the home...
Yolo County Criminal Justice Grant Writing Team Obtains $2.73 Million in Three New Grants to Expand Diversion Programming
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – August 12, 2019 – Yolo County recently received three new grants, totaling $2.73 million, focusing on expanding opportunities for diversion within the criminal justice system. These three grants will support the use of restorative...
Yolo DA and 42 Elected Prosecutors Ask DOJ to Respect Prosecutorial Discretion that Affect Immigration Determinations
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – August 9, 2019 – District Attorney Jeff Reisig, along with 42 other elected District Attorneys and Attorneys General from across the country, filed an amicus curiae brief on August 2, 2019, in federal court urging the United States...
West Sac Homeless Woman Graduates from Mental Health Court
Subrina Seaton now has her children back and her own apartment Press Release (Woodland, CA) – August 7, 2019 – On August 6, 2019, 37-year-old Subrina Seaton graduated from Mental Health Court in Department 14 of the Yolo County Superior Court. Three years ago, Ms....
Fraud Alert: Beware of Changes Made to Your Utility Service Without Your Permission
Press Release (Woodland, CA) - August 2, 2019 - Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig is informing Yolo County residents to be aware of utility service providers who are switching customer’s gas or electric service without consent or authorization. Residents who...
Woodland Man Convicted of First Degree Murder with Special Circumstances and Sexual Assault
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – August 1, 2019 District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that 28-year-old Woodland man, Rohail Sarwar, was convicted by a Yolo County Jury of First Degree Murder, with the special circumstances of lying in wait, of committing the murder in...
First 5 Yolo Commission Receives $53,000 Paid in Restitution by Unlawful Cannabis Cultivation Operators
Press Release Woodland, CA – July 25, 2019 – District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that civil settlements reached with two local cannabis growers engaged in unlawful activity included restitution payments totaling $53,000, payable to First 5 Yolo Commission, a local...