Press Releases
Mexican Consulate-General Offices Host Hate Crimes Training
The ADL, Yolo DA & Sacramento DA presented a training to offices in San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose and Fresno Press Release (Woodland, CA) – February 3, 2017 - On February 2, 2017, the Consulate-General in Sacramento, San Francisco, Fresno and San Jose hosted...
Davis Man Who Killed Child Sentenced to Life in Prison
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – January 31, 2017 – Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that this morning Yolo County Superior Court Judge Paul Richardson sentenced 24-year-old Davis man Darnell Deangelo Dorsey to 50 years-to-life in state prison for...
West Sacramento Woman Convicted of Auto Insurance Fraud
Press Release (Woodland, CA) - January 27, 2017 - District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced today that on January 25, 2017, 31-year-old West Sacramento woman Tiffany Beckingham pled no contest to felony charges of filing a fraudulent auto insurance claim. Tiffany...
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month
District Attorney creates dedicated webpage to help combat problem locally Press Release (Woodland, CA) - January 20, 2017 - Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announces that January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Human trafficking has been named as one...
District Attorney Recovers Over $173,000 for Victims of Bad Check Writers
Press Release (Woodland, CA) - January 19, 2017 - District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that the Yolo County District Attorney Check Prosecution Unit collected a total of $173,799 for Yolo County merchants and residents in 2016. "Much of the money was paid to the...
Welfare Fraud Convictions
Press Release (Woodland, CA) - January 18, 2017, - Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that on January 12, 2017, two unrelated cases of public assistance fraud were resolved in Yolo County Superior Court. 27 year old Cecilia M. Vega, of Davis, and...
Davis Man with Lengthy Arrest History Convicted of Criminal Threats
Josh McClain Prosecuted Under a New Evidence Based Unit Press Release (Woodland, CA) – January 13, 2017 - Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that today a Yolo County jury convicted 31-year-old Davis man, Joshua McClain, of Criminal Threats and...
Third District Court of Appeal Upholds Rape Conviction
Appeals Court rules that Ajay Dev Received a Fair Trial After being convicted of 76 felony charges of sexually assaulting his adopted daughter, Ajay Dev was sentenced to over 378 years in state prison. Dev immediately appealed his conviction. On January 12, 2017,...
General Mills Agrees to Injunctive Terms Prohibiting Sales of its Fiber One Products in Oversized Packages
Press Release | Filed Civil Complaint | Final Judgment Woodland, CA – January 10, 2017 – Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that his office, along with the Fresno County and Santa Cruz County District Attorneys’ Offices reached a settlement with...
Sacramento Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Hit-and-Run of Cyclists
Press Release (Woodland, CA) - January 6, 2017 - District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced today that the Honorable David Rosenberg sentenced Alamar Cyril Houston, 38, of Sacramento to 35 years in state prison, the maximum sentenced permissible under the law. Today’s...