Press Releases
Sacramento Man Sentenced to Life for Stranger Sex Assaults
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – March 1, 2023 – On February 27, 2023, Dominique Jackson, a 32-year-old Sacramento man, was sentenced for the sexual assault of two women. The Honorable Peter M. Williams sentenced Jackson to seven-years-to-life in State Prison, plus 35...
Data Transparency Update – Yolo DA and Measures for Justice Publish New Criminal Justice Data on “Commons” Data Platform
Latest release shows that DA’s internal policy change resulted in more cases being diverted Press Release (Woodland, CA) – February 28, 2023 – In an ongoing collaboration to promote transparency, trust and accountability in the criminal justice system, Measures for...
Learn about the Criminal Justice System at the Yolo County District Attorney’s Citizens Academy
Applications now being accepted Press Release (Woodland, CA) – February 24, 2023 – Applications are now being accepted for the annual Yolo County District Attorney Citizens Academy. The academy is sponsored by the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office in cooperation...
3 Yolo County Parole Hearings Held Last Week
The Board of Parole Hearings granted two parole requests and denied another Press Release (Woodland, CA) – February 21, 2023 – During the week of February 13, 2023, three parole lifer hearings took place in prisons across California on individuals sentenced to life or...
Zero Bail Case Study – Zero Bail Policies Increased Crime in Every Category
Zero bail policy resulted in 163% more total crime & 200% more violent crime Press Release (Woodland, CA) – In August of 2022, the Yolo County District Attorney published a study and associated analysis of the criminal re-offense rates of individuals released from...
Two Sacramento Women Charged with Grand Theft after being Arrested for Organized Retail Theft
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – February 7, 2023– Today, Sacramento residents Tavia PatriciaMarie Augustus, aged 27, and Patricia Ann Givens, aged 35, were arraigned on charges alleging grand theft. Augustus was also charged with false representation of identity to...
Yolo County Man Charged with Organized Retail Theft and Multiple Counts of Grand Theft and Conspiracy to Commit Theft
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – February 6, 2023– On February 2, 2023, Robert James Richey, II, was arraigned in Yolo County Superior Court and pled not guilty on charges alleging retail theft, grand theft, and retail theft. Richey, 42, who has been transient in Yolo...
Man Convicted of Forcible Rape Sentenced to State Prison
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – January 27, 2023 On January 26, 2023, Yolo County Superior Court Judge Dave Rosenberg sentenced 23-year-old David Padilla-Chicas to three years in state prison for forcible rape. Padilla-Chicas, a resident of San Pablo, CA, was found...
West Sacramento Man Charged with Stealing Catalytic Converter
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – January 26, 2023- Bill Young, Jr., 38, of West Sacramento was arraigned in Yolo County Superior Court on charges related to a catalytic converter theft. Young Jr. was arrested by the West Sacramento Police Department on January 22, 2023,...
Conviction in 2009 West Sacramento Cold Case Homicide
Press Release (Woodland, CA) - (January 13, 2023) – On January 13, 2023, 60-year-old Robert Spurlin of West Sacramento pled guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter for the June 13, 2009, murder of West Sacramento resident, Monica Turknett. Mr.Spurlin, who was the live-in...