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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,...

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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...

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West Sacramento Murderer Denied Parole

Crips gang member shot and killed 16-year-old Robert Castro in 1996 Press Release (Woodland, CA) – January 12, 2023 – On January 10, 2023, a two-member panel of the Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) unanimously found 46-year-old Daniel Robinson unsuitable for parole...

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Fraud Alert – Beware of Holiday Scammers

Press Release (Woodland, CA) December 22, 2022 - The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office has been receiving an increased number of reports from potential victims, about scammers who are impersonating friends and loved ones in an effort to scam them out of money....

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