Press Releases
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...
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...
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....
Second Suspect Arraigned on Charges of Arson and Conspiracy for Fire in Bel Air Grocery Store in Woodland
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – December 21, 2022 - Yesterday, Carmichael resident David Nelson, 35, was arraigned in Yolo County Superior Court on charges of arson and conspiracy to commit theft and arson. Nelson was arrested by the Woodland Police Department on...
Heer Farms Agrees to Settle Case Regarding Pesticide Violations in Davis
Press Release | Filed Complaint | Final Judgment Woodland, CA – December 16, 2022 – The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office reached a settlement with California-based Nor-Cal Farming Company (“Heer Farms”) over its violations of pesticide-related environmental...