FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MAY 1, 2013 – West Sacramento police checked driver’s licenses and looked for signs of inebriation behind the wheel of each car passing through a checkpoint Friday night, April 26, at Harbor Boulevard and Duluth Street. They announced the planned checkpoint in advance – the News-Ledger published an announcement on its [...]
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FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MARCH 6, 2013 EDITOR’S NOTE: This article appeared in the News-Ledger print edition on March 6. It was a revised version of a report that appeared online here on February 27. The later print version included more information on the West Sacramento Police Department crime sweep — including a list [...]
NEWS-LEDGER — FEB 6, 2013 – News items below are collected from police dispatchers’ notes and arrest reports. The information in them has often not been verified beyond the initial reports. The News-Ledger publishes this feature weekly in our print edition. Look for the special offer at the bottom to subscribe. Jan., 30, 5:09 [...]
NEWS-LEDGER — JAN 2, 2013 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor A pair of gunmen created a commotion in central West Sacramento early Saturday morning, pistol-whipping one victim and stealing a car from another. At roughly 4 a.m., the first of the two crimes was reported. “Basically, we had a victim saying someone pulled a [...]
NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — DEC 1, 2012 – A spokesman for the West Sacramento Police Department reports that an arrest has been made after the shooting early this morning in a Christmas tree lot at 1000-block of Sacramento Avenue. Police arrested Brian Brinsfield a 20 year old West Sacramento resident, at about 2 p.m. He will [...]
FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — JUNE 20, 2012 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor A Park Boulevard house had an unwelcome intruder on Friday night – a Toyota Rav4, to be specific. Just after 11 p.m., West Sacramento police responded to the home on the 1800-block of Park for the report of a traffic collision. “A [...]
NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — MAY 30, 2012 The West Sacramento Police Department has just announced that it has arrested a 17-year old local boy for “felony cruelty to animals,” after a cat was set on fire on May 2. The police not identify the juvenile. Witness saw a “ball of fire” moving near Circle Park [...]
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