December 13, 2003
Originally published by
The Sacramento Bee
A 22-year-old North Highlands man was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison for the hit- and-run collision that killed a nurse who weeks earlier had lost his daughter in another car crash.
September 20, 2002
Originally published by
The Sacramento Bee
A 61-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to two life terms in prison with a possibility of parole for arson and the attempted murder of five Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies.
August 13, 2002
Originally published by
The Sacramento Bee
Three suspected men are scheduled to go on trial in Sacramento Superior Court on Thursday in the attempted swindle of a 78 year-old man.
March 14, 2002
Originally published by
The Sacramento Bee
No one saw who started the 50-acre wildfire that burned dangerously close to homes near El Dorado Hills in September 1999.
But authorities say they quickly turned their attention to an ex-state firefighter and Placer County fire district candidate who had a knack for showing up around fires and firefighters.
El Dorado County Deputy District Attorney Paul Sutherland said Robert Lizarraga appeared shortly after the blaze broke out near Salmon Falls Road and chatted eagerly with firefighters. In Lizarraga’s car, he said, investigators found a uniform shirt, badge and flashlight stolen from a firetruck in Sacramento County.
March 14, 2002
Originally published by
The Sacramento Bee
No one saw who started the 50-acre wildfire that burned dangerously close to homes near El Dorado Hills in September 1999.
June 10, 2001
Originally published by
The Sacramento Bee
A former Sacramento property manager was sentenced Friday to 100 days of community service for her conviction on misdemeanor hate crime charges against a black family.
June 9, 2001
Originally published by
The Associated Press State & Local Wire
A former Sacramento property manager was sentenced Friday to 100 days of community service for her conviction on misdemeanor hate crime charges against a black family.
Debbie Susan Arbuckle, 49, was ordered to perform 50 days of weekend work projects and 50 days of community service within 18 months.
She was convicted in May of making a racially motivated threat to harm a black family who lived in the mobile home park she managed.
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