11/17/09 7:48 am, 4500 Natomas Central Dr (Valencia Point Apts), Arrest Sundance Lake/N. Natomas Officers (including K-9) assisted the U.S. Marshall's Office with attempting to located a wanted subject at the above location. This subject was featured on America's Most Wanted. He was wanted in conjunction with a murder in Berkeley. He also fled from Berkeley police and during the pursuit killed two other people during a collision. They located him in an apartment where he jumped off the 2nd story balcony and tried to flee through a vacant field. He was caught by the K-9's and arrested. 4:36 pm, 3406 Loggerhead, Pursuit/Arrest Gateway West Gang Detectives observed a subject they were looking for regarding an outstanding drug warrant. He drove by them at North Ave/Alder (Del Paso Heights) in a maroon camero with Nevada license plates. He immediately drove off at a high rate of speed upon seeing the detectives. They were unable to catch up to him and he got away. About 30 minutes later the detectives went to 3406 Loggerhead and observed the the camero parked at the house. They also observed the suspect pulling out of the driveway in a grey Mustang with a red stripe down the side. He fled from officers again and they pursued him north on Duckhorn. Sgt. Hinz canceled the pursuit because of the dangers to the officers and the public - due to the way the suspect was driving at a high rate of speed, running stop signs and red lights and on the wrong side of the road. The helicopter arrived and followed the suspect as he continued to drive erratically on I-5 and I-80. He ultimately stopped his car and ran on foot at Grace/Wincloud (Robla Area). Officers eventually located him at 621 Grace. Wesley Jones 7/23/78 was arrested for evading police and his outstanding drug warrant. 11/16/09 9:28 pm, 1587 W. El Camino (CVS Pharmacy), Parolee Arrest S. Natomas Officers Hanson and Buchanan responded to the above location regarding a panhandler that was refusing to leave the property. They located a subject at the location that was on parole and initially smelled of alcohol. They were able to confirm this subject was one of the panhandlers that was refusing to leave. He was on parole for drug sales and on probation for theft. Eldon Elliot 9/3/61 was arrested for parole violation and being drunk in public. 8:38 am, 2710 Stoncreek (Apt. Complex), Warrant Arrest S. Natomas Officers Hughes, Villegas and Wilhite located a wanted subject walking in the apartment complex. Willie Jones 1/24/89 was arrested for his felony drug sales warrant. 4:23 pm, 3301 N. Park (Hampton Condo's), Deceased Person N. Natomas Officers responded to check the welfare of a 71 yr. old subject who's friends were concerned about not
talking with him recently. Officers located the subject deceased. It appeared to be from natural causes and the coroner's office took over the investigation. 11/15/09 10:15 pm, 2450 Northgate Blvd (7-11), Stolen Property/Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Graveyard Officer Nezik contacted a subject that was loitering outside the 7-11 store. She located credit cards in someone else's name and a filled out check in another person's name. She couldn't located the owner of the credit cards but did located the owner of the check. The check's owner was the victim of a car burglary in Davis where her checks were stolen. Jeremy Provence (transient) 8/9/71 was arrested on theft and possession of stolen property charges. 4:17 pm, 3521 Truxel (On the Boarder), Brandishing/Arrest N. Natomas The victim went to the restaurant with his son. He stated he was sitting next to the suspect. The suspect was sitting with a woman who he was yelling at and using profanity. The victim stated the suspect then began to yell at him and pulled out a "hunting" knife. He told the victim he would stab him with it. The suspect then left without the woman. The police helicopter located the suspect leaving in his truck and followed him to his home on Bobber Ct. - where he began to do yard work. Officers located the suspect at the home and eventually cited him for brandishing a weapon at the victim. 11/14/09 2:26 am, Northview/Garden Highway, Drug Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officers Stone and McClusky stopped a black Lexus for a broken tail light. There were two people in the car and the passenger was on searchable probation. Officers located several ecstasy pills in the passengers jacket. Caesar Williams 1/12/85 was arrested on drug charges. 11/13/09 8:39 pm, Wisconsin/Northgate, Gun Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officers Armstrong observed a Blue Mercury Grand Marquis speeding south on Northgate. As soon as he caught up to it, it turned onto Wisconsin. He stopped the car on Wisconsin. He immediately noticed gang related tattoo's on the back of the head of the driver. All 3 occupants of the car told the officer they weren't on probation. A check revealed the front passenger was on probation for burglary. Officers got the subjects out of the car when one of them told the officer there was a shotgun in the car. Officers located a fully loaded shotgun next to the front passengers seat. They also located a bag of 6 additional shotgun rounds in the car. The front passenger also had a blue bandana and gloves in his pocket. The driver was cited for speeding, no insurance, and allowing a gun in his car. Francisco Cardenas 8/31/91 (front passenger) was arrested for being a gang member with a gun, various other gun charges including having an altered serial number on a gun. The suspect lives in the County near
Elk Grove Florin/Gerber. 11/5/09 10:30 am, 2320 Thelma, Drug/Gun/Arrest S. Natomas SWAT officers went to the above location to conduct a probation search. They located methamphetamine, sawed off rifle, ammunition and narcotic pipes. Tommy Jones 11/28/53 was arrested on drug and weapons charges. *************** Anti-Burglary Detail Update (This is a special team consisting of 2 POP Officers - Morgan & Blynn and 4 patrol officers - Longanecker, McGlinchey, Tavelli, & Marks. This team specific mission is to significantly reduce the number of burglaries and robberies in Natomas and N. Sac). *************** 11/10/09 9:58 am, 3914 Kern St. (Del Paso Heights) Officers went to this location to conduct a probation search partly due to possible drug activity. When they pulled up to the house, a subject (Rycraft) was standing in front and ran into the house and slammed the door. He attempted to run out the back of the house and over the back fence. He also threw a bag as he ran. Officers had set up around the house and caught him before he could get away. At the same time, a 17 yr. old subject also attempted to run from the house but was caught by officers. They located a 3rd subject (Jackson) inside the house. Officers located a large amount of methamphetamine in the house, numerous baggies, money, marijuana and a BB gun that was altered to look like a real gun. Rusty Rycraft 1/8/90 was arrested on drug sales charges and James Jackson 7/30/87 was arrested on drug charges and violation of probation. 11/12/09 9:10 am, 809 Nogales (Hagginwood) Officers conducted a probation search at this location after learning of a possible marijuana grow. They located a large amount of marijuana, a rifle, and a BB gun pistol. Christopher Brown 3/31/64 was arrested for being an ex-felon in possession of a gun and violation of probation. 5:05 pm, 3223 Del Paso blvd (Hagginwood) Officers were hailed by a person who stated someone was possibly stealing something from this location. Officers pulled up to the vacant house and observed two subjects wheeling away a security screen door with a dolly. One subject was on searchable probation and had two no bail warrants. He had taken the screen door off the vacant house and admitted to stealing it. Edward Hogan 6/3/77 was arrested for Theft and probation violation - along with his warrants. GREAT Job by the concerned person who hailed the officers on this call!!!
11/13/09 8:00 am, 1820 Frienza (Storage Units) Patrol Officer Edmonson responded to a call of someone breaking into the storage units. The manager provided the officer with great information and she began to conduct follow up. She called the AntiBurglary detail to also conduct follow up at a possible suspect address (2248 Wyda Wy - County). They were not able to locate a possible suspect at this location and went to a second location at 2044 Ernest Wy (El Camino/Howe area) in the County. The possible suspects were driving a Blue Jeep Wagoneer with wood paneling and a red Toyota truck with a grey stripe. At the Ernest Wy location they found the red truck in the driveway. 1 possible suspect (Sullivan) was sitting in front of the location. He was identified as the suspect that broke into 3 storage units. As officers were searching this location, the Blue Wagoneer drove by. Officers stopped the Wagoneer down the street and the 2nd suspect (Carlin) was driving this car. Officers located numerous pieces of stolen property in the Wagoneer, at the Ernest Wy residence and in the truck. They also located methamphetamine in the Wagoneer. Carlin lives on Yorkshire Rd. and both suspects are on parole. Frank Carlin 3/9/70 was arrested on 3 counts of burglary, 3 counts of conspiracy, 3 counts of possession of stolen property, drug charges and parole violation. Gary Sullivan 8/26/63 was arrested on 3 counts of burglary, 3 counts of possession of stolen property, 3 counts of conspiracy and parole violation. GREAT Job by the Manager of the storage facility in protecting peoples property!! 11/12/09 1:39 pm, 1845 Reynolds Wy (Bell/Raley area) Officers contacted a subject that had 8 warrants for her arrest - including some for theft related crimes. 11/11/09 10:36 am, 2900 block of Great Egret (Gateway West) & 400 block of Caravaggio Cir, Burglary/Prowling/Arrest N. Natomas Witnesses observed a subject acting as a lookout as another subject went into the backyard of a house on Caravaggio. The victim also called police as she observed the suspect in her back yard attempting to get into her sliding glass door. Another witness called police about subjects attempting to get into the yard of a home on Caravaggio. The suspects were seen leaving ina a green ford focus. Officers eventually located two suspects in the area that were identified as the suspects in question going into back yards. They were both cited for prowling and conspiracy. Later, officers located the car in question at Truxel/Arena with one of the previous suspects and a new person driving. The driver was cited and the car was towed. Daniel Scorza 7/2/89 was cited for the above charges. The 2nd suspect was 16 yrs. old and he too was cited. The 16 yr. old was previously (about 1-2 months ago) contacted by officers regarding another burglary in S. natomas. GREAT Call by people recognizing suspicious activity!!! 11/10/09 5:05 pm, 2901 Truxel (S. Natomas Community Center), Theft
S. Natomas The victim was tutoring someone inside the community center. One suspect put his hoodie on and tied it so you couldn't see his face. He sat next to the victim and took her purse from the back of her chair and ran. The 2nd suspect held open the door to the community center and the both suspects fled on foot. The purse was found outside the community center. The suspects took the victim's credit card, money and keys. Suspects: #1. Male Hispanic, 16-18 yrs., green/white/yellow hoodie with stick figures on it, mustache. #2. Male Hispanic 16-18 yrs. Officers set up a perimeter in the area but were unable to locate the suspects. 11/11/09 2:08 pm, 1518 W. El Camino (Nail Shop), Theft S. Natomas The female victim was walking to the nail shop in the parking lot. She stated a blue PT Cruiser pulled up and one suspect was telling her she was attractive. The victim was holding money in her hand and the suspect took the money and fled with another subject in the car. Suspect: Male black adult, 5'5", dark complexion, short hair, 30's, black long sleeve flannel shirt. Suspect car: newer blue PT Cruiser with tinted windows. The suspects also dropped a debit card on the ground that was reported stolen out of Vallejo. 11/9/09 9:04 am, Northgate/W. El Camino, Parolee Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officer Aquino stopped a subject on a bike in the above area. The suspect lied to the officer about his name and had a knife and brass knuckles in his pockets. Turned out he was a parolee at large. Reinardo Torres 4/13/72 was arrested on weapons charges and his parole violation warrant. he lives in the Northview area. 11/10/09 9:39 pm, 5601 Natomas Blvd (Apt. Complex), Threats/Arrest N. Natomas Neighbors got into an argument over the noise level of a tv. One neighbor pulled a knife on the other neighbor and threatened him. The suspect was arrested for threats and brandishing. 12:42 am, 724 W. El Camino, Parolee/Drug/Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officer Hanson stopped a subject on a bike. He turned out to be a parolee at large out of Texas. He also had marijuana in his backpack. Stephen Hurndon 10/10/74 was arrested on drug charges and his parole violation warrant. 9:49 am, American/Haggin, Warrant Arrest Northgate/Gardenland
Officer Becerra contacted a subject at the above location. He had warrants for drugs and traffic. Armando Islas 5/20/67 was booked into jail for his warrants. ************ Traffic Enforcement * 11/9/09 - The traffic team worked the areas of Arden Wy and W. El Camino. They wrote 78 traffic citations, gave 1 warning, and towed 4 cars. ********** 11/6/09 11:30 am, 2600 block of Millcreek/200 block of Unity Cr./2600 block of Dorine Wy, Burglary/Arrest S. Natomas Officers responded to the 2600 block of Millcreek regarding a possible burglary in progress. Officers arrived to located the actual burglary - but the suspects were gone. Witnesses gave a great description including the description of the suspect car - a gold Pontiac Grand Am. Lt. Risley of checking neighborhoods on the other side of I-5 and observed a Gold Pontiac parked on Unity Park. The engine was running and no one was inside the car. Lt. Risley soon observed a subject peeking over the fence (rear yard of a home on the 2700 block of Unity Pointe. The subject quickly jumped down and ran back inside the yard. Lt. Risley ran down the street as another neighbor came running out of her house stating 4 subjects just ran through her yard. Several other officers, including the Anti-Burglary team, converged on the area as it was possible these were the burglary suspects from Millcreek. Officers eventually located them hiding in the brush along the drainage canal. They were in the water and attempting to hide. 3 of them came out and the K-9 located the other one hiding behind some more brush up to his chest in water. Officers Morgan, Montoya and Sgt. Oliviera went into the water to get him after he was bit by the k-9. Further investigation revealed they burglarized the home on Millcreek, one in the 200 block of Unity Cr and one in the 2600 block of Dorine. They also might have been seen in the area of Millcreek the previous week casing the neighborhood. Prior to the Millcreek burglary, they were ringing doorbells in the same neighborhood. All 4 suspects have ties to the South Area of Sacramento. Further investigation is being done to see if they are responsible for any other burglaries in the area - including on previous day. Most of the property from these burglaries was recovered by officers. Lamont Young 3/24/89, Kevin Robinson 2/9/91, Deandre Ellison 11/30/90, and a fourth 15 yr. old suspect were all arrested on 3 counts of burglary, possession of stolen property and conspiracy. Ellison and Robinson were also arrested for violating their probation and Young was also arrested for outstanding warrants. GREAT Job by people calling in suspicious activity - it directly resulted in officers being able to capture these suspects before other burglaries could be committed. A perfect example of why we should call in suspicious activity ALL the time - some people saw these same guys on their street casing on previous days!! GREAT JOB - Mark another one for the Neighborhood!! 11/8/09 8:18 am, Drug/Gun Arrest, 30 Cattail Ct S. Natomas
Officers Duink, Chipp, Hughes, Wilhite and Villegas went to this address to conduct a probation search. They eventually located the probationer at a nearby home. A probation search of the house revealed methamphetamine, live ammunition, marijuana, 4 scales (1 looked like an MP3 player), a scanner, numerous baggies of marijuana, several empty baggies and the probationer had a large sum of money on him. Officers also located a handgun inside the stove. Christian Newman 8/13/69 was arrested on gun charges, sales of drug charges, conspiracy, violation of probation and committing a felony while out on bail. Larry Fong 6/13/51 was arrested for marijuana sales and conspiracy. 11/7/09 12:10 am, Truxel/Vallarta Cr, Armed Robbery, S. Natomas The victim stated he was driving around the neighborhood looking for a store. He stopped at the stop sign on Vallarta and observed a subject pacing back and forth near the stop sign. The suspect immediately jumped in his passenger door and two more subjects jumped in the back seat. The suspect hit the victim with a handgun and punched him several times. The victim stated they took his GPS, Cell, Wallet, laptop and IPod. They fled on foot. The main suspect was described as: Male Black Adult 18-21, 5'5", 155lbs, short hair, green zip up hoodie, white t-shirt, jeans. The other two suspects were Male Black Adults 18-21 yrs. old wearing black hoodies. 8:30 pm, Miramonte/San Juan, Armed Robbery S. Natomas The victim called police on 11/8/09 @ night and stated the previous night he was robbed at gun point. The victim stated the suspect approached him with a gun and took his wallet and cell phone. The suspect ran south from where he robbed the victim. The suspect was described as Male Black Adult, braids, 6'1", black t-shirt and jeans. 11:20 pm, 4900 Duckhorn (Four Points Sheraton), Assault N. Natomas Officers responded on a call of a fight at the hotel. There was a wedding reception where some guests possibly entered that were not welcome. Officers located two victim's with lacerations to their heads but they didn't provide much information as to what happened or who did it. No suspects were located and officers were not able to determine exactly what happened. 3:48 am, 2100 block of Zurlo (Northpointe Park Apts), Burglary/Assault Regency Park The victim's ex-friend knocked on the window and door to the apartment and then kicked open the front door. He yelled at the victim and then took her plasma TV after pushing the victim. The suspect is described as a Male Black Adult, 27 yrs. old, 6'1", 180 lbs. He has been identified but not located yet. 11/5/09 12:11 pm, 3301 Fong Ranch Rd (Natomas H.S.), Gun Arrest
S. Natomas The Assistant Principal was investigating an unrelated issue on campus. During his investigation, he located a loaded gun in a 14 yr. old student's backpack. He immediately called SRO Parham to assist. The SRO took the loaded handgun and arrested the student. The student stated he had the gun for protection. The student was also on probation. he was taken to juvenile hall and booked on gun charges. GREAT job by the Assistant Principal!!! 7:46 pm, Ottumwa/E. Commerce, Stolen Car/Hit & Run Creekside (N. Natomas) A 15 yr. old stole her parents truck and was involved in a hit & run. She then took off and crossed the median and hit another car. The other drivers had a complaint of pain but no major injuries. The suspect was caught by the officers. ************** Anti-Burglary Detail Update (This special team consists of 2 POP Officers and 4 Patrol officers. Their mission is to significantly reduce burglaries in the Natomas and N. Sac areas). * (336747) 11/5/09 @ 9:57 am, 2727 Oakmont #3 - Officers went to this location to conduct a probation search and located a subject with a warrant. They arrested Ramon Briggs 6/26/82 for a no bail drug warrant. While at the location, they located another subject. In this subject's room they located methamphetamine, money, a scale and several baggies. He also had gang indicia. Anthony Torres 11/20/86 was arrested on drug sales charges along with a gang enhancement. * (237699) 11/5/09, 2050 Club Center (Longs Drugs), Natomas Park, Burglary - Officers located a 17 yr. old subject that was wanted in connection with the burglary of this location on 8/6/09 @ 12:20 am. Two suspects broke the front glass window with a block (this crime was mentioned in previous email updates). Detective Hendrickson was able to determine the 17 yr. old was one of the responsible suspects in this burglary. She notified the Anti-Burglary detail and they located the suspect. This suspect was also arrested for burglarizing this same location on 8/27/09 - so this is the second burglary arrest of this suspect for the same location. He stole cigarettes, gum and batteries. * (335583) 11/5/09, S. Natomas - On 11/4/09 Officer Becerra was working with SRO Martinez regarding some unrelated activity. Officer Becerra went to the suspect's house to conduct a probation search of the 17 yr. old's room. The officer located a large jar containing a sandwich baggie of marijuana. He located an additional jar with over 40 small baggies of marijuana. he also located a scale that looked like an I-pod. Officers went back up to Inderkum H.S. to locate and arrest the suspect...but the suspect supposedly skipped out of school just as the officers were arriving. On 11/5/09, the Anti-burglary detail officers contacted the suspect by phone and got him to turn himself into them. They arrested the 17 yr. old without further issues. * (337046) 11/5/09, 1962 San Juan Rd (Apt. Complex) - Officers responded to a burglary call and eventually located a possible suspect. They were not able to prove he was the suspect at the time...but he was intoxicated and a parolee (for theft), so they took him to jail. They are continuing the follow up on this burglary and hope to have the evidence to charge a suspect with
the crime. * 11/5/09 - the team conducted several other probation/parole searches and attempt pick-ups that didn't result in any arrests. 335291) 11/4/09 @ 1:51 am, 450 Penhow Cr., Parolee Arrest, Sundance Lake Officer Hanson observed a silver Mustang speeding at El Centro/Arena. Officer attempted to catch it and eventually caught up to it as it parked in front of 450 Penhow Cr. The driver was on parole and was supposed to be living in Fresno. He failed to register or contact his parole agent about moving to N. Natomas. His parole agent authorized a hold to be placed on him. Greg Morin 12/17/73 was arrested on a parole violation. ************* 11/3/09 5:31 pm, Garden Hwy/Gateway Oaks, DUI/Assault/Arrest S. natomas An off-duty peace officer was driving on Garden hwy. Traffic was backed up due to road construction and there was a flag man directing traffic. The suspect pulled up to the front of the line of traffic in the opposite lanes of traffic. He began to yell at the construction workers and telling them to finish and questioning them on how long they were going to take. The off duty deputy got out of his car and identified himself as a peace officer to the driver of the camero. The deputy smelled alcohol coming from the car and could see an open container of beer. The driver immediately attempted to hide the container of beer. The suspect threw the car in reverse and began to back up with the deputy still leaning in the passenger window. The deputy ordered him to stop the car but the suspect continued to drag the deputy. Eventually the suspect stop the car after several orders from the deputy. Officers arrived and located a cooler in the car with an open empty beer bottle. Erick Herrera 8/4/82 was arrested for DUI and Assault on a peace officer. 1:40 am, 2200 Block of Burberry, Vandalism N. Natomas The victim called police stating that her boyfriend had vandalized a car parked in front of the house. He fled in an SUV. Around this same time, an officer stopped a blue SUV at 12th Ave/Franklin. The suspect stopped, but then fled in his SUV from the officer. The suspect drove on Hwy 99, to Hwy 50 and was slamming on his brakes and swerving at the officer. The officer continued to chase the suspect as he got off at the 16th St. exit and got back on Hwy 50 to I-5. he got off at Q st and then got back onto the South bound lanes of I-5 as he was driving the wrong direction - Northbound. Officers discontinued the pursuit due to the obvious danger. Officers again located the suspect near 5th/Broadway, but lost him in the neighborhood. Officers Hawley & Suehowicz realized this was possibly the same suspect that vandalized the car in N. Natomas and located a possible friend's house in this neighborhood. Officers then observed a white Ford Focus leaving the area and stopped the car with the suspects girlfriend (different from victim in Natomas) driving. The suspect was located hiding in the trunk of this car. Alton Singleton 11/2/79 was arrested for evading police, vandalism, and parole violation. Kajuanna Scott 11/25/80 was arrested for assisting a wanted subject and child endangerment. She left her 1 & 3 year old children in the home by themselves as she attempted to get the suspect out of the area.
************* Anti-Burglary Detail Team Update (This is a special team we put together to significantly reduce the numbers of burglaries in the N. Sac and Natomas areas. The team consists of POP Officers Morgan & Blynn and Patrol Officers Marks, Longanecker, Tavelli, and McGlinchey). * (334605) 11/3/09 @ 1:00 pm, 900 block of W. El Camino (S. Natomas) - Officers responded to a call of 3 subjects attempting to break into a neighbors house. Officer Tavelli located two subjects that matched the description walking down the street at Brewerton/Glen Dr. Both subjects were identified as the subjects that attempted to break into the rear of the home - the 3rd suspect was not located. One subject (Ingram) had a screw driver in his pocket and was on parole for burglary. The suspects didn't actually get anything inside the home, but attempted to break into the rear of the house. Denard Ingram 12/19/81 was arrested for attempted burglary, possession of burglary tools, conspiracy and parole violation. Henry Brock 11/30/90 was arrested for attempted burglary and conspiracy. GREAT, GREAT call AGAIN from some great witnesses...Chalk another one up for the Neighborhood!! * 11/3/09 - Officers conducted follow up on several other burglaries and robberies in the S. Natomas area - but no other arrests were made on this day. * (335562) 11/4/09 @ 10:19 am, San Juan/Northgate (Gardenland/Northgate) - Officers contacted this subject as he was riding his bike in the area. He was on searchable probation and officers located methamphetamine in his sock. John Malumphy 7/10/70 was arrested on drug charges. * (336072) 11/4/09 @ 5:09 pm, 2810 Gateway Oaks (Homestead Studio Suite Hotel) - Officers responded to a possible burglary. They located a couple of subjects an a burgundy older Mercedes (w/ a black hood). They located evidence of prostitution activity, bags of property from other people, a fake gun that was painted to look real, along with credit cards from other people. Officers were unable to located any victim's yet for any of this property (they will continue follow up). York Swygert 7/26/87 was arrested for pimping and parole violation. Lawrence Franklin 6/3/86 was arrested on weapon charges and violation of probation. GREAT Call again by people calling in suspicious Activity!! *************** 10/31/09 11:50 am, 700 block of Regatta, Burglary/Arrest Northgate/Gardenland The victim's kicked the side garage door to a home in the 2900 block of Seminole. They took candy from a car inside the garage but nothing else. They then pried open a side window to a home in the 700 block of Regatta. They took numerous item's from this home (ie xbox, wii, rifle, laptop, purse, black berry, camera jewelry, dvd's etc.) They jumped the fence to get back to the street and several neighbors saw the 4 suspects. Numerous neighbors called the police regarding the suspicious activity. Some event followed them. The suspect's attempted to hide the stolen rifle in some bushes and then one of the backpacks full of property in another bush. Officers located 3 suspect's at Los Lunas/Yerba Ct. All 3 were identified and arrested for the 2 burglaries. Darvin McCauley 6/11/91, a 15 yr. old and a 17 yr.
old were all arrested for 2 counts of burglary and conspiracy. GREAT GREAT job by the neighborhood in helping to arrest the suspects!!! 11/2/09 8:40 pm, 2034 San Juan (Woodbridge Apts), Drug/Arrest S. Natomas Officers responded to a call where someone found two small children wandering around in the complex. The person put the children inside their car to keep them warm (one child wasn't wearing a shirt). Officers arrived and located the children (both under 3 yrs. of age). They eventually located the dad who lived in the complex. The dad told officers he didn't know where his kids were. A search of the apartment revealed a narcotic pipe and methamphetamine on the counter in the bathroom. Officers arrested the dad for drug possession and child endangerment. The mom arrived home while officers were still on scene. The mom also had methamphetamine in her purse. She too was arrested on drug charges. The two children were taken to the hospital to get checked out and CPS was advised. Jonathon Liberti 2/9/76 was arrested for drug possession, narcotic paraphernalia possession and child endangerment. Antoinette Liberty 8/27/86 was arrested for drug possession and child endangerment. GREAT, GREAT Job by the good Samaritan that saw the children, called the police and made sure the children were safe - GREAT JOB!!! 10/31/09 11:08 pm, Sotnip/Carey Rd (Northgate) Robbery, The victim was walking home from the AM/PM when he was approached by the suspect. The suspect ripped the victim's cell phone from the lanyard he had around his neck. He yelled at the victim and then ran west on Del Paso Rd. There was also a large Halloween party on Del paso Rd that had just been broken up by police and 150-200 people were walking out of the area at the time. The suspect was described as Male Black adult, 17-25 yrs, 5'6", 160 lbs, short hair, red shirt with a design and blue jeans. He was with 2 other male black adults. 11/1/09 12:51 am, 2025 W. El Camino (Natomas Ridge Apts), Arrest, S. natomas Officer Bell observed a Cadillac leaving the gas station at Gateway Oaks/W. El Camino. The car had expired registration. Officers attempted to stop the car at the entrance to the apartment complex. The car fled into the complex and the driver eventually jumped from the car and ran. Officers observed him run into an area which he went into 1 of 2 apartments. Soon the door to Apt. 524 opened and a subject came out and said his baby was inside and he didn't want any trouble. This subject, the baby and another adult were let out of the apartment (relatives of the suspect) and officers went inside the apartment. They found the suspect taking a shower. He stated he ran because he thought he had a warrant. Demario Stone 7/27/88 was arrested for suspended drivers license, evading police and resisting arrest. 1:55 am, 2071 Natomas Crossing (Oshima Suishi), Fight
Officers responded to a call of a fight in the parking lot as the club let out. 2 subjects were fighting and security broke it up. One subject resisted security and they pepper sprayed this subject, which stopped the fighting. 2:11 am, 2247 River Plaza Dr (Apt. complex), Burglary S. natomas The vicitm heard a knock at her door around 2am. She didn't answer the door and about 10-15 minutes later she heard a noise in her living room. Then the suspect opened the door to her bedroom. The dog barked and the victim yelled - and the suspect fled out of the apartment. Suspect: Male, 5'3", black hoodie and black pants. Nothing was taken. 10/31/09 4:33 pm, 2661 Stonecreek Dr. (Stonecreek Apts), Gun Arrest S. Natomas Officers responded to the location regarding a subject with a gun. The subject walked into the office with a gun in her waistband. The suspect saw the helicopter and officers arrive and attempted to had the gun inside a bag to a neighbor - the neighbor refused. Officers located the suspect inside her car with the loaded handgun. Ferry Allen 10/9/70 was arrested on gun charges. 5:30 pm, 4262 Truxel Rd (Nail Salon), Theft S. Natomas The victim was inside the shop getting her nails done. The suspect came into the store and inquired about pricing. He then grabbed the victim's purse off the floor and ran. The victim chased after him. The suspect got into a blue car (possibly a Dodge 2-door). Suspect: Male White Adult, baseball cap and white shirt, 20's, 5'8", 175 lbs, short brown hair. 11/1/09 2:40 pm, 1000 Garden Hwy (Discovery Park), Drug Arrest S. Natomas Officer Duink conducted a park check. he observed a maroon buick in the park with a subject standing outside the car - washing the car. The officer contacted the subject and he appeared extremely nervous and was sweating profusely. Officers located methamphetamine, marijuana and a pipe inside the car. Bart Wilson 7/2/68 was arrested on drug charges. 10/31/09 8:09 am, W. El Camino/Stonecreek, drug/Weapon/Arrest, S. Natomas Officer Chipp stopped a white toyota at the above location. The driver had a suspended drivers license and the officers could smell marijuana coming from the car. When the driver got out of the car, a mask fell off his lap. The officers gave the suspect a command to put his hands on top of his head, but the
suspect refused, keeping his hand in his pocket. Officer eventually got him to comply with his commands. The officer located marijuana in multiple pockets, two different knives on the suspect and money. The officers also located methamphetamine where the suspect was standing with his hand in his pocket. Inside the car, the officer located a BB gun pistol that looked like a 9mm handgun. Christian Newman 8/13/69 was arrested on drug charges, weapons charges, and resisting the officer. He was also cited for traffic violations and his car was towed. 9/22/09, Sexual Battery, 2300 block of Northgate Blvd, **UPDATE** This incident was on a previous email update. The victim was sweeping a business when the suspect approached and tried to talk with her. He grabbed her chest and then left the area. Patrol officers were able to get this person identified and he has been arrested on multiple charges - including indecent exposure. Melketsedek Zewede 7/23/79 was arrested. 10/31/09 12:32 am, 500 block of Harding, Shooting Northgate/Gardenland The victim's were having a Halloween Party when 3 subjects showed up that weren't invited. They started a fight inside the home and were made to leave. They got into their car and began to drive "crazy" in the street. They drove by the home and fired a gun. The suspects were described as 3 Male Hispanic Adults, 18-20 yrs, driving a white 4-door sedan (possibly an Olds) with one door that was a different color. **************** Traffic Enforcement * 10/30/09 - POP Officer Banks worked traffic enforcement due to a complaint at Vallarta/Truxel (S. Natomas). He wrote 10 traffic citations. * 11/2/09 - The traffic team worked Truxel Rd between Del paso Rd and San Juan. They wrote 72 traffic citations, gave 5 warnings, and towed 4 cars. **************** Anti-Burglary Detail Update (The Anti-Burglary Detail consists of 2 POP Officers - Morgan & Blynn- and 4 Patrol officers. Their mission is to significantly reduce the number of burglaries in the Natomas and North Sac areas) * (329339) 10/29/09 @ 3:49 pm, Sandcastle/Waterwheel (S. natomas) - Officers stopped several subjects at this location. One was very nervous and was wearing a large overcoat. Officers located a loaded handgun in his pocket. The suspect happens to be the one that was shot at Northgate Park (in the chest) back in June. He is also on probation for robbery. Theodore Tolliver 2/5/91 was arrested on several gun charges. * 4 more probation and parole searches were also conducted on 10/29/09 where officers didn't locate anything illegal.
* (330087) 10/30/09 @ 9:56 am, 431 Harding, (Northgate/Gardenland) - Offices located a subject that had a felony warrant for burglary. Lakisha Young-Murphy 4/1/75 was arrested on the warrant. * (330063) 10/30/09 @ 9:34 am, 5734 Spenlow Wy (Regency Park) - Officers located a subject that had a warrant for the sales of rock cocaine. Geromi Clay 4/16/81 was arrested for his warrant. * (330114) 10/30/09 @ 10:31 am, 2323 American (Northgate/Gardenland) - Officers located a subject at this address that had a warrant for domestic violence. Lenard McDaniel 2/18/74 was arrested for his warrant. * 10/30/09 - Officers located Sterling Anderson 8/4/89 who had a drug warrant. * Officers conducted 1 additional parole search and didn't discover anything illegal. They also attempted 3 other attempt pick ups but didn't located these individuals. * (327920) 10/28/09 @ 10:23 am, 645 Sotano Wy (Northgate/Gardenland) - Officers went to this address to conduct a search of a person that was on parole for stealing cars. They located a narcotic pipe and arrested James Beckwith 3/29/81 for parole violation. * (328323) 10/28/09 @ 4:42 pm, Northgate/Sotano (Northgate/Gardenland) - Officers observed two subjects standing in the area. One was urinating in public. Officers attempted to contact him and he fled from officers. He ran into 19 Beecham Ct. Officers found him inside the house hiding in the bathroom. Jamar Welcome was arrested for parole violation and resisting arrest. He lives in N. Sac on Arcade. * (328010) 10/28/09 @ 12:16 pm, 708 Northfield #A (Northgate/Gardenland) - Officers were able to determine there was Parolee At Large inside the residence and were investigating possible narcotic activity. They observed movement inside the house and had information that he was actually inside - but they refused to answer the door. Officers kicked the door and located the parolee (Woodall) and his girlfriend (Beals) upstairs. Officers located heroin in the suspects pocket and several laptops, computers, security monitors and electronics inside the residence. There was also a surveillance system at the house. They also located a stolen license plate on the suspects red Mitsubishi car - the license plate was stolen off a car at Fry's (Northgate) on 9/18/09. There was another Mitsubishi plate out of Oregon inside the car that didn't belong to this car and wasn't reported stolen. David Woodall 7/3/84 was arrested on parole violation, drug charges, resisting officers, possession of stolen property, and a $5,000 warrant for domestic violence. Jennifer Beals 12/5/72 was arrested for resisting arrest and a $5,000 warrant out of Placer Co. * (327949) 10/28/09 @ 11:06 am, 1814 South Ave (E. Del paso heights)- Officer located and arrested Blake Edwards 7/25/63 for his no bail burglary warrant. * (328309) 10/28/09 @ 4:32 pm, 515 Wisconsin (Northgate/Gardenland) - Officers went to this location to conduct a search of a probationer (Morris) who was on probation for burglary. They located Morris outside the residence and as they were contacting him, another subject (Davis) ran into the house from Officers. Officers kicked the door and located Davis while he was exiting the bathroom. Officers located a baggie of marijuana in the pocket of Davis. They also located
several items inside the residence - stolen City of Sacramento Street Signs, bag of marijuana, narcotic pipe, pellet pistol with the red tip removed, air pistol with the red tip removed, a scale, and a wooden baton with a large hook in it. Samuel Morris 6/4/86 was arrested for possession of stolen property, weapons charges, and violation of probation. Charles Davis 7/14/81 was arrested for possession of stolen property, drug charges, possession of narcotic paraphernalia, resisting officers and violation of probation. * (328221) 10/28/09 @ 3:22 pm, 1500 W. El Camino (Cigarette Store) - Officers observed a subject approaching a car in the parking lot. The subject walked off as soon as he saw officers. Officers stopped him and located a bag of marijuana on the ground where he was standing. A witnesses stated this subject was attempting to sell marijuana. He was also on searchable probation, along with the other subject that was with him. Moses Jones 1/12/72 was arrested for sales of marijuana and violation of probation. * Officers attempted 3 other probation/parole searches but didn't locate anything illegal. 317975) 10/18/09 @ 3:55 pm, (S. Natomas Community Center), Robbery, S. Natomas The victim was riding his bike at the Community Center. A suspect pushed him down and took his bike. The suspect rode off on his bicycle. Suspect: Male Hispanic Juvenile, 14-15 yrs. The bike was described as: Bright Green "NextChaos" BMX bike. ************** 10/26/09 10:31 am, 2381 River Plaza Dr, Armed Robbery S. Natomas The victim was walking to her apartment from her car when the suspect approached. He pointed a gun at her and demanded money. The suspect fled on foot. There was a 2nd suspect (Male Black Adult wearing a white baseball cap) hiding in the bushes at the time of the robbery. Suspect: Male Black adult, late teens to early 20's, black hoodie and light blue jeans. 10:00 pm, 3400 block of Beretania Wy, Robbery Sundance Lake The victim parked her car in front of her house and was getting her child out of the childs seat when the suspect approached. He grabbed her purse and the victim struggle for a short time. The suspect pushed the victim down and fled with her purse. Suspect: Male Black Adult, Tan jogging suit with a hood, 1925 yrs. 11:00 pm, W. El Camino/I-80, CHP Pursuit/Arrest A CHP officer was hailed by a subject that pointed out a car that they stated just robbed them. CHP officers attempted to stop the car and a pursuit ensued. The pursuit ended when the car crashed in W. Sac at Reed/Stillwater. CHP Officers found a gun in the car, but the subject that reported the robbery to the CHP could not be located. Our Sac PD Officers were also unable to connect these suspects to our robberies that occurred earlier in the evening. CHP handled this arrest. 4:06 pm, Northgate/Del Paso Blvd., Parolee Arrest
Northgate/Gardenland Officers Galliano & Cunningham were working the bike trail and located a Parolee At Large on a bike. John Rice 11/6/58 was arrested for his parole warrant. ************ Anti-Burglary Detail Update (This is a special North Area team consisting of 2 POP officers (Morgan & Blynn) and 4 patrol officers. Their mission is to reduce burglaries in the North Area) * 10/22/09, W. El Camino/American (Gardenland/Northgate & Woodlake) - Patrol Officer McGovern stopped a subject riding a bicycle pulling a trailer (noted on previous email updates). This subject matched the description that burglarized a home on Southgate Rd in Woodlake (303457) the previous week. Officers were unable to obtain enough probable cause to arrest him for the burglary, but they did arrest him for possession of burglary tools. This Monday (10/26/09) Detective Borg was able to obtain the probable cause regarding the burglary. Mario Martin (Homeless subject that stated he lived along the river) 2/15/83 was also charged with the Southgate burglary (he was still in jail). Unfortunately officers and detectives were not able to retrieve the property that was stolen. * 10/27/09 @ 2:45 pm, 2460 Seamist (S. Natomas) - Officers went to this location to conduct a probation search of a subject that was on probation for burglary. This subject wasn't home, but they located another subject that was on probation for false imprisonment and had priors for theft related offenses. He also had a clause in his probation that he wasn't to have any weapons. Officers located a knife in his pocket and arrested Rodrick Simpson 7/19/61 for probation violation. * (326863/303594) 10/27/09 @ 10:18 am, Truxel/San Juan (Parking lot near the Round Table) (S. Natomas/Del Paso Heights) - Officers stopped a Blue Chevy Lumina. They noticed a strong odor of marijuana coming from the car and one of the passengers was bending over and reaching under the seat as officers approached the car. The driver had a suspended drivers license and was also wanted in regarding to a burglary/assault that occurred on 10/5/09 on Clay St. (the suspect and mom broke into the victim's house and assaulted the victim). The driver also had two warrants for his arrest. Officers arrested Demarco Townsend 3/3/89 for his burglary and assault charges and his warrants. A passenger (on searchable probation) was found to have marijuana hidden in his sock. The 20 yr. old passenger was cited for the marijuana. * (327140) 10/27/09 @ 3:10 pm, 1540 Waterwheel Dr. #7 (S. Natomas)- Officers went to this address looking for a subject that had warrants for theft and drug charges. They located 3 subjects. One was a subject (Curtz) on parole for burglary. One was a subject (Rowden) who had a no bail warrant for theft and a $7,500 warrant for drugs. The third subject (McDilda) was the one they were looking for that had 3 no bail warrants for theft and drugs. Robert Curtz 5/24/84 was found to be under the influence of methamphetamine and was arrested for parole violation. Michael McDilda 1/20/83 was arrested for his 3 no bail warrants. Brandon Rowden 5/24/84 was arrested for his 2 warrants. * 10/27/09 - Officers conducted 8 other probation/parole searches in North Sac and Natomas but did not locate anything illegal. (323729) 10/24/09 @ 1:52 am, 3600 N. Freeway (Center Court), Homicide/Arrest, N. Natomas The victim and a couple of friends were leaving the night club and walking to their car when they
were contacted by another group of subjects. Gang words were exchanged and the suspect shot the victim multiple times. The suspects fled the area. Officers arrived and found the victim deceased at the scene. On 10/25/09 @ 11:08 pm, Gang detectives located the suspect inside the movie theater at 1700 Arden Way. He was arrested without any issues. Nicholas Newsome 10/31/88 was arrested for the homicide and booked into the jail. *************** 10/24/09 12:20 am, 3016 Northgate (Northgate Liquor & Food), Armed Robbery/Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Two suspects entered the store. One was armed with a handgun and demanded money from the register. The clerk refused to open the register so the suspect attempted to open it himself. Several other employees that were working at the time, confronted the suspects and took the gun. A fight ensued and the 2nd suspect (without the gun) ran from the store and got away. The employees detained the armed suspect until officers arrived. Officers searched the area for the 2nd suspect. During the search, we received a cell phone call from the 2nd suspect that stated he was losing consciousness from his injuries and was hiding along the levee. He was requesting medical aid. Both suspects had injuries to their head and body. They were both taken to the hospital and treated for their injuries. Turns out, they robbed the Four Oaks Market (E. Del Paso Heights) about 40 minutes prior to this robbery (323568). Malcolm Laban 4/14/88 (lives in Strawberry Manor) was arrested for robbery, armed in commission of felony, conspiracy and attempted robbery. Brandon Hill 9/1/91 (lives in N. Natomas near San Juan/I-5) was arrested for robbery, conspiracy and attempted robbery. The gun was recovered inside the store. 10/23/09 8:20 pm, 1600 W. El Camino (Cash 1 Check Cashing), Robbery S. Natomas The female victim was leaving the store after cashing a check. The suspect ran up behind her and put a gun to the side of her face. He demanded money and took the victim's wallet. He fled south on Truxel. The suspect: Male Black Adult, 18-25 yrs., thin, wearing a grey hoodie and dark jeans. 1:31 pm, 3250 Arena (Bel Air Parking lot), Robbery Gateway West The victim got out of her car when the suspect approached. He told the victim that he was going to "need" her purse. He grabbed the victim's purse and the two struggled over the purse for a short time. The suspect pushed the female victim to the ground and ran across the street to the apartment complex. He took her green "fossil" purse. Suspect: Male Black Adult, 5'11", thin, shaved head, light goatee, tattoo on neck and black sweater and jeans. There were several witnesses in the parking lot that recognized the suspect as being suspicious. One person even called police prior to the robbery because he was acting suspicious (walking around the parking lot) actions. Officers were on their way to the parking lot when the robbery actually happened - just didn't get there in time.....**Great job of people calling in suspicious activity***
10/25/09 11:55 am, 900 block of Hawk Ave, Assault S. Natomas The victim and his girlfriends brother got into an argument that turned physical. A box cutter and rifle were, at different times, involved in the physical fight. Officers responded and located both the victim and suspect still in the back yard. Troy Palma 12/18/74 was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and threats. 10/24/09 10:51 pm, W. Elkhorn/Hwy99, Hit & Run collision Natomas Creek A subject riding a motorcycle with a passenger collided with a motor home at the above location. The motor home left the scene without stopping. The motor home was last seen south on Hwy 99. The subjects on the motorcycle had moderate injuries and were transported to the hospital. ************ Enforcement Efforts * 10/23/09 - CHP assisted the North POP team for the 2nd day in a row with enforcement efforts in the North Sac and Natomas areas. They had the following: 76 citations, 8 towed cars, 3 felony arrests, 4 misdemeanor arrests, and 18 probation/parole searches. *************** **Anti-burglary Detail Update** * (321768) 10/22/09 @ 1:10 pm, 3801 Duckhorn (Atrium Ct. Apartments), Stolen Property/Arrest, Gateway West The Anti-Burglary detail went to the above location to conduct a probation search on a subject (Thomas) that was on probation for burglary. They located a wallet, Drivers license, ATM Card and 3 Social Security Cards that did not belong to either suspect. The wallet had been reported as lost or stolen previously and the ATM card had been reported lost or stolen in July. One of the debit cards had been fraudulently used a couple of times after it had been lost or stolen. Rasheda Scruggs 3/7/86 was arrested for possession of stolen property. Al Capone Thomas 6/11/89 was arrested for possession of stolen property, violation of probation and warrants. ************ 10/22/09 10:04 am, Gateway Oaks/Weald Wy (bike trail), Robbery S. Natomas The victim was walking along the bike trail when the suspect approached him. The suspect punched
the victim and demanded money. The victim gave the suspect his money and the suspect fled to an awaiting car (with 3 other subjects inside). The subjects in the car were seen by witnesses laughing as the suspect jumped in the car. The victim sustained a cut to his face. Main Suspect: Male Black adult, 30-35 yrs., 5'7", wearing a black basketball jersey and black short. Driver: Male black adult, 20 yrs., 2" afro..Passenger: Male black adult, 20's, 2nd Passenger: male black adult, 20's....they were driver a Burgandy 70's Volvo. ************** Enforcement Efforts CHP assisted the North POP team with enforcement efforts in North Sac and Natomas. They had the following results on Thursday night (10/22/09): 77 traffic citations, 5 towed cars, 2 felony arrests, 11 misdemeanor arrests and 10 parole/probation searches. ************ Car Burglaries. As you probably know from the recent stats, Auto burglaries have been on the rise in Natomas for several months now. In September, they rose 38% in North Natomas, 68% in S. Natomas, and 20% in Northgate/Gardenland. Most of the auto burglaries still occur when people leave valuables in plain view inside their car - for example, laptops, GPS devices on the windshield, purses, bags, cell phones, I-pods etc. Also remember....most cars now have a button or latch that will open the trunk without a key near the drivers seat....If you have one that locks - lock it.....The suspects can clean out your car of your valuable in seconds...I have attached a map of the recent car burglaries so you can see where they are commonly occurring....This month (10/1/09 to 10/19/09) so far there have been 31 reported car burglaries in all of Natomas - see attached map. ***Remember - don't leave anything in plain sight in your car!! 10/22/09 9:41 am, El Camino/American, Burglary Tools/Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officer McGovern stopped a subject riding a bike and pulling a small trailer at the above location. The subject had property in the trailer including two chain saws. He stated he was homeless and matched the description of a burglary a few weeks ago in Woodlake. The Anti-Burglary detail officers responded to assist on the stop. Ultimately, the subject was arrested for possession of burglary tools (he had numerous tools in his backpack). Officers and detectives are continuing to follow up on the earlier burglary. ************** Anti-Burglary Detail This week we initiated a special team to address the number of burglaries we are having in the Natomas area. Sgt. Hinz and Sgt. Lange are coordinating this effort to significantly reduce
burglaries in our neighborhoods. POP Officers Blynn and Morgan are the lead officers and Patrol Officers Scurria, Armstrong, Surjan and Hughes are also assigned to the team. Below are some of their results so far: * 10/20/09 (319446) @ 12:44 pm, E. Levee Rd/W. El Camino - Arrested Mario Gonzales 4/11/59 due to him being a parolee at large. He lives in Northgate/Gardenland area. * 10/20/09 @ 3:18 pm (319799), W. El Camino/Timberwood (S. Natomas) - They stopped a green Toyota Tercel. They located heroin and numerous hypodermic needles inside the car. Gerad Rivera 7/3/59 (lives in S. natomas) was arrested on drug charges. * 10/21/09 @ 12:38 pm, 2500 Seamist, Burglary Arrest - Officers responded to a call of subjects attempting to break into 2730 Stonecreek (stonecreek apartments). The neighbor observed 3 juveniles attempted to break into an apartment. Hours later, the witness observed the same subjects at 2500 Seamist and called the police. The Anti-Burglary officers responded and located 2 of the subjects in the complex and another one inside an apartment. They were all arrested for the attempt burglary. They were also possibly involved (possibly victim's) of a shooting call earlier in the day in the same location also. The 14 yr. old, 17 yr. old and 16 yr. old were all booked into juvenile hall. They all live in the general area. Follow up in continuing on these subjects as there has been several other burglaries recently in the same complex. * 10/21/09 @ 9:37 am, 3291 Truxel, Warrant Arrest - Officers located Armani Lee 1/29/89 who had a $40,000 warrant for battery. He was arrested. * 320563) 10/21/09 @ 10:15 am, 2645 Stonecreek (Stonecreek Apts) - Officers responded to a call of suspicious subjects looking in the windows of apartments. Officers located a subject and found him to posses 6 baggies of marijuana. The 22 yr. old was cited for the marijuana. 319191/319256) 10/20/09 @ 12:30 am, 4571 Gateway Park (Johns Cleaners) & 1900 Del Paso Rd (Golds Gym), Burglary/Arrest, N. Natomas The suspects parked their car in a parking spot inside Teracina Gold Apartments. They walked to the Gold's Gym parking lot and broke into John's Cleaners by forcing open the door. They took the registers outside and took money from the registers. They also broke into the Gold's Gym by breaking the glass door on the south side of the gym. They took money and attempted to break into the ATM machine. The suspects were two Male Hispanic Adults wearing black hoodies. They then walked back to their car that was parked in the Teracina gold parking lot and left. A witness observed this occurring and called the police. They also got a license plate number for the suspects car. Officers Tavelli and Bell located the car and suspect at his residence on Matson Dr. in the South Area. The 2nd suspect was not with the subject but they recovered some money that was stolen. The suspect was on searchable probation. Luis Sanchez-Padilla 2/5/89 was arrested for 2 counts of burglary, conspiracy and violation of probation. GREAT, GREAT, GREAT Job by the witness....This is Exactly what helps us to catch the suspects that are victimizing our neighborhoods!!! ************ 10/19/09 10:04 pm, 3310 Winter Park Dr., Parolee Arrest S. Natomas
Officers Hanson and Buchanan responded to the above location because security had detained someone for trespassing. Officers contacted the subject and learned he was a parolee who had not updated his residence with his parole officer - therefore they didn't know where he was staying. Further follow up revealed a registered sex offender staying in the nearby apartment who hadn't updated his residence location. Sheik Ali 4/4/81 was arrested for parole violation and Eugene Lloyd 1/26/58 for failing to register. 10/20/09 1:15 am, 2587 Millcreek Dr., Parolee At Large Arrest S. Natomas Officers Hanson and Buchanan responded to the above location for the 2nd time this night. Earlier the suspect kicked in the glass sliding door to his ex-girlfriends 2nd floor apartment and they began to argue. He was gone when officers arrived. He came back a couple of hours later and came into the apartment again. Officers were able to determine the suspect was a Parolee at Large out of Ingleside CA. This time he was standing in front of the apartment when officers arrived. Officers ordered him to put his hands on his head and he refused and ran back into the apartment. Officers could hear women screaming from inside the apartment. Officers entered the apartment but the suspect had already fled by jumping off the 2nd floor balcony. They located the suspect hiding in nearby bushes. Carl Batiste 1/11/75 was arrested for vandalism, resisting arrest, and his parole warrant. 10/19/09 5:43 pm, Wisconsin/Natomas, gun shots Northgate/Gardenland Officers Yonemura and Alameda responded to the area regarding guns shots heard coming from the levee area. A Male Hispanic, heavy set, subject was seen in the area. Officers observed a possible suspect near 400 Wisconsin and the subject attempted to avoid officers by running through a vacant lot and jumping a fence into a adjacent yard. Officer Alameda caught the subject and he stated someone had been shooting at him. A search of the area was negative for a gun or any other people. This subject was released. 10/17/09 9:34 pm, 3301 Fong Ranch Rd (Natomas H.S.), Gun Incident S. Natomas Several subjects were confronted by security at the shopping center at Truxel/San Juan regarding loitering. One of the subjects displayed a handgun at the security guard and then put in his blue backpack. The subjects fled from security across the street onto the grounds of Natomas H.S. - where they were having a school dance. There were two School Resource Officers working the dance and they saw two subjects running on the football field. They set up a perimeter, but the subjects got south of the school and were seen running into the apartments on the south east corner. Officers located 4 subjects hiding in the neighborhood, but a gun and backpack were never located. The subject with the gun was described as Male Black, 18 yrs., 5'9", Red Plaid Colored Shirt and blue back pack.
10/18/09 10:09 pm, Del Paso Blvd/Hwy 160 (bike trail), Drug/parolee/arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officer Tavelli contacted a subject riding a bike on the bike trail. The officer located multiple baggies of marijuana and a baggie of methamphetamine in a backpack along with a scale. Nicholas Resendez 6/7/63 was arrested on drug charges and parole violation. 10/16/09 4:35 pm, 535 Wisconsin (Jimboys), Robbery Northgate/Gardenland The victim was speaking to a friend in a nearby area where his friend was accompanied by two other subjects the victim didn't know. The victim left and returned to the area a short time later. The victim was walking to Jimboys with his 2 yr. old child. The same two subjects approached him and demanded his bracelet. The suspects took the victim's bracelet and fled on foot. Suspects: 1. Male Hispanic Adult, 20's, 5'6", 145 lbs., short hair and slight mustache. 2. Male Hispanic Adult, 5'10", medium build, white baseball cap turned backwards. 10/17/09 1:54 am, W. El Camino/American, Hit & Run Northgate/Gardenland A 22 yr. old woman was crossing the street when a Cream colored Ford Explorer (possible 1996) hit her and fled east on W. El Camino. The victim sustained injuries to her side and head. The vehicle was not located. 11:29 pm, W. El Camino/Orchard (AM/PM), Drug/Parolee/Arrest S. Natomas Officers Stone and McClusky stopped a lime green Pontiac as it pulled out of the AM/PM parking lot. The driver told officers he was on parole and didn't have a drivers license. The car also had expired registration and had a strong smell of marijuana. Officer attempted to detain the driver and he kept attempting to pull away and was looking around. Officers eventually got him handcuffed and located a baggie of rock cocaine and baggie of marijuana in his jacket. They also located some powder cocaine in the seat pocket in the car. They booked the suspect into the county jail. They also located a baggie of marijuana under the rear seat of the patrol car the suspect attempted to hide. Deshawn Dewitt 5/2/80 was arrested on drug charges and parole violation. 10/14/09 5:15 pm, 500 Bankside, Child incident S. Natomas A 1 yr. old child fell out of a 3rd story window onto the ground. Fire and police were called. The child appeared to be ok but was taken to the hospital to be checked out.
10/13/09 9:45 am, 801 San Juan (Point Natomas Apts), S. Natomas Officer Hughes was hailed by apartment complex staff regarding 15-20 juveniles hanging out in the laundry room smoking marijuana. The officer approached the subjects and several took off running. The officer was able to catch one subject. He told the officer he didn't live there and was just passing through. He stated he was thinking about visiting a friend although he could not say where the friend lived or who he was. Officers took the subject back to his home (S. Natomas) and conducted a probation search and located some items in the house that the subject said didn't belong to him. Officers confiscated the property and will be conducting more follow up. 10/10/09 11:03 pm, San Juan/Northgate (AM/PM), Gun Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officer Yonemura observed a tan Lincoln Continental in the AM/PM parking lot. A run of the car revealed the owner to have a warrant and suspended drivers license. Officer went up to speak with the occupants and the driver told the officer he was the owner. He appeared very nervous and the officer had to repeatedly give him directions before he complied. The officer asked him if he had any drugs or weapons and the driver responded that he had a .25 gun. The officer immediately requested back up and order the other 2 passengers in the car to put their hands up (which they did). He retrieved a handgun from the suspect's pocket (it was also unregistered). Matias Quezada 3/26/79 was arrested on gun charges and his warrant (lives in the Noralto area on Traction). 10/11/09 1:56 am, 4500 Truxel (Granite Point Apartments), Assault N. Natomas The victims were involved in an altercation with associates at the Park Ultra Lounge downtown. One of the victim's and one of the suspect's were ex-boyfriend/girlfriend. The victim's came back to their apartment and the suspect and friends soon followed. The suspect's broke the apartment window with a light pole and threw glass at one of the victim's. The suspect also punched the female victim as she ran from the apartment. The suspects (approximately 3 of them) ran from the complex on foot after one of the victim's chased them away. The suspects are known to the victim's and will soon be identified. 10/9/09 1:30 am, 2651 Truxel (apt. complex), Stabbing S. Natomas The victim showed up at Kaiser North and officers responded there at 11:30 am. He stated he was walking up his steps when the suspect asked him for some cigarettes. The victim refused and the suspect ran at him. The suspect pushed him against the door and stabbed him in the leg with a knife. The suspect then fled the area in a truck. Suspect: Male Hispanic Adult, 25-26 yrs., 5'11", 170 lbs., shaved head wearing a white t-shirt. Vehicle: White Truck with rolls of carpet in the bed of the truck.
The victim had a stab wound to his leg. 7:47 pm, 2500 New Market Dr (Inderkum HS), Trespassing/Arrest N. Natomas Officers were advised by the principal that a suspended student was at the football game. The student had been requested to leave several times by school staff but refused. Officers located the student behind the bleachers talking with other subjects. He began to step back from the officers and then resisted officers as they tried to detain him. They eventually got him to the squad car where he placed the handcuffs in front of him from behind his back. Officers attempted to transition him to another squad car so he could be transported to Juvenile Hall. He began kicking at officers, spitting on officers and eventually bit one of the officers. Once in the squad car, he began to kick the windows and bars. Once at Juvenile Hall it was learned that he had ripped the cell phone and cell phone clip from one of the officers belts and was holding onto it. The officers sustained minor injuries such as scrapes and a bite wound. The 14 yr. old was booked into Juvenile Hall. 10/10/09 2:41 am, 2649 Stonecreek (apartment complex), shooting S. Natomas The victim was leaving the complex and had already started his car. The suspect approached the victim and said something the victim didn't understand. He then noticed the suspect was pointing a handgun at him. He immediately grabbed the gun and struggled with the suspect over the gun. The suspect fired the gun twice during the struggle (hitting the victim's car once). The victim then fled the area on foot and so did the suspect. He was possibly trying to rob the victim, but didn't get anything after the struggle. Suspect: Male (unknown race), 6'3" and skinny. 10/11/09 2:14 pm, 3101 Cloudview, Warrant Arrest S. Natomas Officer Chipp located a subject with an outstanding warrant for Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Grand Theft. Kristopher Lindley 12/26/83 was arrested for his outstanding warrant. 10/8/09 9:24 am, San Juan/Duckhorn, Juvenile Arrest Gateway West Officer Harbison observed the juvenile suspect walking in the area. He then went onto the porch of 2591 Amoinetti and stood behind a pillar as the officer drove down the street. The officer contacted him and determined he didn't live there nor did he know anyone that lived there. He told a long tangled story about where he had been and where he was going that ultimately turned out to be untrue. It was also soon determined he lied to the officer about his name (he gave his brothers name). He was on probation and had a chisel type took in his pocket. He also did not live in the area (he lives in Del Paso Heights). The 16 yr. old was arrested for giving a false name to an officer and possession of burglary tools.
7:55 am, 3571 Truxel (Jamba Juice), Robbery N. Natomas Two suspects entered the store and simulated a gun (no gun was seen). They made the clerk get on the floor as they took money from the store. They also took property (cell phones and wallets) from the employees. They fled out the back door. Suspect #1. Male Black, 18-19 yrs., 6'0", 180 lbs, Black Pirates baseball cap with a yellow "P" on the front, black hoodie, black jeans...#2. Male Hispanic, 1819 yrs., 5'11", 180 lbs, black sweatshirt, black baseball cap and black or grey jeans- he pulled his sweatshirt up over his face during the robbery. 7:00 pm, 1247 Pebblewood, Drug Sales Arrest S. Natomas The North POP team served a search warrant at the above address. They located the suspect with marijuana in his hand. They also located marijuana in various locations in the house, a scale, baggies and a counterfeit bill. Damien White 12/7/82 was arrested for drug sales and violation of probation. 10/6/09 1:05 pm, Northgate/Hwy 160 (Bike Trail), Assault Northgate/Gardenland The victim was riding his bicycle toward the Pipe bridge on the bike trail. There were three subjects standing next to the bike trail. As the victim passed them, one hit him with a stick. The victim fell to the ground unconscious. When the victim woke up, the suspects were gone. Suspects: #1 Male White, 16-17 yrs, 5'6", skinny, long blond hair..#2. Male white, 16-17 yrs, fat, 5'0", 150 lbs, dark brown hair slicked back...#3. Male White, 16-17 yrs, skinny. 10/7/09 9:37 am, Del Paso Blvd/Northgate (Bike Trail), Assault Northgate/Gardenland The victim was riding his bike when he came across the suspect on the bike trail. The suspect hit the victim as he rode by and then tried to punch him again. The first punch hit the victim's helmet and the victim was able to keep riding. The suspect was yelling at the victim, but he was hard to understand. Officers located the suspect on the bike trail at Colfax/Altos. Philip Roberts 3/16/85 was arrested on battery charges and violation of probation. Officers are looking into the possibility of him being involved in the previous days assault. 10:34 am, El Camino/Northgate area, "Bait" Property Northgate/Gardenland "Bait" equipment was placed in the Northgate/Gardenland area due to recent burglaries and thefts. The suspects took the equipment and officers located two homeless subjects with the equipment along the bike trail at Northgate/Hwy160. One admitted that he was in the area of El Camino/Northgate attempting to buy drugs. Brian Ritchey 3/25/78 was arrested for grand theft, possession of stolen property and warrants. Michael Martinez 11/1/58 was arrested for warrants and parole violation.
10/5/09 1104 am, Erin/Garvenenta, Drug Arrest S. Natomas Officers Duink and Hughes stopped a White Chevy Tahoe at the above location. The driver had a suspended drivers license and the passenger was on searchable probation. The driver appeared very nervous and was shaking uncontrollably when officers spoke with him. He also had 7 warrants. A search of the car revealed a hidden compartment in the drivers side door. In the compartment officers located a large amount of methamphetamine, a narcotic pipe and a scale. The driver was arrested for the drugs and the passenger was arrested for a warrant. On the way to the jail, the passenger kept talking with his mouth closed. Officers located a baggie of marijuana in his mouth. Jose Medrano 12/31/76 (lives in S. Natomas) was arrested for suspended license, drugs, drug paraphernalia and warrants. Juan Solorio-Salazar 8/13/85 was arrested for warrants and drug charges. 10/6/09 401 W. El Camino, DUI Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Sgt. Hinz was in the area due to complaints of drunk subjects drinking alcohol under a tree in the field next to the American Way Market. She sent 3 subjects out of the field when she noticed a GMC SUV on the street. The SUV had two subjects inside that were very intoxicated. They had driven to this location from the parking lot at Northgate/W. El Camino. Xiomara Orsi 6/3/67 was arrested for DUI. 4:31 pm, 2433 Northgate, Trespassing Northgate/Gardenland There have been numerous complaints of people loitering and causing problems in the parking lots at W. El Camino/Northgate. Officers Armstrong and Zeiger have been working on the issue in the area. They located two subjects trespassing in the area. Both subjects have been arrested and cited for the same thing in the same parking lot previously. Both were arrested and taken to jail on this date. 10/7/09 1:35 am, San Juan/Binghampton, Drug/Gun Arrest S. Natomas Officer Yonemura observed a black BMW leaving the AM/PM at Northgate/San Juan. It didn't have any rear plates and had expired registration. He stopped the car at the above location. The passenger was on searchable probation. Officers located methamphetamine in the drivers pocket and a gun and ammunition in the trunk of the car. Officers arrested the driver for the drugs and follow up revealed the gun was stolen in a burglary in Placerville. Joshua Placarte 6/13/89 was arrested on several drug charges, gun charges, and possession of stolen property. He lives in S. Natomas 8:35pm, 3309 Northgate, Attempt Robbery Northgate/Gardenland
The 15 yr. old victim was walking in the area when he stated he was approached by the suspect. The suspect demanded money but the victim didn't have any. The suspect then hit the victim in the rib area with an aluminum bat. The victim ran from the area and called police. Suspect: Male Black adult, 3040 yrs., 6'0", 165 lbs., blue sweater and brown pants. The suspect's clothes looked old and dirty. 7:33 pm, Stonecreek/W. El Camino, Robbery S. Natomas The victim was walking on the sidewalk at the above location. When he passed the suspect, the suspect told him he bumped into him. The suspect then asked the victim if he wanted to fight. The victim put up his hands in a fighting position and the suspect punched him. The suspect then threw him on the ground and took the victim's wallet out of his pocket. He called to two other subjects that were standing nearby and they all fled. They jumped the fence to the Oak Point Apartments. Suspects were all Male Black Adults, 16-17 yrs. Two had black t-shirts and 1 had a white t-shirt. 10/2/09 11:21 pm, 2613 Stonecreek Dr., Homicide S. Natomas The victim was found deceased inside his apartment. Patrol and homicide detectives responded to the scene and started the investigation to identify the suspect. Detectives were able to determine the suspect and victim knew each other and were able to identify the suspect. On 10/4/09 detectives located the suspect in the same complex and arrested him for murder. Robert Neal-Anderson 3/31/86 was booked into the County Jail. 10/5/09 12:31 am, 2645 Stonecreek, Burglary/Arrest S. Natomas Someone broke into the apartment by removing the front sliding window. Concerned callers called in when they heard the break-in. After entering the apartment, the suspect fled on foot. Paladin Security captured the suspects at W. El Camino/Stonecreek. Officers responded and conducted follow up that identified one of the subjects Paladin had detained as the suspect. The apartment that was broken into happened to be the apartment the homicide suspect (Neal-Anderson) stayed at. The 15 yr. old suspect was arrested for burglary. GREAT job by concerned neighbors and Paladin Security!! 10/04/09 11:02 pm, 3625 Northgate, Parolee Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officer Yonemura stopped a car with a known parolee at large. He arrested the suspect for his parole violation warrant and then searched the car. Inside the car was a laptop that was reported stolen in S. Natomas from a burlgary on 3/17/09. The suspects entered the victim's house through the "doggie" door while the victim was sleeping. Roberty Bowlin 11/2/66 was arrested for possession of stolen property and parole violation.
10/5/09 4:22 am, 2251 Northgate (Ramona's), Arson Northgate/Gardenland Officer Nezik responded to an alarm call at the above location. When she arrived, she noticed a small fire inside the business and went to get her fire extinguisher. When she returned the fire had gone out already (minor damage) and appeared to be caused by a Molotov Cocktail. The investigation is ongoing and no suspects were located when officers arrived. 12:51 am, 2936 Trigo Wy, DUI/Traffic Collision S. Natomas (ROCA Area) Officers responded to a car collision into a house. The homeowner turned out to be the driver of the car and was intoxicated. The 77 yr. old driver was arrested for DUI. 10/3/09, 2500 block of Northview Dr, **Burglary Follow Up/Update*** As previously reported on this email update - on 9/16/09 Patrol officers and POP Officer Blynn located and arrested two suspects (15 & 17 yrs. old) who burglarized a home in the 2500 block of Northview and fled the area. Officers located them hiding behind a dumpster in the area. Turns out this same home was burlgarized on 7/23/09 also. Officer Blynn conducted follow up on this burglary and was able to identify the two suspects on this burglary as well. One (15 yr. old) was the same suspect that burglarized the home on 9/16/09. He also identified the other suspect (17 yrs. old). On 10/3/09 Officer Blynn went to the 17 yr. old's home and arrested him for the burglary. A search of his room revealed a baggie of rock cocaine. The 17 yr. old was arrested on drug charges and burglary charges. He went to the other suspect's home (15 yr. old) and arrested him for the burglary also. This subject was on probation and was wearing an ankle monitor. 10/1/09 8:40 am, Pursuit/Stolen Car S. Natomas Officer Bohrer attempted to stop a gold Honda at the above Arcade/Del Mar in the North Area. The Male Hispanic Driver (w/ a mustache) fled from the officer in the car. He drove at high speeds and the officer canceled the pursuit because of the possible dangers to the public. Officers later located the car on Stonecreek (north of W. El Camino) parked. Later it was discovered the car was an unreported stolen car. The suspect was never located. *************** Traffic Enforcement * 10/1/09 - POP Officer John Banks met with the principal of American Lakes Elementary School regarding traffic complaints before and after school. He got there around 7:30 am and also wrote two traffic citations. Officer Banks will continue working with the school to address this concern.
*************** 9/30/09 9:16 am, 2051 Natomas Crossing (Schools Credit Union), Bank Robbery N. Natomas Two suspects entered the bank armed with handguns. One jumped the counter and took money from the drawers and tied up some of the tellers. The suspects fled the bank and possibly ran into the nearby condominium complex. Officers and helicopters searched the area with no luck. These suspects are possibly related to a bank robbery that occurred in the County. The suspects were described as 2 Male Black Adults. 11:08 pm, 3796 Northgate (Quality Inn), Robbery Northgate/Gardenland The victim was staying at the hotel. He went to his car to get some items out of it and began to return to his room. He was approached from behind by the suspect and something was placed against his neck. the suspect forced him back into his room where he was tied up. The suspect and an accomplice (possibly a woman) took items from his room and fled. The suspect was described as a Male (unknown race) with a black sleeved shirt. 9/29/09 5:10 pm, Parolee Arrest, 949 Hawk Ave S. Natomas Officers Armstrong and Zieger went to the above address to conduct a probation search. They located a parolee staying in an RV in the back yard. This was not the address the parolee gave his parole agent. They also located a baggie of marijuana, a narcotic pipe and a "billy Club" in the RV where the parolee was staying. Officers arrested Daniel Ruiz 2/3/59 on drug charges, weapons charges and parole violation. 7:53 pm, W. El Camino/Truxel (1514 W. El Camino), Arrest S. Natomas Officers Armstrong and Zeiger were working the above area due to complaints about possible drug dealing. They observed the suspect and several other people loitering in the parking lot. They drove up to speak with the subjects and the suspect fled from them on a bicycle. He went across the street and rode into the car wash at the Shell station. He dropped his bike inside the car wash and attempted to run from officers on foot. Officers caught the suspect at the corner of Truxel/W. El Camino. They located marijuana and a narcotic pipe in his pocket. They also found the bike to be stolen from a yard on E Street down town on 8/6/09. The suspect was also on probation for burglary and grand theft and was out on bail for possession of a stolen gun. Joseph Walsh 9/17/88 was arrested for possession of stolen property, resisting officers, drug charges and violation of probation. 9/26/09
7:59 am, Northgate/Sotano, Drug Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officer Chipp stopped a black Chev. Camero. The passenger was on probation. A search of the car revealed a baggie of methamphetamine and a narcotic pipe. Francisco Fuentes 6/18/80 was arrested on drug charges and violation of probation. 2:22 pm, Azevedo/maricopa, Drug/Stolen property/Arrest S. Natomas Officer Chipp stopped a white Ford SUV. There was a strong odor of marijuana coming from the car. Inside the car was a bag of marijuana. Officers also located a bag of over 250 DVD's and CD's - they were illegally pirated disc's. Rasaan Zawadi 11/19/74 was arrested for Pirated material and drug charges. 9/27/09 1:55 am, Center Court, DUI/Arrest N. Natomas Security Officers called for assistance with closing time at Center Court. Officer Hanson responded and located a DUI driver once he got there. The driver was arrested for DUI. No major problems with the rest of closing time. 9/28/09 12:16 am, Del Paso Blvd/American River Bike Trail, Drug Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officers Tavelli and Bell contacted a subject at the above location. He had a outstanding warrant for his arrest and was also found to have marijuana and drug paraphernalia on him. Raul Ambriz 4/28/69 was arrested for violation of probation, drug charges and giving a false name to officers, and his warrant. ************** Traffic Enforcement * 9/26/09 - Dayshift Sergeant Maxwell's team worked traffic complaints in Natomas - The patrol officers wrote 42 traffic citations - 18 of which Officer Harbison wrote himself. (292162) 9/24/09 @ 5:17 pm, Northfield/Northgate, Arrest, Northgate/Gardenland Officer Armstrong stopped a Blue Cadillac DeVille for expired registration. The driver had a suspended drivers license and the passenger had a $1 Million warrant for weapons charges. Officers also located a bag of marijuana and a pipe in the drivers pocket. Officers cited the driver for the suspended license and marijuana - and towed his car. The passenger was booked into the jail. While at the jail, the officers located 2 $50 bills in his wallet that were counterfeit. They also located a sticky note with another persons Social Security number on it. Officers attempted to locate and contact this subject with no luck. Christian Kirkland (lives on El Camino in N. Sac) was booked into jail on his warrant.
***************** 9/24/09, Swing Shift * The CHP assisted the North POP team with enforcement efforts in N. Sac and Natomas. They wrote 44 traffic citations, towed 15 cars, made 4 felony arrests, and 6 misdemeanor arrests (286478) 9/19/09 @ 1:04 pm, 3501 Northgate (AM/PM), Robbery, Northgate/Gardenland The victim was pumping gas into her car when the suspect approached her asking if she wanted to purchase the necklaces he was holding in his hand. the victim told the suspect "no" and he walked off toward other people attempting to sell them the necklaces. The victim then drove to the Food Co. store in the same parking lot, went inside and shopped for items. She came out of the store and observed the same suspect selling necklaces in front of Food Co. As she (victim) was getting into her car, the suspect grabbed her necklace from behind her (the necklace was on her neck). The victim held onto her own necklace and struggled with the suspect, but he was able to steal the pendant from the necklace. The victim yelled for help and the suspect walked to a car parked at the gas station and drove off. Suspect: MALE BLACK ADULT, 40's, 5'7", MEDIUM BUILD, SHORT TWISTIES IN HAIR.....Suspect Car: WHITE CADILLAC, 4-DOOR, OLDER. **************** 9/22/09 6:50 pm, 2300 block of Northgate, Sexual Battery Northgate/Gardenland The female victim was working when the suspect approached her and asked for a hug. The victim shook his hand but refused to give him a hug. She told the suspect to leave several times and then he grabbed her in a sexual manner and fled the area. The victim was not physically injured. Suspect: MALE BLACK, 20-25, 5'9", 200 LBS, SHORT CURLY HAIR, LONG SLEEVE SWEATSHIRT W/ STRIPE AROUND ELBOW, DARK PANTS. THE VICTIM STATED HE SMELLED LIKE BEER AND LOOKED "HOMELESS". 7:53 pm, Gateway Park/Del paso Rd, Felony Hit & Run/DUI/Arrest N. Natomas The suspect was driving east on Del paso Rd in a Green Hyundai. He most likely ran a red light and hit another car as it was turning onto Gateway Park Dr. The suspect fled on foot toward the Willow Glenn Apartments. Officer Kinstler arrived and located a similar subject walking onto the grounds of the apartment complex. He smelled of alcohol and was sweating profusely. Officers were eventually able to confirm this was the subject that hit the victim's car and fled the scene. He also happened to be on parole. Alar McCray 2/5/83 was arrested for Felony DUI, Felony Hit & Run, Suspended drivers license, and parole violation. The victim's had minor to moderate injuries. 9/18/09 3:16 pm, Saginaw/Truxel, Robbery/Assault/Arrest S. natomas The 14 yr. old victim was walking in the above area with his 17 yr. old sister. A couple of subjects
challenged the victim to a fight, but he ignored them. They then demanded the victim's cell phone and came toward the victim. The victim ran, but the suspect's caught him. They hit him and took his backpack - and then took his cell phone. The sister attempted to pull the 3 suspect's off her brother and one suspect punched her and then kicked her. The suspects have been previously seen hanging out in the area near the apartments. The helicopter soon observed two subjects jumping fences in the area. Officer Harbison located the two suspects in the area. One was previous arrested for a robbery. The two suspects were identified as being responsible for the robbery and assault...both were 16 yrs. old and taken to Juvenile Hall for the robbery. Officers were able to locate the third suspect at his house in S. Natomas. He too was 16 yrs. old and was cited for battery on the sister. 4:05 pm, Tumbleweed/San Juan, Pursuit/Arrest S. Natomas Traffic Sergeant was working the above area on traffic enforcement. He pulled over a subject and contacted him at the car. The suspect accelerated away from the sergeant and eventually got away. Officers were able to locate the car at 1850 Club Center Drive and eventually got the suspect to come out of his apartment (initially he wouldn't come to the door). Derrick Fitzhugh 6/26/81 was arrested for a warrant (hit & run and suspended drivers license), evading police, and having a suspended drivers license. 9/21/09 7:46 pm, Hoy Lake Ct., Burglary/Arrest S. Natomas The victim's home was burglarize over night on 9/18/09. On the above date/time, officers were called because there new information on a possible suspect. Officers located the 15 yr. old suspect who lived in the general neighborhood. The located the victim's X-box and receipts from the Game Stop on Northgate. The suspect had sold some of the victim's X-box games to the game stop for Game Stop credit. Officers went to the Game Stop and were able to retrieve the victim's 17 games. The games and X-box were returned to the victim. The suspect (15 yrs. old) was taken to Juvenile Hall for burglary and possession of stolen property. 9/19/09 1:41am, 2800 block of Flora Springs, DUI/Arrest Gateway West Officers responded to a suspicious vehicle call at the above location. They located the suspect and his girlfriend inside a black BMW. The suspect had been drinking, but both subjects stated he had not driven the car there and that he had relatives that dropped him off. They eventually released both subjects and the suspect stated he would wait for his relatives and not drive the car. A short time later, one of the officers was still in the area and observed the suspect attempting to drive out of the area. They stopped the suspect and arrested him for DUI. While in the back seat of the car, he got his handcuffs in front of him. He began to resist officers as they tried to put the handcuffs back behind his back. They attempted to take him out of the car but he held onto the bars in the car and attempted to kick the officers. Eventually they got him re-handcuffed and taken to jail. Kukhjit Kahlon 11/29/87 was arrested for DUI and resisting officers.
9/18/09 9:12 pm, 311 Bill Bean Cir. Stolen Car/Drug Arrest Regency Park The POP team went to the above location regarding a probation search. They located a stolen car in the garage (Blk ford Focus - stolen on 4/10/09 from Del paso Heights). They also located marijuana on a table. Ryan Pereyra 1/20/77 was arrested for the stolen car, possession of stolen property and drugs. 12:03 pm, 541 Wilson, Drug Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officer Chipp observed the suspect car pull out of the driveway to 541 Wilson. He conducted a traffic stop on the car at 3000 Northgate. The driver was on searchable probation and had a suspended drivers license. Officers went back to 541 Wilson and conducted a probation search on the suspects home. They located a baggie of marijuana, scale, ammunition, and two handguns. Sherrel Adams 2/14/82 was arrested on 2 counts of felon in possession of a handgun, felon in possession of ammunition, drugs and suspended drivers license. 9/22/09 9:30 am, 2351 Northgate Blvd, Illegal Campers Northgate/Gardenland Officers received a complaint about subjects camping behind a business in a vacant lot. A neighbors fence previously caught fire next to the camp. Officers located 3 campers and cited them for camping. The subjects cleaned up their camp and left the area. 1:14 am, Jefferson/Northgate, Drug Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officers Tavelli and Bell stopped a subject on a bicycle in the above area. The suspect was on searchable probation and had a misdemeanor warrant for his arrest. He also had illegal prescription pills in his back pack. Edward Villafane 9/28/65 was arrested on drug charges, violation of probation, and his warrant. 1:09 am, 1590 W. El Camino (Bank), Warrant Arrest S. Natomas Officer Yonemura contacted a subject at the above location. He had a felony burglary warrant for his arrest. Mario Vega 2/24/66 was arrested for his warrant. *************** Traffic Enforcement * 9/23/09 - POP Officer Banks worked traffic enforcement at Natomas Blvd/Del paso Rd. He wrote 3 traffic citations.
* 9/18/09 - The traffic team worked the areas of W. El Camino, Truxel, and San Juan. They wrote 31 traffic citations, and towed 7 cars. * 9/21/09 - The traffic team worked the Natomas area and wrote 40 traffic citations, and towed 5 cars. * 9/22/09 - The traffic team worked the areas of W. El Camino, Truxel, and San Juan. They wrote 75 traffic citations, gave 2 warnings, and towed 17 cars, *************** 9/17/09 4:12 pm, 3531 Truxel (Del Taco), Robbery N. Natomas The victim found an add on Craiglist selling a Tom Tom. He went to the Del Taco to purchase the item from the seller. They haggled over the price for a bit when the conversation turned violent. There was a struggle over the money and the suspect (seller) struck the victim with his elbow - knocking him to the ground. He then punched the victim while he was on the ground and took his blackberry from his belt. The suspect fled in his car with the victim's money and blackberry. Officer Armstrong responded and conducted extensive follow up eventually identifying a possible suspect. He contacted the suspect by phone and got him to agree to meet him on Pebblewood. Officer Armstrong located the victim's blackberry in the suspect's pocket and the suspect was ID'd by the victim. Danny Aguilar 2/21/91 was arrested for robbery. 9:19 am, 3326 Broken Branch, Warrant Arrest S. Natomas Officers responded to the above location to serve an arrest warrant. The suspect was wanted on 2 felony warrants - one was a no bail warrant for drugs and the other was a $70,000 warrant for drugs and guns. The suspect didn't come out of the location and a search with a K-9 revealed the suspect hiding in a bedroom under the bed. Pisa Keokongchack 11/6/81 was arrested for his warrants. ***UPDATE*** 8/25/09 @ 1:45 pm, Northgate/American River (Bike Trail), Assault This incident was mentioned on a previous email update. On the above date the 60+ yr. old victim was riding his bike on the bike trail. Three subjects were in the area and threw a bike in his path which resulted in him flipping off his bike. One suspect then hit the victim with a wooden stake. The victim suffered a fractured pelvis and cuts to his elbow requiring stitches. Patrol officers and detectives conducted extensive follow up on this case and were able to identify the main suspect. All three subjects live in the North Sac area. On 9/17/09 @ 6:55 pm, Officers Bryan and Boyd arrested the main suspect for Assault with a deadly weapon and threats. The 14 yr. old suspect was taken to juvenile hall. ******************
9/16/09 6:46 pm, 1336 Helmsman Wy, Stolen Car/Threats/Arrest S. Natomas The helicopter got a "Lo Jack" hit on a car at the above area. The car was stolen from Citrus Heights and officers in that City were currently investigating the issue. Officers surrounded the home and eventually took the suspect into custody. The suspect was turned over to Citrus Heights Police who booked him for the stolen car and threats. 1:30 pm, 2500 block of Northfield, Burglary/Arrest Northgate/Gardenland 3 juvenile subjects (2 male white and 1 male black) walked up and down the street looking at the victim's house. They also looked into the windows and back yard. A neighbor confronted the subjects and they stated they were looking for a friend. The neighbor told them to leave and they complied. About 2 hours later, the same neighbor noticed two of the same subjects coming out of the back yard of the same house. One subject had a back pack that looked full and very heavy. The neighbor confronted the suspects and they ran from him. The neighbor chased the suspects and Officers Blynn and Wilhite located both suspects hiding behind a dumpster in the area. They located the back pack - which had the property stolen from the house. The suspects had broken into the house through a "doggie" door. The same house had been burglarized a few months earlier. The 17 and 15 year old suspects were arrested for the burglary. GREAT JOB BY GREAT NEIGHBORS !!! 9/15/09 1:10 pm, 1545 River Park (Umpqua Bank), Robbery Point West The suspect entered the bank and immediately jumped the counter. He demanded money and took some money from the drawers. He then left out the back door. No weapons were seen, but he did threaten the tellers. Suspect description: MALE BLACK ADULT, DARK COMPLECTION, 5'11", 220 LBS, WEARING A RAIDERS HAT, BUTTON UP SHIRT WITH VERTICAL STRIPES, CREME COLORED PANTS, WHITE TENNIS SHOES AND A SCARF OR CLOTH OVER HIS FACE. Attached is a picture of the suspect. If you can't open the attached picture...you can go to www.sacpd.org and click on news room to see the press release and pictures. 9/13/09 7:39 pm, W. El Camino/Northview, Hit and Run Northgate/Gardenland A white Toyota truck was driving on W. El Camino when it collided with a couple of other cars.The suspect fled the scene in his damaged cars, but some good citizens followed the suspect.They followed him to Northgate/Northfield where he collided with a couple more cars.They caught him and held him until officers could arrive.The suspect was taken to the hospital for his injuries and will be arrested for felony hit and run.The other people were injured but none of their injuries were serious or life threatening.
swing shift *Officers Farren and Cranford made several traffic stops which resulted in warrant arrests: - W. El Camino/Truxel - Arrested Steven Mathews 1/31/90 for a no bail warrant for gun charges -Truxel/Newborough - Arrested Luis Guzman 3/29/75 for a no bail warrant for assault with a deadly weapon - Millcreek/Truxel - stopped a subject riding a bicycle.He was on probation for drug charges and the bike turned out to be stolen out of Elk Grove.Gregory Adams 11/21/64 was arrested for possession of stolen property. **UPDATE*** 8/13/09 @ 10:30 am, Robbery, 3525 Norwood Ave (Robertson Community Center) This robbery occurred when the suspect's made up a story of wanting to buy the victim's car. They met at the Robertson Community Center and the suspects in an Older Blue Honda robbed the victim of his home theater system at gun point. Detectives were able to identify the 2 suspects through their follow up and obtain an arrest warrant. On 9/6/09 @ 2:04 am, officers responded to Chuckwagon/Pony Express on a disturbance call as a party was getting out. They stopped a car that was spinning their tires - one of the passengers was our suspect from the robbery. Jamari Johnson 2/26/90 was arrested for the robbery. **UPDATE*** 9/12/09 10:15 pm, Northgate/San Juan, Parolee At Large/Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officers Stone and McClusky stopped a maroon Oldsmobile as it pulled into the Shell station at the above location.The driver stated he didn't have a drivers license.As the officer was walking him back to the squad car, the suspect pulled away from the officer and attempted to get away.The officers took him to the ground and were able to get the cuffs on him as he refused to pull his hand out from underneath him.Turned out he had two different identification cards in his wallet.He didn't have a good explanation as to why he had another persons I.D. in his wallet, nor could the officers locate the other person.It also turned out the suspect was a Parolee At Large.A narcotic pipe was also located inside the car.Christopher Thomson 7/19/89 was arrested for parole violation, resisting officers, no drivers license and possession of narcotic paraphernalia. 2:45 am, Reiner/W. El Camino, Drug Arrest S. Natomas Officers Surjan & Eagleton stopped a 2001 Mitsubishi Diamante at the above location for driving with no lights.The driver had a suspended drivers license and the passenger was on parole.They located a narcotic pipe, scale, pill bottle with methamphetamine inside, numerous plastic baggies and money inside the car.Josephine Simpson 3/19/67 (lives on Stonecreek) was arrested for drugs and suspended drivers license.Kambarage Mayhand 6/18/74 was arrested for parole violation.
12:56 am, Northgate/Hwy 160, Assault Northgate/Gardenland Officers responded to a call of a woman who being attacked by dogs.The victim told officers that two female white adults (large build) told their dogs to attack her while she was on the path near the rail road tracks.She stated she jumped into the river to get away from the dogs.The victim had bite marks on her extremities.She soon refused to tell officers further and walked away. 9/11/09 7:22 pm, 2751 River Plaza Dr, Burglary/Arrest S. Natomas The victim and suspect have been dating and used to live together.They got into an argument and the suspect left the victim's residence.He came back demanding to get in, but the victim refused.He attempted to break into the house through a window.Officers located the suspect in the neighborhood and arrested him for burglary. 9/10/09 Willow Glen Apartments, Blackrock/Del paso Rd POP Officer Blynn met with the management of this apartment complex to work on solutions to the issues at this location. He also marked 10 cars for tow that were parked around the complex and issued 8 citations. 1:51pm, Peralta/American, Assault Northgate/Gardenland Two subjects have and ongoing disagreement. The suspect saw the victim and drove his car at him ultimately running over his foot. The suspect again saw the victim walking later and drove at him again. The suspect was gone when officers arrived but he has been identified. 1:27 pm, Truxel/San Juan, Gun/Drug Arrest S. Natomas Security at the shopping center got into a verbal altercation with a subject the previous day. During the altercation, the suspect brandished a handgun in his waistband at the security guard. The next day, the security guard observed the same suspect in the area and called Officer Armstrong who was off duty. Officer Armstrong called officers and directed them to where the suspect was supposed to be. Eventually the officers located the suspect and their vehicle. They located cocaine and a loaded shotgun in the vehicle. The handgun was never located. Gregory Cooper 5/165/88 was arrested on multiple gun charges and drug charges. Cecilia Graves 12/11/80 was also arrested on gun charges and drug charges. 4:40 am, 300 block of Harding, Shots fired Northgate/Gardenland Officers responded to several calls of gunshots being heard in the area. Officers located several casings
in the street in the above area, but the suspects were gone. Nothing was seen - only heard. 9/9/09 6:21 pm, 2645 Stonecreek Dr., Assault/Arrest S. Natomas Officers responded to a call of a large fight with a possible gun involved. There had been a BBQ for the residents at the apartment complex. A fight broke out and the manager thought one of the subjects had a gun. Officer arrived and arrested one subject for assault. He had punched a woman in the mouth after the woman and her husband complained about the suspect's son cussing around their kids. During the investigation and while calming down 20-30 people who were yelling when officers arrived, another subject was pointed out to Sgt. Hinz that was involved in the fight. Sgt. Hinz went to contact this subject and he put his hands in his pockets. Because of the possible gun being involved, Sgt. Hinz told him to remove his hands from his pockets. He refused and told Sgt. Hinz he wouldn't remove his hands and that she wasn't going to search him. Officers eventually removed his hands from his pockets but he continued to struggle with him. while this was going on, another subject walked up and began to yell at the officers to leave his friend alone. This subject took a fighting stance with Sgt. Hinz and was eventually detained by other officers. No gun was located. Anthony Jones 8/8/90 was arrested for resisting officers, Anthen Kendrix 7/11/72 was arrested for battery and parole violation. the 17 yr. old (the one that came up to officers as they were struggling with one of the suspects) was arrested for resisting/interfering with officers. 9/8/09 7:08 pm, 3315 Northgate (Liquor Video Store), Assault on an Officer/Arrest S. Natomas Officer Armstrong was working the above area due to loitering and drug activity. He contacted subjects ( 2 women and 2 men) loitering in front of the Liquor store. They told him they were just hanging out and he pointed out the no loitering sign. They began to yell at the officer and told him to stop harassing them. All began to move around and continued to yell at the officer. He went to detain one subject and he pushed the officers hand away and said don't touch him. He attempted to detain the subject and he began to struggle with the officer. The officer got him on the ground and the two women ran up to him and began punching him in his head. Each woman punched him 2-3 times in his head and then attempted to pull the officer off the subject. Officer Armstrong used his taser on one of the female subject to stop them from hitting him. The officer called for cover. Both women were arrested for fighting with the officer, attempting to remove a suspect from the officer, and conspiracy. The male suspect was arrested for resisting the officer. Officer Armstrong sustained a cut lip, scratches to his face and pain to his head. 5:27 pm, 3100 block of Wiese Wy, Prowling Arrest S. Natomas Officers responded to a suspicious subject call regarding a person going into back yards. The suspect was ringing doorbells in the neighborhood. After ringing one doorbell he walked into the neighbors back yard. The neighbor yelled at him and he told her to be quiet. He eventually went into another back yard and approached the back screen door to the house. The husband and wife were inside and the wife saw him walking up to the screen door. He put his finger to his mouth as if he were telling her to be
quiet. She yelled to her husband and the husband chased the suspect out of the yard. Officers arrived and caught the suspect in front of 3131 Bridgeford. He dropped a large kitchen knife before officers handcuffed him. Andre Prejean 12/1/78 was arrested for possession of an illegal weapon, prowling and a warrant (for assault). He was on probation for weapons charges. GREAT job by GREAT neighbors!!! 4:52pm, Arena/I-5, Vandalism N. Natomas A citizen called in regarding a subject with a sharpie pen writing on the wall of the overcrossing on Arena. Officer Armstrong and Wetterer responded and located the subjects - finding a sharpie pen in one of their backpacks. The citizen identified the 16 yr. old as the one writing on the wall. Officers located the writing the kid put on the wall. The 16 yr. old was cited for vandalism and released to his parents. Great job by a very involved community member!!! 1:40 pm, Truxel/San Juan, Robbery S. Natomas The victim was walking in the above area when he was approached by the suspect. The suspect produced a knife and robbed the victim of his wallet, necklace and money. The suspect was described as: MALE WHITE ADULT, 20's, 6'0", THIN, BLACK HOODIE, WHITE T-SHIRT, BAGGY JEANS AND BIG HOLES IN HIS EARS WHERE EARRINGS WERE. 9/8/09 12:40 am, E. Commerce/ W. Elkhorn Blvd, Arson/Parolee/Arrest Natomas Creek The fire department called for assistance with a subject that was possibly involved in an arson in the back yard of a vacant house (5316 Novack). He was attempting to evade the fire department. Officers arrived and located the suspect in the above area. He was a parolee. Fire is still investigating the arson, but it's possibly accidental. Officers arrested Kevin Lipscomb 8/23/88 for parole violation. 9/6/09 8:23 am, 3230 Arena (Starbucks), DUI/Arrest Gateway West The suspect drove her vehicle into the starbucks and pinned a woman between the car and the counter. Prior to driving into the Starbucks, the suspect hit some curbs and another car in the parking lot. The suspect was driving while impaired (not believed to be alcohol) and was arrested for Felony DUI after being cleared by the hospital. The victim's that were hit inside the starbuck's were taken to the hospital and will be ok. 8:00 am, 300 block of Jefferson, Burglary Arrest Northgate/Gardenland The victim bought a computer from the suspect. The suspect then broke into the victim's house and stole the computer that he sold the victim. Officers located the suspect and computer at the suspects house in the same general area. The 17 yr. old suspect was arrested for burglary.
2:04 am, Guava/Bridgeford, Drug/Warrant/Arrest S. Natomas Officers responded to a disturbance call at the above location. While Officers Eagleton and Surjan were onscene - a group of people were leaving after the party was broken up. A car started burning their tires and fled from officers on Zenobia and Guava. They ultimately got the blue Ford Explorer stopped at Chuckwagon/Pony Express. One of the passengers had a $100,000 warrant for his arrest for robbery. When they got him to the jail, they found an ecstasy pill in his pocket. Jamari Johnson 2/26/90 was booked for the warrant and drug charges. 9/4/09 10:53pm, 3317 Northgate (Northgate Liquor Video Store), Gun Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officer Surjan stopped a car (white Cadillac) as it parked in front of the liquor store. A search of the car revealed a gun between the two front seats. The serial # was scratched off the gun. Michael Hinojosa 5/3/84 was arrested on gun charges. He lives in the same general area. (270339) 9/4/09 @ 9:57 am, 2000 block of Pebblewood, Arrest, S. Natomas Officers responded to the above location to serve an arrest warrant. The suspect was wanted for domestic violence related charges. The suspect attempted to run out the back of the house, but was caught by K-9 Officer Van Dusen's dog. Francoise Williams 4/25/79 was arrested for resisting officers and his warrant for domestic violence charges. 9:47 pm, San Juan/Truxel, Robbery S. Natomas The victim was walking to Save Mart when he was approached by two suspects. They demanded his bluetooth that was in his ear. He refused and one suspect pushed him to the ground and attempted to take the bluetooth. The victim fought back and then ran from the suspects. The suspects were not able to get anything from the suspects. The victims says he has seen the suspects asking for money near Save Mart in the morning. Suspect descriptions: MALE BLACK, 16-17 YRS., 5'6", 170 LBS, LIGHT COMPLEXION, SHORT HAIR, WHITE T-SHIRT, BLUE SHORTS. #2. MALE BLACK ADULT, 2229 YRS, 5'8", 200 LBS, DARK COMPLEXION. 6:00 pm, Patio/Northgate Area, Assault Northgate/Gardenland The victim recently broke up with the suspect. The victim attempted to walk away from the suspect in the above area and the suspect kept attempting to cut her off with his car (white Cadillac). Eventually he hit her with the car - which threw her up on the hood of the car and then onto the ground. The suspect was gone when officers arrived, but he has been identified. 9:00 am, 00-100 block of Brymar Ct., Arrest Natomas Park/N. Natomas Officers responded to the above location regarding a subject that was wanted on domestic violence
charges, threats and stalking. Officers located the suspect hiding in an upstairs bedroom. Michael McFarland 10/12/69 was arrested and taken to jail. 9/2/09 11:36 pm, 1104 Hawk Ave., Drug Arrest S. Natomas Officer Surjan observed a Silver 2000 Chevy Cavalier driving at a high rate of speed at W. El Camino/Truxel. He eventually got the car stopped in front of the above location. The driver told the officer he just got off Federal probation and stated he had "weed" in the car. He then produced a baggie of marijuana which was given to the officer. A search of the car revealed a sandwich bag of methamphetamine concealed under the center console panel. Diego Flores 8/15/74 was arrested on drug sales charges. He lives in N. Sac on Arcade. 11:23 pm, Northgate/Haggin, Pirated DVD Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officer Stone & McClusky observed a car leave the American Spirits Bar with it's music playing extremely loud. They attempted to stop the car, but it wouldn't initially stop. The car eventually pulled into the school parking lot at Haggin/Northgate. The driver told officers he didn't have any I.D., but one was eventually found in his pocket. The driver had a suspended drivers license. A search of his car revealed numerous pirated DVD's of movies in the theaters. Anthony Golston 9/25/78 was arrested for possession of pirated DVD's. He lives in the south area. 9/3/09 2:35 am, 3291 Truxel (Subway), Burglary S. natomas The suspect threw a rock through the front glass door of the Subway. He tampered with the cash register but it doesn't appear he got anything. The suspect was described as a male wearing a hoodie with dark pants and white gloves. 9/2/09 8:50 am, N. Bend/Menard, Stolen Car Arrest Natomas Park/N. Natomas Officer Aquino noticed a green lexus driving in the above area. The car had a different front license plate then the one on the back of the car. he stopped the car and the front plate returned to a stolen car (which was actually the car that was stopped). Larry Sampson 8/12/75 (lives in Regency Park) was arrested for possession of stolen property and probation violation. Lisa Caruthers-Snyder 6/8/84 was arrested for a stolen car (lives downtown). 3:20 am, San Juan/Binghampton, Parolee arrest Northgate/Gardenland Graveyard Officer Hanson stopped a car at the above location. The driver was cited for expired
registration and a suspended license. The passenger turned out to be a parolee at large. Jerry Truax 2/13/79 was arrested for his parole warrant. 9/1/09 @ 9:00 am, 310 Bowman (Gardenland Park), Drug Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officer Duink and Hughes were working a special TAC car in the Northgate/Gardenland area due to the increase in burglaries and other criminal activity. They contacted two juveniles in Gardenland park that were on the swings in the childs play area. They located several baggies inside a pill bottle. The baggies contained marijuana and were inside one of the subjects backpacks. One suspect (15 yrs. old) was arrested narcotic sales. The other subject (16) was taken back to school as a truant. Both officers later located 4 more truants in the area. 8/31/09 1:34 pm, 169 Belfont Cr., Cover Call N. Natomas Officers responded to the above location when Sac Sheriff's deputies called for cover. The deputies were attempting to serve a civil notice of eviction at this location when the subjects assaulted the deputies. One deputy was hit over the head with an oxygen tank and sustained a laceration to the head. Sac PD officers responded, but the deputies had the subjects in custody by the time officers arrived. The suspect was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. 8/30/09 2:05 am, 3700 block of Saintsbury Wy, Attempt Armed Robbery Gateway West Two victim's were talking near their parked car at the above location. The suspect car pulled up and the rear passenger pointed a gun at the suspects and demanded their wallets. The victim's refused and the suspect told his accomplices in the car to get the bats. One victim ran to the door of the house they were at and someone in the car said, "shoot him". The suspects then drove off in their car without getting anything from the victim's. The car was described as a: GOLD 4-DOOR, 90's - 2000's, LEXUS ES, 300 TYPE CAR. There were 3 people in the car of unknown race, but the suspect with the gun was possibly a male black. The suspect with the gun was: MALE, 20's, WEARING A GREY OR BLUE HOODIE, W/ BANDANA OVER FACE, 5'10". 3:12 am, 1300 block of Powderhorn, Armed Robbery S. Natomas (Truxel/San Juan area) The two victim's pulled into the driveway in their car. The suspect vehicle stopped behind them blocking them in the driveway. The victim in the passenger seat opened her door and the suspect held the door and pointed a gun at her face. He demanded "stuff" from both women in the car. The driver threw her phone on the floor board and the passenger was actually talking on her phone at the time. The passenger gave the suspect her phone and he ran back to his car and left. He didn't take anything else from the victim's - including the drivers cell phone on the floor. The suspect car was described as: 9497 SILVER OR GOLD HONDA ACCORD. The suspect was described as a MALE ASIAN
(POSSIBLY FILIPINO), WHITE HOODIE, BANDANA OVER FACE, 20's, SMALL BUILD - 5'2", 150 LBS. There was at least one more person in the car (driver). There is a very good chance the above two incidents are the same suspects. 1:53 am, N. Freeway/Promenade, Drug Arrest N. Natomas Graveyard Officers Tavelli and Hanson stopped a car as it pulled in and out of the Center Court Parking lot. The driver told officers he didn't have a drivers license and handed the officer an I.D. car. There was also a strong odor of marijuana emanating from the car. Officer detained the driver and he then told the officers he gave them a false I.D. car and that he was on probation. He stated he used his friends I.D. to get into clubs because he was only 19. He was on probation for drug related charges and had a suspended drivers license. Officers located a baggie of marijuana in his shoe and a scale and ecstacy pill in the car. Marquelle Jones 2/5/89 was arrested on drug sales charges, giving a false name to officers, suspended drivers license, violation of probation and 2 warrants and his car was towed. He lives in the County near Florin/Power Inn. 8/29/09 9:38 pm, 808 Arcade, Robbery Arrest, ***UPDATE***7-11 on Northgate A robbery occurred on 7/16/09 @ 6:33pm, (listed on this email update in July). The suspect's entered the 7-11 and attempted to take 2 30-packs of beer. They were confronted by the store employees and they began to throw stuff around the store and at the employees. They punched one of the clerks and ultimately stole several cases of beer. Due to a very Alert and OUTSTANDING neighborhood witness, and follow up by patrol officers and detectives - they were able to identify the main suspect in this robbery. On 8/11/09 officers went to his address at 808 Arcade to attempt to locate him. He wasn't there, but a search of his room revealed checks that were stolen from a car that was stolen in Strawberry Manor on July 3rd. On 8/29/09 @ 9:38 pm, Officers Long and Cranford went to 808 Arcade again and located the suspect. Phillip Upega 10/3/87 was arrested for robbery and possession of stolen property. OUTSTANDING help from a very alert witness. 8/28/09 9:30 pm, Azurite/Volti, Robbery S. Natomas The 15 yr. old victim was walking at the above location when the suspect (male hispanic, 6'1", thin, slicked back hair, red t-shirt, black shorts) came up behind him. The suspect was wearing a Mexican Flag Bandana over his face and pointed a knife at the victim. He told the victim to put the cell phone down or die. The victim argued with the suspect for a little bit and eventually put the cell phone on the ground. The suspect then demanded money, but the victim refused to give him his wallet. The whole time this was taking place, another subject (male hispanic, chubby, 5'10") was standing about 30' away and acting as the look out. The suspect took the victim's phone and left on foot. Officer Wetterer and Sgt. Hinz responded and located two subjects matching the suspect descriptions standing in front of 1903 Azurite talking to a couple of girls. They located the knife, bandana, and victim's cell phone on the two subjects. Isidro Fragoso 11/16/88 (lives in S. Natomas on Oak Rim) was arrested for robbery and accessory after the fact. The 16 yr. old suspect was arrested for robbery, assault with a deadly
weapon and conspiracy. He also lives in S. natomas 8/29/09 12:40 am, 100 block of Ishi Cr, Shooting S. Natomas (Truxel/San Juan area) The victim's were having a party at their house for back to school. There were several uninvited guests that were fighting and causing problems. The victim's made them leave the party through the front door. As soon as the victim's closed the front door, gun shots were heard. Two girls (both 17 yrs. old) were shot through the front door and sustained gun shot wounds to their legs. The only description of the suspects was possibly several male black subjects with dread locks. Several people heard them using gang language before they were kicked out of the party. 8/27/09 12:10 am, 2050 Club Center Dr (Longs Drugs), Burglary/Arrest Natomas Park/N. Natomas Graveyard Officer McClusky responded to the above location for a burglary report. The two suspects (2 male white subjects with t-shirts over their head) broke into the store. They threw a piece of concrete through the front glass door to gain entry. They took numerous packs of cigarettes. A similar crime occurred at the same location on 8/6/09. Officer McClusky passed this information onto Dayshift officer Harbison. At 7:07 am, Officer Harbison was checking the area for possible suspects and saw two subjects on skateboards at Gateway Park Blvd/Truxel that matched the description. He stopped to speak with them and they had cigarettes in their pockets that matched the ones that were stolen. They also had several packs of cigarettes hidden under their clothes in their waistband. Officer Harbison was able to determine these subjects were responsible for the burglary earlier the same morning. Kyle Rossow 5/13/91 (lives on Lemitar in S. Natomas) was arrested for burglary. His 17 yr old accomplice (lives in S. Natomas) was also arrested for burglary. 9:51pm, 364 Redwood, Armed Robbey/Arrests N. Sac A pizza Delivery driver from Dominos Pizza (3290 Northgate) went to deliver pizza to the above location. 3 suspects robbed him at gun point and struck him with the gun. They took several pizza's, his cell phone and money. Officers Eagleton, Kiser, Scurria and Wilson responded and started to do a lot of follow up. Their follow up took them an apartment complex at 325 Barrett. They located one of the stolen pizza's and a fake gun inside #10. They then went to #7 and found the stolen phone and the phone they used to call in the pizza order. Outside the back window of #7 they also located the rest of the pizza's and the bag the pizza's were in. Deandre Means 9/4/90 and Kelsy Dixon 10/17/90 were both arrested for the robbery. Officers are still conducting follow up regarding the 3rd suspect. One of the suspect's showed up at the hospital with a gunshot wound to his hand two weeks ago and told officers he was shot by someone else on Dixieanne. They live in this same area. 8/27/09 12:09 pm, 3690 N. Freeway (Best Buy), Auto Burglary/Arrest
N. Natomas Officer Montoya responded to the above location for a report of a car burglary. While he was on scene, he was hailed about another car burglary that occurred in the Mizu Restaurant parking lot (2 total). A witness observed the suspect break the window to a Ford Exposition and take the purse out of the truck. The witness not only wrote down the suspect's license plate, but also followed him for a while. The suspect saw the witness and drove through the Sams Club parking lot recklessly before getting away on the street in his Silver Dodge Truck. Officer Harbison located the truck at 3651 Whimsical. Inside the truck was the stolen property from the 2 car burglaries. The suspect was located at this location and arrested. Jethro Villongco 6/15/73 was arrested for 2 counts of burglary. OUTSTANDING job by this witnesses with being aware of what was going on and also knowing to write down the license plate!!! 7:49, Stemler/Cakebread, Fight/Arrest Gateway West/N. natomas We received a couple of calls regarding a fight in the general area. Several subjects were supposed to have bats and some left in two cars (Grey Buick and a Blue Buick). Officers located several subjects at Stemler/Cakebread. Turns out this group was on it's way to fight with people in the 100 block of Groth Circle. Officers arrested one subject for possessing brass knuckles. Amir Mostofy 8/10/91 was arrested for possessing an illegal weapon. 8/28/09 3:05 am, Club Center/Natomas Blvd, Vandalism Natomas Park/N. Natomas A subject in an Acura stopped near a Paladin Security Officer's car. He got out of his car and threw a rock through the back window of the Paladin Security car. The suspect jumped back in his car and was last seen northbound on Regency Park Cir. The suspect vehicle was: SILVER ACURA TL and the suspect was described as a MALE BLACK, 6'0", WEARING A WHITE T-SHIRT AND BLUE JEANS. 8/25/09 1:38 pm, Northgate/Arden (bike trail), Felony Assault Northgate/Gardenland The male victim (in his 60's) was riding his bike on the bike trail when he came across 3 subjects on the trail. The suspects threw another bike in front of him as he was riding - which made him crash off of his bike. The suspects then beat the victim with either a pipe or stick and then fled from the area. The victim had cuts, scrapes and other injuries to his body and was taken to the hospital. Officers have a couple of leads in this case they are following up on . The suspects are described as: 2 MALE WHITE JUVENILES AND 1 MALE HISPANIC JUVENILE WITH EITHER A MOHAWK OR PONY TAIL 1:28pm, Beretania/Alderburgh, Shooting Sundance Lake/N. Natomas Two subjects were standing near a car at the above location. One subject fired 4 shots from a gun into the air and then they both left in the car. The car was described as: OLDER BROWN 4-DOOR CAR
and the suspects were described as: 2 MALE BLACK ADULTS, 18-20 YRS, WEARING WHITE TSHIRTS AND DARK JEANS. 1:52 am, Northgate/Wisconsin, Drug Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officer Buchanan stopped a car at the above location. The driver had outstanding warrants and the passenger was on probation. A search of the car revealed a large amount of money and indications of drug activity. The officer conducted a probation search of their home (515 Wisconsin) and located a safe that contained methamphetamine, baggies, and a scale. Charles Davis 7/14/81 was arrested for drug sales, suspended drivers license and his warrants. Samuel Morris 6/4/86 was arrested for narcotic paraphernalia and violation of probation. 8/23/09 11:10 pm, Truxel/W. El Camino, Warrant Arrest S. Natomas Graveyard officers Tavelli and Bell stopped a car at the above location. The subject inside the car had 4 outstanding warrants. He was arrested and taken to jail. 8/22/09 10:55 am, 2650 Stonecreek Dr. #223, Drug Arrest S. Natomas Officer Chipp went to the above location to conduct a parole/probation search. He located one subject on parole and the other on probation. A search revealed a real looking BB gun, 2 baggies of methamphetamine and a baggie of marijuana and numerous empty baggies. Officers also located on one subject - 3 more baggies of methamphetamine and 14 more baggies on marijuana. Officers arrested Berry Leslie 4/30/82 on a warrant, drug charges and violation of probation. Aaron Bonner 4/21/83 was also arrested on drug charges and parole violation. 8/23/09 11:38 pm, Northgate/Hwy 160, Drug/Parolee Arrest Northgate/Gardenland While officers Tavelli and Bell were transporting the subject with warrants to jail.....a call came out at the above location regarding a woman who ran out of gas. There were about 5 subjects harassing this woman so she called the police. Officers drove by and attempted to contact these subjects....one of them ran from officers. Tavelli and Bell caught him and he turned out to be on parole. He also was in possession of marijuana and illegal prescription medication. Trevor Seiffert 8/9/69 was arrested on drug charges and parole violation. 8:54 am, Pebblewood/Truxel, Drug arrest S. Natomas Officer Heuer stopped a car at the above location. The driver was on probation and a search revealed
methamphetamine and marijuana. Brandy Hernandez 11/4/77 was arrested on drug charges. 8/22/09 10:57 pm, 3000 block of Rockford Wy, Car burglary S. natomas Officer Hanson was hailed regarding a car that had been broken into. The suspect had opened an unlocked door and took items from inside the car. Officer hanson located the suspect in the area and conducted a probation search. He located some of the stolen property on this subject. Bobby Lenz 1/6/82 was arrested for grand theft, removing vehicle parts, and violation of probation. Good looking out for suspicious activity!! 8/23/09 12:54 am, 2405 Thelma Ave, Parolee arrest S. Natomas Officers Surjan and Eagleton responded to a call of a suspicious car. A white car parked across the street from a vacant house and a subject had possibly gone into the back yard. Officers arrived and the car was still parked on the street with the doors and trunk open. 2 subjects were standing near the trunk. The woman was on parole and the male lied to the officers about his name. Officers were able to find his real name and he turned out to be a parolee at large. he also had a warrant for drugs. He also had a needle and narcotic pipe in his pocket. Richard Velasco 4/10/61 was arrested for his warrants and parole violation. 3:00pm, 2005 Garden Hwy (Sand Cove Park), Stabbing S. natomas We received a call regarding a stabbing victim at UC Davis Medical Center. The victim stated he was at Sand Cove park when he was approached by 2 male Hispanic adults and 1 male white adult. He stated they asked him if he was a gang member and then assaulted him. They cut him 3 times with a small type of knife. The victim received minor wounds to his forearm and cheek. Suspect #1 male Hispanic adult, late teens to early 20's, thin build, 5'9", ponytail, wearing a red shirt and shorts. #2. male white adult, late teens to early 20's, heavy build, 5'7", 200 lbs, wearing a white t-shirt. #3. Male Hispanic adult, early 20's, wearing a black t-shirt. 8/20/09 2:30 am, Attempt Car Jacking/Shooting, Greg Thatch Cir N. Natomas/Natomas Creek The female victim was smoking a cigarette in her car at the above location. Two suspects apprached her car and one was armed with a gun. They demanded the victim get out of her car and she refused. She sped off in her car and the suspects fired their can at her car - striking the window of the car, but not the victim. The victim didn't call police until 9:00 pm that night. The suspects were described as #1 MALE (POSSIBLE HISPANIC), BLACK HOODED SWEARSHIRT AND BLACK PANTS...#2. MALE BLACK ADULT WITH A BLACK HOODIE.
10:24 pm, 3300 block of Zenobia Wy, Burglary S. Natomas A neighbor called police as he saw two subjects breaking into the neighbors home. Officers arrived, but the suspects were gone already. A burglary did occur but the suspects got away. The suspects were described as #1. MALE BLACK ADULT 18-20 YRS., LONG DREAD LOCKS, WHITE/BLUE POLO SHIRT WITH BAGGY PANTS...#2. MALE BLACK ADULT, 18-20 YRS, LONG DREAD LOCKS, DARK SHIRT AND JEANS. The suspects were possibly driving a LIGHT BLUE 4-DOOR, LATE 80's - early 90's, SATURN. 5:46 pm, 1640 W. El Camino (Park Plaza Park), Parolee Arrests S. Natomas We have received numerous complaints about drug dealing and other illegal activity at this park. Officer Zeiger and Armstrong went to the park at the above date/time and observed about 10 people standing in the park. When they approached, 3 subjects immediately started to walk away. They stopped these three subjects, and all were on parole - one said he got out of prison that day. They detained all of these subjects, and then walked further into the park. They located 6 more subjects and one threw a bag behind a fence (had a beer in it). One of the 6 was also on parole and 3 others were on probation. One of the parolee's lied to officers about his name and was also in possession of marijuana. Another of the parolee's had 2 misdemeanor warrants. Officers also located several open beer bottles around on the ground and bushes. One subject was cited for an open alcoholic container. Kemahr Smith 3/6/79 (Lives in the County near Fulton/Hurley) was arrested for lying about his name, possessing someone else's Drivers license, possession of marijuana and parole violation (he is on parole for drug charges). Marlon Hill 11/15/82 (lives on Truxel) was arrested for his 2 misdemeanor warrants. He was on parole for assault with a deadly weapon. Two of the subjects were validated gang members out of the south area. 8/20/09 6:51 pm, Northgate/I-80, Reckless Driving/Arrest Northgate/Gardenland The CHP airplane called officers about 3 motorcycles reckless driving and doing wheelies on I-80. Officers got two of the motorcycles stopped but the 3rd one took off from the officers. The plane located the 3rd motorcycle attempting to hide on Arbor Crest (Main Ave/Levee area). Officers were directed in and caught the suspect. The first two were cited for reckless driving and the 3rd was arrested for fleeing from officers and his bike was towed. 1:10am, Truxel/W. El Camino, Warrant Arrest S. Natomas Officers Stone and McClusky contacted two subjects that were sitting in a car in front of the closed Mountain Mike's Pizza. One of the suspects was found to be the named suspect in an Assault with a deadly Weapon incident on Freeport Blvd. from 8/16/09. Jose Rodriguez, 2/10/84 was arrested on those charges. 2:17 am, 1600 block of W. El Camino, Robbery S. natomas
A female victim told officers she was involved in a verbal argument with a male subject outside Cheer's bar. She stated the male was trying to pick her up but she refused his advances. She stated he then took her keys and wallet and walked away. He was described as a heavy set male black adult wearing a black t-shirt. 8/19/09 5:59 pm, 4451 Gateway Park Blvd (Terracina gold apartments), Assault N. Natomas Officers responded to a call regarding a fight. Two female subjects were fighting inside the apartment and continued the fight outside the apartment. One struck the other with keys in her hand which resulted in the victim sustaining a cut on her face. Officers arrested the 25 yr. old suspect for battery. 8/18/09 7:13 pm, 3310 Winter Park Dr, Drug Arrest S. natomas Officers Farren and Alameda attempted to stop a reckless driver when the car pulled into the apartment complex. One person got out of the car and ran from officers on foot. Officers chased after this suspect and the apartment complex security detained the driver of the car. The suspect that ran eventually got away and wasn't arrested. Officers, with the assistance of a K-9, located a very large amount of marijuana hidden in a side panel of the car. They also located a scale and money inside the car. The suspect was arrested on several drug related charges and violation of probation. Gregory Lane Jr. 7/25/84 was booked into the jail. 8/13/09 11:45 am, 2700 block of Dorine Wy, Robbery S. Natomas The victim came home and got out of her car. The suspect ran up to her and grabbed her purse. He then realized there wasn't anything of value in it and grabbed the other bag the victim had under her arm. The victim attempted to hit the suspect with a bottle but it didn't seem to bother the suspect. The suspect ran south on Dorine with the victim's bag. The suspect was described as: MALE BLACK JUVENILE, 16-17 YRS, 134 LBS., SHORT AFRO, WEARING A WHITE T-SHIRT AND JEANS. The suspect car was possibly a WHITE NEWER CHEVY OR PONTIAC, 4-DOOR, POSSIBLE 2000 TO 2005. 8/18/09 11:56 pm, 2650 Gateway Oaks Dr (Shell), Theft/Arrest S. Natomas One suspect entered the business and took an 18 pack of beer while the 2nd suspect waited outside as the get-away driver. The suspect's fled with the beer, but a good witness followed the suspects to Pebblestone where police were able to located both suspects and the stolen beer. Both suspects were on
probation for robbery. Nick Davis 5/26/88 was arrested for burglary, conspiracy and violation of probation. Brandon Black 1/10/88 was arrested on the same charges and warrants. Great job by alert witnesses!! 8:13 pm, Arena/Gateway Park, Assault/Arrest N. Natomas Officer McMahan stopped a car at the above location. The passenger of the car fled from officers on foot. Officer McMahan detained the driver, but the passenger got away. Turns out the driver and car were involved in a vandalism and assault just prior to the traffic stop in Strawberry Manor (N. Sac). The suspect was arrested for the assault on his estranged girlfriend. Willie Jones 3/19/88 was booked into jail. 12:12 am, Northgate/Indiana, Drug Arrest Northgate/gardenland Graveyard Officer Yonemura stopped a White Chevy Corisca at the above location. The driver was on probation and a search revealed some illegal prescription medication. Rhonda Fitchie 6/4/71 was arrested on drug charges and violation of probation. 10:27 am, 2765 Glen Arven, Drug Arrest S. Natomas Officer Becerra stopped a Dodge van as it pulled into the driveway of the above location. The driver was on parole and a search revealed methamphetamine in his backpack. He was on probation and parole. Parole was for a stolen car. Steve Perez 1/11/62 was arrested on drug charges and parole violation. He lives in the same general area. 9:19 am, 500 block of Peralta, Loitering/Drugs Northgate/Gardenland The above location is a known hangout for homeless subjects that often are involved in drug activity. The subjects stay in the back yard of this location. Last week, several people were arrested in the back yard in possession of Heroin. Officers have been working this general area due to an increase in property crime (ie residential burglary and car burglary) recently. They located 4 subjects in the back yard and got ahold of the residents of the home. The subjects were asked to leave. They also located needles, baggies etc. in the back yard. **UPDATE** 8/8/09 @ 1:50 am, 3600 N. Freeway (Center Court), Shooting/Robbery, N. Natomas This incident was mentioned on previous emails. The group of victim's were not let into the bar due to the late hour. They began a conversation in the parking lot with another group of subjects. One suspect went back to his car, retrieved a gun and demanded items from the victim. The victim refused and the suspect shot him in the neck with the gun. The suspects were supposedly from Vallejo and the victim's were also from the bay area. Detectives contacted the Vallejo gang detectives and were able to identify the suspect through follow up - obtaining a warrant for his arrest. On Friday night the suspect was arrested for his warrants in Oakland. The suspect is a High Risk Parolee that lives in Vallejo. Tyree
Covin 3/11/87 is now in custody for robbery, Assault with a deadly weapon and gun charges. Detectives are still following up on identifying a possible second suspect. ******************* 8/17/09 7:07 am, 1901 Danbrook (Merryhill Preschool), Found Stolen Property N. Natomas/Natomas Park The staff at the school arrived to work and found a safe in the parking lot. The door to the safe had been pried open. Officers arrived and were able to locate the possible business the safe came from. They contacted the business in Rancho Cordova and there was a Rancho Cordova Officer at the business taking a burglary report at the time of their call (safe was taken in the burglary). The safe was printed and returned to the owners. 9:52 am, Northgate/Rio Tierra (JL Recycling behind Big Lots), Armed Robbery S. Natomas The suspects began to recycle cans at the recycling center. the manager turned his back on the suspects and they punched him in his head. One suspect then pointed a gun at him and immediately grabbed the cash register. Both suspect fled on foot south on Normington. The suspects were described as 2 male white or Hispanic adults, 20-22 yrs and wearing black sweatshirts with a white t-shirt underneath. ***Update*** 8/8/09 @ 7:36 pm, Northgate Liquor & Food (3016 Northgate), Car Jacking This car jacking was noted on previous email updates. Two victim's went to the store - one went inside and the other stayed in the car. As subject got into the drivers seat of the car and told the passenger to get out. The suspect then drove off in the Silver (w/ black pen stripes) 2006 Dodge Charger. On 8/14/09 (Friday), the Dodge Charger was recovered (empty w/ keys inside) at Gibraltar/Marrissey (Sundance Lake area). No one has been arrested for this, but the car is no longer stolen. ******************* 8/15/09 2:42 am, Northgate/Arden-Garden Connector, Gun Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officers Eagleton and Surjan stopped a van at the above location with 7 people inside. 4 of them were on searchable probation (all with robbery prior arrests), and 2 were validated gang members. During the pat down of one of the passengers, officers located a loaded handgun in his jacket pocket. He was immediately arrested. These subjects were apparently coming from a party on Bridgeford where a fight had broken out earlier. Dewayne Chandler 5/14/90 (Lives in N. Sac) was arrested on gun charges. 1:47 am, Northgate/Haggin, Fight Northgate/Gardenland
Victim's were walking on Northgate. Apparently someone in the group was arguing with his girlfriend. A white van pulled up and asked the woman if she was ok. Then about 5-6 male "Samoan" adults jumped out of the van and began to beat up all the male victim's. Officers responded to area regarding the fight. When they arrived, two male victim's were lying in the street unconscious. Officers have some leads to follow up on regarding this fight, but the victim's didn't have a lot of information or motive behind the fight. 8/14/09 1:53 pm, Quality Inn (Northgate/Rosin), Dead Body Northgate/Gardenland Officers responded to the above location when the maintenance worker found a subject deceased inside his room. Officers located a male white adult - 52 yrs. of age, deceased inside his room. There were no signs of trauma or foul play and the coroners office took over the investigation. 8/16/09 6:59 pm, Northgate/Arden-Garden Connector, Dead Body Northgate/Gardenland Officers responded to the above area when someone called regarding a deceased subject in a homeless camp. Officers located the suspect in the homeless camp south of Arden-Garden and East of Northgate. The subject appeared to be deceased for a couple of days and there weren't any obvious signs of trauma or suspicious circumstances. The coroner took over this investigation. ****************** 6/11/09 @ 1:24 am, 3200 block of Miramonte, Attempt Robbery/Car Jacking, S. Natomas The victim was visiting friends and went outside to lock up his car. While he was inside his car he saw two subjects crouched down crossing the street from Bandon. They both ran up to his car with guns and demanded the car, money and his wallet. The victim already had his door locked and refused their demands. They broke out the passenger window and pointed their guns at the victim and continued to yell at him. The victim began to yell also and the suspect's fled on foot. CSI recovered evidence left at the scene by the suspects (including blood from breaking the window). Detectives were able to identify one of the suspect through the evidence at the scene. Detectives obtained a warrant for the suspects arrest late last week. The following day he was arrested by Vacaville PD. Apparently our suspect and several other subjects were conducting a burglary in Vacaville when a witness wrote down their license plate. Vacaville Police Officers found the car in the area and a pursuit ensued. The got the car stopped and the subjects attempted to run on foot (1 got away). Our suspect broke his ankle attempting to run and was arrested in Vacaville for burlgary, possession of stolen property, and conspiracy - in addition to our warrant charges for robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, vandalism and gun charges. He is also on probation for gun charges and has a prior history of robbery. Brandon Singleton 3/22/89 is now in custody in Vacaville. ******************* 8/14/09
2:42 am, 5600 block of Natomas Blvd, Parolee Arrest N. Natomas A parolee began calling 911 repeatedly. He stated there was a fight and some of the people had guns. The dispatchers could hear someone in the back ground say the caller was hallucinating and was high on drugs. This person called 911 over 35 times and was continually warned to stop calling in false 911 calls. Officers eventually arrested the subject for falsely using 911 and parole violation. Russell Grant 9/3/82 was booked into the jail and the 911 calls stopped. 3:10 am, 3000 block of buchmann, Injury call N. Natomas (near San Juan/I-5) Police and Fire were called regarding a subject that was heavily bleeding. Supposedly he was intoxicated and fell on a bottle and cut his arm. There was an extreme amount of blood in the neighborhood - He went on numerous neighbors porches and the porches were covered with blood. We couldn't reach the owners of several of the homes so we called a company out to clean up the blood. The subject was transported to the hospital. 8/13/09 10:49 am, San Juan/Northgate, "Bait" equipment arrest S. Natomas Due to recent burglaries, we placed a vehicle with some equipment in it in the Strawberry Manor neighborhood. Someone took the equipment yesterday. A SSD deputy located the equipment in a car that was driving at San Juan/Northgate (Big Lots). She followed the car back to Strawberry Manor where it stopped at 124 Cathcart. Our Police Officers arrived and detained all three occupants of the car. The equipment was retrieved from the car also. Xander Simpson 7/19/90 (lives on Barton and on probation with priors for burglary), James Thomas 6/26/88 (lives on Gillespie), and a 17 yr. old (lives in Strawberry Manor) were all arrested for grand theft and possession of stolen property. 6:52 pm, 3600 N. Freeway (Center Court), Auto Burglary N. Natomas The victim parked her car and went inside to eat dinner. Her car was broken into while she was inside and her property stolen. The suspect vehicle was described as a WHITE HONDA ACCORD OR TOYOTA. The suspects were described as 2 MALE HISPANIC ADULTS IN THEIR 20'S. 8/11/09 5:50 pm, 3830 Truxel (Chipotle parking lot), Grand theft/Arrest N. Natomas There were 4 subjects selling speakers out of a black Ford Expedition in the parking lot. The victim approached the suspects and inquired about the speakers. he gave the suspect $500 for the speakers and the suspect got back in his car and left - without giving him the speakers. The victim's followed the suspects as they called police. Bicycle Officers stopped the SUV at 3rd/Jst downtown as they were leaving the Denny's parking lot. Christopher Kelly 1/1/4/79 (lives in Roseville) was arrested for grand theft.
8/12/09 12:33pm, 504 Peralta, Drug Arrests Northgate/Gardenland Officers were looking for a burglary suspect and went to the above address - which has been a possible hang out for people who are homeless to use drugs. They located several people in the back yard. They located heroin on one subject (Paz) and located heroin in a shirt pocket of another subject (King). A third subject was arrested because he was a parolee at large. Isidro Paz 6/10/82 was arrested on drug charges, Sharon King 1/31/63 was arrested on drug charges and probation violation, and Richard Bishop 6/20/61 was arrested for his parole violation. 8/10/09 1:13 am, Northgate Area, "Bait" equipment theft Northgate/Gardenland Due to the amount of auto burglaries in the area, we placed a vehicle with some equipment in the above area. The property was stolen and officers located the equipment in a car that was driving east on I-80. They stopped the vehicle and retrieved our property. The driver (Ramos) was arrested for grand theft and the passenger (Williams) was arrested for possession of stolen property. Ruben Ramos 4/1/88 (lives on Granville) and Leah Williams 6/21/89 (lives on Astoria) were booked into the jail. 8:41 pm, 3400 block of Larchwood, Burglary Northgate/Gardenland (near Garden Valley School) Victim returned home when she realized some subjects were upstairs in her home. She called police and the suspects fled from her home to a White Buick. Officers located some evidence left behind by the suspects and are following up on getting them identified. They took money, DVD players, a camera and jewelry. They were described as 4 male black adults, 20's, skinny. 1 had dread locks. 9:03 pm, San Juan/Northgate, Stolen Car/Arrest S. Natomas As one of our K-9 officers was leaving the burglary call on Larchwood (see above), he observed a Lincoln driving in the above area. The Lincoln was reported as a stolen car. Officers stopped the car and the driver claimed she bouth it from a neighbor on Presidio st. Officers went to 3841 Presidio and located a subject that was living in the shed in the back yard. Inside the shed were numerous documents that belonged to the owner of the stolen car along with other documents such as birth certificates, I.D.'s, checks etc. Walter Mazyck 12/20/70 was arrested for the stolen car, possession of stolen property, and 3 warrants (1 was for drugs). 8/11/09 11:54 pm, San Juan/Truxel, DUI/Arrest S. Natomas We received a call regarding a drunk driver swerving on the road at the above location. The caller
followed the car until Officer Hanson caught up to it at Arden/Cambridge - he was driving a Nissan 280 ZX. Micah Brumfield 12/29/75 was arrested for DUI and for his suspended drivers license - his car was also towed. 8/7/09 9:11 am, 2300 American Ave, Assault Northgate/Gardenland Neighbors called regarding a fight and windows being broken out. One subject ended up in the hospital with cuts, bruises, black eye and scratches (this was the suspect). A group of friends stayed the night at the above location and have drinks. In the morning when they woke up, they got into an argument and then a physical fight. The suspect left and came back with family members. She began to break out the windows with her hands and the fight started again. The suspect (after breaking out the windows) pulled out a box cutter and attempted to cut the victims. The family members also got involved and hit some people with a flashlight. Ultimately Juana Vicente 12/29/83 was arrested for assault. 8/8/09 1:50 am, 3600 N. Freeway (Center Court), Shooting N. Natomas A group of subjects came into town from Fairfield. They got to the club too late and were not able to get inside. They went back to their cars where they began to talk with a group of 5 subjects near their car. The 5 subjects started to get aggressive and one went to his car and retrieved a handgun. As he was walking back toward the victim's car, he began to load the handgun. He demanded the victim's necklace. The victim refused and attempted to push away the gun. The suspect shot the victim and all 5 subjects fled to their car and left. The suspect's told the victim's prior to the shooting that they were from Vallejo. The suspect was described as a male black adult, 24 yrs., 6'0", medium build, black baseball cap, jeans with patches on the back. The other subjects were described as 4 male black adults one with dread locks. They all left in a red Cadillac or El Dorado. 8/8/09 7:36 pm, 3016 Northgate (Northgate Liquor & Food), Car Jacking Northgate/Gardenland Two subjects pulled into the store and the driver went inside. The suspect walked up to the car and sat in the drivers seat. He was wearing a ski mask and pointed a gun at the passenger. he told her to get out of the car. The suspect fled in the car. The suspect was described as a male black adult, 20's, skinny, 6'0", black hoodied and black gloves. The car is a Silver w/ Black pen stripes, 2006 Dodge Charger, License # 6GXF958. It is still stolen as of this update. 8/9/09 2:46 am, 5500 block of Hoyt St, Armed Robbery N. Natomas The victim was just dropped off at her home after leaving a location downtown. A tan 4-door compact
car drove by her house and the passenger got out and pointed a gun at her. He demanded money. He got the victim's cell phone and money. He left in the car. The 2 suspects in the car were described as male white or male Hispanic. 8/8/09 12:37 am, 3720 Northgate, DUI/Arrest Northgate/Gardenland The suspect pulled out of the parking lot of American Spirits bar going south on Northgate. She cut off a car that was going north on Northgate. Officers pulled her over down the road and it turned out she was DUI. She claimed to be the bartender at American Spirits. 8/7/09 Northgate/Gardenland, DUI Checkpoint Officers conducted a DUI checkpoint at Northgate/Patio on Friday Night. 902 cars passed through the checkpoint that resulted in 4 DUI arrests, 1 drug arrest, and 28 towed cars. 8/6/09 4:44pm, 1665 Scarlet Ash (Willow Glen Apartments), Arrest N. Natomas POP Officers Blyn and Morgan have been investigating several burglaries committed in N. Natomas by a small group of juveniles. They have made a couple of burglary arrests already of an 11 and 13 year old. At the above date/time they, along with the rest of the POP team, responded to the above location on some more follow up. The subject at this apartment was possibly involved in the burglary operation and was paying the juveniles for the stolen property with tattoo's. The juveniles all had several tattoo's on their bodies. They located the suspect (who was on probation for weapons violations) along with several laptops, video cameras and other property - including tattooing equipment. Today they located an unreported burglary from where one of the laptops was stolen from. They will continue to follow up on the other property located in his apartment to determine if it was stolen in previous burglaries. Eugene Eaton 6/22/79 was arrested for violation of probation, tattooing subjects under 18 yrs of age, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. 11:45 am, 801 San Juan #291 (Point Natomas Apt's) Arrest S. natomas POP Officers Gannon and Perez responded to the above location regarding possible utilities theft. With the assistance of code enforcement and smud investigators, they arrested two suspects for the theft of Utility Service. 1:05 am, Moontree/Azevedo, Robbery S. Natomas The suspect was at BJ's restaurant in N. Natomas and called for a cab. The cab showed up and transported him to the above location. The suspect asked for change from the cab driver....when the cab driver pulled out his money, the suspect told him to give him the money or he would get hurt. The
suspect took the money and fled into the River Glen Apartments. The suspect was described as a male white adult, 25 yrs., 5'6", heavyset, green shirt and jeans. 6:58 pm, 2210 Northgate (La Superior Market), Stolen Car/Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officer Wetterer located a stolen Blue Toyota pick up pulling into the parking lot. He arrested the driver without any problems. The driver was the past owner but still apparently stole the truck from the new owner. Rene Solares 7/17/60 was arrested for the stolen car. He lives in the same general area. 1:07 pm, 4650 Natomas Blvd (Raley's), Theft/Assault N. Natomas The suspect entered the store and proceeding to take some meat and sandwiches and leave the store. An employee followed him out the store and the suspect began to run. As the employee chased him, he heard a customer yell for him to look out. A red Toyota Tercel was driving at the employee. The employee pushed off of the car to get out of the way. The suspect got into the passenger seat of the car and they drove off west on Del Paso Blvd. The main suspect was described as: Male white adult, 5'10", 130 lbs, mustache/Goatee, baggie black jacket and jeans. The driver of the car was a Male white adult, 30's with a mustache/goatee. 12:28 am, 2050 Club Center Drive, burglary N. Natomas/Natomas Park Officers responded to a ringing alarm call at the above location. The suspects broke the front glass door to gain entry to the business. They took some gum, cigarettes and other miscellaneous items. Descriptions: male white, 14-17 yrs, white t-shirt, black pants, short black hair. #2 male white, 14-17 yrs., black t-shirt, blue jeans and medium length black hair. 8/4/09 1:11 pm, 1431 Nighthawk Wy, Drug Arrest S. Natomas Officers Duink and Hughes responded to the above address regarding a 911 hang up call. They arrived and found a woman coming out of the garage door which she immediately closed when she saw officers. There were also some surveillance cameras set up on the house. They learned from the children in the house that they had been playing on the phone. They recognized the woman as a subject on probation. A probation search revealed a male subject sweeping the garage. They located a baggie with drug residue and a spoon with drug residue in the garage. They also located two sandwich bags of methamphetamine under the chrome engine cover in the garage. There were two scales - one with drug residue in the house also. Juan Salas 1/30/77 was arrested on drug charges. 8/5/09 5:56 pm, 1424 Brewerton, Drug/parolee Arrest S. Natomas POP Officers Goggin and Oliver went to the above location to conduct a parole search. They located
cocain at the location and arrested the parolee. Anthen Kendrix 7/11/72 was arrested on drug charges and parole violation. 7/31/09 5:19 pm, 2433 Northgate (Check Cashing Store), Pirated DVD Sales Northgate Officer Armstrong and Zeiger worked the parking lot due to recent complaints of loitering and sales of illegal items. They observed a subject loitering near the planter area in front of the Check Cashing store. The subject immediately started to walk away when he saw the officers. When officers contacted him, he stated he was waiting for his sister who was in the Check Cashing store. He then changed his story to say he was on his way to buy some ice cream (a sister never came out of the Check Cashing store). There was a white Chevy 4-door parked about 20 feet away from the subject with the windows down and the doors unlocked. The subject stated it wasn't his car and he didn't have any knowledge of the car. Unfortunately he had the car keys hanging around his neck that fit the car. The subject had a notebook in his pocket with a list of over 20 movie titles. Inside the car officers located over 70 pirated DVD's. It appears someone video taped the movies while watching in a movie theater. The subject also had a large amount of money in his pocket and was on probation for selling pirated DVD's out of this same parking lot on 1/31/08. Officers went to the subjects residence to conduct a probation search at 2936 Mendel - nothing illegal was found. Officers arrested Bobby Powell 10/23/69 for selling pirated DVD's and violation of probation. 8/4/09 1:34 am, Jefferson/levee, /Parolee/Pursuit/Arrest, Northgate/Gardenland Graveyard Officer Roddy saw a subject driving a black Kia recklessly at Garnd/Norwood. The car ran several stop signs and eventually went west on El Camino. The suspect pulled over right after crossing the bridge. When the officer got out of his squad car, the suspect took off in his car. He then turned onto American and East on Jefferson to the Levee dead end. The suspect jumped out of his car and fled from the officer on foot. He jumped a couple of fences and into the back yard of 240 Harding. A dog ran at the suspect and he jumped another fence into the apartment complex. Officer Yonemura recognized the car and knew of a subject he previously had contact with that matched the description. He located the suspect hiding under the bed of his girlfriends house (264 Harding). Danny Materio 9/10/83 was arrested for evading officers and parole violation. 7/31/09 10:32am, 2063 Arena (Ce Ce's Haircuts), Armed Robbey N. Natomas The victim came from out of town to this location to put over $2,000 down on a Lexus she was going to purchase. The guy she was going to give the money to was a friend of her brothers. When she arrived, the subject was sitting in his Grey 745 BMW. He got into her front passenger seat and asked for the money. Then another suspect got into the back seat of the car, pointed a gun at the victim and
demanded the money. The first subject gave the 2nd suspect the money and the 2nd suspect fled on foot with the gun. The first subject (friend of victim's brother) didn't seem bothered, got out of the victim's car and left in the BMW. As officers were on the scene, employees of Ce Ce's Haircuts came out and retreived some keys from the victim's car. Officers confronted them about this and they said the 1st subject had left his keys in the car. They asked the employee's how they knew this and they said "they just did". They asked if they knew the subject and they all stated they didn't know him. The suspect with the gun was described as Male black or Hispanic, light complexion, wearing a baseball cap. The 1st subject that was talking with the victim was described as male black , 30's, 5'5", 220 lbs. Detectives are following up on leads for this case. 7/30/09 10:01 pm, Northview/Northfield, Drug Arrest, Northgate/Gardenland Officers Eagleton and Surjan contacted a Grey 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse at the above location - there were two people in the car. Officers could see a plastic baggie in the center console cup holder and ash tray. One of the subjects was on searchable probation. A search of the car revealed methamphetamine in the ash tray. As officers were working this case, a 3rd subject walked up to the car and stood inside the door. He didn't say anything and then began to walk away. Officers contact him and he owns the car. Officer also located a scale inside the car. Officers went to the owners address 2201 Northview #3 for a search. They located a couple of illegal vicodin pills, several torn baggies and a note pad with names, dollar amounts, and weights on it inside the residence. Miguel Cerda 2/29/88 was arrested on drug charges and conspiracy, Jesus Sosa 6/6/89 was arrested on drug charges and conspiracy, and a 17 yr. old was arrested on drug charges and conspiracy. 8/1/09 2:40 am, Rancho roble/Rancho rio, Stolen Car/Arrest, S. Natomas Officer Yonemura saw a white 1995 Hyundai pull out of the AM/PM parking lot. He ran the plate and it came back as stolen. He was able to stop the car as is pulled into 919 Rancho roble. The suspect had brass knuckles in his pocket. The car was stolen from Rio Linda Blvd the night of 7/31/09. The 17 yr. old driver was arrested for the stolen car, illegal weapon, no license and a no bail warrant. He lives in North Sacramento (not the driveway he pulled into). 12:11pm, Azevedo/W. El Camino, Theft/Arrest, S. Natomas Officers were called to the Extended Stay (Northgate/Rosin) by the victim who stated her ex-boyfriend stole her cell phone. Later in the day we received another call from a citizen who stated they were hailed by a subject that had her cell phone stolen. Officers arreved at Azevedo/W. El Camino and observed the possible suspect. The suspect fled from officers and they caught him at Bannon Creek/Azevedo. Terence Rayford 5/6/86 was arrested for theft and resisting officers. 7/30/09 5:02 pm, Northfield/Northview, Drug Arrest,
Northgate/Gardenland Officers Armstrong and Zeiger stopped a Pontiac Bonneville at the above location. The driver was on searchable probation (for possession of ecstacy) and was driving with a suspended drivers license. He also had a warrant for lying about his name to a police officer. A probation search revealed 3 ecstacy pills in a baggie in his pocket. Officers went to his apartment at 4451 Gateway Park Dr and conducted a probation search and didn't find anything illegal. Lemone Brown 7/5/77 was arrested for his warrant, possession of illegal drugs, violation of probation and driving on a suspended drivers license. ***UPDATE*** 6/7/09 @ 1:26 AM, Sexual Assault, 1320 Del Paso Blvd (Stoney Inn) N. Sac/Northgate On a previous North Sac Update we mentioned this sexual assault. Officers were called to the above location regarding a large altercation in the street. They located a woman that had been sexually assaulted in her car. The suspect jumped in her car and attempted to sexually assault her. Security detained him, but he got away. Detectives followed up on the case and with the assistance of the County Forensic lab was able to identify the suspect. This suspect was also responsible for a rape at 19th/K Street downtown where he knocked the female victim unconscious and drug her into the parking lot - where he raped her. On 7/30/09 @ 4:34 pm, Officers Marks and Lopez were able to track the suspect to the recycling center at 2267 Northgate blvd and arrest him. Domingo Vargas 8/4/76 is now in custody for both sexual assaults. He was a transient. ****************** 7/29/09 8:36 am, 3300 block of Zenobia Wy, Burglary, S. Natomas The 2 suspects rang the door bell to the above location. They soon went into the back yard and attempted to break into the back door. The resident was home and yelled at the suspects. They fled to a white Toyota Camry and left the area. They were described as***#1. male with black hoodie, #2. male Hispanic or Black, 20-22 yrs, white t-shirt and shorts. Officers are following up on some leads in this case. 6:00 pm, 2400 block of Minden, Burglary, N. Natomas/Natomas Park The resident arrived home to find the rear sliding glass door open. Items were also missing from the home - including a cell phone. The victim called the cell phone and heard it ringing in the back yard so they hung up. They called the phone again in hopes of finding the phone in the back yard, but could no longer hear it ring. A neighbor witnessed a male black juvenile jump their fence around the same time. 7/28/09 3:19 am, Rocky Bend/Truxel, Auto Burglary, S. Natomas
Graveyard Officers Bell and Tavelli stopped 3 juvenile subjects walking at the above location. As they were in the middle on the stop, a call came out that Officer Hanson responded to regarding 3 juveniles attempting to break into cars at the River Terrace Apartments (2593 Millcreek). Turns out the 3 subjects that Officers Bell and Tavelli stopped matched the description. Several people had called security regarding these subjects possibly attempting to break into cars at the apartment complex. Officers could not locate any car that was actually broken into. The 3 juveniles were all cited for curfew violation and released to their parents. They were all 14 yrs old and 1 lives in S. Natomas, 1 lives in Northgate/Gardenland and 1 lives near I-80/Norwood. 1:24 am, Northgate/Cleveland, Parolee Arrest, Northgate/Gardenland Graveyard Officers Bell and Tavelli contacted several subjects that appeared to be drinking at the above location in front of the closed business (Rent-a-center). One lied to officers about his name and kept reaching behind him as officers talked to him. Officer repeatedly told him to stop reaching behind his body in fear he might have had a weapon. Ultimately they determined he was reaching for his wallet which had his real identification in it with his real name. Turned out he was a parolee on parole for auto theft out of Contra Costa County. David Bledsoe 9/5/71 was arrested for lying about his name and parole violation. 10:44 pm, Northgate/Peralta, Stolen Property Arrest, Northgate/Gardenland Graveyard Officers Bell and Tavelli stopped a subject on a bicycle at that above location. A probation search revealed stolen tools with a different name inscribed on them. Officers were able to determine the tools were stolen from a locked truck the night of 7/24/09. The trucked was locked up and parked in a locked yard at 935 Arden Way. The suspect broke the window and took the tools. Officers conducted a probation search at this subjects house (2644 Beaumont St) and located more property stolen from the auto burglary. Phillip Pruitt 10/13/75 was arrested for possession of stolen property and violation of probation. 7/26/09 5:53 am, Pebblewood/Truxel area, Theft "Bait" car, S. Natomas We placed "Bait" equipment in a car in the above area. Someone took the property and fled the area. Officers eventually located the stolen property at a home at 1912 Manzanita in W. Sac. The suspect was gone (but identified) and they located the property in the garage. Officers will continue to look for the suspect. 7/25/09 2:00pm, Northgate/San Juan (AM/PM), Suspicious package, Northgate/Gardenland AM/PM employee observed a suspicious looking package near the propane
tanks. Our Explosive Ordinance team responded and the area was evacuated. Turns out it was not an explosive device and business was returned to normal. 7:56 am, 3742 Madrone Wy, Warrant Arrest, N. Natomas (80/Truxel area) Officer Lee responded to the above address in an attempt to located a suspect that was wanted on a no bail burglary warrant. Quilla Parris 8/19/80 was arrested and booked on the warrant. 7/24/09 10:04 pm, Truxel/W. El Camino, Shooting, S. Natomas The victim pulled up in a car and went into the liquor store. After coming out of the store, another car (white mustang) pulled up and a subject got out. both subjects began talking when the suspect pulled out a gun and shot at the victim. The victim ran on foot and the suspect chased him - firing at the victim as they ran. The suspect then got back into the white mustang and fled south on Truxel. The victim made it to the gas station with a gunshot wound to his back. The suspect was described as **Male black adult, 5'10", long braids or dread locks, white shirt and jeans, 24-25 yrs old. Officers are following up on a few leads on this case. 3:09 am, 2700 Del Paso Rd (Chevron), Robbery, N. Natomas The clerk was asked by the suspect if he had some jumper cables. The clerk went to his car to look for cables in his trunk when another suspect approached with a gun. The suspects took the clerks keys and money and fled on foot. They possibly got into a dark colored car (poss. a chevy malibu). **Description** #1 male black adult dark complexion, 18-21 yrs, red hoodie w/ grey design and jeans, #2 male black adult, 18-21 yrs., light complexion, grey hoodie with red writing and jeans. 1:12 am, Del Paso Rd/Gateway Park Drive, Pursuit, N. Natomas Officer Surjan observed a silver 2001 Honda Civic driving south on Gateway Park with no lights on. He attempted to stop the car at Arena/Gateway Park, but the car kept going at about 60 mph. The car ran the stop light at Truxel/Gateway Park, then another red light at San Juan/Truxel and another red light at Fong Ranch Rd/San Juan. The car then fled into the field at the end of Fong Ranch Rd (near Natomas H.S.). It drove around in the field attempting to evade officers for a little while until it came to a stop. The suspect stated she just felt like running. Kathryn McCulley 8/20/77 (lives on Blackrock in N. Natomas) was arrested for evading officers and her car was towed. 7/23/09 10:47pm, Bannon Creek/Azevedo, Robbery, S. Natomas
The victim and her two daughters were walking in the above area when two suspects ran across the street toward them. One pulled a gun and demanded their property from their pockets. One suspect grabbed one daughter and the other pointed the gun at the mother. The victim's didn't give them anything and the suspect with the gun hit the mother on the head with the gun. They fled, along with a 3rd subject north on Azevedo without getting anything. **descriptions** 3 male black adults, 18-20 yrs. The one with the gun was described as male black adult, 6'2", 180 lbs, with dread locks. 10:52 am, Tiscornia Park/American River, Dead body The Fire Department boat observed a dead body floating in the river along the north bank of the American River. The subject appeared to be a male white adult. The investigation is ongoing, but it doesn't appear to be a homicide. 10:15 am, 3000 block of Mill Oak Wy,Burglary/Arrest, S. Natomas (off of Truxel) 4 juvenile subjects were casing the neighborhood for a car or home burglary. Some concerned neighbors called in regarding their suspicious activity (ie looking in car and home windows). Officers responded and located the 4 subjects at 1390 Pebblewood. As they were talking with the subjects and getting them identified....one jumped up and ran from officers (all suspects were wearing backpacks). Officers chased the suspect through several yards and over fences. he was eventually caught in front of 64 Morning Dove Cir. The 4 subjects had gloves and empty backpacks. The suspect that ran (16 yrs. old) had previously been arrested on one of the curfew sweeps in Natomas and on theft related charges. One of the other suspects was skipping summer school at the time of arrest. One suspect was found to have two rocks underneath his belt when being booked into Juvenile Hall. The rocks were for the purpose of breaking windows. All four suspects (16, 16, 15 & 14 yrs of age) were arrested for prowling and possession of burglary tools. Officers did not located a home the suspects actually got into. All four suspects live in the general area in S. natomas OUTSTANDING call on suspicious activity by some concerned residents!!!!! 7/22/09 2:00pm, 2633 Truxel #72 (River Court Apts), Drug Sales Arrest, S. Natomas The North POP team served a search warrant at the above location. They located cocaine and a loaded semi automatic handgun. One of the suspects was on probation. Kevin Branner 6/26/77 was arrested for drug sales, gun charges, possession of ammunition and child neglect. Wykhiva Oliver 4/30/77 was arrested on drug sales charges. 1:54 pm, 2520 Seamist (Oak harbor Apartments), Burglary, S. Natomas Two young male subjects broke into an apartment in the above complex. They threw a rock through the sliding glass door and removed property from inside the apartment. Officers developed some very good information and are following up on some leads as of this email. 9:29 am, 2005 Garden Hwy (Sand Cove Park), Drug Arrest, S. Natomas
Officer Duink contacted two subjects inside a car in the park. A search of the passenger revealed methamphetamine, an illegal dagger, and a narcotic smoking pipe. Jeremy Yates 7/17/78 was arrested on illegal weapons and drug charges. He lives in S. Natomas 7/21/09 4:35pm, 2210 Northgate (La Superior Market), Car burglary, Northgate/Gardenland The suspect stole a car stereo and Magellan Navigation device from an car in the parking lot of the store. Store management and security observed this and chased after the suspect. The caught him down the street and called police. Antonio Rodriguez (parole for burglary out of Marysville) 7/10/72 was arrested for burglary, possession of stolen property and parole violation. GREAT job by La Superior management and security!!! 1:45 pm, 2500 New Market (Inderkum H.S.), Fight, N. Natomas Officers were called to Inderkum H.S. regarding 3 summer school students fighting with a crowd of students surrounding them. Officers arrived and contacted the 3 subjects that were fighting. One became belligerent with officers and smelled of marijuana. According to witnesses and the subjects involved in the fight - the fight was over gang affiliation. No one was seriously hurt and all subjects were released. We will be having officers monitor the area after school, as time allows, for the next two days as Thursday is the last day of summer school. 12:36 am, 3400 block of Shadow Tree Drive, Robbery, S. Natomas The victim stated she was getting out of her car when two suspects approached. They asked for a cigarette and she gave one to each of them. The suspects then grabbed a blue bag the victim was holding and ran off. The only description of the suspects was 2 male black adults wearing shirts. 12:24 am, 2800 block of Stonecreek Dr, Armed Robbery, S. Natomas The victim was checking his mail box when a car pulled down the street. One of the suspects got out of the car and put a gun the victims back and took the victim's wallet out of his pocket. The suspects left in the car. Descriptions*** Nissan or Datsun, 2-door, white or brown in color. Suspect #1 male black, 20's, 6'1", 180 to 190 lbs, short black hair with a blue t-shirt. #2. male black adult. 7/20/09 10 pm, 500 block of Ozark Cir, Burglary/Arrest, Northgate The victim left for a couple of hours to go to the store. Some concerned residents observed some suspicious people around the victim's house while she was gone. Officers were called when it was determined the victim had been burglarized. Officers located some potential suspects that lived in the
same area. An 11 yr. old girl had gone into the victim's house and took some candy. The 11 yr. old's brother later broke into the house and took a laptop and camera. By the time the officers caught up to the suspect's, they no longer had the property (possibly sold it already due to the suspect having $100 on him that he couldn't explain where he got it). The 14 yr. old suspect was arrested for the burglary. GREAT job by concerned residents of the area!!!! 4:39 pm, 631 Garden Highway (apartments), Homicide, Northgate/Gardenland The victim (female in her 20's) and the suspect were involved in an argument in their apartment. At some point the suspect shot the victim and she died from her injuries. The suspect was still on scene when officers arrived. Detectives arrested and charged Richard Wiggins (31 yrs. old) with the homicide. This is the first homicide this year in Natomas. 11:22 am, 2440 Seamist (Oak Point Apartments), Drug Sales Arrest, S. Natomas Officer Wilhite responded on a call regarding subjects smoking narcotics at the entrance to the complex. Officers arrived and saw two subjects run away from them. They looked for the subjects inside the complex and located one walking along the wall near the tennis courts. The subject saw the officers and attempted to hide behind a maintenance building. Officers caught the suspect and he had two sandwich bags of marijuana, a cell phone and money in his sock. Stevan Stewart 12/16/86 was arrested for sales on marijuana. He does not live in the apartment complex but does live in the same general area on Helmsman. 7/19/09 10:41 pm, 200 block of Aldeburgh Cir, Shooting, Sundance Lake/N. Natomas The victim was inside his residence when someone shot his sliding glass window. The window faces El Centro and it appears someone shot a BB or Pellet gun at his window. No description of the suspects. 7/17/09 9:27 pm, 3550 Winter Park Dr (Seasons Winter Pk Apt's), Shooting, S. Natomas The suspect and one of the victim's has been in an ongoing argument over a cell phone. On the above date/time, the suspect came home and took a gun out of his car. He pointed it at the victim and friends and then shot it up into the air. The subject left the complex prior to officers arrival. The suspect has been identified and is described as a male white adult, 25 yrs old. He has not been located yet. 4:09 pm, Savemart (3291 Truxel), Shoplifting/Burglary/Arrest, Natomas Officer Trefethen responded to Savemart re: a juvenile security arrested for shoplifting. The subject put a 6 pack of sprite and Power Aid in his backpack and also attempted to take 3 candy bars. Officer trefethen arrived and also located a laptop in the suspects backpack. He talked with the suspect and
continued to investigate and soon found the laptop was probably stolen. At this point, Sgt. Hinz and POP Officers Morgan and Blynn joined the investigation. Through their follow up it was learned this subject was burglarizing homes in Natomas with his associates. They would knock on doors and when no one answered, one of them would go around to the back and break in. This subject would then let the friends in through the front door. Officers were able to locate 3 burglaries this subject performed with his friends: 3801 Duckhorn (Atrium Ct. Apts) on 7/17/09 at 9:10 pm (entered through sliding glass door), 00-100 block of Pinnacles Cir (Natomas Park) on 6/29/09 @ 6:54 pm (entered yard of home and began to break in when the owner came home and chased them off toward Terracina Gold Apts), and 3000 block of Palmate Wy (Gateway West/N. Natomas) on 7/5/09 between 12:30pm and 3:30 pm (entered through open rear sliding glass door). On the Palmate burglary, the suspects took a laptop but discarded it in a storm drain at Myotis/Loggerhead. Officers located the laptop still in the storm drain. Officers arrested this suspect (13 yrs old - lives in N. Natomas) for a warrant, petty theft, burglary, possession of stolen property, conspiracy and attempted burglary. Officers/detectives are still following up on the additional suspects that were not arrested or located. 10:30 am, Norwood/Jessie, Car Jacking, Robla Neighborhood The victim was standing in front of his apartment complex at 1978 San Juan (Woodbridge) when he was approached by the suspect (Victim and suspect know each other) and asked for a ride. The victim gave the suspect a ride and when they got to Norwood/Jessie the suspect pulled a gun on the victim. The suspect took the victim's Silver Chevy Malibu (license # 5RWJ337 - with a Burbank Titans sticker in rear window) and fled the area. Last night (7/21/09) Officers Harshbarger and the Crime Suppression Team located the suspect at 1961 Howe Ave #154 and arrested him on car jacking, his warrant (gun charges/False imprisonment/threats/resisting arrest). They also located a gun. Jerry Addison 5/23/78 is now at the County Jail. The stolen car is still missing. 8:26 am, Davenport/Seminole Wy, Theft/Arrest, S. Natomas Officer Trejo was patrolling the above area and stopped two subjects riding bicycles. He began talking with them and looking into some suspicious things about the bikes and their answers. Ultimately he discovered they stole the bicycles from 4850 Natomas Blvd (apartment complex) that morning at 2:30 am. Officers contacted the resident and he had just woke up and didn't know his bicycles had been stolen. The suspects took the bicycles from his porch. Officer Trejo arrested Zebbediah Kinsey 12/23/89 (lives in South Area off on Mack Rd) for violation of probation and the theft. He also arrested the 15 yr. old subject (lives in N. Natomas) for the theft - he was also listed as a missing person. ***UPDATE*** 7/12/09 2:28 pm, 3300 block of Bridgeford, burglary This burglary was mentioned in one of the updates earlier this week. The 78 yr. old victim was at home when the suspects knocked on her door. The victim didn't answer the door and the suspects broke in through the window. The victim called the police as the suspects were going through her house. The suspects fled over fences prior to officers getting there. Dayshift patrol officers Wilhite and Villegas conducted some very good follow up with evidence they recovered at the scene. On
7/15/09 @ 11:15am, they located both suspects at their house. They were able to determine these were the two suspects responsible for burglarizing this home. They arrested the 15 yr old and 17 yr. old on burglary charges. They live in the Northgate/Gardenland neighborhood. ****************** 7/16/09 6:43 pm, Robbery, 2450 Northgate blvd (7-11), Northgate/Gardenland Two male Asian Adults (or Pacific Islander) grabbed a couple of 30 packs of beer and put them on the counter. One suspect punched one of the employees and the suspects started grabbing more cases of beer and throwing things around the store. they fled in a Grey Ford Windstar. Officers are following up on leads in this case. 6:34pm, Seamist/W. El Camino, Drug Arrest, S. Natomas POP Officers Blynn and Morgan stopped a subject as he was leaving the Bel Air parking lot at W. El Camino/Truxel. They ultimately arrested him for possession of sales of marijuana. Johnny Eprilla 5/6/87 was arrested on drug charges. 7/15/09 11:28 pm, 2500 New Market Dr (Inderkum H.S.), Reckless Driving/Cite, N. Natomas The victim and his friend went to the parking lot of Inderkum H.S. in their car. The victim was driving and the friend was hanging outside the car by the roof rack and running boards. The victim was doing donuts in the parking lot while the friend hung onto the car. They switched positions and the victim started to hang outside the car while the friend drove. While the friend was doing donuts, the victim fell off the car and hit his head - knocking him unconscious. He was transported to the hospital and will be ok. The driver (17 yrs old) was cited for reckless driving causing bodily injury. 7/15/09 2:26 am, 2941 Advantage Wy (IHOP), Gun Arrest N. Natomas Officers responded to the IHOP where callers stated there was a fight and subjects had guns. When officers arrived, the suspects were gone. Officer Yonemura stopped a car that matched the description of the suspects (Blue Buick Park Ave) at 2700 Del paso Rd. Turns out these were the suspects. Officers arrested George Glover 11/21/83 on gun charges, brandishing and threats. 7/14/09 9:40 pm, 2101 Zurlo Wy (Northpointe Apartments), Drug Arrest Regency Park/N. Natomas
Officers Zeiger and Armstrong were working directed patrol in the above area and stopped a subject. They arrested him on marijuana charges and violation of probation. Lamelle Liggins 1/24/83 was booked at the jail. 5:48 pm, 1700 block of Teralba Wy, Deceased subject S. Natomas Officers responded to a call from the victim's family about a woman in her 60's that was found deceased in her home. There was nothing suspicious found and it is not a homicide investigation. The woman in her 60's was found deceased in her home. 5:22 am, Northgate/Arden-Garden Connector (bike trail), Drug Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Graveyard Officer Bell and Tavelli stopped a subject on the bike trail at the above location. They located methamphetamine on him. Michael Robles 7/14/09 was arrested on drug charges. 12:33am, 3796 Northgate (Quality Inn), Home Invasion Northgate/Gardenland The victim got into an argument with a co-worker earlier in the evening. A couple of hours later the victim had a knock at his hotel room door. He opened the door and two suspects rushed in and began punching him and demanding his money. One suspect continued punching him as the other suspect searched the room. They took the victim's money and laptop. they also used language that the victim said would only be know in his line of work. The victim didn't call us for about 11 hours after his boss told him to call. He also feels this might have something to do with his earlier argument with his coworker. **The suspects were described as two Male Black Adults - one had dread locks with white and clear beads on the ends**. 7/13/09 10:59 pm, Northgate/San Juan, Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Graveyard officers Bell and Tavelli stopped a car at the above location. The occupant had a warrant for evading police from Alameda County. Torrees Harris 3/11/75 was arrested on his warrant. 3:40 am, 4900 Gardendell Rd, Theft/Arrest Sundance Lake Graveyard Officer Yonemura contacted a subject in a 88 Ford Escort at the above location. Officer Yonemura searched his car and located several pieces of mail. He was able to determine the mail was stolen from 3301 Arena Blvd (Irongate Apartments). Brian Coggins 11/30/65 was arrested for 2 counts of possession of stolen property, possession of narcotic paraphernalia and a suspended license. He lives in the Sundance Lake area. 7/12/09
2:28 pm, 3300 block of Bridgeford, Burglary S. Natomas The woman who lives at the above location called the police when two subjects began to break into her house while she was home. They knocked on the door and rang the doorbell, but the resident didn't answer. Then they broke a window and entered her home. She secured herself in a bedroom and called police. Officers responded with lights and sirens but the suspects were gone when they arrived - most likely got scared off. **The suspects were described as #1 male black teenager, short, long pony tail with dark shirt. #2 male black 14-16 yrs old. The officers have some leads they are following up on as to the identity of the suspects. 7/11/09 8:37 pm, 3501 Northgate (AM/PM), Shooting Northgate/Gardenland The victims pulled into the AM/PM in a Grey Chevy Malibu. Three subjects went into the store and a 4th stayed in the car. Another car (Grey Toyota Corolla) pulled into the parking lot and started to circle the pumps. They began shooting at the subjects that came in the Malibu. The suspects then drove off fast on San Juan. The victim's left chasing the suspects on San Juan. An innocent vehicle was hit by gun fire at the pumps. The passenger in this vehicle was pregnant and started having issues after the shooting - the fire department responded to check on her and the baby. Officers never located either the Malibu or the Toyota Corolla and no one was injured. ***Suspects: 3-5 male black subjects in a Grey Toyota Corolla. The driver was a male black adult with a beard and shirt on his head*** 7:28 pm, Bowman/American, Armed Robbery Northgate/Gardenland The victim was selling food and ice cream from a cart in the above area. He was approached by two suspects - one produced a handgun and made the victim get on the ground. They spoke to the victim in Spanish and took his money. They ran down American and got into a maroon 4-door car. **The suspects: #1 Male Hispanic Adult, 19-20 yrs, white t-shirt, jean shorts and short black hair...#2 male Hispanic Adult with black shirt and pants. 7/10/09 5:00pm, 2251 Northgate, Assault Northgate/Gardenland Two repossession guys attempted to repo the tires and rims off of a Black Infiinity SUV. The owner of the SUV works at the above location. The owner came out when they were attempting the repo. He got into his SUV and attempted to drive away, but the Repo. guys blocked his car with their truck. He pulled a gun on the repo guys and threatened to shoot them if they didn't move. They moved and he left in the SUV. He was last seen on Garden Highway. 4:52 pm, 3200 block of Azevedo, Burglary/Arrest S. Natomas
A concerned resident called in when they observed what they thought was two subjects burglarizing a home at the above location. Officer Goodpaster located two subjects that matched the description walking down the street. They turned out to be the suspects. The suspects had watched the owner leave before breaking into the house and stealing property. Both suspects had stolen property from the house on them when they were stopped. They were both arrested for burglary, conspiracy, and possession of stolen property. The suspects were both 16 yrs. old and live in South Natomas. Great Job of looking out for the neighborhood by the concerned resident!!! I love it when "IT" works!!!! 4:41 pm, 3636 Rio Loma, Shooting S. Natomas A concerned resident called in regarding a subject firing a gun in his backyard. Officers arrived but no one was still shooting. They looked for the suspect and saw him on his couch with two handguns sitting on the arm rest to the couch. They called him out of his house and located an additional shotgun and rifle inside the house (2 handguns, rifle, shotgun all together). The suspect had put a magazine on the tree in his backyard and was having target practice. He had also been drinking. Unfortunately this was in a residential neighborhood with houses as the backdrop. Brian Hayes 11/13/66 was arrested for negligent discharge of a firearm. 7/8/09 3541 N. Freeway (Wingstop), Embezzlement/Arrest N. Natomas The manager of Wingstop thought one of his employees stole money from the business. The employee's mother came in on 7/6/09 and passed a counterfeit $100 bill to her daughter (cashier) and the daughter gave her change. Officers found that it was done knowingly on the part of the employee and arrested the 19 yr. old on financial/embezzlement type charges. 7/7/09 5:56 pm, 3200 Truxel, BB gun incident S. Natomas Someone shot out the victims window with a BB gun. No one was caught and no suspect descriptions. 2:30 pm, W. El Camino/bike Trail, Assault Northgate/Gardenland A 13y/o subject assaulted an 8 and 11 yr old on the bike trail - resulting in a bloody lip and a cut on the cheek requiring stitches. The 13 y/o was arrested for assault. 7/4/09 10:30 pm, 500 block of Bowman, Shooting Northgate/Gardenland The victim was sitting in a chair watching fireworks outside the house. She was shot in the stomach area. The victim and friends didn't see anyone shooting but said there were numerous shots fired in the
area due to it being the 4th of July. It is unknown how this happened but the victim's friends think it could have been from someone shooting a gun in the air and the bullet coming down and striking the victim. 3:20 pm, 3800 block of Gresham, Found gun Westlake/N. Natomas The resident got her car back from the repair shot and found new tires and gun under the seat that did not belong to her. Officers confiscated the gun and tires and will continue the investigation with the repair shop. 2:46 am, 2900 block of Trap Rock Wy, Arrest Creekside/N. Natomas Officer Barrett was able to determine a subject that lived at the above location had a felony warrant for fraudulent receipt of public assistance and perjury. He went to the house and the family stated the suspect wasn't there. After about 10 minutes, the suspect came out of the house. Shawnette Perry 1/22/76 was arrested for her warrant. 7:57 am, 2420 Seamist #3, Arrest S. Natomas Officers Chipp and Trejo went to the above address to located a subject with 4 outstanding warrants. No one answered the door and as officers were attempted to get the lock open, they could feel someone holding the lock on the inside of the door. They eventually got the door open and found the suspects girlfriend on the other side of the door who admitted to holding the lock and knowing police officers were attempting to get inside. She also told officers the suspect wasn't there. the officers located the suspect hiding under some clothes under the bed. They told him to come out but he stayed motionless and officers had to lift up the bed. They arrested Freddie Daniel 2/25/81 for resisting officers, his 4 warrants and violation of probation. They arrested his 24 yr. old girlfriend for obstructing officers. 7/3/09 6:09 pm, 100 block of Groth Cir., Fight Gateway West/N. Natomas Officers responded to a call of a fist fight at the above location. The victim's accused the neighbor of throwing eggs at their house which resulted in the victim hitting the neighbor. Several (possibly 8) subjects went to the victim's house a few minutes later and beat up the 3 victim's in their home. The victim's all had moderate facial injuries and some property was moved around inside the home. The two main suspects were described as male black 18-25 yrs., 6'0", thin, #2. male black 13-18 yrs, 5'6", twisties and possibly goes to a local middle school. 9:17 am, 4500 Tyneborne St.(apartment complex), Burglary/Arrest Sundance Lake The suspect broke into the apartment through a window and took money and video games. The victim thought the suspects might be friends of her son's. Officers located the possible suspect. The investigation led officers to the property the suspect hid in the storm drain at Quail Park. The property
was recovered, but a possible 2nd suspect had the money. The 13 yr. old (known to the victim's son) was arrested for burglary and possession of stolen property. The 13 yr. old lives in the same complex. 9:19 am, Las Coches/Delgado (Pedestrian Bridge), Vandalism S. Natomas Witnesses observed two subjects spray painting graffiti on the pedestrian bridge and called police. Officers arrested and noticed gang graffiti sprayed on the bridge. They knew of a house in the area that had previous issues. They went to 1885 Oak Mill Way and located two subjects that matched the description. The investigation revealed the one suspect was the person spraying gang graffiti on the bridge. They arrested Ramiro Solis 19 yrs. old for vandalism. 7/2/09 4:49pm, 2851 Del Paso Rd (Bank of America), Fraud/Arrest N. Natomas Officers responded to a call at the bank regarding the suspect attempting to cash a fraudulent check. the suspect stole the Social Security card and Advantage Card from her friend and attempted to get money from the bank. This same suspect had cashed over $1,500 worth of money fraudulently previously. She initially lied about her name to officers and gave her friends name who she stole the items from. She was on probation for financial crimes already. Heather Jones 3/23/88 was arrested for false personation, unauthorized use of I.D. w/ priors, violation of probation, possession of stolen property, conspiracy, burglary, forgery, and a misdemeanor warrant. 3:51 pm, 1800 block of Club Center Dr., Burglary N. Natomas The victim got out of the shower and heard some loud banging on the front door. She went into another room and didn't answer the door. When she came out she saw the suspects inside her house. They fled upon seeing her. The suspect's had pried open his front door. They were described as #1 male Hispanic adult, 5'10", black t-shirt, jeans w/ short hair. #2 Male Hispanic adult, goetee, short hair, black shirt and beige pants. The victim's stated this might be regarding an ongoing money issue with the victim's brother. 3:30 pm, 1800 Crossmill Wy., burglary S. Natomas The suspect broke into the house and took numerous items (ie jewelry, computer, tv etc.). A neighbor possibly saw the suspects leave in a grey or green faded Ford Taurus or Toyota Camry. The suspects were described as 4 male black adults wearing white gloves. 3:25pm, 2200 block of Coroval Dr., Attempt Burglary S. Natomas The victim was in bed when they heard a noise in the back yard. They opened the blinds and observed two subjects in the back yard. They fled the area when the victim saw them. The suspects had already opened the kitchen window and put the screen on the ground. The suspects were described as #1 male Hispanic adult w/ big curly hair. #2 male Hispanic adult with white shirt. The suspects are possibly
driving a Green Dodge Intrepid (90's) with a couple of other subjects. 12:40 am, 1700 block of N. Bend Dr., Robbery/Shooting Natomas Park/N. Natomas The female victim came home and unlocked her front door. Right after unlocking the door, someone grabbed her purse from behind. She struggled with the suspect and retained her purse and fell to the ground just inside her doorway. The suspect, a couple feet away, fired a gun at her but missed. The victim called out to family members and the suspect fled. The victim called a private security company, but didn't call the police immediately. We didn't receive a call for about 30 minutes after the incident occurred. Make sure anytime this sort of incident occurs, call 9-1-1 first and then the security company. The suspect was described as a male, 5'5" tall with a dark hoodie. We are working on a couple of leads on this case. 7/1/09 5:57 pm, 1540 W. El Camino ( Bel Air), Robbery S. Natomas The suspect took two bottles of alcohol and put them down his pants. He left the store without paying and was contacted by security. The suspect ran and had two friends waiting for him. One of the friends punched the security and all 3 ran. Suspects: 1 male white, 5'8", 160, #2 male white 5'8", 160, #3 bald with a red shirt. 9:57 am, 00-100 block of Morning Dove Cir, Burglary S. Natomas The victim and her daughter were at home. The suspect rang the doorbell and knocked on the front door for several minutes. The victim's didn't answer the door. The suspect jumped the fence and attempted to break into two sliding glass doors. One of the victim's cell phones went off and probably scared the suspect away. The suspect jumped back over the fence and fled. Officer Wilhite responded to the call and located the suspect walking at Morning Dove and Pebblewood. The suspect attempted to pull away from the officer a couple of times, but was ultimately detained in the squad car. He was identified as the suspect attempting to break into the house and was arrested for burglary. He was on searchable probation and lives in S. Natomas. 1:52 am, Northgate/Garden Hwy, Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Graveyard Officers Tavelli and Bell attempted to stop a subject on a bicycle at the above location. The subject refused to stop and attempted to flee onto the bike trail. Officers chased him until he attempted to ride of the trail and fell into the weeds. He then attempted to run until the officers caught him in the creek bed. Domingo Vargas 8/4/76 was arrested for possessing a narcotic smoking pipe in his sock, resisting officers, and two warrants. 3801 Duckhorn Dr (Atrium Ct. Apartments) #313, Arrest Gateway West
POP Officers responded to this address looking for a suspect in a crime in Del paso Heights. They didn't locate the suspect they were looking for, but they did located the suspect wanted in a Home Invasion in the South Area and another subject that had a felony warrant. 6/30/09 7:31 pm, Arena Blvd/I-5, Hit and Run N. Natomas The suspect was driving a maroon car when he hit a bicyclist at the above location. He stopped and actually talked with officers. he went back to his car to get his drivers license and fled the scene without identifying himself to the officer or anyone else. he lives in Elk Grove and has been identified but not located. The bicyclist possibly has a broken leg. 12:47 am, 2600 block of Stonecreek, Burglary Arrest S. Natomas Officers Nezik and Buchanan responded to a call regarding a burglary in progress. When they arrived, they saw the suspect sitting in his car. The suspect fled in his car but collided with a light pole in the area of W. El Camino/Seamist. The officers caught him and took him into custody. The victim and the suspect are known to each other. Elvis Zelaya 9/20/81 was arrested for burglary, hit and run, and resisting arrest. 6/29/09 8:13 pm, 1700 block of Edgemore Ave, Burglary Arrest N. Natomas/Natomas Park Two suspects (juveniles) rode up to a house at the above location. They checked to see if anyone was home and went into the yard and attempted to pry open the door. The house alarm went off and they fled on foot. The neighbors saw this and gave chase. Officers arrived and located one suspect walking at Blackrock/Irongate and located a duffle bag and bicycle near Cottonwood Park. They arrested the 13 yr. old suspect and determined some of the property he had was from a burglary to an apartment at 4601 Blackrock. 4601 Blackrock had been burglarized earlier by forcing open a window. Officers Followed up on both cases and eventually located the second suspect (15 yrs. old) at his apartment in the same area. The suspects were riding around the neighborhoods and knocking on doors. When no one answered, they would break into the house or apartment. Both suspects were arrested for 1 count of attempted burglary and 1 count of burglary ( 13 & 15 yrs. old). Great job by the neighbors working to protect their neighbors property. Their fast actions helped officers located these suspects and definitely prevented future burglaries. 11:18 am, 2900 block of Cactus Wy, Burglary S. Natomas The victim came home to find 4 male juvenile subjects inside their home. The victim fought with the suspects and them they fled. They took money and keys. The suspects were described as #1 male black or Hispanic, black baseball cap with red lettering, #2 male Hispanic 5'10", skinny, black San Francisco baseball cap with grey letters, and "south pole" shirt, #3 male Hispanic, black hair, 5'10" wearing shorts, #4 male Hispanic 5'8", skinny, black baseball cap with orange bill and black shorts. None of the
suspects were located. 8:18 am, Sora/San Juan, Truck Fire Gateway West The driver of a truck noticed the fire in his truck and purposely drove out of the neighborhood - away from homes. K-9 Officer Hoversten happened to be driving by and saw the truck on fire and began to evacuate the houses in the immediate area (ie Shrike Cir) due to the possibility of the Natural Gas powered trucks fuel exploding. The Fire Department responded and put out the fire quickly and people were allowed back to their homes. Fast thinking on behalf of the driver and K-9 Officer. On 6/28/09 the victim called police to report the armed robbery that occurred on 6/17/09 @ 8:00pm, 1760 San Juan (Del Verde Square Apts) in S. Natomas. The suspect is the victim's stepbrother and step-brothers friend. The suspect pulled a gun on the victim and took his money. Officers went to 1350 Old West Dr (S. Natomas) and located the suspect at his house. There was a car that supposedly belonged to the suspect and contained the gun in the trunk parked in the driveway. Officers searched the car and located the gun hidden in the trunk, a scale, baggies of rock like substance (although not rock cocaine), empty baggies, and a cell phone - all hidden in the trunk. Officers arrested Lorenzo Lee 8/8/86 for robbery, gun charges and violation of probation. 6/27/09 7:11 pm, 1800 block of Danbrook, Assault/Theft N. Natomas/Natomas Park A subject left his bicycle on the porch of the above location for a few minutes. When he came out, the bike was missing. He drove through the neighborhood looking for his bike and found two subjects riding bikes at Club Center/Danbrook - one on his bike. He stated he told them to stop but they kept riding. This went on for a little bit until the subject hit the 15 yr old (riding the victim's bike) from behind with his car. The 15 yr. old fell off the bike and sustained minor injuries. The 28 yr old subject (one who's bike was stolen) was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon (his car) and the investigation is ongoing regarding who/how his bicycle was stolen off the porch. 4:21 pm, W. El Camino/Millcreek, Drug Arrest S. Natomas Officers Long and Cranford stopped a white Dodge Aries at the above location. A search of the car revealed several syringes, baggie of marijuana seeds, narcotic smoking pipe and several baggies of methamphetamine. The car was towed due to her suspended license and Sandra Green 3/26/53 was arrested on drug charges. 6/26/09 12:30 am, 3270 Northgate (American Spirits Bar), Shooting/Fight Northgate/Gardenland There was some sort of fight inside the bar and security escorted two subjects outside. Additional security guards got involved and at some point one of the subjects punched one security guard in the
face. Security struck the suspect with a baton and then a crowd formed around security as they were attempting to handcuff him. The suspect's friend came to his aid and a group of people began to assault the security guards. One security guard began to pepper spray people. The 2nd suspect took the pepper spray and sprayed the security guards. At some point, the security guard shot the suspect in the leg. The crowd scattered and the 1st suspect (not shot) was put into a car and began to leave. Officers stopped this car and the suspect still had 1 handcuff on his wrist and was bleeding for his head. One of the security guards had some teeth knocked out. Both suspects were taken to the hospital for their injuries and will be facing criminal charges upon release. 6/25/09 6:47 pm, 4500 Tynebourne #106, Drug Arrest N. Natomas/Sundance Lake Officers conducted a parole search at the above address. They located packaged methamphetamine and ecstasy. They arrested Patrick Pettinari 5/17/64 for drug sales. 6:18 am, 4900 block of Amber Leaf Ct, Possible bomb South Natomas Officers responded to a call where someone found a box marked "explosives Do Not Handle". Our Explosive Ordinance Detail K-9 Officer responded and found that it was an empty box for illegal fireworks. 6/24/09 12:06 am, 300 block of W. El Camino, Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officers responded to a call of domestic violence. The suspect struck his baby's mother and exhibited a gun in his pocket. Officers located him driving in the area and stopped him at the Shell Station (Del Paso/El Camino). They located the loaded gun in his pocket, over 80 live rounds of ammunition in his pockets, a couple of baggies of methamphetamine and 2 scales. The serial number was removed from the gun also. Michael Pina 11/7/85 was arrested on multiple gun charges, domestic violence, and sales of narcotic charges. 6/23/09 3:26 pm, W. El Camino/American, DUI Collision Northgate/Gardenland The parolee suspect was driving a full size Dodge pick up while intoxicated (possibly alcohol and drugs) and collided at high speeds with another car. The driver of the 2nd car was injured (not life threatening) and the suspects truck rolled over on its side. The suspect was injured in the crash and was taken to the hospital. He will be arrested for felony DUI when he gets released. 6/21/09 7:04 pm, 400 block of Dragonfly, burglary/Arrest
Gateway West The victim returned home to see the suspect leaving the house (victim described the suspect as a male black 16yrs, 5'5", curly hair, stripes on jeans and black backpack). Officers arrived shortly and observed a similar looking suspect in the neighborhood with a backpack. The suspect ran from the officer and jumped several fences. Ultimately (patrol officers, helicopter, and K-9) the suspect was located by the K-9 hiding in a garbage can. He had property from the victim's residence. he attempted to get rid of the backpack, but officers located that also. While dealing with this, CSO Masing told officers that she took a burglary report in the same area a little earlier. Turns out our suspect had property the this burglary also...this one was located in the 2900 block of Frigate Bird (The suspects broke into the home through the "doggie" door). The 14 yr. old suspect was arrested on both burglaries and possession of stolen property. The suspect is on probation and currently has an ankle monitor. Obviously a good call on behalf of the victim but also a lot of help from the neighborhood as we searched for the suspect. 9:21 am, 2500 Northgate Blvd (gas station), Robbery Northgate/Gardenland The suspect entered the business and attempted to rob the clerk. The suspect pointed a gun at the clerk as he demanded money. The clerk walked behind the counter to get the money but the suspect became agitated. he struck the clerk with the butt of the gun.....but the gun broke and a piece of it fell on the floor. The suspect ran out of the store west on W. El Camino without taking anything. When officers arrived, they obtained the broken piece from the gun and determine the gun was an "Air" gun instead of a real gun. **Suspect Description**male black adult 5'6", skinny, black jacket, black pants, black gloves and red bandana over face. 1:15 am, 3600 N. Freeway (Center Court), fight N. Natomas Center Court had a large capacity crowd and a large line waiting to get inside. They had 2 officers working at this location. A large fight broke out on the patio and spread to the parking lot. Security had to call for additional officers to respond to stop the fight and get everyone out of the parking lot. Numerous officers responded and eventually got everyone out. No significant injuries were reported. 6/19/09 Swing Shift We conducted SNAG (Sacramento Neighborhoods Against Gangs) IV in North Sacramento and Natomas. This included several law enforcement agencies (Sac PD, Sheriff's Dept, Probation, CHP, Corrections, FBI, US Marshalls). The purpose of the operation was to impact gang activity and prevent gang violence in our area. The results of Friday's operation was as follows: 4 Felony Arrests, 1 parolee arrest, 8 misdemeanor arrests, 9 gang validations, 1 gun recovered, 4 towed cars, and 19 traffic citations. 11:39 pm, Indiana/Northgate, Drug Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officer Barrett responded to the above location to assist a parole agent with a stop of a 2 subjects. One
dropped a large butcher knife and walked away. They stopped one subject and he had methamphetamine on him. Manuel Felix 4/22/84 was arrested on drug charges. 6/18/09 1:49 pm, Sally Ride/Arena, Suspicious Subjects N. Natomas Yesterday officers responded to calls of 3 subjects attempting to break into cars, condo's and apartments. They were walking through the neighborhood and trying doors of cars and residences. We received several calls regarding them doing this in the above area and on Prosper and Alan Shepard (Natomas Park Apartments). All of these locations are off of Arena between Truxel and I-5. Officers have some very good leads they are following up on. Great job of several people calling in regarding this suspicious activity!! ***Suspect Descriptions*** #1 Male black, teens, riding a bike, black shirt and jeans, #2 male black teens, grey shirt and jeans, #3 male black teens with a "do rag" on his head, grey shirt and jeans. 6/16/09 12:24 am, Stemmler Dr/Poppy Hill Wy, Drug arrest Gateway West Graveyard Officer Tavelli was working in the above area in response to the recent eggings of cars and tire slashings. He observed 3 subjects walking south on Stemmler from Poppy Hill. He contacted them due to the recent vandalism's and the fact they looked underage to be out that late. One subject was wearing an Oldsmobile car key around his neck and the officer determined his car was parked on Opus Cr. around the corner. Off's Bell and Slay responded to assist and search the car. Inside the car was located a bag of marijuana, a scale and packaging material. One subject (17 yrs. old) was arrested on drug charges and the other two 17 yr. olds were released to their father. All of them live in North Natomas and one lives in Gateway West (not the one with the marijuana). 6/15/09 7:43 pm, San Juan/El Centro, Armed Robbery Gateway West The victim was stopped at a stop sign and the suspect came up and opened the drivers door. He was holding a handgun and demanded money. The suspect took some money from the victim and unsuccessfully attempted to grab the victim's cell phone. The suspect fled in a car north on El Centro. ***Suspect Description*** Male White Adult, late 20's, 5'10", thin, bald, wearing a blue shirt, shorts and flip flops. ***Suspect Vehicle*** White 90's Ford Mustang with 20" rims and a "scoop" on the hood of the car. 8:10 am, Ella Blue Place, Felony Armed Assault Westlake
A female subject and her male friend were inside the house when the female subjects other friend came inside armed with a shotgun. He pointed the shotgun at the new male friend and told him to leave. The new friend left and called the police. Officers responded and got all the subjects to come out of the house and recovered the shotgun along with another gun. Scott Trang 6/5/78 was arrested on gun charges, Assault with a deadly weapon, and threats. 6/14/09 6:07 am, 500 Bankside Wy, Assault N. Natomas Officers responded to a call at the above apartment complex where a woman was attempting to run over a man with her car. She also possibly hit parked cars in the process. Officers arrived and the male suspect was gone. A concerned citizen gave officers a description of the car and Officer Sujan soon spotted the maroon dodge margnum driving in the area. He stopped the car and determined the driver was DUI. The 26 year old female driver was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and DUI. 6/13/09 7:52pm, American/W. El Camino, drug arrest Gardenland/Northgate Swingshift Officer Motter stopped a Maroon Ford Expedition at the above location. A subsequent search of the driver revealed crystal methamphetamine in his pocket. He also had 7 warrants out of sac county, Merced county and Sutter county. Jose Medrano 12/31/76 was arrested on drug charges and 7 warrants. He lives in Natomas 10:31 am, Gateway West Area, Car Vandalism Gateway West Officers responded to a resident who had their car tires slashed over night. Officers conducted a neighborhood canvass and located a total of 5 cars that had their tires slashed. Stimmler, Chateau Montelena, and Poppy Hill were all hit including a Hummer, Honda Civic and a VW Passat. Over the weekend several cars and homes were also vandalized by someone throwing eggs. Last Night Graveyard Officer Tavelli worked directed patrol in the same area in hopes of locating some possible suspects. he stopped several people but was unable to connect anything to the recent vandalism. He left the area around 1:30 am to handle other things and returned about 3:00 am. When he returned he observed about 10 cars that had been egged while he was gone. He developed some information and is following up on those leads to hopefully determine the identity of the suspect(s) Hopefully more to follow in upcoming updates. 6/12/09 6:30 pm, Drug Arrest, Northgate/San Juan Northgate/Gardenland Officer Gardner stopped a black Chevy Impala at the above location as it pulled into the parking lot of
3315 Northgate. He immediately smelled marijuana as he approached the car. He was walking the driver back to the squad car when the driver took off running. Officer Gardner and Sgt. Lange chased him and caught him across the street. While they were chasing the suspect, they were told that 4 female subjects had attempted to get into the suspect's car and search around. Officers located a couple of baggies of marijuana inside the car along with a baggie of ecstasy pills. The suspect was on probation from a drug arrest in Yolo Co. Officers attempted to detain the 4 female subjects that supposedly entered the suspect's car. One became very belligerent with officers and refused to do what they said. they attempted to detain her in the squad car and she kicked POP Officer John Banks in the leg and tried to pull away from officers. She (16 yr old) was cited for battery on an officer. Gregory Marshall 10/6/83 was arrested on drug charges, resisting arrest, and violation of probation. 6/11/09, Northborough/Elkhorn **UPDATE**, Pursuit On a previous Update I mentioned that a resident called in about a suspicious person that claimed to be an electrician in the above area. Motor officers saw the car and he fled from officers in a Silver Nissan 350Z at over 100mph on Elkhorn. Officers cancelled the pursuit because it was unsafe at those speeds and the fact he was swerving into oncoming traffic. The Sac Sheriff's department arrested this subject in the County for the warrant we issued for felony evading of officers. Kikhail Kuznetsov 8/4/89 is now in jail for these charges. 10:08 pm, , Gateway West Area Officers responded on a domestic violence call where a shotgun was fired. A couple of people in the neighborhood also heard the gun shot. No one was hurt, but a gun did go off. Both subjects were arrested on assault charges. 7:14 pm, 3291 Truxel (Savemart Parking lot), Arrest S. Natomas Officer Armstrong pulled into the parking lot and observed a group of subjects loitering in front of the liquor store. He started talking to them about "no loitering" in the parking lot and one subject ran from him. The Officer chased the subject into the San Juan Village Apartment complex where he was located hiding under the stairway. He was arrested for obstructing/resisting an officer and the other subjects were served with trespassing notices. Security advised these same subjects chronically loiter in the parking lot and refuse to leave when told by security. 6:14 pm, 4100 Northgate (Fry's), Car Burglary Northgate/gardenland An employee observed some subjects breaking into a car in the parking lot and stealing the car stereo. They left in a silver Honda Civic. They were described as a male Hispanic adult, 20's, white t-shirt and baggy pants. #2 male Hispanic adult, 20's, white t-shirt and camo shorts. Officers have some good leads on the suspects and will hopefully determine the identity of the suspects. 6/10/09 9:50 pm, Northborough Dr/Elkhorn, Suspicious Subject Heritage Park A good resident observed a suspicious subject in the neighborhood on Northborough and asked him
what he was doing. The suspect replied that he was a electrician, but looked really nervous. The suspect left in his car and the concerned resident called police. Officers arrived and a similar car (Silver/Grey Nissan 350z with black bra on front) drove by. The traffic officers that were working the area attempted to stop the car but it fled from them on Elkhorn at speeds over 100 miles per hour. The car also started to swerve into oncoming traffic. With the danger to the public and other cars - the officers cancelled the pursuit...But... they were able to determine who the suspect was and will be conducting more follow up - This guy is well known to other law enforcement agencies. No Doubt this guy was up to no good and going to break into a home or car. ....GREAT Catch by the concerned resident - trusting his instincts!!!! 5:40 pm, 2825 Mendel Wy (Northgate Park), Shooting/Fight Northgate/S. Natomas A male white adult was marking a wall in the park with gang graffiti. 4-5 male black adults approached him and an argument/fight ensued. The suspects took the victim's marijuana and money and began to walk off. They were approached by a group of male Hispanic adults (possibly known to the victim) and got into another argument. One of the Male Hispanic adults pulled out a gun and fired into the air and then shot one of the male black adult's in the chest. The male Hispanic adults fled to cars and left the area. The original victim was still in the park and the male black adults started to kick him in his head. Officer Armstrong and Sergeant Hinz pulled around the corner and observed the victim being kicked in the head. They jumped out and told the suspects to get on the ground - which they refused. At the same time, they observed the male black victim sitting on the ground with a gun shot wound to his chest. All the suspects were uncooperative and two were pepper sprayed as they were taken into custody. The gunshot victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. The original beating victim refused medical aid and was taken home - probably with a broken nose and jaw. Some of the suspect's ran from officers and numerous officers, Sheriff deputies and the helicopter searched for them for over an hour. One suspect got away. Ezell Delph 4/5/90, Willie Johnson 12/30/90, along with a 17 yr old were arrested for Assault with a deadly weapon, robbery, resisting officers and conspiracy. The shooting suspects that got away were described as two male Hispanic adults and one subject that was described as Hispanic/Black/Tongan. The possible suspect vehicles were described as a White Ford Bronco w/ a blue stripe down the side, a green suburban, a white sedan and a brown/rust/maroon possibly a Mazda. If you have any information on these subjects please email or call me....or you can remain anonymous and call the numbers listed at the bottom of this email. 6/9/09 5:07 pm, 3561 Truxel (Regal Theaters), Dead Body N. Natomas Officers responded to a call where someone saw a subject passed out in a truck behind the theaters. Officers arrived and found the male white adult deceased in his car. This is not believed to be a homicide and there were not any suspicious circumstances. 11:15 am, 1640 W. El Camino (Park Plaza park), Drinking S. Natomas We have received complaints of drinking/drugs/loitering at the above location. Dayshift Officer Hughes went to the park and cited two subjects for having open alcohol containers in the park. Morning, Crest/N. Bend (Natomas Park Elementary), Traffic Enforcement
N. Natomas Officers Heuer and Aquino worked the above area in response to several traffic complaints when kids are going to and from school. They wrote 1 traffic citation. While they were working at the above location, a Green Pontiac Grand Am (driven by a female white adult with brown hair) was driving recklessly on Del Paso Rd (between Gateway Park and natomas) and hit another car. She refused to provide her information and left the scene (Hit and Run). Officers conducted follow up on the incident and are close to solving the case. 6/8/09 7:28 pm, 3233 Norstrom Wy, Fight/Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officers Farren, Long and Bryant responded to the above location regarding a subject walking around yelling with an Axe. Officers arrived and found one subject standing in the driveway to the house talking on a cell phone. He told officers that Police weren't needed and no one had an Axe. Officers could hear a struggle in the distance and heard someone yelling "get off me". They walked into the driveway of the neighbors house and looked through the fence. They saw one subject on top of another on in the driveway behind a car. The one on the bottom had a cut on his arm and neck and had blood on his shirt. They requested the 1st subject to open the gate and he refused. They entered another gate and approached the two subjects fighting on the ground. They told the suspect to get off the other guy and he refused. They pulled him off and the subject on the ground started to fight with officers. At one point he broke away from officers and attempted to pull one officer to the ground. He was yelling obscenities the officers the whole time. Officers used a taser on the suspect but he continued to fight with officers they eventually got him in custody, but he didn't comply with fire personnel attempting to evaluate him either. Officers sustained minor scratches during the struggle and had to call for Cover from other officers. The three subjects involved are all brothers and two of them had been drinking. The subject that fought with officers was the one walking around swinging the Axe (Axe was located by officers). All three brothers were arrested for resisting officers, disturbing the peace and one brother was arrested for marijuana possession (baggies in pocket). 3:14 am, W. El Camino/Northgate, Drug Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Graveyard Officer Hanson stopped a car at the above location. A search of the car revealed methamphetamine and marijuana. Jason Clarke 9/15/87 was arrested on drug charges and warrants. 6/7/09 8:25 pm, Domestic Violence/Arrest, Muskrat Wy Gateway west Officers responded to a domestic violence call between husband and wife. The suspect ran upon officers arrival and started jumping fences. After a perimeter was set up and the helicopter searched for the suspect, he walked out of a back yard. The 38 yr. old suspect was arrested for the assault and warrant. 6/6/09
5:18 pm, Truxel/Waterwheel, Drug arrest S. Natomas Swingshift Officer Motter stopped a green Oldsmobile at the above location. The driver had a suspended drivers license. A search of the car found over 20 baggies of marijuana, money and numerous empty baggies. Halisi Norfleet 2/7/86 was arrested on drug sales. He lives in Hercules CA. 6/5/09 11:12 am, 4710 Natomas Blvd (Childrens Place Clothing Store), Burglary N. Natomas Officers responded to a call regarding several subjects stealing from the store. The suspects entered the store and placed numerous items in bags and took them out to an awaiting beige older station wagon. They returned to the store with empty bags. When officers arrived, the car was gone but they detained two female subjects that were stealing. Khrista Kodama 9/8/79 was arrested for felony burglary and parole violation. The other subject (on probation) was released from misdemeanor petty theft because the store declined to press charges. 9:01 am, Drug Arrest, 3661 Truxel (p/lot of Wal Mart) N. Natomas Dayshift Officer Stephen Chipp stopped a red Nissan Pick up after it pulled into the parking lot. The driver had placed a yellow piece of paper over the tags to make it look like the car was currently registered (didn't fool Chipp). The car hadn't been registered since 2004. A search of the truck revealed methamphetamine, narcotic pipes and marijuana. Keith Wynne 12/20/67 was arrested on drug charges, suspended drivers license, and vehicle registration fraud. He lives in Fresno. DUI Checkpoint, Del Paso Rd/Five Star Wy (Del paso/Truxel Area) We conducted a DUI checkpoint at the above location on Friday Night. The following results: 1012 cars passed through the checkpoint, 11 sobriety tests, 5 DUI arrests, 49 citations (23 for unlicensed drivers), 26 cars towed. 6/5/09 1:37 am, Rio Tierra/Northgate, Gun Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officers Stone and McClusky stopped a subject driving a car at the above location. Officer Stone immediately recognized the suspect as someone he arrested on Indiana Ave on 9/25/08 for possessing a gun. A probation search of the car revealed another loaded handgun inside the car. Officers also conducted a probation search at the suspects residence. Vincent Aginaga 11/17/79 was arrested on numerous gun charges and violation of probation. 6/4/09 7:48 p.m., 500 block of Tenaya Ave, Assault on Officer Northgate/Gardenland
Officers Armstrong and Zeiger responded to the above location on a call for service. Upon making contact with the caller and another subject in the house, the suspect became combative with officers. He began to fight with both officers and attempted to grab Armstrongs Taser out of his holster. They were able to get him handcuffed and then he kicked Officers Armstrong in the face with his foot (splitting Armstrongs lip). At one point they need to use pepper spray to subdue him. He continued to act violently in the squad car on the way to the jail - including banging his head on the windows. They also located some illegal pills, a marijuana pipe and some brass knuckles the suspect had in his pockets. Raymond Sewell was arrested on numerous charges including assaulting an officer and having an illegal weapon. Officers Armstrong received medical care at the hospital and is doing fine. 12:40 am, Garden Hwy/Truxel, DUI Arrest S. Natomas A driver drove off the road at the above location and the car was hanging over the ledge. The driver was arrested for DUI. 12:13 am, Discovery Park, Robbery S. Natomas The victim stated he was riding his bike through the park when the suspect stopped him and began to fight him in an attempt to rob him of his bike. He stated he fought back and got away without giving up his bike. He described the suspect as a male white adult, 5'5", 150 lbs, brown hair, blue baseball cap, red jersey. 6/3/09 9:47 pm, 2000 N. Bend, DUI Arrest Natomas Park/N. Natomas There was a 2 car collision at the above location. One of the drivers was arrested for DUI by Officers Stone, Gutierrez and CSO Raines. 6/2/09 7:14 pm, 3315 Northgate (Cigarette City)/276 Arcade, Drug Arrest S. Natomas Officers Armstrong and Zeiger contacted two subjects that were loitering near a 68 Impala. They located numerous baggies of marijuana in the car along with a scale. They went to the suspects address (276 Arcade) and located a large bag on marijuana. Raymond Vega 1/11/87 was arrested on drug charges. 5:00pm, W. El Camino/Truxel, Drug arrest S. Natomas Officers stopped a subject driving a green Infinity. the driver was on probation for drug charges and officers located a meth. pipe and some meth. in the car. Hazim Kako 1/15/67 was arrested on drug charges. He lives in Gateway West area.
4:41 pm, 1502 W. El Camino (Truxel/W. El Camino), Drug Arrest S. Natomas Officers Armstrong and Zeiger contacted two subjects loitering in and near a Chevy Tahoe. They located numerous baggies in the SUV along with illegal prescription pills. Both suspects were arrested on drug charges. 6/1/09 11:32 pm, Northgate/W. El Camino, DUI Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officers responded to the above location regarding a traffic collision with a female subject trapped inside the car. She was transported to UC Davis and became belligerent and combative with hospital staff. Officer Nezik arrived after she refused medical aid and arrested her for DUI. While placing her in the car she kicked Officer Nezik in the chest. She also gave problems to the Jail staff. Alice Renteria 6/20/46 was booked for DUI and resisting an officer. 8:47 am, 400 block of W. Silver Eagle, Gun Arrest Northgate area Officers responded to the above location regarding a disturbance. The found a loaded shotgun in the house that belonged to the suspect who is prohibited from having a firearm due to him being an exfelon. He was booked on gun charges. 5/31/09 4:01 am, 2500 block of Northview, Burglary/Arrest Northgate/Gardenland The two suspects jumped the fence and were attempting to open the rear window to a house. The homeowner held them at gunpoint and called police. When Officer Nezik arrived, both suspects were proned out on the ground with the homeowner holding them at gunpoint. Officer Nezik attempted to handcuff one suspect and he got up and started to walk away - refusing to comply with her orders. She ultimately got him in custody by using her baton. Other officers arrived and got both subjects in custody. There was also a car burglary (stereo stolen) just before this call in the same general area that possibly involved these subjects. Both subjects appeared to be very intoxicated and were both arrested. Rudolpho Rodriguez 5/24/91 was arrested for attempted burglary and conspiracy and the 16 yr. old suspect was arrested for conspiracy, attempted burglary and resisting arrest.. Great job by the alert and fast acting home owner! 12:43 am, 3270 Northgate (American Spirits Bar), Hit and Run Northgate/Gardenland According to witnesses, there was a fight in the bar that spilled outside. The suspect got into his car and was attempting to hit the other subject involved in the fight. As the suspect was driving through the parking lot, he hit another uninvolved person that was walking to his car and fled the area. The suspect car was described as a newer white 4-door Chevy Impala. the victim sustained a broken leg.
12:28 am, 3501 Del Paso Rd (Subway), Robbery N. Natomas The victim stated he had been drinking so he decided to go for a walk. He said he was in front of Subway when a subject approached him with a bat and asked for his cell phone. The victim gave the suspect his phone and the suspect fled the area. The victim didn't want the suspect arrested for the crime. The suspect possibly fled in an older Lincoln sedan. 5/30/09 11:23 am, Northgate/Del Paso Blvd, Dead body Northgate/Gardenland A subject was walking in the wooded area under the outbound Hwy160. He observed the deceased subject inside a sleeping bag at this location and called us after he was unable to awake him. The subject was a transient and was determined to be a natural death by the coroner. 5/29/09 7:42 pm, W. El Camino/Levee, Robbery N. Sac/Northgate/Gardenland Victim was near the bike trail when she was approached by the suspect (male Hispanic 45 yrs, grey hair in a pony tail down the middle of his back, long white socks and dickie shorts). The suspect ordered several other subjects to take the victim's bike (white mongoose BMX). The victim and her friends ran with some of the suspects chasing them, calling them names and throwing rocks. The suspects left with the victim's bike and got into a Grey older Honda. The main suspect was giving orders to the other suspects. The other suspects (up to 9 subjects) were described as male Hispanic 14-18 yrs old. 5:14 pm, W. El Camino/Truxel, Drug Arrest N Sac Officer Armstrong contacted a subject that was parked in front of the Wells Fargo Bank. The male driver was soon joined by a female friend that walked up after Armstrong contacted the driver. The female friend had two warrants and some illegal pills in her possession. A k-9 also located baggies of methamphetamine hidden behind a speaker in the rear of the car. The driver lives at 2447 Boxwood #1. Officer Zeiger and POP Officers soon joined Armstrong in investigating this case. The POP Officers wrote a search warrant into the Boxwood address and found more illegal items there - rock cocaine, ecstacy, a handgun, and ammunition. The male suspect was arrested on numerous drug charges, exfelon in possession of a gun and ammunition. The female suspect was arrested on drug charges and her two warrants. 3:38 am, Arena/I-5, DUI/Collision/Arrest N. Natomas A 20 yr old was driving his car in the above area when he spun out of control and flipped his car coming to rest upside down on the overpass of I-5. When the officers arrived, the suspect was walking away. He was stopped by the officers and arrested for DUI and then taken to the hospicatl for his injuries (not life threatening).
5/28/09 11:30 pm, W. El Camino/Truxel, Pursuit S. Natomas Officers Goodpaster and Kinstler attempted to stop a white motorcycle with stripes (driven by a male with a grey sweatshirt) at the above location. The motorcycle fled from the officers at over 100 miles per hour and the officers ultimately canceled the pursuit for safety reasons and the fact they could no longer see the motorcycle. 5/27/09 11:10 pm, Northgate/Del paso Rd, Drug Arrest North Natomas Officer Surjan stopped a car at the above location. A search of the car revealed a sandwich bag of marijuana. The suspect was arrested on drug charges. 7:16 pm, 400 block of Curran Ave, Child/Collision Northgate/Gardenland A 1-yr old was hit by a passing car at the above location. The child was drug for a little way and was taken to the hospital. The child will survive their injuries. 6:42 pm, San Juan/Miramonte Dr., collission S. Natomas A couple of cars collided at the above location and one car rolled over - with the driver getting trapped. None of the injuries were life threatening. 4:00 am, 4500 Truxel (Granite Point Apartments), Car Burglary N. Natomas We received a call from a concerned citizen regarding his car alarm going off and he could see shadows moving around his car. An officer arrived shortly and saw 3 subjects quickly jump into a car on Blackrock south of Del paso Rd. Two subjects ran on foot and a 3rd drove off in the car. The suspect car fled from the officer and a pursuit ensued. The suspect eventually got away from the officer and wasn't captured. The two suspects were described as #1 male black adult, 20's, all white clothing, #2 male black adult 20's. The car that fled from officers was described an older beige or grey Buick 4-door car. Great call about suspicious activity and unfortunately we didn't catch them THIS time. Keep calling this stuff in - we will get them next time. 5/25/09 11:49 pm, 3849 Rosin Ct (in front of Extended stay), Stolen property arrest, Northgate/Gardenland Officers Bell and Slay stopped two female subjects walking in the above area. One gave them a false name that they quickly discovered. When they obtained her real name, they found her to have two felony warrants for her arrest. They also located stolen checks, credit cards and Social Security card on
her. The property was stolen in a vehicle burglary in Rancho Cordova. Elizabeth Shultz (real name) 2/2/77 was arrested for possession of stolen property and violation of probation. 11:33 pm, Thelma/Azusa, Stolen property arrest S. Natomas Officer Hanson stopped a subject riding a bicycle in the above area. A probation search revealed a bag of spark plugs and a credit card that was stolen last year in a vehicle burglary downtown. He also had some marijuana on him. John Forsyth 3/6/68 was arrested on possession of stolen property, possession of burglary tools, violation of probation and drugs. 6:56 pm, Orchard/River Plaza Dr, Gun Arrest S. Natomas/ROCA area Officers attempted to stop a red Pontiac Firebird. The car kept driving and the driver was moving around and looked to be hiding something near the dash board. The car continued to drive and not pull over for the officers until they eventually got it stopped at the above location. Inside the car was some marijuana and a handgun concealed inside the dashboard. The gun was stolen from 1988. Edward Currie 4/12/84 was arrested on several gun charges, evading officers and violation of probation. He lives in Carmichael. 2:50 pm, 1600 block of Scarlet Ash Ave, Car jacking N. Natomas The victim was driving his vehicle down Del Paso Rd and stopped at the above location. A suspect got out of a Green Ford Explorer Sport and pointed a gun at the victim. He made him get out of his car and went through the victim's pockets - taking his cell phone. The suspect then got into the victim's car and drove off - with the Explorer following. The suspects possibly followed the victim from Del Paso Rd and Gateway Park Dr. The victim's car (still outstanding) is a 1992 Buick Park Ave, 4-dr, green with chrome rims - license plate # 5HNX529. The suspects are described as #1 male black adult, 18-21 yrs, 6'1", 170 lbs, medium complexion, black hoodie, jeans. #2 male black adult (driver of the Explorer) ********************* Officer Shot On Sunday (5/24/09) at 4:46 pm, Officer Tyson Butler (worked north last year and currently works the East Area) stopped a white Mustang on Business Drive (a couple of blocks from Johnson High School) for a traffic violation. Right after he got out of his squad car, the suspect stuck a gun out of his window and shot backwards at Officer Butler twice. The bullets hit Officer Butler in the right arm and thigh. The bullet that struck his arm incapacitated his right arm (strong arm) and therefore Officer Butler couldn't return fire. The Mustang sped away and was immediately picked up by our Helicopter. Several officers joined the pursuit (Police & Sheriff's) that lasted over 10 minutes until the suspect crashed into a ditch at Kiefer/Happy Ln (East Area). It was ultimately discovered the suspect had a self inflicted gunshot and the suspect ultimately succumbed to his injuries at the Medical Center. Officer Butler underwent a lengthy surgery that night to repair the damage to his arm. He is scheduled for additional surgeries and will have a lengthy stay in the hospital along with lengthy rehabilitation to regain the use of his arm. We are very fortunate that Officer Butler survived and will hopefully make a full recovery. The suspect was 19 yrs old with a very limited criminal history. The motive of the shooting is unknown at this time. Officer Butler has a wife and young family and has been with our department for 6 years
(both as a dispatcher and officer). ********************* 5/23/09 11:44pm, 1577 Garden Hwy (Virgin Sturgeon), Assault S. Natomas Officers responded to a vehicle collision and large fight at the above location. As officers arrived there was a subject on the ground injured and numerous people yelling/arguing. Apparently a fight broke out between two large groups in the parking lot and one suspect punched a female subject - knocking her unconscious. The other suspects got into a black 4-door sedan and hit another person - running them over. This subject was transported to the hospital with a possible broken pelvic bone, and fractured skull. Officers (with the assistance of some concerned citizens) found one suspect hiding in the bathroom - this was the suspect that punched the girl in the parking lot. The other suspects were gone and are possibly from the bay area. Robert Ballard 6/29/88 was arrested for the felony battery on the victim. He lives in E. Palo Alto. 4:33 pm, 2203 River Plaza Dr. #308 (Harbor Oaks Apartments), Drug/gun Arrest S. Natomas/ROCA area The N. POP team served a search warrant at the above location. They located marijuana, ecstasy pills, baggies, scales and an indoor marijuana grow - along with 2 stolen hand guns. Jessie Tom 1/7/86 and Miranda Lorta 5/31/90 were arrested on drug and gun charges. 9:26 am, Millcreek/W. El Camino, DUI S. Natomas Officer Lee stopped a White Pontiac Grand Prix and arrested the driver for DUI and suspended license. ****************** 5/22/09 - Curfew Sweep The POP team, along with some neighborhood volunteers (thank You!) from Gateway West and S. natomas, and our police volunteers conducted a curfew sweep in Natomas on Friday night. Officers picked up 13 truants and had their parents pick them up. One truant was taken to juvenile hall for his warrant. ****************** 5/22/09 5:48 pm, 704 Northfield Dr, Drug arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officers Zeiger and Armstrong contacted 3 subjects playing dominoes at the above location. One subject began to conceal his hands under the table. He was holding a baggie of cocaine in his had and had some more cocaine inside a dollar bill. He also had some marijuana. The 2nd subject (17 yrs old)
had a warrant for threatening a school official. The 3rd subject (17 yrs. old) was in possession of cocaine also. The two juveniles were taken to Juvenile Hall and Robert Holloway 10/15/81 was arrested on drug charges. 5:26 am, Burglary "Bait" car/Arrest Northgate/Gardenland area We deployed our Burglary "Bait" car in the above area due to the number of car burglaries in Natomas. The suspect took the property and was located attempting to unload it in Oak Park at 33st/6th Ave. Officers recovered the stolen property from inside the suspects Grey Plymouth Van. Salvador Martinez 2/26/73 was arrested for the theft. He lives in the Northgate/Gardenland area. 5/21/09 @ 3:54 pm, Del Sol Wy, Burglary/Arrest S. Natomas The victim was burglarized on 5/16 and 5/18 but didn't really put everything together until the above date. The suspect took a camera, cell phone and x-box type items. The victim was able to locate a phone number that was being called by her cell phone and ultimately we were able to track down the suspect (lives in S. Natomas). Officer Goodpaster and Kinstler located the 16 yr old suspect and arrested him for the burglaries. The stolen property was not located and was supposedly sold on the street. 5/20/09 9:20 a.m., Colchester Ave, Home Invasion Sundance Lake The female victim was at home when she heard her doorbell ring. She did not answer the door and within a few minutes she heard a door or window open in her home. When she went to check, the suspect came into the room and demanded money. She didn't have any money so he took her laptop and desktop computers. He left in an unknown direction. The suspect was described as a Male Black Adult, early 20's, 5'8", 150 lbs, black short hair (almost bald), brown eyes and thin face w/ "nice white teeth", wearing an over-sized white t-shirt and light blue stone washed jeans. If you saw someone by this description in the area yesterday please call us. 5/19/09 5:54 p.m., 3315 Northgate (Northgate Video Liquor Store), Drug/Arrest Gardenland/Northgate Officers Armstrong and Zeiger contacted a couple of people who were loitering near a silver Acura SUV in front of the Northgate Video Liquor Store. One subject was on probation for sales of marijuana. He also had over $1,000 on him. They went back to his house in Strawberry Manor (Scoles Ct) and located a large marijuana grow, dried marijuana, baggies, a scale and some more money. They arrested Jacob Smedley 11/28/82 and Jared Smedley 8/31/87 for possession for sale of marijuana, cultivating marijuana, and conspiracy. 12:27 a.m., Northgate/W. El Camino, Car Burglary/Arrest Gardenland/Northgate
We received a call from a concerned citizen regarding 3 subjects in a white Blazer attempting to break into a car on the 2600 block of Greymere. At the same time, graveyard Sgt. Monk observed the white chevy Blazer at the Valero gas station at W. El Camino/Northgate. Sgt. Monk was able to contact all 3 subjects and it turns out they were responsible for car burglaries on Greymere and Erin Dr (both near Northgate Park) and still had property which was taken in both burglaries. They are possibly also related to two other car burglaries in North Natomas from earlier this year. Arturo Ibarra 4/16/89, Arturo Ibarra 10/17/90, and Jose Martinez 2/19/89 were all arrested for possession of stolen property and grand theft, along with conspiracy. One subject had a warrant for burglary also. Two of the subjects live in the south area and one lives in W. Sac. OUTSTANDING call on behalf of the Concerned Citizen - Without that call these guys would have got away! 5/17/09 1:51 a.m., Garden Hwy/Truxel, DUI/Collision/Arrest S. Natomas The victim was driving on Garden Hwy and drove his Silver Camry off the south side embankment. Officers arrived to find the driver lying on the ground. He was very disoriented and smelled strongly of alcohol. His car was pulled out by a tow truck and he was arrested for DUI. He lives in N. Natomas. 5/15/09 7:55 p.m., 3310 Summer Park (San Juan between Azevedo/Truxel), Shooting S. Natomas Officer Suehowicz was hailed by a concerned citizen regarding a shooting that just occurred. In the drive way to the apartment complex at the above location was a white Olds Cutlass with a shattered passenger side window. There was also gas leaking from the car. There were two people in the car at this location when someone started shooting at them - hitting the car. Both subject's ran and didn't come back after officers arrived. The driver was determined to be a subject out of the south area that was on searchable probation. Officers were able to eventually talk to him on the phone and he stated he didn't know who shot at him. There was possibly a white cadillac seen leaving east on Bandon right after the shooting. The subject driving the shot up car was from the south area. ******************** Purse Snatches @ 4650 Natomas Blvd. (Raley's) update. The 3 purse snatches at Raley's from 5/1 to 5/14 are probably related...and they might be related to a similar one at SavCo (4211 Norwood) on 4/30/09. The one at SavCo involved a Dark blue Ford Thunderbird. One of the crimes at Raley's involved a Black 2003 Honda Accord. The suspects on all of them are #1 male black adult, 16-18 dark complexion, 5'6", 150-160 lbs, gray hoodie w/ dark gray hood and sleeves. #2 male black, 16-18 yrs, dark complexion, 5'6", 150-160 lbs, white hoodie w/ gray stripes in a checkerboard pattern. The one involving the black Honda Accord had two female Asian occupants as well. These suspect generally hung out in the produce section and took the purse out of the shopping cart and ran. I have attached a press release with the suspect's photo's. If the attachment doesn't come through on your email, you can go to www.sacpd.org and click on "news room" to see the press release. If anyone knows who the suspects are - please call us. ********************
5/14/09 1:00 p.m., 4650 Natomas Blvd (Raley's), Purse Snatch N. Natomas The victim was leaving the store when two male suspects ran up behind her and took her purse. They fled on foot north through the parking lot. One suspect was described as male, unknown race, dark complexion, heavy build with a black sweater and short hair. This is the 3rd purse snatching in the last month at Raley's. Below are the other two. 5/1/09 @ 4:00p.m., 4650 Natomas Blvd (Raley's) Purse Snatch, N. Natomas Victim was in the produce section when two male black suspects took her red purse and fled the store. 5/2/09 @ 8:38 p.m., 4650 Natomas Blvd (Raley's) Purse Snatch, N. Natomas The victim was looking at produce and her purse was sitting in the shopping cart. Two suspects ran by and took her purse from the shopping car and fled on foot. Two good citizens ran after the suspects. The purse was dropped while they were being chased (nothing missing) and they got into an awaiting Black Honda Accord with two female Asian subjects in the car. The suspects were described as 1. male black adult 16-20 yrs, 5'5", 180 lbs, shaved head...#2 male black, 16-20 yrs., 5'7", 200 lbs. Raley's security has been good and they have some video of these occurrences. We are currently following up on some of the leads to hopefully identify who did this. The two above incidents are most likely related and possibly the one from yesterday. 4:39 a.m., Del paso Rd, Shooting N. Natomas Mercy San Juan Hospital called about a subject that was brought in with gunshot wounds. Officers contacted him but all he would say is he was shot somewhere near Del paso Rd. He refused to tell officers any details about the incident. The victim's cousin stated the victim was shot in North Highlands but would give officers any details. The victim had two gun shot wounds to his back and side and the injuries were not life threatening. 5/13/09 3:20 p.m., 3291 Truxel (Truxel/San Juan), Large Fight S. Natomas Officers responded to several calls of about 50 juveniles fighting in this area. Subsequent calls stated that most of the subjects were male or female black ages 17-19 yrs. The group moved in front of Round Table and then the Service Center. Then a couple of callers stated someone had a gun. When officers arrived, the crowd ran and some were stopped by officers. A possible suspect car was parked nearby but no one was around it. This appears to be gang related but no one was arrested at the time. 5/13/09 9:57 a.m., 600 block of Alcantar Cir, burglary, Gateway West Suspects forced open the side garage door but didn't get anything - possibly due to the alarm going off.
Two subjects were seen leaving the residence and getting into a car around the corner. The suspects were described as #1. Male Hispanic Adult, 25-35 yrs, 5'10", heavyset, black t-shirt w/ "916" written on it in red letters. #2. Male Hispanic Adult 25-35 yrs, 5'6", heavyset, no shirt and jean shorts. This suspect was carrying his shirt. The car was described as a White Acura Integra - late 90's. Great job of concerned citizens getting a car and suspect description. If anyone knows who this might be, please call us. 5/11/09 10:54 p.m., 5400 block of Elderdown Wy, Probationer arrest Natomas Creek A concerned citizen called in regarding two subjects going up to a door at the above location. The residents of this house were not there but had been moving out. Officers located two subjects in a car in front of the residence. One actually lived across the street and was on probation for theft. A search of his room revealed an illegal collapsible baton. He was arrested for violation of probation and an illegal weapon. There were no signs of any forced entry to the residence. Great Call by a Concerned citizen on suspicious activity!!! 5:45p.m., Felony Assault, 4650 Natomas Blvd. (Raley's) N. Natomas The victim (15 yrs old) and her grandmother were in the parking lot in front of Raley's. Another car got angry with the grandmother for blocking traffic and drove by calling the grandmother "stupid". The victim and her grandmother went into Raley's and saw the other subject and her two friends. The grandmother confronted her for calling her a name and then the victim also got into an argument with them. The argument became physical and the suspect hit the vicitm over the head with a Smirnoff bottle. Officers arrived and arrested the suspect for assault with a deadly weapon. 5/9/09 5:46 p.m., 3615 Northgate (Dollar Tree), Stolen Car Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officer Motter observed a Silver Lincoln Aviator driving in the parking lot that was listed as a stolen vehicle. The car pulled into another parking lot when the Officer turned on his lights and siren. The suspect accelerated through the parking lot and west on San Juan. He attempted to pull into the Point Natomas Apartments, but collided with another car that was pulling out (3 people injured in that car). The suspect continued through the apartment complex until the driver and two passengers jumped from the SUV as it was moving. Officer Motter chased the suspect over the fence into the canal and back over the fence at 3493 Rancho Rio WY. Officer Motter located the suspect hiding in a garbage can. Jerry Richardson 4/1/90 was arrested for stolen car, evading an officer, hit and run, resisting arrest and not having a drivers license. The suspect lives in the area of W. El Camino/Northgate. 5/11/09 12:36 a.m., 3270 Northgate (American Spirits Bar), Drug/Arrest Northgate/Gardenland
Officer Hanson observed a subject talking to two other subjects through the window of their red toyota corolla. As soon as the one subject saw him, he walked away from the car. The officer contacted the two in the car and immediately smelled marijuana. Both subjects were on probation and a subsequent search revealed a baggie of marijuana on the driver and rock cocain found on the passenger seat. Malik Shabazz 3/2/79 was arrested for the cocaine and the driver was cited for the marijuana. 5/8/09 8:41 p.m., 3561 Truxel (Regal Theaters), DUI Arrest N. Natomas The suspect side swiped one of our police cars that was parked in front of the movie theater. The suspect was located in the parking lot and was intoxicated on prescription medication. She was booked into the jail for DUI - no injuries. 7:55am, Millcreek/W. El Camino, Drug/Gun Arrest S. Natomas 5/7/09 5:33 p.m., 230 O'dell Cir, Drug Arrest Regency Park The N. POP team obtained information about narcotic activity at the above location. They conducted a search of the location and found powder cocaine, marijuana and a stolen handgun from Roseville. One suspect was arrested on drug charges and for the stolen gun. 9:15 a.m., 1875 Oak Rim Wy, Arrest S. Natomas Officers Neri, Lee, Casillas, and Harbison - along with K-9 went to the above location to arrest the suspect for his outstanding warrants. The suspect ran out the back door to get away from officers. He was captured and bit by the K-9 as he was running. Charles Hernandez 5/14/09 was arrested for resisting arrest and his two outstanding drug warrants. 5/6/09 4:20 p.m., 1785 Capital Park Dr (River Terrace Apt's), Arrest S. Natomas Officer Zeiger and Armstrong went to the above location to arrest a subject that several warrants. They were able to determine he was in the apartment, but he wasn't answering the door. They opened the door and the K-9 began to bark. Two subjects (one they were looking for) came out of the back of the house and surrendered to officers. Officers located a scale, methamphetamine, a laptop and a backpack inside the apartment. Inside the backpack they located numerous baggies, heroin, numerous needles, and numerous identification cards. Most of the cards were stolen in vehicle burglaries from downtown. Aaron Rogers 2/10/82 was arrested for drug sales, possession of stolen property and drug paraphernalia. Matthew Methvin 10/16/87 was arrested for drugs, possession of stolen property, drug paraphernalia and his warrants.
5/5/09 @ 11:52 p.m., 2261 Del Paso Rd (Wells Fargo), Robbery N. Natomas Victim used the ATM machine when the suspect approached at gun point. He took the victims money and fled in a car that had another suspect inside. He was described as a male black adult, 18-20 yrs, with a black hat and black shirt. They fled in a newer Maroon 4-door car with tinted windows. 6:14 p.m., 3315 Northgate (Video Liquor Store), Fraud Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Swing shift officers Armstrong and Zeiger contacted 3 subjects who were loitering by a Grey Oldsmobile in front of the liquor store. Two of them were on parole (one for drugs and the other for assault). A parole search of the subjects and the car revealed numerous American Express Cards. The cards turned out to be fraudulent cards. The American Express Security person stated a recent trend is happening where suspects steal blank cards and re-encode them with real peoples credit card account. They then go to a store and charge items and it comes out of an innocent victim's account. This is exactly what these cards were - a different account shows up on the machine when an item is charged then is on the actual card. Onaje Lynch 12/23/78 was charged with possession of stolen property, possession of fraudulent cards, conspiracy and parole violation. Desean Giles 4/15/83 was charged with possession of stolen property, possession of Fraudulent cards, conspiracy and parole violation. Brian Brown 12/11/82 was charged with possession of stolen property, possession of fraudulent cards, conspiracy and two outstanding warrants. The subjects claimed to be from Oakland, Roseville and East Sacramento respectively. Tip - Don't ever buy a debit or credit card from someone in a parking lot They are most likely stolen! 5/4/09 @ 11:07 p.m., 1224 Brewerton Dr, Drug Arrest S. Natomas Officer Hanson was working the above area regarding narcotic complaints and contacted two subjects in a red Oldsmobile. He located marijuana, baggies, a scale and individually packaged baggies of marijuana. He arrested one subject for possession for sale of marijuana. 5/2/09 10:10p.m., 5000 block of Archcrest, Burglary/Arrest Natomas Park We received a call from the resident of the above location about some people breaking into her house. Graveyard Officer Bell arrived within 3 minutes and observed 3 suspects running from the house to a grey buick lesabre. Officer Bell attempted to stop the car but it fled south on Archcrest and west on Aimwell - running the stop sign. When the suspects entered the intersection of Aimwell/N. Bend, they collided with another car. All 3 suspects fled the car on foot. Officer Bell gave chase as the suspects jumped fences. One suspect was found hiding in a garbage can on Lyman Cir. One suspect was located with the K-9 (the dog bit him) in a back yard on Menard. The 3rd suspect was not located. Numerous Officers, Helicopter and K-9 were used to locate the suspects. Some property was recovered that was taken from the house. This is possibly related to a felony assault that occurred in the South area the night before. Anthony Pimentel 9/29/90 was arrested for burglary, conspiracy, street gang enhancement, and resisting arrest. Ernesto Moreno 1/23/87 was arrested for burglary, conspiracy, street gang
enhancement, resisting arrest and parole violation. 2:54 a.m., 2851 Del Paso Rd (Safeway), DUI/Arrest Creekside Officers responded to a collision call at the Safeway. The suspect's vehicle (Black Dodge Ram Pick up) was stuck in the mud on the side of Safeway. The vehicle was south on E. Commerce, crossed the raised concrete island, knocked down a tree and slid south in the north lanes until it stopped in the planter at Safeway. The driver was arrested for DUI. 12:48 a.m., 1428 Brewerton, DUI/Hit and Run/Arrest S. Natomas Officer Surjan was in the above apartment complex after a call and completing some paperwork. He heard some tires spinning and saw a green Land Rover speeding through the parking lot. He got out of his car and started walking toward it when it went into reverse and sped backwards away from the officer. It crashed into a fire hydrant and then sped off through the complex. Officer Surjan jumped back into his car and found the suspect Land Rover driving south on Erin. He stopped the suspect (driver and 2 passengers) and immediately smelled alcohol. The driver (Joshua Gescheider 7/28/88) was arrested for DUI, Hit and Run and a warrant out of Napa Co. 5/1/09 8:36 a.m., 2200 block of Coraval, Burglary/Arrest S. Natomas The victim noticed 4 suspicious acting male subjects on her street. 2 were on one side and 2 were on the other side of the street. She left her home but returned due to their suspicious activity. When she drove back down the street, she saw them removing the screen from her window. They saw her and fled over fences. School Resource Officer Gomez (Natomas H.S.) located 2 suspects on the corner of Azevedo/Coroval (both on probation). The SRO and patrol officers conducted follow up at the Natomas Ridge Apts (2075 W. El Camino) and located the other two suspects. Some of the suspects live at this location. One suspect had tools on him also. They also located a handgun and a large amount of ammunition inside the apartment. One suspect was 15 years old and was transported to Juvenile Hall. Jose Vasquez 12/18/88 was arrested for burglary and conspiracy. Daniel Nunez 10/12/90 was arrested for burglary, conspiracy and possession of burglary tools. Christopher Coronel 6/9/89 was arrested for burglary and conspiracy. GREAT CALL ON SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY!!!! **Burglary Update** Burglaries are up slightly over the last 3 week period (4/6/09 thru 4/27/09) in Natomas (38 from 32). Most of them continue to be during the day light hours. Recently we have seen an increase in burglaries through the overhead garage doors. Several have occurred over the last couple of weeks in the Tuscaro Commons Apt's (4400 Truxel) and the Hampton Condominiums (3301 N. Park Dr.). The suspect's pry the overhead garage door (off the track) and manually open the door. In one case a motorcycle was stolen and has still not been recovered - a red/black Honda CBR 600, Lic# 17F8842. In another case a Black Acura Integra (Lic# 5MGS088) was stolen and it too is still outstanding. In a couple of the cases, the location was a vacant home and they took appliances. On 4/30/09 Graveyard Sgt. Joy had his team work the above area regarding the garage door burglaries and notice 9 garage doors that were standing
open at 4400 Truxel. **Burglary Update** 5/1/09 8:36am, 2200 block of Coroval, Burglary/Arrest S. Natomas (Off of Azevedo) A concerned citizen noticed some suspicious acting young people at the above location. They kept an eye on them and noticed they removed a screen from a house. They called in and the School Resource Officers (Gomez and Martinez) along with patrol officers Harbison and Kroupa found four subjects in the area. It looks like all 4 will be arrested for charges related to burglary. I will provide a better update on my next email update. GREAT JOB OF CALLING IN SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY!!!!!!!! 12:50 a.m., 2450 Northgate (7-11 store), Officer Assist Northgate/Gardenland Officer Surjan responded to the above location when a person in a wheel chair called and stated she was stranded because her electric wheel chair died. Officer Surjan attempted to obtain some transportation for her but was unsuccessful. Community Service Officer Hein responed to our property section to get a truck with a lift on the back. The lift was used to put the heavy electric wheel chair in the truck and the woman was transported home. 4/30/09 8:15 p.m., 3315 Northgate (Big Lots Parking lot), Hit and Run/DUI Northgate/Gardenland The suspect was driving a van in the parking lot and hit a woman who was walking. The suspect began to walk away but was followed to the other side of the parking lot by security. They detained him until police officers Armstrong and Young arrived. The woman was transported to the hospital and the suspect was arrested for felony DUI and Felony Hit and Run. 4/29/09 11:19p.m., Truxel/I-80, Pursuit Officers observed a white Chevy Camero driving recklessly in the In and Out Burger at Truxel/Gateway Park. The car sped away and got on I-80. The officers attempted to catch it but it went too fast on north boutn I-5 at speeds over 100 mph. This is possibly related to a similar incident with the same type of car on 3/21/09. It was a 2001 Chevy Camero with black rims. Officers possibly know who did this and are following up on it. 4/28/09 6:29 p.m., 3315 Northgate (Liquor Video Store parking lot), Arrest S. Natomas
Officers Armstrong and Zeiger stopped a subject at the above location. They located over 80 movies in the subjects possession. The movies were pirated and one wasn't even released in the local theaters yet. The suspect was cited for selling illegal movies. 3:57 p.m., 3315 Northgate (Liquor Video Store), Drug Arrest S. Natomas Officers Armstrong and Zeiger attempted to contact a subject that was loitering in the parking lot and leaning in the window of a white car. As soon as he saw the officers, the guy immediately walked into the store and threw money over the counter. Turned out he threw over $1,500 over the counter and stated he knew the manager of the store and was hoping he would pick it up so the police wouldn't get it. He was also on probation for narcotic charges. Officers arrested Emanuel Barreras 11/27/87 for loitering for the purposes of drug activity and violation of probation. 1:25 p.m., 1400 block of Nighthawk Wy, Stolen Vehicle arrest S. Natomas Officers Hughes and Napper located a black Dodge Charger with no license plates. The suspect got into the car and began driving when they conducted a traffic stop on the car. The car turned out to be stolen over 6 months ago from a rental car company in San Francisco. Patrica Caviness 7/6/83 was arrested for the stolen car, and warrants for traffic and grand theft. 4/27/09 11:27 a.m., 324 Peralta, Parolee arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officers Hughes and Duink went to the above address looking for a female suspect with a narcotic warrant. They didn't find her, but they did find a Parolee-at-large at the address. Steven Miller 6-5-62 was arrested for his parole violation warrant. 11:19 a.m., 400 block of Greg Thatch Cir, DUI Collision/Arrest Natomas Creek A Subaru collided with a house at the above location. There were people inside the home, but they were not injured. The person driving the car wasn't injured either. The driver of the Subaru was arrested for DUI and lives in the same general area. 1:33am, Del Paso/El Camino, Gun Arrest, N. Sac We received a call from the suspect who stated he was at the above location and was on drugs and had a gun. He stated he was going to shoot anyone that came up to the car. He stated he wanted police to shoot him so he could shoot back. During the call he became agitated as dispatchers attempted to keep him on the phone and no one was approaching him. He started to drive away and told dispatchers if we didn't shoot him he was going to start shooting people. Officers blocked off the street, surrounded the area and took steps to keep him from leaving the parking lot. Ultimately he told dispatchers he would surrender. He threw the gun out of the car and gave up to officers. There were numerous officers on this call and it all ended peacefully. The suspect was arrested on gun charges, threats, and drug related charges.
4/24/09 11:30 p.m., 2450 Northgate (7-11), Robbery, Northgate/Gardenland The victim bought some items inside the store and actually spoke with the two suspects inside the store. When he walked out of the store, the two suspects assaulted him and took cell phone. They fled in the SUV. The suspect's were described as two Male Hispanic adults, 5'4", both wearing white t-shorts and one had a goatee. They fled in a maroon SUV (possibly a Tahoe). There was a third guy driving the SUV. 4/25/09 7:57 p.m., 3315 Northgate Blvd (DD's Discounts), Robbery, Northgate/Gardenland The suspects entered the store and grabbed several pieces of clothing. They went to the registers but then ran out of the business with the clothing. Loss Prevention Officers followed them out and one suspect turned around and displayed a handgun to the security officer. They fled in their car but were followed by security. Officer Cabrera located the car on Edmonton. Officers stopped the car and arrested two of the suspects. The third suspect (the one with the gun) was not in the car when officers stopped it. The stolen property was also recovered. Lesley Rhinehart 5/4/83 and Amatari Mabinton 5/1/80 were arrested for the robbery. Mabinton was also on probation so he was arrested for a probation violation also. 9:07 a.m., 2920 Del Paso Rd (KFC), Robbery, N. Natomas An employee went out the back door to deal with the trash. He left the door propped open so he could get back inside. the suspect entered through the open door and robbed the business at gun point. He demanded money from the other employee. This is possibly related to another robbery that happened in a different part of the City. The suspect was described as a Male black adult, 5'5", thin, black hoodie, jeans, rag over face and wearing a backpack. 4/23/09 10:55 p.m., Truxel/San Juan, Arrest, S. Natomas Officer Surjan was on a traffic stop when he was hailed by a person who advised there was a car stuck on the center divide and the driver was attempting to leave. He went to check this out and the driver was gone but the car was still there. Other concerned citizens pointed out the suspect might be in a nearby front yard. Officers located the suspect hiding in the front yard on his cell phone. He was under the influence and also had a no bail warrant for drugs. Maximo Delgado 6/8/84 was booked into the jail. 4/22/09 1:52 a.m., 3320 Witter Wy (Sump 17), Citations, Gateway West A concerned citizen called in regarding 6-7 subjects up at Sump 17 late at night wearing hoodies. Officer Hansonand Nezik responded and detained 6 juveniles. They were all cited for being in the park
after dark and one was cited for possessing marijuana. They were transported home. Great job in calling in suspicious activity at this location that has had issues in the past - Keep it up!! 4/20/09 11:14 p.m., 2449 Northgate (Valero Gas Station), Drug Arrest, Northgate/Gardenland Officer Tavelli and Bell stopped a truck after it pulled into the gas station to get gas. The driver was on probation and had a previous arrest for possession of stolen property. During the search the located (in two different locations) methamphetamine and a narcotic smoking pipe. Mikel Barber 3/1/55 was arrested on drug charges and violation of probation. 10:15 a.m., Armed Robbery, Wells Fargo, W. El Camino/Truxel, S. Natomas A bank mail delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint (and assaulted) today in front of the Wells Fargo. Due to some outstanding work we have arrested at least one person for this crime. I will give you more details about this tomorrow.....but it was some great work by some concerned citizens. **UPDATE** 8:40 a.m., Sparrow/Natomas Crossing, Attempt Abduction After further investigation we have determined the victim's story was false and no Attempted Abduction occurred after all. We are no longer looking for the truck and suspect the victim described to us yesterday. **UPDATE** 8:40 a.m., Sparrow/Natomas Crossing, Attempt Abduction, Gateway West The victim (female 18 yrs) was walking at the above location. She states a truck almost cut her off and the suspect told her he wanted to talk with her. He got out of the truck, hit her in the side and attempted to get her back to his truck. She resisted and got away. She states the suspect left in the truck. She described the truck as a Dark Blue Dodge Full-size, 4-door truck. The driver was described as a male black adult, late 30's, shaved head, black shirt and blue shorts. She also stated he had a Cleft lip. If anyone has any information on this please call us immediately!! 12:08 a.m., 600 Rio Tierra (Circle K), Assault/Arrest, Northgate/Gardenland The victim was buying something at Circle K and asked for a receipt. The customer (suspect) behind the victim became irritated at the victim for asking for a receipt. He pushed the victim and came at him with a knife. Right at this time, Graveyard officer Nezik was pulling into the parking lot and observed the suspect coming at the victim in an aggressive manner. She immediately yelled at both the victim and suspect. The suspect immediately began to walk away. Officer Nezik repeatedly told him to stop as she could see the knife in his hand but he refused. She called for cover and when Officer Buchanan showed up, the suspect finally gave up. Raymond Figueroa 11/6/65 was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. 4/19/09
2:24 a.m., Truxel/Del Paso Rd, DUI/Arrest, N. Natomas Sgt. Joy observed a newer Porsche north on Truxel over I-80. It was driving below the speed limit and weaving. He stopped the car at the above location and it drove for a little ways after Sgt. Joy attempted to stop it. The driver was on probation for a DUI in 2008 and was subsequently arrested for a DUI on this night. 2:10 a.m., Truxel/Pebblestone, DUI Arrest, S. Natomas Officer Nezik stopped a car at the above location. The driver was DUI and placed under arrest. 4/18/09 1:10 p.m., 300 block of W. El Camino, Shooting, Gardenland/Northgate Officers responded to the above location regarding a subject who had been shot. Officers located the victim inside the house with gun shot wounds to his upper body. He was unable to provide us any information on what happened or who did it. He was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. ***UPDATE*** on the Robert Mayhood arrest from last week on Bollenbacher POP Officers Blynn and Morgan arrested Mayhood last week on numerous charges. If you remember, he had a lot of property that was probably stolen. Officers booked a large amount of property. Officers had officials for Beazer homes come down and identify the property. It is now confirmed...some of the property was stolen from model homes on Amelia Earhart. ***UPDATE*** 4/17/09 5:23 p.m., Northgate/San Juan (Northgate Video Liquor Center), Arrest, S. Natomas Officer Armstrong contacted several subjects loitering outside the above location. While talking with all the subjects and conducting records checks, one suspect jumped up and ran from officers. He ran across the street and disappeared near the Jiffy Lube. A perimeter with several officers was set up and he was eventually found hiding in the basement of the Jiffy Lube. He had two no bail warrants. Jaime Tewksbury 4/24/86 was arrested for running from officers and his two warrants. 12:15 a.m., Azevedo/Primo, Stolen Car, S. Natomas Officer Barrett observed a green Saturn at the above location. When he attempted to stop it, it fled from the officer. When the officer rounded the rounded the corner onto Orestes Wy, the car was rolling down the street with the door open - no suspect in sight. The car collided with a house on the street causing a little bit of damage. The suspect got away. The car was stolen on 4/10/09 over night from the Natomas Ridge Apartments (2045 W. El Camino) when the owner left their keys in the apartment door overnight.
4/16/09 12:17 p.m., 4445 Bollenbacher (I-80/levee area near glenwood meadows), Arrest POP Officers Blynn and Morgan and patrol officers Surjan and Zeiger continued to work our burglary detail. They conducted a probation search at the above address and located an extremely large amount of stolen property. Numerous X-boxes, baseball cards, etc. Including property most likely stolen from the Beezer Home model homes off of E. Commerce. The suspect also had methamphetamine and ammunition. He was arrested for violation of probation, felony while out on bail, drug charges, possession of stolen property, and ammunition charges. This same person was arrested on 4/14/09 by Hanson/Buchanan for drugs/guns etc., and then again on 3/11/09 by Buchanan for drugs and again on 2/28/09 by Surjan for burglary. Robert Mayhood 7/28/77 was arrested again for these charges. 4/14/09 1:33p.m., 3291 Truxel (4-corners), Parolee arrest They contacted a subject that was loitering in the parking lot. He was on probation and parole. A search revealed some marijuana in his pocket. He was also a Parolee at Large. Timothy Killenen 2/27/85 was arrested for his parole violation and marijuana. 11:26 a.m., Bridgecross/Natomas, Arrest, Regency Park They stopped a car at the above location. The person in the car had a no bail warrant with over 100 days of commitment. They arrested Sofronskide Brooking 12/23/82 for his warrant. 1:41 a.m., Northgate/Rosin Ct, gun/drug arrest, Northgate/Gardenland Grave yard officers Hanson and Buchanan stopped a subject at the above location. This is the same subject they arrested about a month ago for drug sales. A probation search revealed ammunition, baggies and information that indicated this subject was selling guns. Officers went to his address (4445 Bollenbacher Ct - area of I-80/levee) and conducted a probation search. They located more ammunition, 2 guns, marijuana, methamphetamine and narcotic paraphernalia. Roberty Mayhood 7/28/77 was arrested on gun charges, drug charges, and probation violation. Last week I mentioned there were several burglaries that occurred on 4/9/09 where a blue car was possibly involved. This was mentioned in the beginning of shift briefing for the CHP/N. POP enforcement efforts (mentioned above). The blue Chrysler New Yorker was giving to all of the officers working this gameplan. There were several witnesses to the burglaries that gave outstanding suspect and vehicle descriptions that allowed us to give the officers something to look for - This is exactly what it takes to accomplish an arrest like this.....See below: Burglaries: (105977) 1900 block of Urbana (S. Natomas), 4/9/09 @ 10:15am - front door kicked open (105967) 1785 Capitol Park Dr.(S. Natomas) 4/9/09 @ 10:56am - Victim didn't answer the knock at the door and suspect was then seen coming into the victim's room after getting into the house. (105997) Delcliff Cr. (Seamas/S. Land Park area) 4/9/09 11:28 a.m., kicked in front door after knocking and victim's didn't answer the door. (94171) 4800 block of Natomas Blvd (N. Natomas), 3/29/09 after 9:00am, kicked in front door.
(98698) 1800 block of Club Center Dr. (N. Natomas), 4/2/09, forced open front door. 4/11/09 1:54 p.m., 3220 Arena Blvd, Bank Robbery, Gateway West Suspect came into the bank and presented a note demanding money. The teller screamed and the suspect eventually left the bank. He was described as a male white adult, 6'0", 280 lbs, red/black baseball cap, goatee. a possible suspect car was a white jeep wrangler with chrome wheels. 2:43 a.m., Mabry/Kalispell, DUI Arrest, Natomas Park Paladin security came across a vehicle stopped in the middle of the road with the driver slumped over the wheel. The driver didn't respond much when they knocked on the window. The driver turned off the car and moved to the passenger seat. Sgt. Joy and Officer Wilson arrived and the suspect gave a fake name to the officers. They eventually figured out who he was and arrested him for DUI and giving a false name to an officer. Sandhu Gurjot 9/12/88 was booked into the co. jail. This was the 2nd DUI arrest Officer Wilson made on this night. 4/10/09 5:38 p.m., Del Paso/Lampasa, Burglary Arrests, N. Sac After getting briefed at 4:00p.m. re: the blue Chrysler New Yorker being invovled in the above burlgaries. CHP Officers located the car at the above location with 3 subjects inside. Officers Blynn and Morgan (along with the rest of the POP team) responded and took over the investigation. The car contained laptops, t.v., and computer cords. Probation searches were done at the suspects residences that turned up a huge amount of additional property - including a stolen shotgun. Victim's were called and all suspects were connected with several of the recent burglaries. There is still a very large amount of property that officers were not able to tie to a specific burglary yet, but are still working on this. The suspects lived in N. Sacramento and all were on probation. Officer Blynn and Morgan - after working dayshift on this date...stayed overnight working on this. They put in at least 20 hours straight to do this investigation. The following are the results of their good work: * Fred Gore (11/2/83) - arrested for 5 counts of burglary, 5 counts of possession of stolen property, 5 counts of conspiracy and a probation violation - currently in jail on $500,000 bail. * Brandon Hunter (3/9/88) - arrested for 2 counts of burglary, 2 counts of possession of stolen property, 2 counts of conspiracy and probation violation. He is currently in jail on $200,000 bail. * Male black juvenile (15 yrs old), arrested on 5 counts of burglary, 5 counts of possession of stolen property, 5 counts of conspiracy, and probation violation. Currently in custody at Juvenile Hall. This is an outstanding arrest of some very prolific burglars (and who knows what else) and it couldn't have been done without a good relationship between the officers and the community. Great Job - this will make our neighborhoods safer with less crime - No Doubt!!!! 10:30 a.m., 3100 block of Doroteo Wy, Attempt Burglary, S. Natomas
We received a call regarding two male black adults knocking on doors in their neighborhood and possibly got into a neighbors house. They apparently got frightened off by a neighbor and left in a white car. A parole agent was in the area and spotted the car. he followed the car until our officers arrived and stopped the car. One subject (17 yrs old) was on probation for burglary and robbery and the other was Everett Brown 10/2/87. The suspects were obviously attempting to break into homes but never actually took anything. Both suspects were booked into the jail for attempted burglary.....Outstanding job of calling in suspicious activity.....We Need More Of This!!! This is exactly what we always talk about and it Worked!! 4/8/09 4:45 p.m., W. El Camino/Truxel, robbery, S. Natomas The juvenile victim was walking in the parking lot of Longs when he came across another person he already knew. They walked together for a short distance and the suspect pulled up his shirt, exposing a gun in his waistband. The suspect demanded money from the victim. The suspect took the victim's money and left on foot. The suspect was described as Male Hispanic Adult, 20-25 yrs, 180 lbs, bald with tattoo on neck. 2:35 p.m., Truxel/Arena, Drug Arrest, N. Natomas POP Officers Blynn and Morgan, along with Patrol Officer Zeiger and Surjan were working a special project re: the increase in burglaries in Natomas. They stopped a white buick at the above location. The passenger had some marijuana and was on searchable probation. He was cited for the marijuana. The driver had a concealed steak knife in her pocket, a scale, and marijuana packaged in several different baggies. Rebecca Montanez 11/30/89 was arrested on several felonies. ******************** Burglaries, S. Natomas Yesterday (4/9/09) There were 4 burglaries in South Natomas (Airport, Sand Castle, Capital Park Dr, and Ubana) around 11:00 to 12:30 p.m.. Some of the suspects were described as 3 male black adults driving a blue car - possibly a Chrysler. We are actively following up on some leads and believe some of these (if not all) could be related. Hopefully I will have more updates next week. ********************** 1:59 a.m., Blackrock/Del Paso Rd, Burglary Arrest, N. Natomas Graveyard Officer Bell stopped a car at the above location. There were two subjects in the car - one on parole and one on probation. A search of the car revealed possible stolen property. Officers were able to determine the items were from two separate auto burglaries that had just occurred on Harwood (same area) and not yet reported. They also located a license plate from a stolen car that was stolen in February from N. Natomas. They also located several other pieces of property that were most likely stolen. Jatari Brooks 10/13/83 was arrested for burglary, possession of stolen property, violation of probation and a warrant. Michael Wilson 2/26/84 was arrested for burglary, possession of stolen property, possession of burglary tools, and parole violation.
4/7/09 12:20 p.m., 2800 block of Aquino Dr, Burglary/Arrest, S. Natomas Resident left their house for a very short period of time. When they came home they noticed they had been burglarized. They also saw the suspect in their back yard. Officer responded and searched for the suspect. Officer Villegas stopped a possible suspect on Azevedo wearing a backpack. This subject turned out to be our guy and still had the stolen property on them. His is also probably going to be responsible for at least two other burglaries in S. Natomas. He lives in the area of Azevedo in S. Natomas. Briarioes Coe 1/12/90 was arrested for burglary. Great/quick call on behalf of the victim and great stop by Officer Villegas.....Keep those calls coming!!! 1:14am, Poppy Hill/Carneros, Burglary Tools/Arrest, Gateway West While officers were looking for the subjects involved in the above (Arson) incident.....Officer Smith observed two subjects standing in the bushes at the above location. As they saw the officer, they retreated further into the bushes and one subject started reaching into his pockets. He was also dropping something on the ground. Turns out he dropped a glove on the ground. He also had a screw driver and a window punch in his pocket. This subject was put in the back of the police car and subsequently dropped a pill bottle of marijuana on the floor. He also had an Oxycodone pill on him. This subject was 17 yrs old and lives in the Natomas Crossing area. He was arrested for burglary tools, multiple drug charges, and curfew violation. The 2nd subject was 15 yrs old and was cited for curfew and taken home. He lives in the Glenwood Meadows neighborhood (Norwood/Bell area). Anyone hanging out late at night in the bushes should prompt a call if you see them....this is the kind of thing they are up to... 12:45 a.m., 100 block of Groth Cir., Arson, Gateway West Officers responded to a call of subjects lighting something on fire. Officers were able to locate one of the suspects. They were attempting to use an Old Spice Deodorant spray can and fire to light a piece of wood on fire. We contact the juvenile and his parent. 4/6/09 10:59 a.m., 300 block of Caravaggio Cir, Burglary, N. Natomas The suspect was knocking on the door to this residence but the victim didn't want to answer the door. She then heard someone in the back yard. Then she heard the knocking on the front door again. The suspect yelled "Police-open up". The victim went to the door and opened it - surprising the suspect. He immediately covered his face, took his crowbar and ran to a car. He drove off towards Elkhorn. The suspect was described as a Male Hispanic adult, 30-49 yrs, 5'10", 160 lbs, wearing a yellow construction hat and reflective vest. He was driving a Honda Civic or Toyota Scion, silver 2-door. If you see this car or suspect call immediately.....Another good reminder to acknowledge your door when someone knocks....And DO NOT open your door if you don't know the person or there is something suspicious. 4/6/09 1:19 a.m., 00-100 block of Gazania Ct, Attempt Auto Burglary, Natomas Park
Witness saw the suspect attempting to break into his roomates car. He chased the suspect but was unable to catch the suspect. The suspect was described as a male Hispanic in his 20's. He drove off in a gold Saturn with a possible partial plate of 4JL.... 4/5/09 11:23 a.m., 3250 Arena Blvd (Tri Counties Bank inside Bel Air), Bank Robbery, Gateway West. Suspect entered the store and approached the bank counter. He demanded and took money from the clerk. He was described as a Male White Adult, 20's, 5'11", 160 lbs, brown hair, goatee, tan shirt, tie, and dark sunglasses. He spoke with a British accent (unknown if it was real or fake). 4/4/09 11:30 p.m., Truxel/San Juan (Golden One ATM), Attempt Car Jacking, S. Natomas Victims (2) went to the ATM. One victim got out, retrieved money from the ATM and got back into the passenger side of the car. As he was getting in, 3 suspects approached the car on both sides. One suspect opened the passenger door, but the victim was able to pull it shut. He began to pull on the door really hard to get it back open when the driver back up fast to get away. All three suspect fled on foot as the victim's were fleeing. The door was damaged by the suspect pulling on it so hard. The suspects were described as 3 male black adults with dark hoodies. 10:14 p.m., Northgate/San Juan, Drug Arrest, Gardenland/Northgate Officers McClusky and Stone stopped a white Ford Thunderbird after it pulled out of the AM./PM at Northgate/San Juan. The passenger (Dodson) was on probation. The officers located some methamphetamine near the passenger seat and arrested the passenger. At the jail, the deputies found two more baggies of methamphetamine and a narcotic pipe inside her body during the search. Sabrina Dodson 10/28/85 was booked on a couple of drug charges. 4/3/09 10:34 p.m., 505 Peralta Ave, "Bait" Car Arrest, Gardenland/Northgate Due to the number of residential burglaries and auto burglaries in our area...we placed a car with items inside it in the area of Northgate/Peralta. The suspect took the items from the car and officers located the items in the backyard of the above address. Officers were able to determine the suspect stole the items from our car and put them in his back yard. Officers arrested Vincente Solorio 1/6/72 for Grand Theft. 10:30 a.m., 810 San Juan, Warrant Arrests, S. Natomas POP Officers Blynn and Morgan stopped a car at Northgate/Rosin while working on our Anti-Burglary project. The occupants were on probation burglary and firearm related charges so the officers went to their address and conducted a probation search. They located two additional subjects in the apartment who had outstanding warrants. The search located apparent fraudulent checks that we will do more follow up on. The two subjects with warrants were taken to jail.
4/2/09 10:42 p.m., 200 block of Haggin Ave, Arrest, Gardenland/Northgate Officers Zeiger and Armstrong went to the above location to conduct a parole search of the suspect. They located ammunition for a shotgun and other bullets and drug paraphernalia. They arrested Alphonso Johnson 11/30/77 for an ex-felon in possession of ammunition and parole violation. 4/1/09 8:25 p.m., 1620 W. El Camino (Mezcal Taqueria), Robbery S. Natomas Suspect stole the tip jar at the restaurant and threatened to beat up the employees if they did anything. Officer Suehowicz, Lee, and Goodpaster arrived and talked to several witnesses and victims. One witness obtained a license plate number from the grey Chevy car the suspect was driving. Officers put together a photo line up of the registered owner (who matched the suspect description) and several people identified the suspect as the one who robbed the business. Officers Suehowicz, Goodpaster, Lee, along with k-9 responded to the suspects registered address at 5617 Laurine Wy (near Hwy 99/47th Ave). The suspect was also on probation. The suspect wasn't home but while they were at the house a grey Chevy pulled into the drive way with a driver that matched the suspect description. When officers went to contact him, he backed out of the driveway and fled down the street in his car. The officers gave chase and the suspect left his car in the street and fled on foot. several concerned citizens assisted officers with the direction the suspect was running. The k-9 eventually caught the suspect in the perimeter and bit him as he was hiding in a back yard. Joseph Robinson 5/3/88 was arrested for robbery, resisting officers and violation of probation. Great job by witnesses (both at the scene of the robbery and the scene of the arrest) and officers who followed up on this case until they caught their guy. 2:26 p.m., 1500 W. El Camino (Parking lot of Blockbusters), Arrest S. Natomas POP Officers Fong and Morgan stopped a subject at the above location as he was selling something in the parking lot. The suspect was selling jewelry as being real - but it was fake. He was on probation and house arrest. The officers arrested ja.m.es joseph 6/5/68 for probation violation. ***Update on 3/26/09 Attempt Child Abduction at N. Bend/Baines in North Natomas*** Detectives concluded this extensive investigation this morning. After talking with the 10-year old victim again, he admitted the story was untrue and no Attempted abduction occurred. Thank you to all the community members who called in on similar cars, various websites and email lists that put out the information, Paladin Security and everyone else that tried to help us located this possible suspect. Great community effort on something that was potentially very serious. 2:10 a.m., 2400 block of Waters Edge Wy, Stolen Car/Arrest Willowcreek Officer Hanson was working the area regarding vehicle burglaries and stolen cars. He observed two
subjects walking away from a car and stopped to talk with them. Turns out one car had stolen plates and another vehicle in the area had been reported stolen. One subject had the keys to the stolen car. Officer Hanson arrested the one suspect for possession of stolen property and violation of probation and the other suspect for 4 warrants. 3/29/09 3:44 a.m., Farweather Dr/W. El Ca.m.ino, Burglary arrest S. Natomas Officers Hanson and Buchanan stopped the suspect on his bike in the above area. He had broken glass in his pocket and various burglary tools. Sgt. Monk drove around the area and found a truck broken into on Greymere. The suspect (Michael Gonzalez 3/4/72) was arrested for burglary, possession of burglary tools and violation of probation. 3/27/09 1:05 a.m., American/W. El Camino, Hit and Run Northgate/Gardenland The suspect vehicle (white mini van with partial plate of 3UK....) hit the victims car at the above location. The vehicle fled the scene. The driver was described as a male black adult 5'8", 200 lbs. 3/26/09 3:00p.m., 3282 Northgate Blvd (Cheap Cigarettes), Northgate/Gardenland Suspect entered the store and asked about cigars. He claimed to get upset at the price and then showed the clerk a gun in his waistband. He then slapped the clerk and grabbed the cigars and fled the area. He was described as: male Hispanic adult, 23-26 yrs, 5'8", 150 lbs, black crew cut haircut, black t-shirt and light blue basketball shorts. 3/25/09 7:57 p.m., W. El Camino/American, Robbery Northgate/Gardenland Victim was walking in the above area and the suspect grabbed her cell phone out of her hand. He ran east bound on W. El Ca.m.ino. He was described as: male black, 16-18 yrs, 5'11", skinny, short hair, black puffy jacket and white shirt. **Update** Car Jacking at 811 San Juan on 3/24/09 We located the stolen car two days ago in Del Paso Heights. Last night, the suspect we were looking for in connection with this crime was involved in a shooting in the South Area near Florin Mall (County jurisdiction). Our suspect is now in a hospital bed recovering from a bullet wound to his buttocks with the good company of a Sacramento Police Officer. **Update** Car Jacking at 811 San Juan on 3/25/09
The white Chevy Cavalier that was stolen was recovered yesterday at Knightlinger/South (Del Paso Heights) around 4:30 p.m.. The suspect is still outstanding. 3/24/09 9:37 p.m., 3315 Northgate (Northgate Video Liquor Store), Drug arrest Northgate/gardenland Officers Armstrong & Zeiger contacted several subjects in and around several cars in the parking lot of the above location. They located baggies of cocain in one car and a scale in the suspects pocket. The suspect was out on bail from a felony DUI. Jerome Robinson 6/24/74 was arrested on drug sales charges along with committing a felony while out on bail. 8:20 a.m., Kokomo/Ottumwa, Suspicious Car A 12 year old girl was walking to the bus stop in this area. A black Cadillac was seen there by the victim. The car backed up (possibly to make a U-turn back onto E. Commerce). The girl got a little scared and started to walk away. She heard the car door shut and thought she heard foot steps. She looked back and thought she saw a shadow of someone. She ran for a few blocks back home. Nothing was said and we are not sure this was someone attempting to catch the young girl or something else. The young girl was definitely scared and we are still interested in talking with the person in the Cadillac. The car was described as a Black Cadillac with tinted windows. Some other kids that catch the sa.m.e bus say a black Cadillac is often in that sa.m.e area in the morning possibly dropping off a kid or something? If you know of someone who drives a Cadillac in this area every morning (or are someone who drove a Cadillac in this area during this incident) please give us a call. 12:53 a.m., 811 San Juan Rd, Car Jacking S. Natomas The victim stated she, and 3 of her friends, drove to the above location to hang out with the suspect. When they arrived, the suspect and another subject pulled rifles on them, robbed them of money and cell phones and took their car. The victim states she has known the suspect for about a week. The car is still stolen and is a 1999 4 door, Chevy Cavalier, License # 6AOT262. The suspect possibly hangs out on Zurlo near the apartments. If you see this car - call 9-1-1. 3/21/09 10:47 p.m., 1400 block of Buckridge Way, Stabbing S. Natomas We received a call to the In and Out burger on Truxel regarding a stabbing victim. The victim had been stabbing in the stomach area and was transported to the hospital in critical condition (he will survive). The victim was at a house party at the above location when he saw a subject he had a previous issue with. They began fighting and he stabbed the victim. Officer Nezik worked with W. Sac PD to locate the suspect. The next morning he was located in W. Sac and arrested. Alfredo Gaeta 11/2/90 was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. 1:37 a.m., Truxel/Del Paso Rd, Street Racing/Pursuit
N. Natomas Graveyard officer Morlan viewed a Black Ford Mustang and a White Chevy Ca.m.ero turn onto W/B Del paso Rd form Northbound Truxel. As soon as they got on the straight away - they began racing at a high rate of speed. Officer Morlan attempted to pull them over at Town Center/Del Paso. The black Mustang pulled over, but the Ca.m.ero made a u-turn and sped off at a high rate of speed eastbound Del Paso - accelerating so he was fish tailing as he pulled away from the officer. The officer started the pursuit of the car but soon canceled it as it got too dangerous to chase at over 100 miles per hour. The black mustang left the area also as the officer was chasing the other car. Officer Morlan got the first 3 digits of the Ca.m.ero's plate - 6GET... 3/20/09 10:16 p.m., 4900 Natomas Blvd (Trovas Apts), Home Invasion N. Natomas Victim pulled into the parking stall at apartment's. The 2 suspects began walking up to him. When they got up to him - they pulled out handguns and one pulled a ski mask over his face. They took items from the victim and took him up to his apartment. They forced their way into the apartment where they assaulted the victim and another relative. They took additional items from inside the apartment and fled on foot. The suspects were described as follows: #1 Male Hispanic Adult, 20's, goattee, black hoodie, white t-shirt and black sweat pants...#2 Male Hispanic Adult, 20's, goatee, black hoodie, white t-shirt and black sweats, tattoo on neck. Both suspects were described as having Heavy accents. Keep your eye's out for suspicious activity and call in if you see anything. 3/19/09 9:06 a.m., 924 San Juan, Stolen Car/Pursuit/Arrest S. Natomas Officer Chipp went to contact a suspicious car with three occupants. As he was approaching, all three ran from the officer. A perimeter was set up...Rio Tierra and Straugh Schools locked down. Officer Trejo located the suspects in the area and they were all arrested. Tianti Richardson 3/16/91 and Jeremiah Willaims 8/9/89, along with a 17 year old were arrested on stolen car and possession of stolen property charges. The car was stolen between last night and this morning in Del Paso Heights. 3/18/09 8:18 a.m., 2002 San Juan Rd. (Woodbridge Apts), Burglary S. Natomas Victim was inside her apartment when she heard a loud knock at the door. She didn't respond to the knocking and all of a sudden the suspect kicked in the door. The victim yelled and ran out another door. The suspect fled on foot also without taking anything. K-9, helicopter and patrol officers responded and located the suspect's green sweater (He threw it down as he ran to change his appearance) near the canal - but the suspect got away. He was described as a male black adult, 20-25 yrs, green sweatshirt (we have now), short hair and blue jeans. 3/17/09
12:47 a.m., Northgate/Bridgeford, Drug arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officers Bell and Tavelli stopped a black Ford Ranger Pick up at the above location. A search of the car revealed an Arizona soda can. The can had a screw off top and secret compartment. The car contained metha.m.pheta.m.ine. Officers also located numerous valium pills in the car. Thomas Anderson 11/2/67 was arrested on several drug charges. 3/16/09 11:24 p.m., 2450 Northgate (7-11), Parolee Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officer Hanson stopped a subject on a bike that began lying about his na.m.e. Couldn't get his age, birthday or na.m.e right. He began to back away from both Officer Hanson and Buchanan. He began to struggle to get away and wasn't able to be handcuffed until additional officers arrived. Officer Hanson and Buchanan sustained minor cuts to their legs and hand. The suspect (Hyckeem Frazier 4/6/88) was a parolee at large, and had a probation violation warrant out of Vallejo. He was arrested for parole violation, the warrant, and resisting officers. 3/15/09 5:04 p.m., Harris/Balsa.m., Possible burglary suspect Del Paso Heights/S. Natomas Officers Cox and Galliano stopped a white buick at the above location. The driver had a suspended license. He was the sa.m.e subject that Officer Villegas contacted on Mira.m.onte in S. Natomas on 3/9/09 related to a possible burglary on that date. This night, the suspect had a GPS system, brown purse and numerous French coins in his car. Officers confiscated all the property as the subject couldn't confirm where it ca.m.e from. He was cited for suspended license and his car was towed for 30-days. This was a different car then he was in during the S. Natomas contact previously. If anyone is missing these sort of items...please let us know. 2:28 a.m., 2848 Norcross, Party/Fight/Arrest S. Natomas Officers responded to a call regarding a fight at the above location. When Officer McClusky arrived, there were 50-75 people fighting in the street. When they saw the police, most of them left. Officers then saw several subjects run into the house yelling. They saw a large fight in the house where several people were hitting one subject. Officers McClusky and Nezik entered and tried to get the suspect off of the victim. He pulled away from the officers and continued to punch the victim. The two officers were also surrounded by all the other people trying to fight the victim. The officers utilized their batons to get the suspect into custody. Guy Robb 2/2/89 was arrested for resisting officers. 1:25 a.m., 2425 Northgate (Primo's Pizza), Gun Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officers received a call regarding a subject with a gun at the above location. Upon arrival, there was a
large crowd in the parking lot and there had been a fight. Officers contacted subjects in a blue mustang and located a gun (stolen out of Fresno) and a bag full of a.m.munition. Jose Cuevas-Aries 10/31/90 and David Ra.m.irez 5/22/89 were arrested on weapons charges and possession of stolen property. 3/14/09 1:55a.m., 3600 N. Freeway (Center Court), Large Fight N. Natomas Officers responded to a call of a large fight in the parking lot. Upon arrival several cars were leaving fast. Officers located a subject down with facial injuries on the sidewalk. He didn't want to tell officers what happened. They located another subject on the ground in the parking lot with facial injuries who ran from officers as they approached. They contacted him and he didn't want to say what happened either. The first subject was probably struck with a steering wheel lock. Later in the night a we got a call from the hospital - a woman in the bar was struck with a glass and required stitches in her lip. We got an additional call regarding a subject that had been stabbed at the location. when we contacted him at the hospital, he was uncooperative with officers and refused to tell us anything. 3/13/09 11:41 p.m., N. Freeway/Promenade Cr., DUI Arrest N. Natomas Graveyard Sergeant Joy observed a car crashed at the above location. The car struck a curb, ran over 3 trees and hit a fire hydrant. The car then backed up and attempted to leave the scene with a tire that had major da.m.age. The suspect pulled into the Target parking lot with smoke and sparks flying. The suspect had been arrested on a DUI in 2008 in Natomas previously and had a suspended license from that arrest. Kia Martinez 11/28/81 was arrested for DUI and suspended license. 5:00p.m., 3315 Northgate (Parking lot of Northgate Video liquor) Drug Arrest Officer Armstrong stopped a couple of subjects loitering in the parking lot. He located packaged marijuana, paper with na.m.es/numbers, and money. The sa.m.e suspect had been arrested for drug sales in January. He arrested Christopher Avelar 11/28/86 for possession for sale of Marijuana, loitering for drug dealing, and violation of probation. *** UPDATE *** 2/21/09, 5:30 p.m., Arden/Garden Connector, Robbery/Arrest On my 2/24/09 email update I mentioned this robbery. The female 15 yr old victim was jumped and robbed of her MP3 by 2 males and 1 female suspect. Detectives did some follow up and identified all the suspects. One 17 yr old male was arrested on 2/27/09, the other 17 yr old male suspect was arrested on 3/4/09 and we are currently looking for the 18 yr old female suspect. They were arrested for robbery and gang terrorism. *** UPDATE *** 3/12/09
4:44 p.m., 1587 W. El Ca.m.ino (Longs Drugs), Prescription Arrest S. Natomas One of our off-duty officers was inside Longs and speaking to the pharmacist. Two suspects were supposedly on their way to pick up some illegally requested prescriptions. The off-duty officer got ahold of some of our on-duty officers and they ultimately located the suspects after they entered the store. This sa.m.e group had previously tried to obtain some prescription medication from Save Mart. Marquis Sharrieff 8/4/89 was arrested for obtaining a prescription by fraud and conspiracy. A 17 year old girl was also arrested on the sa.m.e charges. 3/11/09 3:49 p.m., 4650 Natomas Blvd. (Raleys), Attempt robbery/Arrest N. Natomas The victim (15 yrs old that goes to Charter school) was approached by 4 suspects in front of Raley's. One suspect demanded the victim's necklace. When the victim refused, the suspect punched the victim (splitting his lip). The other suspects surrounded the victim during this time. The victim then ran inside of Raleys to get away - They did not get his necklace. Officer Lopez and Mcmahan and School Resource Officer Martinez responded and watched the Raley's security video. Off. Martinez identified all the suspects via the video as either current or former Inderkum Students. Officer Lopez and Mcmahan located 3 of the suspects on Aviator Cir and they were arrested. Officer Martinez located the 4th suspect at school the next day and he was arrested. The suspects (ages 15 to 17 yrs old) were all arrested for attempted robbery, assault, and a gang terrorism. 4:09 a.m., Morell/W. El Ca.m.ino, Drug Arrest S. Natomas Officer Yonemura stopped a dark blue Ford F150 truck at the above location. The suspect was on probation for burglary and was in possession of numerous Hydrocodine pills and money. He (Roberty Mayhood 7/28/77) was arrested on drug charges and violation of probation. While being walked into the jail, the suspect attempted to discard a baggie of metha.m.pheta.m.ine on the floor. He was charged with this also. 12:19 a.m., 2901 Truxel (Fort Natomas), Arrest S. Natomas Officers Tavelli & Bell observed two people in the Fort Natomas area. When they contacted them (20 year old male & 17 yr old female), they realized both of them had been drinking. They also saw an empty bottle of vodka, a bottle of Ta.m.pico punch and 3 cups. The 17 year old's parents didn't know she was there and she was taken home by the officers. The 20 year old (Keith Barnes 12/11/88) was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. 3/10/09 11:11p.m., Northgate/Haggin, Drug/Arrest Northgate/Gardenland
Officer Armstrong stopped a white dodge intrepid at the above location. All three juveniles in the car were on probation for burglary. A search of the car and the subjects inside the car revealed some marijuana (both in the car and on the suspect) and a scale. One of the passengers (17 yrs old) was arrested on drug charges, violation of probation and a no bail warrant. 3/9/09 11:27 p.m., Truxel/Waterwheel, Robbery S. Natomas Victim was confronted by 6-7 male black juveniles (one of which had a handgun) - they demanded the victims wallet, money and keys. They fled on foot. At 11:50 p.m., in the sa.m.e area, the sa.m.e suspects attempted to rob another person but weren't successful. 10:40 a.m., Mira.m.onte/Bandon, Suspicious Veh/Burglary S. Natomas Dayshift Officer Villegas was working on the burglary issue in S. Natomas. He located a suspicious vehicle at the above location with a subject in the passenger seat. This subject could not explain why he was at this location and said the driver was in the area somewhere but unknown where. This person was cited for some marijuana and released after officers checked the area for the driver unsuccessfully. There were 2 burglaries reported later on Mira.m.onte. Officers are still following up on these, but this car/suspects are very possibly responsible...I will let you know when we complete this investigation. A good exa.m.ple of suspicious activity checking checked and probably leading to the solving of some crime. 3/8/09 10:16 p.m., 2587 Millcreek (Apartments), Assault w/ Deadly weapon/Arrest S. Natomas Victim and suspect got into a verbal argument over a parking stall in the complex. The suspect punched the victim and then hit him with a rock. The victim stated he was knocked unconscious. The suspect then went back to his apartment and got a shotgun of which he threatened the victim with....Officers located the suspect and arrested him on two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. Robert Cummings 2/2/69 was booked on both charges. 10:16 p.m., Normington/Rio Tierra, Robbery Northgate/Gardenland Victim was walking home from the Circle K when he was assaulted by 6 suspects. They took his cigarettes, cell phone, walkman, and money. We have some leads to possible suspects and the investigation is ongoing. *** Burglary Prevention *** Sgt. Lisa Hinz (Swing Shift Natomas Sergeant) has volunteered to coordinate a pro-active patrol plan a.m.ong all of our patrol shifts for reducing property crime (especially burglaries) in Natomas. She put together some tips to prevent becoming a victim of a burglary. I have attached that to this update. Please share with your neighbors and friends.
*** Burglary Prevention *** 3/7/09 11:45 a.m., 2433 Northgate, Robbery Northgate/Gardenland The victim just got money from the Check Cashing store and was getting back into her car. The suspect (male black adult 20's) ran by and snatched her purse from her. He got into a Hyundai Elantra and fled the area. A concerned citizen chased him until the suspect crashed his car at Stonecreek/W. El Ca.m.ino. He then ran into the apartments. We received great help from several concerned citizens and were able to identify the suspect although we didn't locate him. Investigation is ongoing but we did recover the victim's purse in the crashed car along with information belonging to the suspect - arrest is soon to follow. 6:15 a.m., Tinneil Ct., Stolen Car/Arrest S. Natomas Victims were going fishing and loading their fishing equip.m.ent into their car. They left the keys in their car and the suspect ca.m.e by while they were getting things in the house. He stole their car. They went looking for their car and located the car and the suspect in the apartment complex at 3200 truxel. They fought with the suspect and detained him until officers arrived. Officers took Nathan Tabler 8/26/67 into custody and to the hospital for his injuries. While at the hospital, the suspect tried to escape from officers but was located hiding in a bush. He was booked for stolen car, escaping, resisting arrest, possession of stolen property. 2:10 a.m., Truxel/I-80, Stabbing/arrest Natomas Victims and suspects are students at WyoTech. They possibly had some issues at school re: gangs. They pulled over on the freeway and got into a confrontation. The victim was stabbed by one of the suspect. At 6:00 a.m., officers contacted the suspect at his residence in W. Sac. Tommy Rodriguez 2/3/78 was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. 3/6/09 10:38 p.m., Venture Oaks/Gateway Oaks, DUI/Arrest S. Natomas We received a call of reckless motorcycles driving in the area. When we arrived one had crashed over the curb, up the embankment, and into a tree. The driver had been drinking and was taken to the hospital. His friend who was also riding a motorcycle was also on scene and had been drinking. He was arrested for DUI. 10:04 p.m., 3200 Truxel (Natomas Village Apt's), Assault/Burglary Arrest S. Natomas Female victim was approached by the suspect in the parking lot. He stated he wanted to kiss her and then pushed her and grabbed her chest and attempted to continue to sexually assault her. She ran to an
apartment to get away and he forced his way into the apartment. She yelled for help and he fled. Officers located the suspect in his apartment and arrested Armando Aguilar 3/30/70 for sexual battery and burglary. 9:45 p.m., 1200 block of Ciric Wy, Robbery S. Natomas Victim is a pizza delivery driver. He delivered a pizza to an address on this street and the customers paid him. As he was getting back into his car, the suspect ran out of no where and chased the victim. The victim ran back to the customers porch, but the suspect got the victim's money after threatening to hurt him. The suspect fled on foot with the victims money. 3/5/09 9:45 p.m., 500 Bankside Wy, Arrest N. Natomas We received a call regarding a subject smoking weed on his porch with little kids near him. Officer Goodpaster responded and located a subject on probation and a strong odor of marijuana. Officers also located several bullets inside the apartment. The suspect was arrested for probation violation and felon in possession of a.m.munition. Truxel/San Juan (Save Mart Shopping Center) * There have been several fights in this parking lot recently. On 3/2/09 (65082) at 3:12p.m., we received a call of about 40-50 juveniles fighting in the parking lot. They all left when we arrived and no one was arrested. As seen in a previous email update - security was assaulted in the parking lot last week. There is a group of people (4-corners - including a person from the school district, Neighborhood Association president and Dept. of Education rep.) that are working on a long term solution for this area - such as progra.m.s for our young people that are positive and meant to get them working on their future as opposed to delinquent activities. * Yesterday (3/3/09) Dayshift Patrol Sergeant Murrietta's tea.m. picked up 13 truants in Natomas and took them to the Inderkum Attendance Center. Several of them ca.m.e from this shopping center. 3/2/09 3:55 a.m., 4391 Gateway Park Blvd (Cutting Edge Nutrition), Burglary N. Natomas The suspects broke the front glass door, but were unable to steal anything. This business was burglarized in a similar fashion about a month ago. The suspects are described as a male white adult and a female white adult. The suspect's car is very unique - Chevy S-10, 2 door, extended cab (2000 to 2007 model). light brown or bronze color with after market rims. There is an approximate 8x10" sticker or paper on the front passenger window and a round sticker on the passenger side of the front windshield. There was also a burglary(64664) Claire's (3610 N. Freeway) about 10 minutes later where money was taken. This is possibly the sa.m.e suspects as above. The vehicle description is unique - If anyone knows where this car is or who it belongs to please call us ASAP! 3255 Azevedo (Apt. Complex), Burglary Search Warrant/Arrest
S. Natomas Last week we arrested a subject for burglary related to homes on Rollingbrook and Oak Bluff Wy. This arrest was made possible by some outstanding work on behalf of the neighbors. Detectives conducted some outstanding follow up and served a search warrant on the above location yesterday. They located several stolen items and some marijuana. Steven Epperson 10/20/82 was arrested for possession of stolen property and sales of marijuana. This wouldn't have been possible without neighbors and concerned citizens calling in suspicious activity and taking action. Great work, Keep it up....It Works!!! 2/27/09 3:34p.m., 3291 Truxel Rd (Save Mart), Assault S. Natomas The security guards were attempted to get some young people from loitering in the parking lot and the doorway of the smoke shop. One suspect began cussing at the security. During this argument, another subject a.m.ong the 6-10 subjects in the area, punched the security guard. The security guard followed the group into the parking lot where he was punched by another suspect and fell to the ground. At this sa.m.e time, the other security guard was being punched by another suspect. Eventually someone yelled the cops were coming and the suspects all fled west bound on San Juan. Suspect #1 was described as male black 16-17 yrs, short dreadlocks, 5'10", 150 lbs, green hoodie. #2 male black 16-17 yrs, 5'10", 160 lbs, dreads and black hoodie. 2/26/09 9:06 p.m., Robbery, Brewerton/Stonecreek S. Natomas The victims (15 & 16 yr. old girls) just walked in through the apartment complex gate when the suspects ca.m.e up behind them. They demanded money, jewelry etc.. The victims told them they didn't have anything and the suspects made them open their sweat jackets. The suspect fled on foot. They were described as: #1 male black 17-21 yrs, 5'7", 140 lbs, white bandana over face and black hoodie, #2 male black adult 17-21 yrs, 5'5", 140 lbs, red bandana over face and black hoodie. 8:05 p.m., Armed Robbery, Sandcastle/Helmsman S. Natomas Victim was walking in his neighborhood when two suspects approached him. Suspect #1 pulled a black bandana over his face from around his neck. The 2nd suspect ca.m.e up behind him and demanded the victim to give him what he had. The victim didn't have anything so the 2nd suspect patted him down. They ultimately took his walkman (yes, the old kind) and fled on foot. Suspects described as #1 male white, 14-15 yrs old, 5'5", all black clothing, #2 male black, 17-18 yrs, 5'8", all black clothing, 10:34 a.m., Glenda Ct., Attempt burglaries S. Natomas Community members called in regarding 4 subjects possibly attempting burglaries in their neighborhood. They were trying door knobs to houses....at one point they were going into back yards and seen putting on gloves. Officers were unable to locate the subjects and didn't locate any successful
burglaries. They did located some da.m.age on one door. Keep an eye out for these suspects in your neighborhood: 3 male black adults in their 20's and 1 male Hispanic adult in his 20's. They were wearing hoodies that were zipped up. They were driving a 90's white car - possibly a Pontiac, Saturn or Taurus. 10:23a.m., Burglary/Arrest, Rollingbrook Dr S. Natomas There was a burglary on Rollingbrook on 2/5/09 and another one on Oak Bluff on 1/15/09. On the burglary in February, detectives were able to put out an information bulletin to patrol officers attempting to identify a picture of the suspect. We were able to do this because of some great work by some concerned residents in the area. Today (2/26/09) a concerned neighbor called in regarding a subject possibly casing the neighborhood and looking like the previous suspect. Officers Nappel, Hitchcock, Duink, Villegas and Wilhite arrived and located the suspect. The immediately saw that he was the suspect the detectives were attempting to identify (as the concerned residents thought). Cody Clark 12/23/89 was arrested and for the burglary on Rollingbrook and was ultimately arrested for the burglary on Oak Bluff. Outstanding work by the neighborhood in catching this guy. This is the kind of work that will make our neighborhoods safer!!!! 2/24/09 8:01 p.m., 3625 Northgate (Foods Co), Foot Pursuit/Arrest Northgate Gardenland Officer Motter attempted to stop a car that pulled into the parking lot - the car had a couple of vehicle code violations including expired registration. The driver got out of the car and started to walk away from the officer. The female passenger began yelling at the officer for harassment. The driver then ran away from the officer. He ran past the a.m./p.m., across San Juan, around Kragen, across Northgate and was eventually caught by Officer Motter passed the Jiffy Lube. He was arrested for resisting an officer, suspended Drivers license and two misdemeanor warrants. The warrants were for suspended drivers license and expired registration. While the pursuit was going, the female passenger drove off in the car. 3:15a.m., 4550 E. Commerce, Suspicious car/person N. Natomas We received a call from Comcast security about a suspicious car in the parking lot. They called due to the increase in car burglaries and they thought the car was casing the lot. Turns out - the car was someone from the near by hotels on Advantage that were looking for suspicious people that were possibly attempting to burglarize cars in their hotel lots. The car that was possibly casing the nearby lots was a black 2-door Honda Civic. Great job by all involved by noting being pro-active regarding suspicious activity. 2/9/09, Ja.m.ba Juice (3571 Truxel) robbery **Update** A little more information on the car that was used to rob the Ja.m.ba Juice...It is a late 80's, 4door, Chevy Caprice. Primer grey on the bottom with a white top. missing the front grill and had dents and scratches all over it. It also had a old blue and yellow license plate. Keep an eye out for this car!
2/22/09 1:00a.m., 500 block of Potomac, Assault Northgate/Gardenland The vicitm was involved in a fight at a party earlier in the evening. The suspects ca.m.e over to the above location and entered the home through an open door. They beat the victim and he possibly lost consciousness. No one arrested at this point in the investigation. 2/21/09 2:54 a.m., Northgate/Rosin, DUI/Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Community Service Officer Raines observed the suspect driving erratically in the area of I80/Marysville. She followed her and called for police officers. The suspect was swerving in traffic and passing cars. at one point the suspect stopped at a green light and then ran the red light. Officers stopped the suspect on Northgate. She (20 yrs old) was arrested for DUI and had a suspended Drivers license from a previous DUI. 2/20/09 11:57 p.m., DUI/Arrest/Traffic collision, Garden Hwy/Natomas Park S. Natomas The suspect was driving his car westbound on Garden Highway when he drifted of the side of the road and hit a light pole. He was DUI and taken to jail. 2/17/09 7:52 p.m., 2365 Oak Harbor Dr, Shooting S. Natomas The victim and his friends stated they were looking for a Lexus to buy on Craig's List. They contacted a guy and agreed to meet him at the Shell Station at W. El Ca.m.ino and Gateway Oaks. After meeting the guy, the victim got into the passenger seat and he and the suspect drove off for a test drive. The victim never ca.m.e back to meet back up with his friends. He ended up knocking on the door to an apartment on Oak Harbor with a gun shot wound to his leg. Apparently it was an attempted robbery where the suspect shot the victim in the leg. The victim still had his money on him. The victim lost a significant a.m.ount of blood and was in critical condition at the hospital but is expected to live. The suspect was driving a green lexus SC400 and was described as a male black adult, 20's, multi colored polo shirt, dreadlocks, 5'3", 300+ lbs with a little bit of hair on his chin. 7:12 p.m., 2921 Advantage (Taco Bell), Armed Robbery N. Natomas (Del Paso/I-5 area) Two suspects entered the store and took money from the registers at gun point. They left in a dark colored Honda Civic. The suspects were described as #1 Male Hispanic, 20's, 5-6, 150, wearing a
beanie, blue bandana over face, sunglasses and black sweatshirt...#2 Male Hispanic, 5'10", 185, also wearing a blue bandana over face. 10:28 a.m., Area of Kokomo/Trap Rock, Suspicious Activity Creekside We responded to this area regarding a fa.m.ily disturbance that was said to involve a gun. Due to the gun being mentioned, patrol officers approached the house in a tactical manner. The whole incident was resolved by talking the main subject over the phone who willingly ca.m.e out of his house. No assault occurred an no one was arrested for a crime. 2/16/09 1:55p.m., 3300 block of Winterhaven, Burglary/Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officer Hitchcock investigated a burglary that occurred on Winterhaven. His investigation (with the help of some concerned citizens) led him to 1941 Waterford Wy (Swanston Estates which is behind Arden Fair) for the suspects. The suspects were also driving a Blue and white Ford Bronco. He passed this address along to Officers Wetterer, McMahan, Goodpaster and Suehowicz for follow up. On 2/17/09 @ 4:15 p.m. they contacted the suspect at this location. They found some of the stolen property and arrested the suspect for the burglary. Edgar Ortiz 1/28/87 was arrested for burglary and Brooke Lane 7/17/89 was arrested for possession of stolen property, violation of probation and a warrant she had for burglary. 2/15/09 11:55 p.m., Mendell/Brewerton (Northgate Park), Arrest S. Natomas Graveyard Officers Tavelli & Nezik observed the suspect in a car in the park after dark. Upon contacting her they found her to be on probation. A search of her car revealed a fake handgun with the orange tip painted black to look like a real handgun. She (Tuaina Lavea 6/22/80) was arrested for altering the fake firearm and an outstanding warrant. 2/14/09 11:45 a.m., Burglary, 3671 N. Freeway (Sa.m.'s Club) N. Natomas The suspect entered through the front entrance and selected a 40" LCD TV and left through the rear emergency exit to an awaiting car. The TV didn't fit all the way so they left with the TV hanging out the passenger side door. The suspect was described as a male white, 20's, 5'10", 170 lbs, short dark hair and dark hoodie. The car was a 2-door, white-possibly a Honda accord or civic with rear tinted windows. Attached are the suspects photo's and car. 5:30 a.m., 724 Northfield, Stabbing Northgate/Gardenland
Officers responded to a call of a subject that was stabbed. The victim refused to tell officers what happened and stated he would take care of it himself. The victim was taken to the hospital - No suspect descriptions or information on what happened. The victim had a stab wound to his chest. 2/13/09 7:34 p.m., 2542 River Plaza Dr, DUI Arrest S. Natomas Officers responded to a collision at the above location involving a Green Pontiac Grand a.m. in a ditch. Upon officers arrival, the suspect was seated in the back seat of a Paladin Security Car. Apparently the suspect crashed his car into the ditch with his 5 and 6 year old children. He then walked into the apartment complex and contacted the Paladin Security officer and then walked his two kids back to his apartment. He then recontacted the Security guard by himself. Officers arrived and the suspect appeared intoxicated and stated his kids were somewhere else. Officers located the two small children in the apartment by themselves (uninjured). The suspect (Miguel Raymundo 4/16/82) was arrested for DUI and child endangerment. 7:23 p.m., Drug/Parole arrest, 3315 Northgate (Northgate Liquor Video Store) Officers Zeiger and Armstrong were working the above area due to recent drug arrests and complaints. They contacted the two suspects and located a small a.m.ount of drugs and one suspect had a warrant. One subject was driving a blue ford sedan. They arrested Virgil Daniels 10/15/71 for a no bail warrant and Henry Hudson 10/8/78 on drug charges and a parole violation. 2/11/09 6:10 p.m., Burglary, 3671 N. Freeway Blvd (Sa.m.'s Club) N. Natomas Suspects entered the store through the front entrance and went directly to the computer section. They took 2 computers and exited through the back emergency exit to an awaiting car. Suspects described as #1 Male black adult 22-28, 6'0", 225 lbs, white and black hat, black t-shirt and black puffy jacket. #2 female Hispanic 22-26 yrs, 5'8", red zip up sweatshirt. They were driving a 4-door, red sedan with tinted rear windows and oxidized paint on the roof. 3:35 a.m., Aviator Cir/Arches Cir, Burglary/Stolen Property arrest Natomas Park Officers Tavelli/Bell stopped a Honda at the above location. The occupant was on probation - a search of the car revealed several items including a laptop and garage door openers. They did some good police report and located a victim of an auto burglary that had not been reported. The victim's unlocked car had been burglarized earlier this sa.m.e night at 4500 Truxel. The suspect (Male White Adult Dennis Copenhaven 4/11/75), along with a female friend in the car were arrested. He was booked into jail for possession of stolen property, conspiracy, violation of probation, and unlicensed driver. He has a lengthy, and recent, history of theft in Sacra.m.ento...He lives in W. Sac. 2/10/09
10:30 p.m., 311 Bill Bean Cir, Drug arrest, Regency Park Officer Hanson conducted follow up on drug issues. He conducted a probation search of the above location and located over a pound of marijuana. He arrested Griffin Robicheau 7/22/88 on drug sales charges. **Note** This was Officer Hanson's last night on probation. He is now a non-probationary full fledge officer and has done a good job in training and during his probationary period!! 2/9/09 6:26 p.m., 3315 Northgate Blvd (Big Lots), Stolen Car Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Swing Shift Officer Motter spotted a stolen car driving at Rio Tierra/Northgate. The car pulled into the parking lot of Big Lots and stopped in a parking stall. The suspect got out of the car and began to walk away. Officer Motter told him to stop and the foot pursuit was on. The suspect ran and dumped something in the bushes as he ran from the officer. Officer Motter caught him in front of Circle K. He had dumped a forked pry bar into the bushes, had a narcotic pipe and wrench in his pocket and a shaved Honda key in the stolen car. He (Ja.m.es Maccoy 4/13/76) was arrested for resisting arrest, possession of burglary tools, possession of narcotic pipe, suspended license, stolen car and parole violation. 11:28a.m., 3571 Truxel (Ja.m.ba Juice), Robbery N. Natomas Suspect entered Ja.m.ba Juice and demanded money. He simulated a gun (none was seen), took the money and fled. There was a waiting car (Primer Grey 2-door, Chevy -possibly Caprice Classic- with a white top) parked on truxel that they fled in. The suspect was described as a male white adult, mid-20's, olive plaid shirt, khaki pants, 5'6", 180 lbs., blonde hair. 2/7/09 1:30 a.m., 3305 Smoke Tree (Apt. complex), robbery S. Natomas Victim was driving around the parking lot looking for a parking space. One suspect stopped in front of him and got out of his car and began yelling at the victim. The victim also got out of his car. Then, the 2nd suspect pulled up in another car and stopped behind the victim - blocking him in. The 1st suspect began punching the victim as the 2nd suspect went through his pockets. He took out the victim's wallet and went through it - finding nothing, he threw the wallet on the ground and both suspects left in their cars. Suspect #1: male Asian Adult, 20-25 yrs, 5'7", 150 lbs driving a 2-door white coupe....#2 male Black Adult, 20-25 yrs, 5'10", 180 lbs, driving a white Ford Mustang (possible 1999). If you know who this is or see these suspects/cars - please call us. 1:20 a.m., Weald Wy, Robbery S. Natomas Victim was surfing the computer for services. He states someone knocked on the door. Suspect #1
(female black adult, missing a front tooth, 30-49 yrs, 5'5", 130 lbs and possibly pregnant). The victim stated she asked for a drink and he let her in for drinks. He then went to the bathroom and all of a sudden Suspect #2 (male white adult 30-49 yrs, 5'11", 170 lbs, brown hair) showed up and confronted him in his home with a handgun demanding money. Suspect #1 was never seen again and the victim believes she took his laptop and money he had. both suspect left the victim's home. 2/6/09 8:00p.m., Area near Morell St., Assault S. Natomas The suspect was in his fa.m.ilies home when he and his fa.m.ily got into an argument about his drug usage. He threw knives at fa.m.ily members and then fled the home. Motor Officer Laird located the suspect walking on Morell St and took him into custody. Officers found the heroin in the home the suspect was attempting to use. He was arrested on drug charges, violation of probation (on probation for drugs), child endangerment and assault with a deadly weapon. 1:54p.m., 1850 Club Center Dr (Apartment Complex), Robbery Natomas Park A taxi driver picked up two suspects on Martin Luther King Blvd. He drove the suspects to this apartment complex and they requested he drive to the back. When he did, one suspect simulated a gun (none seen) and demanded money. The driver gave them some money and they fled into the complex. The suspects are described as: #1: male black adult, 19-21, 5-7", 140 lbs, black hoodie, blue baseball cap, black puffy jacket w/ a duffle bag....#2 male black adult, 19-21, 5'6", 145 lbs, black hoodie. If you have any idea who this could be please get ahold of us. 11:13 a.m., 100 block of Pindale, Burglary/Arrest Robla The Father/Daughter went to the store and upon returning home noticed a teal colored vehicle in their driveway. The dad immediately told his daughter to call the police and parked his car to block the suspects car - thinking this was burglary to his home. The back windows to the home had the screens removed and pry marks on the windows. The suspects got into their car and drove over the lawn to get away. The suspect ultimately lost control of their car at Del Paso Rd./Sorento (Valley View Acres Neighborhood) and crashed into a pole and tree. The passenger was injured and stayed in the car. The suspect fled from the car. A perimeter with k-9 and helicopter were set up but after 2 hours, the suspect was not located. About two hours later (2:43 p.m.) officers were hailed by concerned neighbors who told the officers the suspect had just come out of hiding and was seen in the neighborhood. Officers arrested him after finding him hiding under a trailer at 1105 Striker. He (Joshua Piotrowski 9/11/82) was a parolee at large, had a felony no bail warrant, another felony warrant out of Yuba County and was on parole for stealing cars. He was arrested for parole violation, possession of burglary tools, parole violation, and his warrants. He also had other possibly stolen property in his car. The other suspect was taken to the hospital for his injuries. This investigation is ongoing as to whether they are responsible for other burglaries. OUTSTANDING help from the community and letting us know when/where the suspect ca.m.e out of hiding....without this - he would have probably got away. Great Job Again!!! 2/4/09
4:25 p.m., 3315 Northgate (Liquor Video Store), Drug arrest Northgate/Gardenland Due to ongoing narcotic issues at this location, Officers Zeiger and Armstrong worked this area yesterday. The noticed about 5 people loitering in front of the store with a car nearby playing loud music. Upon contacting two people on probation - one attempted to get into a white Chevy parked there. One suspect (Antwan Bell 8/24/82) had two felony warrants (spousal abuse and weapons charges). Drugs were found in the car. The other suspect (Antoyne Sparks 9/7/88) had several baggies of marijuana baby pinned under his shirt. Both suspects were arrested on drug charges and the one suspect on his warrants. 2/3/09 4:27 a.m., Duckhorn/Saintsbury Dr., DUI Arrest Gateway West A subject in a Tan Buick Le Sabre was passed out in the drivers seat with the engine running. A GREAT concerned citizen checked on the person but couldn't get their attention and thought she might be drunk. They called police. Officers Tavelli, Bell and Hanson arrived and located the car still there, engine running, and woman passed out in the drivers seat. She (Chasity Allen 8/3/83..Doesn't live in Natomas - Folsom) was arrested for felony DUI. She had a history of multiple DUI arrests, had a suspended drivers license for DUI, and was on probation for DUI. She was arrested for DUI and her car towed. This IS what caring for our neighborhoods is all about - This concerned citizen very possibly saved a life or lives this night - Great Job of not only noticing something suspicious, but reporting it!! (fyi - she is still in custody today) 2/2/09 3700 block of Clubside Lane Westlake I imagine you might have seen this in the news recently. We received a call from some alert concerned citizens regarding this home. The bank recently bought this home and they noticed someone was moving in. There were some people moving into this house. Our Real Estate Detective is working on this case and as of this writing - no one has been arrested and the case is ongoing. 2/1/09 & 2/3/09 Burglary/Assault, Iron Gate Apartments, 3301 Arena A subject that was possibly responsible for a couple of burglaries in this complex who was driving a green Ca.m.ero with a chrome gas cap. On 2/3/09, this sa.m.e suspect drove over the curb and intentionally ra.m.med a subjects car at Duckhorn/Arena. The victim assumed this was because residents of the complex were calling in and reporting him burglarizing apartments. Officers Hughes and Heuer worked on this incident yesterday (2/4/09) and tracked down the suspect in West Sac, along with the car. He (Ricardo Delatorre 2/7/60) was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon (using his car to ra.m. the victim). The burglary portion is still under investigation. We are no longer looking for this car. 2/1/09
10:43 p.m., 3301 Arena (Iron gate Apartments), N. Natomas Burglary Two apartments were burglarized. A possible suspect is a male Hispanic with a beard and driving an older green ca.m.ero with a chrome gas cap. If you know or have see this car...please call us! Burglary Update - Natomas Park There have been a few recent burglaries in the Natomas Park area. The area that is affected most is North of N. Park Dr. and West of Natomas Boulevard. They are generally done during the day (between 8:00a.m. and 6:00p.m.). Most of the suspects are going through open or unlocked back doors or windows. Some of them pried back doors or windows. There aren't any suspect descriptions at this point. Make sure you lock your doors and windows and preferably put locking mechanisms on the doors and windows also. Another good way to make it harder for burglars is to lock your gate. This won't necessarily keep them out of your back yard, but it will slow them down and make it harder for them. Keep an eye out for your neighbors and report any suspicious activity immediately. Working together is how we will catch the suspects - AND prevent future burglaries! Burglary Update - S. Natomas There have been a few recent burglaries in the area surrounding Truxel Rd between San Juan and W. El Ca.m.ino. These are generally during the day also and also involved the back doors/windows. N. Natomas Burglaries that are probably related. * (36100) 4391 Gateway Park Blvd (Cutting Edge Nutrition) @ 10:36 p.m. - suspect broke front window and took supplements * 36125 & 36128), 2121 Natomas Crossing (Dental Office & Planet Beach) - suspects broke front window on both of these businesses. The alarm went off while Officers Tavelli and Bell were on the 1st burglary on Gateway Park. The suspects were seen on surveillance video and described as two male black adults with dreadlocks to their shoulders. 1/27/09 Between 10:00 and 11:00 a.m., 100 block of Dragonfly Cir (Gateway West) Burglary A suspect broke into a residence using the sliding glass door and took several items from inside the home. Witnesses described him as a Male Black subject with corn rows. The suspect was possibly driving a Red Dodge Pick-up (not a full sized truck), mid 80's model, with a white roof and green sleeping back in the bed of the truck. This is a unique vehicle description - Please be on the look out for this vehicle and call us if you know where it is or who drives it. 1/26/09 11:21p.m., Millcreek rd/Capitol Park Dr., DUI/Hit and Run Arrest S. Natomas
We received a call of a traffic accident involving an overturned car at the above location. Officers arrived and there was a car in fact overturned (single car collision). Officers went to 2581 Millcreek to check for the suspect and the suspect ca.m.e to the door. After a short struggle, he was taken into custody. He (Joseph Lowater 7/18/88) was booked for Felony DUI, Felony Hit and Run and a warrant. Noon, 4650 Natomas Blvd. (Raley's), Stolen car N. Natomas A Ford Explorer was stolen from the Raley's parking lot. We have a surveillance photo of a person that is possibly involved. She is described as a Female Hispanic or East Indian, 20's, 5'5", 140 lbs, black hair in a pony tail. I have attached the photo. If anyone knows who this is please get ahold of me. It will be anonymous....You can also call our crime alert line and give the above report number if you like. 1/25/09 11:45p.m., Truxel/Del Paso Rd., Hit and Run/DUI/Arrest N. Natomas There was a two car traffic collision at the above location. One car (Chev. SUV) left the scene. At approx. 11:52p.m., A Paladin Security Guard located the suspect and vehicle at New Ha.m.pshire/ Banfield. He was in fact DUI and was arrested for the DUI and Hit and Run. The victim in the Hit and Run did not sustain Major injuries. 1/24/09 11:28 p.m., Garden Hwy/I-5, Gun Arrest S. Natomas Officers Eagleton and Surjan stopped a white/blue van at the above location with 5 occupants. They conducted a probation search of the van (several of the occupants were on probation) and located a loaded rifle with a modified stock and a removable magazine that held 25 rounds. They arrested two 16 year old suspects on multiple gun charges and Latrell Neil 1/25/90 on violation of probation. All these subjects are well know to the officers. The van was towed. 9:43 p.m., 2761 Del Paso Rd. (Rite Aid), Drug Arrest N. Natomas We received a call from one of our community leaders regarding a possible car burglary in the parking lot. Officer Hanson arrived and located the people and the car in question. The car belonged to one of the subjects. A probation search was conducted and drugs (metha.m.pheta.m.ine and marijuana and narcotic smoking pipe) were located. Matthew Murray 6/27/81 was arrested for marijuana, metha.m.pheta.m.ine and narcotic pipe and Dylan McCloud 1/6/88 was arrested for an outstanding warrant. The female owner of the car was also cited for possession of marijuana. The car burglary was unfounded but obviously they were not up to legal activities - the concerned citizen calling in sent a message that Natomas is not the place to conduct your illegal activities!. Great call by a concerned citizen and leader in our community!! 1/23/09
6:20 p.m., Blackrock/Del Paso Rd, Arrest N. Natomas Officer Meghan Gardner stopped a car at the above location. She contacted the driver and passenger. She soon learned the passenger had a warrant for her arrest out of Oakland and a No Bail warrant out of Sacra.m.ento. When she went to arrest her, the suspect ran away. Officer Gardner soon caught her as she ran behind some bushes. She was arrested for resisting an officer and her two warrants. 1/22/09 7:48 p.m., Gun Arrest, a.m.erican/Harding Gardenland/Northgate Officer Zeiger stopped a grey Lexus in the above area. There was a gun under the seat and two of the three occupants were arrested on gun charges. Perell Walters 7/4/90 and Joshua Nealson 8/28/89 were booked into the county jail. 3:53 p.m., Stolen car arrest, Truxel/Natomas Crossing N. Natomas Officer Zeiger spotted an occupied stolen car at the above location. He arrested the driver without any struggle. 10:04 a.m., 2980 Stonecreek Dr, Burglary S. Natomas Victim ca.m.e home to see the suspect climbing out of the side window of the home. The suspect jumped the fence and several other fences in the area. Officers responded and set up a perimeter but were unsuccessful in capturing the suspect. He took jewelry from the home. He was described as male black, 5-7, thin, black hoodie, black jeans, black shoes with red on them. Reckless Driving Complaint, Trap Rock/Diorite, Creekside We received a few complaints regarding several cars racing and driving recklessly in the above area. Several officers worked on this issue recently including POP Officer John Banks and Swing shift officer Matt Armstrong. Turns out the owners of these cars live in the area and attend UTI. Officer Armstrong towed 4 of the 5 cars in question and hopefully this will now end. He also contacted the staff at UTI regarding this issue. Another exa.m.ple of how working together (issue brought to us by the community) we can make our neighborhoods safer. 12:10 a.m., 3315 Northgate (behind Big Lots), Robbery Northgate/Gardenland The Homeless victim was behind the store when 4-5 teenagers approached. One hit him over the head with an unknown object and the others began hitting him and searching him. They took some money and fled. The victim described the suspects as 1 male white, 2 male Hispanic, and 1 male black. He thought there might be a 5th suspect but couldn't describe him.
1/21/09 Traffic Enforcement, N. Natomas Traffic Tea.m. worked the North Natomas Area around several schools and on Duckhorn. The had the following results: 71 Traffic citations and 3 cars towed. 1/20/09 10:54 a.m., Bridgeford/Chuckwagon (Chuckwagon Park), Drug arrest S. Natomas School Resource Officer Gomez (Natomas H.S.) went to contact a couple of subject in a maroon car at the park. The suspect ran from the officer but was eventually caught by Gomez. Officer Gomez located a significant a.m.ount of cocaine in the car. The 2nd subject didn't run and had some marijuana and a scale on him. Officers also went to the 1st suspects house (Sandy Lake Ct.) and located another significant a.m.ount of cocaine. Officers arrested Joseph Gonzalez 4/12/90 on drug charges, resisting officers, and a warrant for violation of probation. They also arrested Alexander Quintana 1/17/90 on drug charges. Traffic Enforcement, Northgate from Garden Hwy to I-80 The traffic tea.m. worked the above area with the following results: 88 Traffic Citations, 14 30-day car tows, and 3 regular car tows (total of 17 cars towed) 1/19/09 11:02 p.m., 1100 block of Greenlea Ave, Drug Arrest S. Natomas Officer Yonemura attempted to stop the suspect but he ran from the officer. He ran into a house at the above location (He didn't live here but knew the residents). He ca.m.e out of the house shortly but officers found Metha.m.pheta.m.ine in the house where the suspect went. He also had a warrant for his arrest. They booked Joseph Hernandez 1/13/90 on drug charges and the warrant. 10:25 p.m., Northview/Northfield, Gun Arrest Northgate/Gardenland Officer Nezik attempted to contact a suspicious car and Officer Motter responded to assist. The car had 4 subjects inside it. The suspect was seated in the rear seat and locked the door and refused to come out. He then tried to climb across and get out the other door to get away from officers. Officers were able to get into the car and Officer Nezik began struggling with the suspect when they noticed a handgun in his waistband. They ultimately got the suspect in custody and retrieved the loaded handgun. During the struggle Officer Nezik hurt her elbow. She will be off the streets for a short time while she recovers from her injury. Officers also located two fake guns with the orange tip colored black and additional a.m.munition in the car. The suspect (Frank Dela.m.ora 2/7/84) was arrested for numerous gun charges, possession of a.m.munition, parole violation and a street gang enhancement.
2:45 a.m., W. El Ca.m.ino/Millcreek, Drug Arrest S. Natomas Officer Buchanan stopped the suspect in his car at the above location in his Teal Mazda Protégé. A probation search revealed marijuana, packaging, scale and money. The officer located more evidence of drug activity on a probation search of the suspects residence on Inlet Cr. Anthony Robinson 1/31/84 was arrested on drug charges. 1/17/09 8:35 a.m., Moonrise Cr./Natomas Crossing, Warrant Arrest N. Natomas Officer Chip observed the suspects pull into the One Stop Shop at 2121 Natomas Crossing in a red dodge pick up. When they saw the officer they walked around the store and began running. The officer was able to catch one (15 yrs old) but the other one (17 yrs old) got away. The one they caught was on probation for burglary and had a warrant for burglary. The one that got away was also on probation and had a no bail warrant. 2:32 a.m., 2750 Del Paso Rd (Jack In the Box), Shooting N. Natomas According to victim and witnesses, the victims got into a verbal argument with the suspect in the drive thru of the restaurant. Then they got into a physical fight. After the fight, the victims (2 males) got back into their car and drove off west bound on Del Paso Rd. The suspect (male black adult, 6'-0", bald) got a gun from under the hood of his car and drove after the victims. the suspect was driving a 4-door mid sized car with tinted windows (possibly a silver Impala). The suspect shot at the victims as they were driving on Del Paso Rd between E. Commerce and I-5. The suspect then drove north on I-5. The victim was shot but it doesn't appear life threatening. ***UPDATE*** The investigation revealed the suspect car (captured on video) was rented out of Yuba City. The suspect, Austin Willis (10/18/79), was arrested last week on a parole violation. Today we obtained an arrest warrant for him for Attempted Murder and Parolee in possession of a gun. We served two search warrants this week in Yuba City and located a large a.m.ount of marijuana in an associates home. This person is in custody and will not be getting out soon. Another exa.m.ple of technology combined with good detective work solving a violent crime. ***UPDATE*** 2:28 a.m., DUI Arrest, Natomas/Del Paso Rd. N. Natomas Sgt. Joy observed the suspect run the red light at the above interesection. He got her stopped at the Rite Aid on Town Center. She was DUI, had a previous DUI w/ injury arrest and was on probation for DUI. She was also driving on a suspended drivers license.
1/16/09 Between 11:00p.m. and 6:00a.m., Stolen Car, 2201 Northview (RiverGardens Apts.), Northgate/Gardenland The victim's car was stolen sometime during the night. The following day 1/16/09 @ 8:25 a.m., the victim found her car in the area of Oakmont/Plaza (N. Sac). The suspect ran but officers located Tyrone Kelson 9/13/90. He was out on bail for another arrest. He was arrested for the stolen car and committing a crime while out on bail. 6:08 p.m., 1508 W. El Ca.m.ino, Annoying/molesting a child arrest S. Natomas The teen aged victim and her mother were walking from the Bel Air when they were approached by the 62 yr old suspect. This sa.m.e suspect had harassed them previously by telling the young girl that she was cute and saying sexual things to her. On this date he ran at them saying she was sexy and hot. He was detained by security and arrested by officers. 1/15/09 Traffic Enforcement POP Officer John Banks worked the following areas with the following results: N. Bend/Blackrock - 9 citations, N. Park/Kokomo- 2 citations, Club Center/Mabry - 1 citation. 9:53 p.m., 3320 Witter Wy (Sump 17), Vandalism Gateway West A neighbor called in people at Sump 17 after dark thinking they were vandalizing the property as has been the case for a long time now. Sgt. Joy and his officers responded and contacted three people at the park. None of them had graffiti tools and no graffiti was found at the location. All three were cited for being in the park after dark. Great job by the neighborhood and there has (and is) great tea.m.work with the community on this issue. Neighborhood leaders have gone door to door in this neighborhood advising people what they should do and working together to solve this ongoing issue. They also met with the Utilities department this week to go over potential solutions. Hopefully soon we will have this problem permanently solved - by working Together! 1/14/09 2:28 p.m., 3590 Truxel (Chevron Station next to McDonalds), Attempt Car Jacking N. Natomas Female victim got back into her car at the gas station. The suspect ran to her car and grabbed her and grabbed her keys. The victim fought, kicked, yelled, and honked her horn as she fought off the suspect. The suspect was unsuccessful in grabbing her keys at the sa.m.e time the victim's noise got the attention of another person in the parking lot. Another concerned citizen began yelling at the suspect and he walked away. He began running on the levee and then hid in the canal. Witnesses were pointing out the direction he headed and he ultimately popped out and officers saw him. He was arrested and
taken to Jail. Outstanding job by concerned citizens who ca.m.e to the aid of the victim and also stayed with it to point out the suspect to officers. Suspect claims to live in Vallejo - The investigation is ongoing. 1/11/09 4:16p.m., 4901 Kokomo Dr. (Kokomo Park), Assault Creekside We received calls regarding a large fight on the basketball court. According to witnesses, a subject got beat up - possibly to the point of losing consciousness. Witnesses stated the victim rode off on his bike prior to officers arrival. We never located a victim after talking to several people at the basketball court. If anyone has info. on this incident or who the victim was - I would like to talk with the victim and/or his parents. Please email or call me if you have information on this. 1/10/09 11:51 p.m., 4110 Northgate, Foot pursuit/arrest Northgate/I-80 Officer McGlichey stopped a car at the above location and the passenger ran from the car to get away from the officers. Utilizing the Helicopter and K-9, officers located the suspect (Ja.m.es Spivey 11/20/86) hiding in a garbage dumpster concealed under a piece of plastic. He was arrested for resisting officers and two outstanding warrants (One No Bail) for stolen car, possession of stolen property and burglary. 1:15 p.m., 2745 Stonecreek S. Natomas We received a call that someone saw the suspect enter this location. Officers responded and evacuated the immediate location. We never found the suspect but we did locate the stolen car in the nearby area. This was also captured on the news - see below link. http://cbs13.com/local/natomas.evacuation.carjacking.2.905087.html 3:33 a.m., 700 block of Sotano Dr, Car Jacking Northgate/Gardenland Four victims were sitting in their car at this location. The suspect ca.m.e up and asked for a lighter. The victim's opened the window to their car and the suspect pulled out a gun. Someone (Concerned Citizen) drove by at this time and asked if everthing was ok and the suspect lowered his gun and told the citizen everything was ok (the citizen drove away). The suspect made both male victim's take off their pants and shoes and put them back in the car - along with cell phones and other property. He then told all 4 suspects to walk away and the suspect drove off in the victim's car. As the victim's walked away, the suspect fired his gun one time. 1/9/09 1:47 p.m., 1900 block of Urbana Wy, Grand Theft/Assault
S. Natomas Victim advertised his big screen (52" Sa.m.sung 1080p) on Craigs list. The buyer ca.m.e to his house and handed him an envelope of the appropriate a.m.ount of money. They loaded the tv into the car and at some point the suspect switched the envelopes to have very little money in it. The victim checked the money again as the suspect was getting into his car. The victim realized he didn't have the appropriate a.m.ount of money and ran outside and told the suspect to give his tv back. The suspect sped off and hit the victim in the leg with his car. The suspect is described as Male Asian Adult, 25 yrs, 5'5", 160 lbs, white shirt, chunky, black pea coat. Driving a White late 90's BMW 5 Series with tinted rear windows....went by the na.m.e "Tim". *********************************** 1/4/09 @ 11:30 p.m., 2449 Northgate (Valero Gas Station), S. Natomas Last week I put on the Update a car jacking at the above location/time. After some follow up it turns out this is not a car jacking. The victim's girlfriend had the car after they got into an argument and he was beaten by some people he knew and doesn't want to press charges. This was not an actual car jacking like originally thought. *********************************** 1/9/09 7:00p.m., Edmonton/Northstead, Robbery S. Natomas Victim was riding his bicycle in the above area when he stated 3 suspects ca.m.e out of the dark and pushed of his bike. They punched him several times and took his wallet, mp3 player, watch, and jewelry. They were described as 3 male black adults, 18-20 yrs, 5'9", two were about 170 lbs, and one 200lbs. 1/8/09 12:11p.m., 2351 Northgate (99 cent store parking lot), Auto Burglary/Arrest, Gardenland/Northgate A passerby saw the suspects break into a parked car and leave in a Turquoise Chevy Astro Van. They called the police and a few minutes later Officer Sanguinetti observed the van driving at La.m.Pasas and Altos. He stopped the van and located the stolen property inside the van. Two suspects were arrested. 1. Mat Chanthavong 7/13/81 for burglary, possession of stolen property, conspiracy, parole violation and driving without a license. 2. Latia Tuiga.m.ala 8/18/85 was arrested for conspiracy and possession of stolen property. The first one was on parole and the second on probation. GREAT job by the passerby in calling in.....This is how we will reduce crime!!!! 2:35 p.m., Great Egret/Duckhorn, Armed Robbery Gateway West Victim was driving Northbound on Duckhorn and stopped at the stop sign. The suspect ca.m.e up to him and put a gun to his head and demanded money. He fled on foot with the stolen money. Suspect was described as male black, 20-30, dark short hair, dark clothing. 1/6/09
7:10 p.m., 609 & 615 Haggin, Burglary S. Natomas We received a call from a resident regarding people burglarizing the above homes. Both homes were burglarized and the suspects are described as 3 male black adults driving a white 4-door sedan (poss. a Chevy) with no plates. Great call by community members - unfortunately we didn't get there in time to catch them.....Keep up looking out for our neighbors - We will catch them this way!! 1/4/09 11:30 p.m., 2449 Northgate (Valero Gas Station), Car Jacking Northgate/Gardenland Victim went inside the station and purchased some items. When he ca.m.e out and returned to his car, he was immediately hit on the head with an unknown object and pulled out of the car. He sustained severe head and facial injuries. His car is still stolen. It is a 2000 Chrysler Sebring - license plate 4ESR094. Unknown suspect descriptions. 1/02/09 9:23 a.m., 3825 Rosin Ct. (Extended Stay), Armed Robbery Gardenland/Northgate Suspect (male black, 23-30 yrs, 6'0", 160-170 lbs, black ski mask, black pea coat, black faded jeans) entered the hotel and demanded money from the clerk at gun point. After obtaining money, he fled on foot. *********************************** The Natomas Resource Center is now open and has volunteers working it. You can see the January schedule by going to the below Yahoo groups links. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/natomascrc/cal *********************************** 1/1/09 4:30 a.m., 2101 Natomas Crossing (Food Stop), Burglary/Arrest N. Natomas Suspects broke the front glass door to the business. They stole several items from inside the store including popcorn. Officers responded to the call after receiving an alarm activation. Officers followed a trail of evidence from the scene (including popcorn) that led to 4000 innovator Dr. They located the stolen property inside this location and eventually arrested Tyree Brown (1/5/87) for possession of stolen property and a warrant (for Grand Theft) and another subject on another warrant. This investigation is ongoing.