The Sacramento County, California Sheriff has made what is being called the biggest U.S. methamphetamine seizure in U.S. history. According to investigators arrests in Sacramento lead them to a huge bust in Gilroy, California, about 150 miles south of Sacramento.

Agents seized about 600 pounds of pure crystal meth-amphetamine. The drug would have pulled in an estimated $200 million on the street. Officers also found about 15 pound of cocaine. The bust was the result of a year long investigation.

The drug lab was run by a Mexican drug cartel. The bust resulted in at least half a dozen Mexican Nationals were arrested in connection with the case.

Paramedics treated the man for the dog bite after he ran from police. Officers say they were checking out a report of a stolen vehicle near the Winters Exit on Interstate 80 around 4 a.m. when the driver took off. The chase went over three freeways and ended with a bite from a Sacramento Sheriff’s canine. The man is in custody.

Xieng Her was in court today and pleaded not guilty to killing Nancy Naranjo and her 9-month-old Joshua Bonton. The accident occurred last Sunday.

Xieng Her was charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated without malice, driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol resulting in injury, and driving under the influence at .08 blood alcohol causing death or injury, all felonies. Her’s bail was set at $250,000.

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Early Sunday morning Nancy Naranjo, 23, of Galt was hilled by a suspected DUI driver. Naranjo’s 9 month old was also in the car and was also killed by the impact. The suspected drunk driver slammed into the back of their car as they waited for a red light.

According to California Highway Patrol spokesman Michael Bradley, 22-year-old Xieng Her was driving his Toyota 4Runner SUV at the time of the accident. He slammed into Naranjo at around 4:30am at a high rate of speed at the intersection of Stockton Boulevard and Orange Avenue. Both Naranjo and her son, Joshua Bonton, were killed instantly.

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Three brothers have been arrested in the May shooting death of a 29-year-old man at a Sacramento motel. Sacramento County sheriff’s detectives say the three brothers were with the alleged gunman when he shot Marcel Hatch in the abdomen on May 8th. The alleged shooter, 25-year-old Charles Antonio Williams, was arrested on May 11.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Tim Curran says 18-year-old Kenyatta Mays, 27-year-old Lorenzo Jesus Mays and 30-year-old Demetrius Wayne Mays were arrested Thursday night and are being held in the county jail on one count of murder each.

They were allegedly passengers in Williams’ vehicle when he went to confront Hatch at the Eco Lodge after a fight.

Peter Scott and his nephew, Robert “Robbie” Scott Jr. were both indicted on a 13-count federal indictment of defrauding the city of Sacramento. Peter Scott is from Roseville and Robert Scott is from Sacramento.

The men are accused of submitting a fraudulent bid and surety bonds on behalf of Advantage Demolition and Engineering in bidding on the city’s water meter retrofit project. The bonds guaranteed execution, payment, and performance of two multi-million dollar contracts with the city for the replacement of water meters. The men actually submitted bids for eight different water meter retrofit projects.

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A Sacramento woman says a tech support engineer in India stole nude photos of her and posted them in the internet. The woman also claims the tech used her credit card.

Tara Fitzgerald apparently took nude photos of herself for her boyfriend. When Fitzgerald could not find the photos on her PC she called up Dell support to help locate them. She was connected to a Dell support contractor in Mumbai, India named Riyaz Shaikh.

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The notorious computer hacker who alerted authorities to the impending disclosure of tens of thousands of classified documents said that despite death threats, he would do it again.

Adrian Lamo, 29, said U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning contacted him in May seeking help in publicizing a massive “war diary” of classified information regarding the war in Afghanistan. Lamo went to the Pentagon instead to report the breach.

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A suspect has been taken into custody for the home explosion earlier this month. The explosion injured four fighters. Sacramento police have arrested a Sacramento man who lives next to a vacant house. Police spokesman Sgt. Norm Leong said that they arrested Robert Durst. Durst is 44 and is being held in a Sacramento County Jail.

The county jail records show Durst was booked at 2:34 am with the charges listed as suspicion of arson causing great bodily injury, aggravated arson with a prior record and possession of a firearm by a felon. Bail is listed at $1 million. Durst is scheduled in court on Thursday.

Sacramento firefighters Scott McKinney, Mike Feyh, Jeff Coats and David Storck suffered burn injuries from the explosion. They were checking out reports of a natural gas odor at the residence when something exploded inside. All four injured firefighters have been release from the hospital.