Posted on 17 March 2010. Tags: police
It’s a good day for the Sacramento Police Department. One of their K-9 officer named Bandit underwent five hours of surgery Tuesday for a bullet wound that was more serious than initially thought.
Bandit is a 4 year old German shepherd that was shot in the line of duty. Police later shot and killed suspected robber that had shot Bandit.
Bandit’s partner, officer Gary Dahl was emotional at times when he discussed Bandit’s condition. The surgery was more complicated than originally thought, but Bandit is expected to make a full recovery.
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Posted on 26 January 2010. Tags: crash
Two people in a Pocket-area home were not hurt when a sports utility vehicle plowed into their living room just after noon Monday. The woman and her 2-year-old granddaughter had just left the front of the house and were in another part of the residence when the crash occurred, according to authorities.
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Posted on 17 November 2009. Tags: Anul Ram, murder
Anul Malik Ram is accused of killing her 3-year old daughter last weekend. She is also claiming her husband Dinesh Ram physically abused her.
While any type of abuse from her husband is not okay this does not give her a reason to kill her child. Some is the media are making excuses for this so called mother.
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Posted on 09 November 2009.
Red Hawk Casino announced that Rewards Club members will have an opportunity to roll four dice for a chance to win $1 million on Saturday, November 21 between 2 p.m. and 2 a.m. Red Hawk Casino previously awarded two winners over $1 million including Paula S. of Sloughhouse, Calif., who won $1 million during the grand opening celebration on January 22 and Sandi M., a Rewards Club member from the San Francisco Bay Area, who won a $1.8 million jackpot on April 20.
In other Red Hawk Casino news; Seven people have been arrested in connection with an assault and kidnapping that occurred last month at Red Hawk Casino. SWAT teams from the El Dorado, Sacramento and Stanislaus county sheriff’s departments and the Folsom Police Department served arrested the seven. They seized several guns, gang-related items, Ecstasy, marijuana and a large amount of money, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department.
So in the end you can either win a million dollars or get attacked by gang members. Many people will just play the California State Lottery.
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Posted on 06 November 2009. Tags: Sacramento State, Scott Hawkins
The Sacramento State Student that beat to death roommate Scott Hawkins has been charged with murder. Quran Jones is accused of killing his dormitory roommate Scott Hawkins on October 21st 2009.
Quran Jones is accused is using a baseball bat in the violent beating death. After the beating death Jones was found and brandishing a knife. Sacramento State police officers shot Jones who unfortunately survived. Jones remains at the UC Davis Medical Center in good condition. Jones faces one count of murder and three counts of assault with a deadly weapon.
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Posted on 13 October 2009. Tags: Crime, DUI
Do you drink and drive? Well you shouldn’t and if you get caught life will be a little more difficult in Sacramento County. If you are convicted of DUI you will be required to install and use a breathalyzer in your car for five months. This new law was signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week and goes into effect July 1, 2010. Seventeen states already have similar laws, and some have shown notable drops in repeat drunken driving offenses.
The ignition interlock device will keep the car from starting if the driver’s breath shows more than a small amount of alcohol in the blood. This is actually a pilot program and will last six years. Other counties that are piloting the program include Alameda, Los Angeles and Tulare counties.
“We must do everything we can to ensure the public’s safety on the road,” Schwarzenegger said after signing the bill. “By installing ignition interlock devices we are making it harder for DUI offenders to get behind the wheel while intoxicated and we are working to save innocent lives.” While the self serving American Beverage Institute called the locks intrusive, most people agree with the new law. There are about 4,000 DUI convictions each year in Sacramento County.
Under the law, drivers convicted of a first offense will be notified by the state Department of Motor Vehicles that they must pay to have a device installed in any vehicle they drive, other than a motorcycle. For second-time DUI offenders, the monitoring period will extend to a year. A third conviction will require the device be installed for two years. Initial installation costs $75 to $100 and monthly monitoring costs are about $50.
For those that want to get around the lock let your friends know that it is illegal for another person to blow into the device for the offender. The devices also require drivers to retake the breath test at random times, she said.
In 2008, 30 percent of roadway deaths in California , more than 1,000 deaths, occurred in crashes where at least one driver had a blood- alcohol level over the legal presumptive limit of 0.08 percent, according to the state Office of Traffic Safety.
Do you drink and drive? Well you shouldn’t and if you get caught life will be a little more difficult in Sacramento County. If you are convicted of DUI you will be required to install and use a breathalyzer in your car for five months. This new law was signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week and goes into effect July 1, 2010. Seventeen states already have similar laws, and some have shown notable drops in repeat drunken driving offenses.
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Posted on 12 October 2009. Tags: Kevin Johnson, Mayor
Actually they were stolen. Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson was the victim of a thief this weekend in San Francisco. It happened Saturday at about 8 p.m. in Union Square.
Johnson, in town for a conference with represenatives from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, decided to use public transportation to travel to the city. “I thought it would be nice to take public transportation, so I rode AMTRAK from Sacramento to Richmond,” said Johnson.
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