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A Sacramento man who marked his 11th drunken-driving arrest last weekend was arraigned Wednesday on charges that could bring his fourth stint in state prison in less than seven years. Jay Wayne Porterfield Jr., 46, is charged with felony counts of driving under the influence of alcohol and with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08 or […]
Davis police arrested a 37-year-old Dixon man early Wednesday in connection with an assault that occurred in South Davis the night before. Paul Doroshov said the suspect, identified as Jose Manuel Gastelum, assaulted a man and woman and rammed their pickup with his sport-utility vehicle during a dispute near the Wendy’s and International House of […]
Employees of a Woodland business got a shock Wednesday when a car crashed into the storefront. Police were dispatched at 12:19 p.m. to Check Max Plus, 11 Purity Plaza, in response to a silent robbery alarm. They arrived to find that a 1992 Toyota sedan had smashed through the glass and concrete entryway, Sgt. Dan […]
Woodland police arrested a West Sacramento man on burglary charges Tuesday after receiving a 911 call from a 12-year-old boy who had armed himself with a BB gun inside the home. Sgt. Dan Letamendi said the boy and his older sister were alone inside their Third Street home when the suspect — later identified as […]
A level-headed Woodland man and several good Samaritans are being credited with saving three teens trapped inside a sinking car Monday northwest of Woodland. California Highway Patrol officers say 22-year-old Kristopher Loudermilk of Olivehurst was driving a 2011 Hyundai Accent on eastbound County Road 19 near County Road 95 at about 4:45 p.m. when he […]
A portion of southbound Highway 113 in Davis was briefly shut down Monday afternoon after a Woodland teen’s vehicle rolled upside down, the California Highway Patrol reported. Officer Cindy Leal said the crash occurred at about 12:50 p.m. after the tread came off the left rear tire of 16-year-old Lindsey Neal’s 1994 Ford Explorer. “She […]
Davis police are still investigating Friday’s rollover crash that injured a 25-year-old Davis woman at an East Davis intersection. However, the Police Department has corrected its earlier version of events, saying now that Megan Galloway was traveling southbound on Pole Line Road at Fifth Street when the driver’s side of her car was struck by […]
The Davis Police Department is still taking sign-ups for a five-week self-defense course for women. RAD — Rape Aggression Defense — teaches awareness and prevention techniques, as well as realistic self-defense tactics. The course is taught by Davis Police Department employees who are nationally certified RAD instructors. The upcoming series will be taught from 6 […]
A Sacramento man racked up his 11th drunken-driving arrest — and his fifth felony DUI arrest in 10 years — after crashing his motorcycle Sunday in West Sacramento, according to the California Highway Patrol. Jay Wayne Porterfield, 46, was riding on the transition road from westbound Highway 50 to eastbound Interstate 80 when he lost […]
An early-morning crash at F Street and Covell Boulevard led to a local man’s arrest on drunken-driving charges, Davis police said. Ryan Buch, 22, crashed into a center divider at the intersection at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Lt. Paul Doroshov said. There were no injuries, and no other vehicles were involved. Buch was arrested on […]
Davis police say a 20-year-old man is lucky to be alive after nearly drowning in a South Davis swimming pool Saturday morning. Lt. Paul Doroshov said the man was among a group of five friends who were sitting in a hot tub at the Allegre Apartments, 1659 Drew Circle, after a night of partying. Shortly […]
A 25-year-old woman was hospitalized Friday morning after her car overturned in a collision at Fifth Street and Pole Line Road, Davis police said. Megan Galloway, 25, of Fremont, was traveling on Fifth Street at about 8 a.m. when her car collided with another vehicle driven by 56-year-old Jim Provenza of Davis, who was driving […]
For the second time in two weeks, a Woodland High School student has been arrested on suspicion of carrying a weapon onto the school campus. Woodland police Sgt. Dan Letamendi said a school resource officer notified police Thursday — the last day of school — that a person had a gun on campus, although the […]
An Esparto man was rushed to a Sacramento hospital with major injuries Wednesday night after being ejected from his car in a rollover crash, according to the California Highway Patrol. Witnesses said Fernando Roa Jr., 25, made an unsafe turning movement just prior to the 8:25 p.m. crash, which occurred on County Road 19 near […]
