FRESNO -On August 1, 2019, a federal jury found Jose Jesus Carbajal, 33, of Waterford, guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit robbery affecting interstate commerce, one count of interference with commerce by robbery, and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. According to evidence presented at trial, from at […]

WOODLAND – On August 1, 2019, a Yolo County jury returned guilty verdicts, convicting   Rohail Sarwar, 28, of Woodland of first degree murder, with the special circumstances of lying in wait, of committing the murder in the commission of a burglary, and an enhancement for the personal use of a weapon. The jury also convicted […]

UKIAH – On June 12, 2019 a Mendocino County Superior Court jury found a Ukiah woman guilty of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Deborah Lynn Cloud, 60, was convicted of three misdemeanor counts including driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a blood alcohol of .08 or greater, and driving under […]

UKIAH- On May 15, 2019,  a Mendocino County Superior Court found Van Allen Hubbard, 58, of Shasta Lake guilty of driving a motor vehicle under the combined influence of drugs and alcohol, possession of a methamphetamine pipe, and possession of marijuana, all as misdemeanors. He was also found guilty of driving with an open container of […]

CHICO – On May 1, 2019, the Chico Police Department announced the March 25th arrest of a suspected rapist identified by DNA collected during a sexual assault exam of the victim.  Criminalists at the California Department of Justice identified a male DNA profile from the evidence and linked it to Ishmael Smith, 34, of Los […]

SAN ANDREAS – On May 3, 2019, a Calaveras County Superior Court jury found Joseph Riley Bigger guilty of 14 charges of sex abuse and lewd acts involving his own daughter who was under the age of 14. “During the trial, two of our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who work as criminalists […]