Diego Heimlich News Today

A hearing for a Yuba City woman charged with murder was continued a week due to her attorney being ill, according to Sutter County Deputy District Attorney Diego Heimlich. Constance Addison is headed to trial in January for the murder of 13-year-old Alec Flores, of Yuba City. Addison allegedly hit Flores with her car while Flores walked to school on Oct. 7, 2019. Addison was also charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, hit-and-run resulting in death, and misdemeanor child e...

A former Sutter County Sheriff’s dispatcher pleaded no contest to felony embezzlement and making a false statement to obtain aid. Sara Jeanette Barber, of Live Oak, was arrested in December 2019 for offenses that allegedly took place between June 2017 and July 2019. According to Sutter County Deputy District Attorney Diego Heimlich, Barber solicited money from people through a fundraiser by claiming she had cancer when she did not.  She received around $6,500 from the fundraiser.  In...

Sutter County Superior Court Judge Laura Davis denied a motion to suppress evidence presented at the preliminary hearing against a Chico man charged with driving under the influence and hit-and-run that seriously injured a California Highway Patrol officer. The motion was filed by the attorneys representing Lucas Nelson, who is headed to trial in February for two counts of DUI causing death or injury, and hit-and-run. On Oct. 19, 2019, Nelson allegedly struck CHP Officer David Gordon with a car...

A hearing to address two motions made by the defense, in a case against a Yuba City woman charged with the murder of a 13-year-old Yuba City boy, was rescheduled after the defense attorney informed the court he was feeling sick and could have been exposed to COVID-19. The motions were filed by Roberto Marquez on behalf of Constance Addison, who is headed to trial next month for the murder of Alec Flores. Addison allegedly hit Flores with her car while Flores walked to school on Oct. 7, 2019. He...