Yolo DA’s Citizens Academy goes virtual
Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig recently announced that the annual District Attorney Citizens Academy will be held virtually this year.
The academy is sponsored by the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office in cooperation with the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office, California Highway Patrol, Yolo County Probation Department, and the UC Davis, Woodland, Winters and West Sacramento police departments.
The Citizen’s Academy is an eight-week journey designed to involve diverse communities in participating in mutual learning about the criminal justice system. The goal is to educate the public and improve relationships and communication between the many different communities in Yolo County and the criminal justice system.
Second chances: Yolo courts open doors for two men
Life had not been kind to Brian O’Donnell.
Raised in a turbulent, abusive household, O’Donnell fell into a bad crowd that introduced him to drugs, alcohol and crime at the young age of 12.
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Manuel Palacio, upper right, and Yolo Superior Court Judge David Rosenberg, center, listen as Palacio’s wife Beatriz Arizaga, lower center, pleas for his return from Mexico to the United States during a Feb. 3 Zoom court hearing. Courtesy photo
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Life had not been kind to Brian O’Donnell.
Raised in a turbulent, abusive household, O’Donnell fell into a bad crowd that introduced him to drugs, alcohol and crime at the young age of 12.
Davis men charged with insurance fraud
Davis residents Aaron Curtin, 42, and Andres Castellanos, 27, were arraigned on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud, conspiracy and destroying property after allegedly filing a false claim to receive an undeserved insurance payout after torching a vehicle, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced Wednesday.
On April 20, 2019, Curtin reported his 2009 Audi A4 stolen and police subsequently recovered the incinerated vehicle. When Curtin filed an insurance claim, he told his insurance company he did not know who stole the vehicle, he did not loan the vehicle to anyone, and didn’t allow anyone to drive the vehicle. Curtin also claimed the vehicle was in good running condition prior to the alleged theft.
Convicted Sacramento after-school teacher charged with unemployment fraud, Yolo DA says [The Sacramento Bee]
Dec. 22 An incarcerated Sacramento man convicted of trying to lure a 12-year-old girl to have sex with him is now accused of working with an accomplice to receive more than $11,000 in fraudulent unemployment claims, Yolo County prosecutors said.
This week, Taylor Lewis Gholar and his girlfriend, Sonia Chan, were charged with felony counts of grand theft, making a false and fraudulent insurance claim and conspiracy to commit fraud, according to a news release from the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office.
The charges against Gholar and Chan were the result of a vast probe into a California unemployment scam that revealed at least $140 million worth of improper payments made to inmates and their outside accomplices, a group of county district attorneys announced late last month.
Sex Offender Received $12,000 in Unemployment Benefits From Prison, Investigators Say
On 12/23/20 at 6:51 AM EST
A convicted sex offender received almost $12,000 in unemployment benefits while behind bars, authorities claim.
Taylor Lewis Gholar, 29, was convicted for a sex crime involving a 12-year-old girl and sentenced to three years in a California prison on December 10.
While in custody, he and his girlfriend are alleged to have received $11,688 from the state after submitting an unemployment application online. Following this conviction, Yolo County District Attorney Investigators were alerted that Gholar was fraudulently receiving Unemployment Insurance Benefits while being housed in custody in the Yolo County Jail, a statement from the Yolo County District Attorney read.