Man shot dead by West Sacramento police near Walmart is identified Share Updated: 5:07 PM PST Mar 2, 2021 Jonathan Ayestas Share Updated: 5:07 PM PST Mar 2, 2021
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Show Transcript NEWS AT 4:00. DEIRDRE: GOOD MORNING. TEO: I’M TEO TORRES. HERE’S A LOOK AT OUR BIG STORIES TODAY. THIS MORNING AT 9:00, THE ASSEMBLY BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL TAKE UP THE SCHOOL REOPENING BILL. YESTERDAY, GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERS ANNOUNCED A $6.6 BILLION PLAN THAT WOULD PROVIDE FINANCIAL INCENTIVE FOR SCHOOLS TO REOPEN BY THE END OF MARCH. A FLOOR VOTE ON THE BILL IS EXPECTED THURSDAY. DEIRDRE: THIS MORNING, SACRAMENTO MAYOR DARRELL STEINBERG AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MAI VANG WILL ANNOUNCE A RESOLUTION TO THE CITY THAT CONDEMNS ANTI-ASIAN HATE. THIS FOLLOWS A SERIES OF RECENT ANTI-ASIAN THREATS AND ATTACKS, INCLUDING A PERSON LEAVING A MUTILATED CAT OUTSIDE AN ASIAN-OWNED BUTCHER SHOP. THE RESOLUTION ALSO CALLS FOR THE CITY AND CO
By Sasha Margulies, iHeart Media
Mar 3, 2021
A man shot and killed by West Sacramento police officers last week is now being identified.
Twenty-four-year-old Adam John Lundt was reported last Thursday to have a knife near the Walmart in Riverpoint Court. When authorities arrived on scene, Lundt was shot-and-killed by officers when he got out of his vehicle. It s still unknown if Lundt was confirmed to have a knife at the time. The incident is being independently investigated by the Woodland Police Department and the Yolo County District Attorney s Office.
Man charged with two counts of murder with special enhancements in deadly West Sacramento DUI crash
In California, if a person has been convicted of a DUI and commits another DUI that causes another person s death, that individual may be charged with murder. Author: Matthew Nuttle Updated: 6:43 PM PST February 26, 2021
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. The man charged for a deadly DUI crash in West Sacramento that left two children orphaned appeared in court for the first time on Friday.
Gabriel Poletti, 27, was crying and visibly shaken as he appeared before a judge via Zoom for his arraignment.
Poletti is facing a slew of charges from the Feb. 15 head-on crash at Jefferson Boulevard that resulted in the deaths of Rasul Afzili, 37, and his wife Anila Afzili, 29. The Afzili’s two children, both under the age of five, suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the crash. Family members for the Afzili’s also attended the Zoom arraignment.
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.