UPDATE - On May 15, 2013, Knecht was charged with two additional counts of burglary. Detectives recovered additional stolen property from Knecht’s home taken during two separate burglaries to the same location. The Burglaries were to a closed business in the 800 block of 57th Street that occurred on May 4, 2013 and May 8, 2013 in the early morning hours. Most all property was recovered. Burglary Suspect Caught The Sacramento Police Department has arrested 43-year-old Gregory Knecht for multiple counts of burglary to businesses in a specific area of Sacramento. On Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at 4:28 p.m., Sacramento Police detectives executed a search warrant at Knecht’s residence on the 1500

Sunday, May 12, 2013 ELMHURST- Disturbance, 6000 block of S Street, 5:50 p.m. Officers were dispatched to a disturbance of two people in a parking lot and one was armed with a gun. The subject with the gun fled on foot and the other subject fled in a vehicle. Officers arrived in the area and contacted the subject the fled on foot. He was found to have a loaded gun and ammunition on his person. He was taken into custody and the second subject involved fled prior to police arrival. The second subject was later identified and contacted. MIDTOWN- Disturbance, 30th Street/K Street, 10:36 p.m. Employees of a business reported a subject disturbing customers. The subject was identified and found

Friday, May 10, 2013 MIDTOWN- Vehicle Tampering, 2400 block of C Street, 8:07 p.m. Jared Bathe, 28, was taken into custody after officers responded to reports he was attempting to break into a parked vehicle. Bathe was booked into jail after officers observed him entering a vehicle for the believed purpose of theft. FLORIN- Bicycle Stop, 4300 block of Stockton Blvd, 12:16 a.m. Ryan King, 34, was arrested for possession of narcotics after leading officers on a foot pursuit in the area. King was also charged with resisting arrest and violation of his probation. Saturday, May 11, 2013 MIDTOWN- Theft, 3100 block of Folsom Blvd, 12:37 p.m. A subject was inside a store, selected and grabbe

Sacramento Police K9 Bodie is retiring after three years of devoted service as a result of injuries sustained during a critical incident.  Bodie is one of only two Sacramento Police canines that have been shot in the line of duty. Bodie has gone above and beyond the call of duty while serving the Sacramento community and will now proudly be the first ever honorary Sacramento Police reserve K9. In November of 2010 Officer Randy Van Dusen began training K9 Bodie. K9 Bodie is a German Shepherd dog that was imported from Germany for police work. After two months of training that included obedience, agility, search and suspect apprehension, Bodie was certified as a police canine. Bodie was ce

Friday, May 3, 2013 MIDTOWN: Suspicious Circumstances, 24th Street/P Street, 10:06 a.m. The victim reported that a suspicious parcel was delivered to her door. It was determined that the package was in fact sent from a known friend of the victim; however, the item appeared suspicious to her. Officers arrived and determined that there was nothing dangerous regarding the package and the currier was notified for further follow up. DOWNTOWN: Resisting, 7th Street/F Street, 12:46 a.m. Parker Caldwell, 24, was taken into custody for resisting arrest after officers contacted him in the area. Witnesses reported seeing Caldwell knocking on doors in the area and he became aggressive upon officers

Fought and Fled – Help Us Identify The Sacramento Police Department is looking for your assistance in identifying multiple subjects involved in a physical altercation. On Sunday, April 14, 2013, at approximately 1:59 a.m., the Sacramento Police Department responded to the 1500 block of 21st Street for a report of a large fight that left multiple people injured. Responding officers and detectives were able to obtain a description of at least two of the involved vehicles. One was described as a white Chevrolet Suburban and the other was a white 2-door compact car. Multiple subjects got out of the white SUV and without provocation, began challenging and fighting random people in a parking

An early morning fight in Midtown on St. Patrick's Day has left a man dead. Around 1 a.m. on March 17, police, firefighters and medics responded to the corner of 18th and P streets in Midtown. They arrived to find a man on the ground and a bystander giving him CPR. According to radio reports, the victim had suffered head trauma, did not have a pulse and was not breathing. The intersection of 18th and P streets was shut down in all directions for several hours while crime scene investigators and homicide detectives collected evidence, talked with witnesses and sorted out the facts.  Update: The press release from the Sacramento Police Department:  On Sunday, March 17, 2013, at approxima

Don’t Let Us Throw a Flag on Your Driving this Super Bowl Sunday “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” The Sacramento Police Department will conduct a saturation patrol on Sunday, February 3, 2013, for 5 to 7 hours after the Super Bowl. The purpose of the saturation patrol is to promote public safety and serve as a deterrent to potentially impaired, unlicensed and dangerous drivers. Don't forget to designate a driver to and from your Super Bowl party this year. Plan ahead and don't get caught off sides and impaired! DUI/Traffic Officers will be deployed throughout the city looking for dangerous and impaired drivers to help ensure our streets stay safe. Funding for this program was provided

The following is from press release from the Sacramento Police Department:  On Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, the Sacramento Police Department arrested 53-year-old Robert Binns for robbery and violation of parole. On December 30, 2012, at approximately 1 a.m., a victim left a local nightclub in the 2000 block of K Street and started to walk home. As the victim approached 21st and J Street, the suspect rode up on a bicycle, asked a question and then moments later struck the victim, knocking him to the ground. The suspect stole the victim's wallet and keys to his roommate's vehicle before fleeing the area. Later that same morning, the roommate's parked vehicle, a 2011 gray Honda Pilot, was stol

In the wake of a string of pedestrian robberies that rocked Midtown, the Sacramento Police Department will join community leaders for a meeting on public safety this Thursday night. Councilman Steve Hansen, the Midtown Buisness Association, the Marshall School/New Era Park Neighborhood Association, the Midtown Neighborhood Association and the Alkali/Mansion Flats Historic Neighborhood Association, will be on hand at the Hart Senior Center at 915 27th Street from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., to "discuss tips on being prepared and staying safe," according to the event's Facebook page. Hansen, who is visiting a series of neighborhood associations this week, said the purpose of the meeting was to

A Sacramento Police Department officer spotted a stolen vehicle Friday just before 8:30 p.m. while patrolling Midtown and arrested the female driver.  Police followed the vehicle from the 19th Street and K Street area, traveling eastbound K Street, then east on 17th Street then eastbound on O Street near 18th. “The vehicle was followed by two patrol vehicles with a Sac PD helicopter overhead,” Midtown resident Anthony Cathey said.  Police officials said the vehicle was stolen in the Sacramento area, in the California Highway Patrol’s jurisdiction, however information on what part of Sacramento the vehicle was stolen from was not immediately available. The vehicle, described as a 1994 m

It’s time for the first Top Five Fridays of 2013! Scroll down for The Sacramento Press’s most-viewed articles of the past seven days. Community Contribution 5. New Year’s Eve fireworks in Old Sac | Photos by Kati Garner Making one of her regular appearances on Top Five Fridays, Kati Garner comes in at No. 5 with another great photo journal. 4. Django Unchained by Luke Soin This movie is HOT right now. In the words of Mr. Soin, “People are throwing the word masterpiece around this movie like they throw cigarette butts on the ground at a Depeche Mode concert, and rightly so.” 3. Tune up cycling skills with free Bikeology 101 Workshop by Bonnie Osborn Free bike info? Sign me up! Don’t wo

UPDATE - On Friday, January 4, 2013, a male and female associated with Carlito Montoya were arrested for assault with a deadly weapon related to this incident. Amber Scholz-36 is believed to have instigated the altercation and her husband Charles Fowler-Scholz-34, was involved in the physical fight that preceded the deadly shooting. No further details are available at this time.   UPDATE - Suspect identification: According to a Sacramento Police update, the suspect, 22-year-old Carlito Montoya, is in police custody in an area hospital. Montoya is receiving medical treatment for multiple gunshot wounds.   A 22-year-old man wanted in connection with a New Year's Eve shooting in Old Sacra

When a man stole Russell Rawling's iPhone earlier this month – from his wheelchair, in front of his home on 1st Avenue – the first thing the Oak Park man did was notify the police. Using a phone tracking app, Rawlings was able to trace the stolen phone back to an apartment complex just down the block from his home. But without a specific location – the GPS only detected the complex and not the unit number – the police couldn't go in, Rawlings said. "Unfortunately it's one of those things, in an urban environment, when your moral compass is way off," Rawlings said. "I'm sure it was a target of opportunity type thing." Rawlings is wheelchair-bound and has limited mobility. He's a well-kno

The man shot and killed by police over the weekend after an intense hostage standoff at a Jack-in-the-Box has been identified as 26-year-old Xang Khang of Sacramento. The shooting ended an approximately three-hour standoff between police and the armed gunman Saturday at 8349 Folsom Boulevard, in the College Greens neighborhood. Khang apparently held two female employees hostage in what started as a take-over style robbery; he also threatened to kill them, according to the Sacramento Police Department. While negotiators made sporadic telephone contact with Khang and the hostages, "…it was determined that the suspect would not release any hostages and that he had no intention of a peaceful

The search for missing 19-year-old Linnea Lomax uncovered human remains near the shore of the American River Friday morning, according to a press release. The remains discovered by volunteers have not been identified, and the Sacramento Police Department is currently conducting investigations, the release stated. Lomax disappeared June 26 from an outpatient clinic near the 800 block of Howe Ave. Since then, searchers have continued to comb the area. The search has continually expanded, with searchers recently searching in the Placerville area. Family members plan to hold a press conference sometime within the next 24 hours to discuss more details. Lomax is described as a 5-foot-2-inch,

  Since 1992, when the Sacramento Police and Sheriff's Memorial was created, many have come to honor Sacramento Police officers and deputies who have been killed in the line of duty for the 10th year. Grief of the loss can linger for many years. Annual ceremonies help to deal with grief and remind us all an officer's death was not in vain. Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel shared a recent incident. Yesterday a man who had stopped an armed gunman on a rampage during a recent SMUD shooting was honored by the Police Dept. He told the officers " I acted and did something maybe five or ten minutes when I stepped forward and did something." He said to the officers "all of you do this e

Sacramento, CA | Several people busted in Sacramento and throughout California Friday purchasing alcohol for minors. As part of a state-wide operation, agents from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) with Sacramento Police Department DUI Enforcement Officers ran sting operations throughout the day. Several teams were in the field utilizing actual under-aged decoys who would approach individuals entering a liquor store or market, disclosed their age and asked the persons to purchase alcohol for them. In one incident at Natomas Liquor, the sales clerk (not knowing an operation was under way) even warned the female purchaser that if she was purchasing the beer for minors not

Sacramento, CA | Busy morning Downtown commute interrupted Tuesday morning when a vehicle crashed into a building. Close to 7:30 Tuesday morning, the busy downtown commute was interrupted when a woman driving east on J Street, reportedly felt sick and passed out behind the wheel. Her vehicle hopped the curb and crashed into "Patino Building" at 1010 J St. The driver was transported to hospital via paramedics.

Occupy Sacramento participants once again stood their ground at Ceasar Chavez Park in Downtown Sacramento. At midnight, an hour after the park is officially closed, dispersal orders were given and 4 (including one in a wheel chair) were arrested peacfully.