VANGUARD PROBE: Ignoring COVID-19 Health Warnings, Sacramento & Yolo Trials Go On – Jurors Packed Like Sardines
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO/DAVIS – Late Sunday, the Centers for Disease Control recommended…
Jury Convicts Man of Arson, but Not Assaulting Officers with Flaming ‘Fireball’
By Crescenzo Vellucci and Nancy Martinez Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento County Superior Court jury…
Plea Deal Spares Unhoused Man Long Jail Sentence in Case Where Black Juror Kicked Because of Appearance
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – An unhoused man – facing five felonies after…
Wrong Way Driver Convicted – But Jury Kicks 3 of 4 Strike Felonies
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Sacramento County Assistant Public Defender Guy Danilowitz pulled…
Two Held for Murder in Death of Sacramento Man Found Near Hospital
By Nancy Martinez Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – In the early hours of the morning of June…
Citing Juror’s Appearance, Judge Ousts Black Juror in Police Assault Case
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Monday, a Black man was kicked off a…
Wild Driver Trial Off to Roaring Start
By Ryan Kaika Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – “You got a really good trial,” Deputy District Attorney…
Scant Evidence Gets Galt Man 90 Days – But He Could Have Been Shot in Confrontation with Deputies
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Jurors in the Sacramento County Superior Court trial of…
Trump Justice Dept. Surprises, Won’t Retry Alleged Terror Suspect After 14 Years
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Trump Administration somehow managed to hold onto Hamid…
Sacramento Judge Admits He Doesn’t Like It, but Releases Woman from Murder Conviction
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Raoul M. Thorbourne this…
Man Accused of Grisly Murder Proven Innocent by DNA Evidence
By Maxwell C. Myrhum After nearly 15 years, an El Dorado man wrongly convicted of a murder…
Son of Big Business Owner Guilty of Felony Arson After Small Fence Fire – Sexual Molestation Accusations Barred from Trial
By Nancy Martinez and Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Defense lawyers who don’t present any…
Latino Viva Supermarket Employees File Suit Against ‘Tyrant’ Owner/Sacramento City Council Candidate
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Sean Loloee – a Sacramento City Council candidate in…
Unhoused File Federal Suit against City of Sacramento for Right to Port-A-Potty
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Unhoused residents and their advocates in Sacramento have long…
Estranged Husband Walks Free after Accused of Stabbing Wife in Face
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Defendant Andre Lamont Smith – accused of planting a…
Jury Acquits Former Cal Football Player/Law School Student of Attempted Murder Charges
By Nancy Martinez and Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – About 10 years ago, Alexander Logan…
New Legal Action Charges City of Sacramento Stonewalls Record Request in Mass False Arrests at Police Brutality Protest
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The VANGUARD has learned that the city of Sacramento…
Stockton Jury Rejects Officer Testimony, Awards $710,000 to Black Teen Beat by Police
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau STOCKTON, Ca – “Not all superheroes wear capes,” said Joseph Green…
Stockton Jury Says It Believes Victim of Police Beating in 1st Phase of Civil Rights Suit Decision
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau STOCKTON, Ca – The 12-person jury now deliberating in a San…
Police Practices Experts Square Off in Excessive Force Suit against Stockton Cops
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau STOCKTON – Police practices expert witnesses Robert Clark and R.K. Miller…
