Alleged Police Misconduct Costs City of Sacramento Tens of Millions $$
SACRAMENTO, CA – Over the course of five years, specifically between 2019 and 2023, more than “100…
News Report Claims City of Sacramento Warns Target Store about Shoplifting Complaint Calls
By Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento Target location at 2505 Riverside Blvd. reportedly has been…
Sacramento Police Mistake 8-Year-Old Kid as Suspect, Draw Guns on Stopped Car with Pregnant Mom
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento police officers admit they made a “mistake” when they…
Man Dies in Hail of Sacramento Police Bullets – NAACP Branch Demands Independent Investigation, Calls Shooting Death ‘Not an Accident’
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento branch of the National…
Unarmed Man Wins $400,000 Settlement after Sacramento Police Shoot at Him 20 Times in 2021
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – Although it took the city of Sacramento more than six…
COURT WATCH: Jury Finds Accused Not Guilty – Defense Argument Struck at Prosecution’s Witness Credibility, Lack of Evidence
By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – A jury here in Yolo County Superior Court, after deliberating parts…
Sacramento District Attorney Urges City of Sacramento to Violate Federal Court Order to Stop Homeless Sweep – City Admits Unhoused Camps Cleared Despite Judge’s TRO
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento County District Attorney is…
Homeless Union Contends Sacramento Superior Court Presiding Judge May Have Broken California Judicial Ethics, Disputes Judge Claim of Unhoused Crime Wave Near Courthouse
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Charging the Presiding Judge of Sacramento…
Sacramento District Attorney Doesn’t Want to ‘Criminalize’ Unhoused but Begs City to Enforce Homeless Laws to Protect DA Employees
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento Superior Courthouse is being…
Civil Rights Attorneys, Social Justice Organizations Respond to Findings from Sacramento Police Dept Audit, Calling SPD ‘Wrong’
Kellan Patterson, civil rights attorney (left) and criminal defense attorney Keith Staten (right) responding to an…
After Nearly 5 Years, Case Dismissed After Police Destroy Evidence, Witness Dies – Judge Lectures Prosecution, Police
By Mary Magana-Ayala SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Stephen Acquisto dismissed the case against…
Man Arrested for Possession, Sale of Drugs; Trial Set Because of ‘Totality of Circumstances’
By Zoey Hou SACRAMENTO, CA– In a preliminary hearing here Thursday in Sacramento County Superior Court Department…
West Sacramento PD Secretary Charged with Child Endangerment – Also Allegedly Threatened Victim’s Father Using Police Connections
By Genesis Guzman WOODLAND, CA – Defendant Bonnie Logsdon—a secretary at the West Sacramento Police Dept.—dodged a…
EXCLUSIVE: Two Men Charge Sac Police Ignored ‘Hate Crime’ in Letter to FBI and City Officials
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Two Sacramento men – including one who was badly…
State DOJ Report Analyzes Use of Force in Sac PD
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the release of a California Department of Justice (DOJ) report on use of force-related polices, training, and practices within the Sacramento Police Department (SPD).
