Crime

Ex-cop pleads no contest to false DUI reports

Submitted by Maneeza Iqbal on Friday, March 22nd, 5:09 pm

SACRAMENTO, CA - A police officer accused of filing false DUI reports, causing the cases to be thrown out, pled no contest more than two years after he was charged.

Former Sacramento police officer Brandon Mullock, 27, was charged with four felony charges - one count of perjury, three counts of filing false police reports, Sacramento County District Attorney Office spokesperson Shelly Orio said.

Mullock resigned from the police department in August 2010.

Orio said during the investigation, the police department and the D.A.'s office found the Mullock lied about DUI suspects refusing to do field sobriety tests, staggering or slurring their speech, and suspects making incriminating statements about being drunk.

View Comments | Post a Comment

Child abuse affects disadvantaged neighborhoods the hardest

Submitted by Access Sacramento

Friday, March 22nd, 2013, 11:13am

Child abuse affects disadvantaged neighborhoods the hardest

According to ChildHelp, five children in the US die everyday from abuse. According to the Child Welfare League of America, in California in 2010, there were 343,793 total referrals for child abuse and neglect and 82,879 children were victims of abuse or neglect.

The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act defines child abuse and neglect as, at minimum, “Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm.”

In 2012, a 20 year study on child abuse was concluded... Read More

READ ORIGINAL STORY

View Comments | Post a Comment

Masked men sexually assault woman in park

Submitted by News10 Web Staff

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013, 1:05pm

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, CA - An organized attack on a young woman last week has many still afraid to walk through a park in south Sacramento.

On the evening of March 13, the victim, a 21-year-old woman, was sitting alone in the Countryside Community Park, near East Stockton Boulevard and Power Inn Road, when she was approached by three men, Sacramento County sheriff's deputies said. The suspects were all wearing black hooded sweatshirts, black gloves and black plastic masks.

The men then worked as a team to sexually assault the woman. Deputies said one of the suspects grabbed the victim and actually carried her over his shoulder to a secluded area of the park. That's where he and another man held her down, while still the third attacker groped her and lifted his mask to lick her neck.

As the victim tried to get away, one of the attackers punched her. When the woman noticed people walking nearby, she screamed for help and the suspects ran away.

View Comments | Post a Comment

Mother and daughter pled guilty to Sacramento burglaries

Submitted by News10 Web Staff

Friday, March 15th, 2013, 6:51pm

SACRAMENTO, CA - A mother and daughter entered guilty pleas to a string of burglaries and will each receive an eight-year prison term at their sentencing next month, says a Sacramento County district attorney spokesperson.

Helen Costello and daughter Shirley Costello were accused of targeting elderly residents in the Tahoe Park, Arden Arcade and Meadowview neighborhoods, said D.A. spokesperson Shelly Orio. Their ploy was go up to potential victims and act like a former neighbor or pretend they were thinking of buying in the neighborhood or buying a used car. They would gain entrance to the resident's home and one would distract the victim while the other stole valuables.

In one case, the women asked if the child with them could use the bathroom so they could get into the residence and burglarize it, Sacramento police said.

The pair pled to five counts of felony burglary.

View Comments | Post a Comment

Man sentenced to prison for 2010 Valentine's Day stabbing death

Submitted by Maneeza Iqbal on Friday, March 15th, 6:37 pm

SACRAMENTO, CA - A man convicted of a 2010 Valentine's Day murder was sentenced to prison.

Jesus Gallegos was found guilty on Jan. 30 of stabbing 23-year-old Triston Salladay to death, Sacramento County District Attorney's Office spokesperson Shelly Orio said.

According to Sacramento police, Gallegos and Salladay got into an argument on Feb. 14, 2010, which escalated into a fight on the 3500 block of 53rd Street. During the fight, Gallegos pulled out a fight and stabbed Salladay multiple times.

When officers arrived at the scene around 3:30 p.m., Salladay was transported to a hospital for treatment. Police said Salladay later died of his injuries.

Gallegos sentenced to 26 years to life in prison, the maximum sentence for the crime.

RELATED STORIES:

View Comments | Post a Comment

Brother of 'Roaming Rapist' sentenced to prison for rape

Submitted by Maneeza Iqbal on Friday, March 15th, 5:47 pm

SACRAMENTO, CA - A man convicted of raping three women was sentenced to prison, the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday.

Landell Lamont Sanders was convicted of six counts of rape and forcible oral copulation of three separate victims on Feb. 21, DA spokesperson Shelly Orio said.

According to court documents, on Nov. 15, Dec. 10 and Dec. 13, 2011, Sanders threatened each woman with a gun, drove them to a remote location is south Sacramento and sexually assaulted them. Orio said after each assault Sanders drove away from the scene and left the victims at the scene.

View Comments | Post a Comment

Former Sacramento web producer charged with conspiracy

Submitted by News10 Web Staff

Thursday, March 14th, 2013, 6:16pm

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The Justice Department is charging a former web producer for Sacramento-based FOX station KTXL of conspiring with members of the hacker group "Anonymous" to hack into and alter a Tribune Company website.

Matthew Keys was named Thursday in an indictment filed in federal court in Sacramento. The 26-year-old from New Jersey faces one count each of conspiracy to transmit information to damage a protected computer, as well transmitting and attempting to transmit that information. (See sidebar for indictment.)

The government alleges that Keys gave Anonymous members a login and password for a computer server belonging to FOX40's corporate parent, the Tribune Company. Prosecutors say Keys encouraged the hackers to disrupt the website, and at least one hacker used the credentials to change the online version of a Los Angeles Times story.

View Comments | Post a Comment