Crime

Safety advice for when a stranger knocks at your door

Friday, March 1st, 2013, 1:54pm

There's an unexpected knock from a stranger at the front door. What to do?

1. Be cautious when opening the door. Do not blindly open the door to see who it is or what it is that they want.

2. Ignore the knock on the door . You may want to go about your normal business and NOT pretend that you are not home, but instead continue to do what you were doing, or even make some noise or turn on a light so that the person knows that someone IS home (possibly avoiding a burglary).

3. Look out a window first to see who it is - Avoid looking out a door window, but instead go and look through another window away from the door if possible. If you don't recognize them, you could shout through the door and ask what they want, or you could choose to ignore them.

4. Set the door chain. Be sure that your door chain is set well with LONG screws into the door frame to help resist a "push in." Crack open the door to speak to the person through the gap.

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Sacramento police investigate fatal shooting

Submitted by News10 Web Staff

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013, 6:26pm

SACRAMENTO, CA - Police continued to investigate a homicide in south Sacramento Tuesday in which one person was shot dead and another person suffered multiple gunshot wounds.

A call about gunshots and a man down near the roadway of the 3500 block of Reel Circle came into dispatchers at 11:38 a.m., police said.

According to a police spokesperson at the scene, a man in his 20s walked up to a home and there was an altercation with someone inside. Shots were exchanged and the visitor was found a few houses away, deceased.

The person inside, believed to be the resident, was transported to an area hospital with non-threatening injuries.

There may have been a second person with the visitor, police said.

No names have been released. Detectives did not have a motive yet for the shooting.

Susan B. Anthony Elementary School on nearby Detroit Boulevard was on lockdown for about an hour as a precaution.

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Roommate accused of Sacramento man's murder

Submitted by News10 Web Staff

Monday, February 25th, 2013, 4:07pm

SACRAMENTO, CA - The roommate of a man who died after being stabbed Sunday night has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Sixto Rosas, 36, was taken into custody as the scene of the crime on the 7700 block of 32nd Avenue, according to the Sacramento Police Department. Sixto was detained and questioned when responding officers learned he and his 30-year-old roommate had gotten into a physical fight and Sixto alleged grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed the younger man.

Police said the victim died of his injuries at an area hospital.

There was no word on what triggered the altercation. The police report said the two men had only been roommates for a few months.

The dead man's name has not been released.

The 911 call came in at approximately 10:55 p.m.

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Student accused of selling pot brownies at school

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Thursday, February 21st, 2013, 3:54pm

SACRAMENTO, CA - A student who allegedly tried to sell marijuana brownies at a Sacramento high school was arrested Thursday afternoon.

Another student told on the 15-year-old sophomore to a teacher at Hiram Johnson High School, according to Sacramento police Officer Michele Gigante. The teacher told a school resource officer who found the 15 year old with individually wrapped pot brownies in his possession, Gigante said.

The student was arrested and booked into Sacramento County Juvenile Hall on possession of marijuana with intent to sale.

Gigante said no brownies were actually sold.

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Sacramento businessman sentenced for underage sex tourism, child porn

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Thursday, February 21st, 2013, 2:29pm

SACRAMENTO, CA - A Sacramento businessman found guilty last year of intention to travel to engage in illicit underage sex and child pornography was sentenced 24 years and five months in federal prison.

James E. Johnston, 71, was found to have bought a subscription in February, 2006, to a website offering photographs and videos of child pornography to customers, according to court records. Computer forensic evidence showed Johnston downloaded approximately 300 videos of child pornography, some of which were infants and toddlers being molested.

Additional computer evidence was presented at trial that soon after, Johnston began on online correspondence with a woman from the Philippines. There were messages about Johnston's intent to obtain photos of underage girls he wanted to have sex with and his plans to travel to Manila for that purpose.

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South Sacramento serial rapist convicted

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Thursday, February 21st, 2013, 12:24pm

SACRAMENTO, CA - A Sacramento-area man charged with raping three women within a month in 2011 was found guilty of six counts of sexual assault including rape and forcible oral copulation, says the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office.

The prosecution accused Ladell Lamont Sanders of threatening his victims with a gun and driving them to isolated locations in south Sacramento to attack them. The rapes were reported as taking place on Nov. 15, 2011; Dec. 10, 2011; and Dec. 13, 2011.

According to court documents, after the assaults, Sanders left his victims stranded in the remote areas.

The D.A.'s office says investigators linked Sanders to the crimes from a Nov. 1, 2011 traffic stop and DNA evidence collected from the Dec. 13, 2011 assault.

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Prankster causes lockdowns at 3 Sacramento schools

Submitted by Paul Janes, News 10 Web Producer

Wednesday, February 20th, 2013, 1:21pm

SACRAMENTO - Someone's idea of a practical joke led to extensive police activity and lockdowns at three Sacramento schools on Wednesday.

Officer Doug Morse of the Sacramento Police Department said dispatch received a call at 10:41 a.m. from a student at an undisclosed school stating a shooting had taken place.

Numerous units were immediately dispatched to the area around Luther Burbank High School, Rosa Parks Middle School and Mark Hopkins Elementary School and the schools were placed on lockdown.

Arriving officers searched the area but did not find any suspects, said Morse.

Faculty at the schools told police they did not hear gunfire.

Lockdowns at two of the schools were subsequently lifted, but the third remained in place to search for the suspected caller.

When officers were unable to locate the caller, the third lockdown was lifted, Morse said.

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