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Suspected jewlery thief who lives near jail now in jail

AUBURN — An April 1 break-in at a jewelry store may have showed promise as far as robberies go, but there was little follow-through in what led authorities to arrest a

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Police find murder suspect in Placer jail

ROSEVILLE — Brad Robert Miller was sitting in Placer County jail early Monday morning on an intoxicated driving charge when police informed the 46-year-old he was being charged with murdering

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Failure to register as sex offender puts ice cream vendor in hot water

ROSEVILLE — Authorities arrested a local ice cream vendor who neglected to register as a sex offender Wednesday, after investigators were tipped off the 62-year-old man was operating his truck

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Placer County sheriff's deputy arrested — again

ROSEVILLE — For the second time in recent months, a Placer County sheriff’s deputy found himself behind bars.

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Placer County sheriff’s deputy arrested — again

ROSEVILLE — For the second time in recent months, a Placer County sheriff’s deputy found himself behind bars.

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Four-strike offender sentenced to 25 years to life

ROSEVILLE — A 50-year-old Sacramento man with four felony strikes on his criminal record has been sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison following a Placer County jury

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Sacramento man sent to prison for bank robbery

Sacramento — A 52-year-old man has been sentenced to four years in state prison after pleading guilty to robbing a Roseville bank. Steven Kenneth Homes entred the First Bank on

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Penryn man receives two life sentences for torture and murder

PENRYN — Drug dealer Donald Hugh Sherman of Penryn was given two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of  parole for ordering the torture and murder of his cousin, whom he

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Roseville police search for shooter, motive

ROSEVILLE — Police investigators are working to identify the suspect in a shooting that occurred Wednesday evening in a strip mall parking lot on Sunrise Avenue at Cirby Way. The victim,

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Defendant in ’06 murder case sent to mental hospital

ROSEVILLE — Eric Martin Minchak, accused of using a knife in the death of a woman at a Roseville gas station in 2006, has been placed under the conservatorship of