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Woman Killed in Her Parked Car by Alleged Drunk Driver Identified
The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office has identified a woman who was killed when her parked car was struck by an alleged drunk driver early Monday morning in Santa Rosa as Kellie Nora Michelle, 50, of Santa Rosa.
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Judge Sets Jan. 7 Trial for Tubbs Fire Victims' Claims Against PG&E
A San Francisco Superior Court judge on Monday set a Jan. 7 date for a trial on claims against PG&E by a small group of elderly and ill Sonoma County residents who were harmed in the 2017 Tubbs Fire.
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Santa Rosa Doctor Charged With Overdose Deaths Held Over for Trial
A Santa Rosa doctor was held over for trial in Sonoma County Superior Court Friday afternoon for the second-degree murders of four patients by allegedly prescribing dangerously high levels of addictive opioids to them in 2016 and 2017.
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Santa Rosa CHP Officer on Injury Leave Charged With Brandishing Gun, Resisting Arrest and Vandalism
A California Highway Patrol officer on medical leave was charged Friday in Sonoma County Superior Court with felony resisting arrest, brandishing a firearm and vandalism during a neighborhood disturbance two weeks ago.
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Santa Rosa: Doctor Pleads Not Guilty to Opioid Overdose Deaths of Patients
A Santa Rosa doctor pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Sonoma County Superior Court to the second-degree murder of four patients by allegedly prescribing dangerously high levels of addictive opioids and narcotics to them in 2016 and 2017.
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Santa Rosa Police Arrest Man for Allegedly Punching, Kidnapping Woman
Santa Rosa police arrested a man on suspicion of kidnapping and punching a woman at her home in northwest Santa Rosa early Thursday morning.
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Defendant in Jenner Beach Murders Gets Life Without Parole
Shaun Gallon, the Forestville man who pleaded no contest to killing an engaged couple from the Midwest on a Sonoma County beach 15 years ago and his brother in 2017, was sentenced Monday in Sonoma County Superior Court to three consecutive life prison terms without parole.
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Dozens Arrested at Duck Farm Protest Near Petaluma
The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said 98 people were arrested Monday afternoon during a protest by the Direct Action Everywhere animal rights group at a duck farm near Petaluma.
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Santa Rosa Man Gets 75 Years to Life for Killing Father, Wife
A Santa Rosa man was sentenced in Sonoma County Superior Court Wednesday morning to 75 years to life in prison for the first-degree murders of his estranged wife and his father two years ago. Dalton James Carlson’s sentence also includes 25 years to life for use of a firearm.
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Santa Rosa Man Charged With Hate Crime, Assault and Attempted Robbery
A Santa Rosa man was arraigned in Sonoma County Superior Court Tuesday afternoon for felony elder abuse, assault and attempted robbery of a 67-year-old man Friday. The charges also include great bodily injury and hate crime enhancements, Chief Deputy District Attorney Brian Staebell said.
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Napa Man Sentenced to Consecutive Life Terms for Raping, Mutilating Girl
Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Dana Simonds sentenced Friday a Napa man to consecutive life terms in prison for sexually assaulting a girl under age 14 in Bodega Bay last year.
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North Bay Man Arrested on Suspicion of Sexually Assaulting Teen in 2011
A Santa Rosa man is scheduled to be arraigned in Sonoma County Superior Court on Tuesday afternoon for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in Rohnert Park in 2011.
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2 North Bay Men Arrested in Sexual Assault of SF Woman
After 2,000 hours of investigation in nine counties, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two North Bay men on suspicion of sexually assaulting a San Francisco woman in a vehicle in April.
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Year After Arrest, Man is Charged in 2004 Jenner Beach Slayings
The Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office has charged a Forestville man with the murders of a Midwest couple on a secluded beach near Jenner in 2004.
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Former Boys & Girls Club of Sonoma Valley Official Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of Underage Boys
A former Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley athletic director was sentenced Wednesday morning to 150 years to life in prison for sexual abuse of underage boys.
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Six Santa Rosa Landlords Face Prosecution For Price Gouging During North Bay Fires Emergency
The Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office has filed three misdemeanor price gouging complaints against six landlords who allegedly raised home rental prices more than 10 percent after a declaration of emergency during the North Bay wildfires in October.
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Santa Rosa Junior College Football Coach Charged With Killing Sonoma State University Student in DUI Crash
A Santa Rosa Junior College football coach was charged in Sonoma County Superior Court Monday afternoon with the murder of a Sonoma State University student in an alleged DUI vehicle collision Sunday night.
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Sonoma County Sheriff Challenges Implications That Immigrant Arrested For Arson Could Have Set Deadly Fires
Sonoma County Sheriff Rob Giordano on Friday challenged implications that a Sonoma Valley man who was arrested for arson over the weekend could be responsible for some of the fires that have been burning in the North Bay since Oct. 8.
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Father, Children Killed in Santa Rosa Murder-Suicide Identified
The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office has identified Alvaro Botelho Da Camara, 40, as the father suspected of killing his two children before hanging himself in his Santa Rosa apartment over the weekend.
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Petaluma Boys and Girls Club Employee Arrested for Child Endangerment: Police
The director of a Boys and Girls Club after-school program was arrested Monday on suspicion of posting a 6-year-old girl’s photo and her personal information in an internet child pornography chat room, according to the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety.