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Santa Rosa Man with Nine Warrants Arrested After High-Speed Chase, Suspected of Multiple Felonies
Deputies nabbed a Santa Rosa man with a whopping nine warrants after a high-speed chase, officials said. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office reported that deputies spotted Roy Jones, Jr., 54, driving a car without a license plate late on March 25 near Cleveland Avenue in Santa Rosa. The deputies attempted...
Petaluma's Butter & Egg Days Parade
Petaluma's Butter and Egg Days will return this April! The Butter & Egg Day festivities will kick off on April 13th with the Opening Ceremonies at the Petaluma Historical Library from 12 to 1 PM, followed by the 41st Annual Parade and Festival on Saturday, April 20th, followed by the Antique Faire on Sunday, April 28th. This year's theme is "Greener Pastures" -Sustaining Petaluma's Future. Celebrate the importance of sustainability and preserving the beauty of Petaluma and the planet.
Santa Rosa parents take first steps to recall school board president over safety concerns
With safety an issue at some Santa Rosa City Schools, a group of parents is stepping up to take action.Safe Campus Alliance has collected enough signatures to start the recall process for the president of the school board.Over the last year, there have been violent fights, stabbings and kids bringing weapons to school. Just last March, 16-year-old Jayden Pienta was stabbed to death during a fight with another student at Montgomery High. Stephanie Taylor has a sophomore at the school and heard the pleas to make the school safer. "I see our community and students hurting," Taylor with the Safe Campus Alliance...
Pedestrian fatally struck by truck in Santa Rosa's Cherry Road neighborhood
Authorities in Santa Rosa are investigating a fatal accident Tuesday morning that left a pedestrian dead in the town's Cherry Road historic district.Police initially issued an alert shortly before 7 a.m. on social media saying westbound College Ave. was temporarily closed at Orchard St. College Ave. was still closed over three hours later. Santa Rosa police did not provide much information in regards to the deadly incident, but confirmed at around 2:30 p.m. that officers were investigating a fatal accident involving a pedestrian.Police shared a photo with the post that showed a silver Chevrolet truck with front-end damage. Crime...
Elderly Petaluma man gets life in prison for molesting child family member
A 78-year-old man was sentenced to 30 years to life in state prison on Tuesday for molesting a child numerous times, Sonoma County prosecutors said. Petaluma resident Brian Douglas Schmitt Sr. was found guilty of four felony sex offenses committed against a child following a jury trial in January, the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office said in a statement. Based on evidence and testimony presented at the trial, Schmitt was a trusted member of the victim's family and would regularly spend time with the victim until the abuse was disclosed in July 2022. Following the victim's disclosure of abuse and...
Santa Rosa driver loses control of car during possible chase, injuring 3
Santa Rosa police are investigating a head-on crash that may have begun as a chase on Saturday evening. Just after 6 p.m., police said they got a call from a driver in a Mercedes Benz sedan, stating she was being followed by someone in a white Infiniti sedan. The driver told police the Infiniti sedan was "aggressively following" her and "trying to run her off the road." Police identified the driver of the Infiniti as 18-year-old Carlos Delara of Santa Rosa.While they were on Stony Point Road, police said Delara lost control and veered into oncoming traffic. The Infiniti then struck a Honda...
Woman, 50, arrested for embezzling $300K from tech company where she worked
(KRON) — A 50-year-old woman was arrested last week for allegedly embezzling from the tech company where she worked, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. SMC deputies received a report of embezzlement from a tech company in San Carlos in June of 2023. During the course of an investigation that lasted several months, […]
UPD: Santa Rosa woman arrested in Ukiah while allegedly driving stolen car
A Santa Rosa woman was arrested in Ukiah recently while allegedly driving a stolen car, the Ukiah Police Department reported. According to the UPD, the city’s FLOCK camera system (which records the license plate numbers of all vehicles entering the Ukiah city limits) alerted officers to a stolen car driving in the area of North Orchard Avenue and East Perkins Street around 4:45 p.m. March 22.
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