VACAVILLE — A 32-year-old American Canyon man riding his bicycle in Vacaville early Tuesday was seriously hurt when he was struck by a car in the intersection of Peabody Road and California Drive. Vacaville police believe the bicyclist was crossing the intersection on a red light. The bicyclist, who was not wearing a helmet, suffered severe head [...]
FAIRFIELD — A toll booth operator at the Carquinez Bridge was robbed early Tuesday morning by a motorist stopped at the worker’s toll window. The robber got out of his vehicle, went up to the window and demanded money, according to a California Highway Patrol press release Wednesday. Money in hand, the man ran back [...]
FAIRFIELD — A head-on crash during the Wednesday afternoon rush hour commute on Highway 12 in the Jameson Canyon killed one person and seriously injured three other people. Three cars were involved in the 5:45 p.m. crash that left one car in a ditch and another car so seriously damaged that the car’s engine was [...]
SUISUN CITY — A Hummingbird Way resident saw two teenage boys walk out the front door of a neighbor’s home at around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. One of the teens was toting a pillowcase or some bundled sheets. As the neighbor called police, the teens got into a gray Ford pickup truck and drove off. They [...]
FAIRFIELD — It was a day Marko D. Betts had looked forward to and it was a cause for celebration. Aug. 3, 2011, was the day, after a long wait, that Betts, 37, got his driver’s license back after his conviction and driver’s license suspension for his third drunken driving offense. Betts, of Fairfield, left [...]
VACAVILLE — A 20-year-old Vacaville man was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after he got into an accident on Elmira Road that trapped and injured the 20-year-old passenger in his car, according to information released Tuesday by police. Vacaville police responded to the single-car accident at 3:05 a.m. [...]
FAIRFIELD — A suspected gang member out of Sacramento arrested late last week in Oakland in connection with a series of violent attacks in Vallejo was returned Monday to Solano County. Maurice Vernon, 21, is suspected of attacking a 53-year-old Vallejo woman Sept. 3, 2011, as she was returning from a day trip in San [...]
FAIRFIELD — A sharp increase in the number and types of scams hitting Solano County residents has police warning people to be more careful. The scams have mainly targeted seniors. One recently bilked two elderly residents of more than $300,000 over the period of a couple of months, according to Vacaville police. Those scams are [...]
FAIRFIELD — Ten years ago today, Martha Moore, then 72, returned to her Broadway Street home she shared with her husband Ralph. It was on the afternoon of Feb. 20 2002, that she found her husband, beaten and unconscious, lying in a pool of blood on the dining room floor. Ralph Moore, 73, died from [...]
VACAVILLE — A man was arrested Friday after calling 911 to falsely report that employees of a downtown bar were shooting at them, according to Vacaville Police. Police say an argument broke out in front of Huey’s Pub at 555 Main St. after bar employees refused to let Vacaville residents Joshua Crawford and Julio Nunez [...]
VACAVILLE — Police say a man fired a gun at an East Monte Vista Avenue bar after he and friends were told to leave the establishment. Bar employees at Str8 Shooters asked the man and his companions to leave at 12:50 a.m. Saturday. An altercation ensued. The man pulled out a black semi-automatic handgun and [...]
VACAVILLE — A police-sniffing dog helped officers arrest three people suspected of drug possession during a traffic stop early Friday. An officer stopped Vacaville residents Stephen Wood, 32, Elvis Perez, 30, and Nadalee Wentworth, 21, at 12:28 a.m. on the 900 block of Merchant Street. It was determined Perez, a passenger, was recently released from [...]
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