CRIME & SAFETY
2 drivers arrested after road rage incident leads to shootout in Santa Rosa
SANTA ROSA – Two drivers were arrested in Santa Rosa after police said a road rage incident between the two led to a shootout Wednesday morning.According to officers, a field and evidence technician who was towing a vehicle on 900 block of Pressley Street spotted the two drivers around 11:40 a.m. The technician said she witnessed the driver of a black Volkswagen Tiguan open fire on a gray Nissan Altima.Officers responding to the scene located the two vehicles headed north on Santa Rosa Avenue. Police said the driver of the Nissan pulled over after spotting police. Meanwhile, the driver of...
Santa Rosa man accused of killing sister-in-law to undergo competency review
Days before final trial preparations were to begin in the case of a Santa Rosa man accused of fatally stabbing his sister-in-law in 2022, the man’s defense attorneys voiced concerns about his competency. If all had gone according to schedule, Varinder Singh’s trial readiness conference would have happened Monday...
Santa Rosa Parolee Re-arrested for Severe Assault in Petaluma, Held Without Bail
N an incident reported by the Petaluma Police Department, officers and medical personnel were called to the scene of a violent incident at about 3:43 AM on April 23, where they discovered a victim with significant facial and head injuries. Fleeing the scene before law enforcement arrived, Hiram Joseph, a...
Skull found in Sonoma County identified as 1980s homicide cold case victim
(KRON) — The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office identified the skull of “‘Motorcycle Mountain’ John Doe” as Thomas Jeffrey Rupen, the victim of a cold case dating back to the 1980s, officials announced Tuesday. On Feb. 15, 2001, a civilian turned a human skull into the sheriff’s department office in Santa Rosa. The civilian said they […]
Worker killed in Healdsburg tractor rollover ID’d
Authorities identified the worker who was killed last week after the tractor he was operating overturned in a Healdsburg vineyard. Ezequiel Orozco, 28, of Geyserville, was driving the tractor on a muddy private road at 6355 Mountain View Ranch Road just before 8:44 a.m. April 15 when the vehicle overturned and crushed him.
Sonoma County airport conducts all-day emergency training drill
The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office helicopter Henry-1 circled above the charred fuselage at the Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport Thursday morning as firefighters, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians methodically responded to Red Cross volunteers who were lying on the asphalt near the plane. Other volunteers who represented the “walking...
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