A judge sentenced Christian Pedraza to 16 years to life in prison for a 2021 motel murder. Pedraza was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Raymond David Alvarez. A jury in a sanity ...

A Sacramento elementary school counselor charged earlier this year with sexually abusing children has earned about $70,000 while on paid leave and remains employed by the local school after being ...

A man was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison for the murder of another man at a Sacramento County motel. The Sacramento ...

Officials at California State Prison, Sacramento, are investigating the death of John Cisneros as a homicide involving his cellmate, Irvin Sanchez.

A federal jury has found Riverside County sheriff’s deputies and jail medical staff were not negligent in the death of a mentally ill inmate who was fatally injured at the Cois M. Byrd Detention ...

BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio — An inmate at the Belmont County Jail is facing additional charges after authorities said he punched two corrections officers as they were trying to lock down the facility for ...

CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - [Update 3:34 p.m.] The Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed in a press release that they are investigating the death of Michael James Waller, Jr., 31, as requested by ...

Oklahoma prisoners will soon be able to buy nicotine vapes and pouches while in prison, but Tulsa County jail inmates have been able to buy nicotine e-cigs in jail for years. Jail officials says it ...

Cecilio Padilla is a digital producer for CBS Sacramento and a Sacramento-area native who has been covering Northern California for more than a decade. An investigation is underway by the coroner's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 40-year-old man being held at the Sacramento County Main Jail has died following a medical emergency, according to the ...

Authorities in Georgia asked for the public's assistance on Monday, Feb. 9, after two inmates facing violent crime charges escaped from jail over the weekend. Two inmates escaped custody from the ...