Suspect arrested after fire inside vacant Citrus Heights home
Fire crews were dispatched Monday morning to reports of a fire at a vacant, two-story house at the corner of Auburn Boulevard and Cherry Glen Avenue…
2024 Citrus Heights Police Log spotlight: Aug 8-14
Latest police logs in Citrus Heights show a drop in animal control and code enforcement calls, while showing an increase in 911 hangups and homeless-related calls…
Citrus Heights police seek to identify suspect after deadly house fire
The Citrus Heights Police Department has released new information regarding a deadly house fire that occurred in June and is seeking information from the public…
Citrus Heights Police Chief joins effort calling for termination of UC Davis professor
Sentinel staff report– Citrus Heights Police Chief Ron Lawrence is taking an active role in calling for the termination of a UC Davis English professor whose past comments advocating that police officers “need to be killed” have surfaced…
Citrus Heights Police Logs: shoe store thefts, assaults, Jesus, duffel bags
Latest police logs in Citrus Heights include reports of shoe store thefts at Sunrise Mall, a neighbor “yelling about Jesus,” suspicious duffel bags near Greenback Lane, and a higher-than-usual number of assaults…
Citrus Heights council members take step to oppose AB 392 use-of-force bill
Sentinel staff report– The city’s mayor and at least three other council members directed the police chief during a March council meeting to draft a resolution and letter opposing proposed state legislation that seeks to narrow the circumstances…
Citrus Heights Police Logs: hot sauce, homeless, stolen vehicle
Latest police logs in Citrus Heights include reports of a transient sleeping inside the post office across from the police station, hot sauce being thrown at vehicles in a shopping center, and a Honda being stolen from an…
Increased DUI patrols planned throughout St. Patrick’s Day weekend
Sentinel staff report– Police in Citrus Heights and around the state are increasing DUI patrols for St. Patrick’s Day weekend, a holiday often associated with drinking…
Citrus Heights police chief elected to head statewide advocacy group
Sentinel staff report– Citrus Heights Police Chief Ronald Lawrence was installed as president of the California Police Chiefs Association on Saturday, making it the second time Citrus Heights has had its police chief serve as head of the…
Citrus Heights Police Logs: vehicle burglaries, ammo can, Craiglist robbery
Latest police logs in Citrus Heights include reports of a Craigslist transaction ending in a robbery, multiple vehicle burglaries at an apartment complex, an injury hit-and-run involving a motorcycle, and a woman at a grocery store telling people…
Citrus Heights teen facing felony DUI after 7-vehicle collision
Sentinel staff report– A 19-year-old driver from Citrus Heights is facing a felony DUI charge after authorities say he sideswiped a truck and caused a chain-reaction collision on a highway in Fresno on March 3, The Fresno Bee…
Police, city working to address crashes at Citrus Heights intersection
Sentinel staff report– Citrus Heights police issued a news release on Friday after yet another collision involving a vehicle and a planter box occurred at the intersection of Old Auburn Road and Fair Oaks Boulevard. The intersection is…
