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Sentinel staff report–
The Citrus Heights Police Department is seeking help from the public to identify suspects in a stabbing that occurred after midnight on March 13 near Rocky’s 7440 Club on Auburn Boulevard…
Latest police logs in Citrus Heights include reports of kids chasing and kicking a baby duck, a fight with a shoplifter, four stolen vehicles, and a hit-and-run incident outside Carriage Drive Elementary…
A heavy police and fire response at the scene of a residential blaze on the 7700 block of Old Auburn Road led to a portion of the roadway near Mariposa Avenue being shut down in both directions for at least an hour on Wednesday morning…
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 recently in media reports.
Chief Lawrence, in his new position as head of the California Police Chiefs Association, delivered around 10,000 signed petitions to the UC Davis Chancellor’s Office on March 13, calling for the termination of Professor Joshua Clover. Lawrence delivered the petitions along with Assemblyman James Gallagher (R-Yuba City), who has introduced a resolution to the California Legislature calling for the professor’s removal.
“Violence against the police has been on the rise,” Lawrence said in a press conference while delivering the petitions and noting that 144 police officers were killed on duty last year. “And to have a professor at the University of California at Davis advocate for police officers to be killed or injured is absolutely and unequivocally unacceptable.”
The university condemned the professor’s remarks in…
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…
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 for when police officers can use deadly force…
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 apartment complex…
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…
