Citrus Heights PD cracking down on jaywalkers, unsafe drivers
By Rylie Friesen–The Citrus Heights Police Department has joined law enforcement agencies across the state in deploying additional officers on the streets in September as a way to promote safe behavior from both drivers and pedestrians. September is…
Police: Bait program helping reduce property crime in Citrus Heights
Citrus Heights police say the department’s highly publicized “bait” program is helping lower property crime in the city…
Citrus Heights News Briefs: Rollover, arrest, obituary, mosquitoes
Latest local news briefs include a rollover collision blocking lanes on Sunrise Boulevard, Citrus Heights cops unsuccessfully accused of lying, a Prius plowing into a horse trailer and the passing of a local Air Force veteran.
Citrus Heights Police Logs: brake-check, weed eaters, cash register
Latest local police logs include reports of a man with a “large spear” in a residential neighborhood, a woman brake-checking other drivers on Sunrise Boulevard, and a cash register being stolen during a burglary at a local restaurant…
Citrus Heights police deploying extra DUI patrols thru Labor Day Weekend
The Citrus Heights Police Department says it has joined law enforcement around the country in deploying additional officers on the streets during a “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign, which began mid-August and continues through Labor Day…
Citrus Heights Police Logs: Turkeys, transients, phone scams
Latest local police logs include several teens reportedly observed throwing bricks at a flock of wild turkeys, a man in his 50s seen watching children at a local park with binoculars, and another victim falling for a gift…
CHPD bait helps nab suspect with lengthy rap sheet; bail set at $121k
Sentinel staff report–Citrus Heights police on Thursday announced the arrest of a 29-year-old woman with a lengthy criminal history, the latest in a growing list of suspects nabbed by the police department’s bait program. Police said Jennifer May…
Citrus Heights police release video of suspect in lottery ticket theft
Video released Wednesday by the Citrus Heights Police Department shows a man grabbing a display of lottery tickets from a convenience store…
DUI arrests have increased over 50% in Citrus Heights this year. Here’s why.
Latest arrest data released by the Citrus Heights Police Department shows a total of 188 DUI arrests were made from Jan. 1 through July 31 this year, up from 120 during the same period last year — an…
Citrus Heights Police Logs: Reckless driving, harassing calls, transient barricade
Latest police logs include reports of a transient man building a barricade out of dumpsters, multiple reports of reckless driving, and a dental office reporting harassing phone calls being received with sexually oriented messages…
Citrus Heights police announce next DUI checkpoint
Another DUI and drivers license checkpoint will be conducted this weekend in Citrus Heights, police said in a news release on Tuesday…
Citrus Heights Police Logs: panhandling, construction dispute, hammers
Latest police logs in Citrus Heights include reports of a man swinging a hammer at employees and customers at Walmart, an “irate neighbor” harassing construction workers about sidewalk work, and a suspicious panhandler dressed as a Salvation Army…
