
Citrus Heights Police Logs: handgun, curling iron, Pretty Girl Ct.
Latest local police logs include several women walking out of Kohl’s with a curling iron, a report of a handgun at Roundtable Pizza, and trouble on Pretty Girl Court…

Garage fire torches 3 cars in Citrus Heights neighborhood
Nearly two dozen firefighters responded to the scene of a residential fire on the northern outskirts of Citrus Heights Saturday evening…

Citrus Heights Police Logs: urine, stolen muffler, reckless driving
Latest local police logs include an elderly man reportedly urinating on a neighbor’s vehicle, several reckless driving incidents, assault outside an urgent care center, and residents at two different apartment complexes reporting that pieces of their exhaust system…

Q&A: What was the heavy police presence about on Old Auburn Rd?
On Wednesday afternoon, at least a dozen marked and unmarked police vehicles could be seen lined up along a small unnamed court off Old Auburn Road, causing some residents and passerby’s to wonder what was happening…

Tax Day bank robbery in Citrus Heights ends with quick arrest
Sentinel staff report– A 20-year-old Sacramento man was arrested on April 15 after police said he robbed a Citrus Heights bank and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash…

Police Chief: Crime at lowest level since Citrus Heights PD was formed
Sentinel staff report–Citrus Heights Police Chief Ron Lawrence told the City Council in an April 11 annual report that crime has dropped to its lowest level since the police department was formed in 2006. The chief’s latest report…

Citrus Heights Police Department now has ‘Safer Exchange’ zones
Sentinel staff report– Looking for a public place with 24 hour video surveillance for your next Craigslist or OfferUp transaction? The Citrus Heights Police Department wants you to know there are now spots in their parking lot marked…

Citrus Heights Police Logs: arson, grand theft, carpet cleaner
Latest local police logs include reports of a resident’s boat being lit on fire after midnight, grand theft at Old Navy, and a homeless woman reportedly assaulting a pedestrian…

Citrus Heights Police Logs: April Fools, squatter, break-in
Wondering what April Fools Day was like for police in Citrus Heights? Incidents on April 1 included a driver leaving a gas station with the pump line still attached, a squatter setting up in a garage, and a…

Citrus Heights police join April crackdown on distracted driving
Sentinel staff report– Additional officers will be on the streets handing out tickets and educating drivers during the month of April as part of a statewide campaign against distracted driving, the Citrus Heights Police Department said in a…

An inside look at Citrus Heights PD’s new drone program
By Thomas J. Sullivan– In about 90 seconds, a licensed and trained Citrus Heights police officer can put one of the department’s four drones 150 feet in the sky, going quickly where officers once thought they couldn’t go…

Citrus Heights Police Logs: Knives, stolen phone, Mini Cooper theft
Latest police logs in Citrus Heights include reports of a stolen phone being tracked to a nearby location, a man with a large knife loitering inside Starbucks, theft of a Mini Cooper, and a transient refusing to move…