Thursday, May 17, 2012
An Elk Grove teen was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after being stabbed in the stomach and chest Thursday afternoon.
Elk Grove police are searching for a suspect in a stabbing that took place near the intersection of Whitelock Parkway and Bellaterra Drive Thursday afternoon. Police responding to a call around 4:00 p.m. found a boy between the ages of 16 and 18 with stab wounds to the stomach and chest. The boy, a student at the nearby Elk Grove Charter School, is being treated at a local hospital for wounds that doctors told detectives were "superficial" and non-life-threatening, according to Elk Grove Police Department spokesperson Chris Trim. Trim said the victim was fighting with his attacker just before the stabbing, according to witnesses. The fight began at the corner of Whitelock Parkway and Atkins Drive and traveled down the street, Trim said. …
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Monday, May 14, 2012
No one is hurt, News10 reports.
A car crashed into the 76 gas station at 2323 Laguna Blvd Monday afternoon, News10 reported. The TV station said no one was hurt in the accident, which took place around 4:45 p.m. See photos on the News10 website. The driver of the car said he accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake, News10 reported.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Police say Joseph Oropesa was shot by a local drug dealer after buying Oxycontin from him, according to court documents obtained by the Sacramento Bee.
Police say Elk Grove teen Joseph Oropesa was killed after a drug dealer he bought prescription pain killers from decided to carjack him, The Sacramento Bee is reporting today. According to court documents obtained by the Bee, a friend of Oropesa's told Elk Grove police that he went with Oropesa to the Dimple Records parking lot on Elk Grove Florin Road Sunday night to buy Oxycontin, which Oropesa planned to sell to earn some extra cash. There, police wrote in an arrest warrant request, the two met 25-year-old Ryan Allan Hays of Sacramento, who police have since arrested in Oropesa's killing. Hays took $400 in payment for the drugs, then showed Oropesa and his friend a handgun and demanded their car, according to the Bee's account of the …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Family, friends will gather to mourn teen killed in Dimple Records parking lot. Feel free to share your memories here.
The family of Joseph Oropesa, the 19-year-old man shot to death in the parking lot of an Elk Grove record store Sunday night, will hold a memorial service for him Friday morning. Oropesa's mother, Jennifer Oropesa, said a viewing will take place at 10:00 a.m., followed by the funeral service at 11:00 a.m., both at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 8925 Vintage Park Drive in Sacramento. A Facebook group, In Loving Memory of Joseph Matthew Oropesa, has been set up for friends to post memories and photos of the teen, who Jennifer Oropesa described in an interview Thursday as adventurous, with "a zest for life." If you knew Joseph Oropesa, you can also share your memories of him here in the comments, or upload photos by …
Joseph Oropesa's parents say their son was a fun-loving daredevil who was just starting to get his life together when he was killed.
Drained from grieving and busy with preparations for her teenage son Joseph's funeral, Jennifer Oropesa nevertheless took some comfort Thursday in the news that police had arrested a suspect in connection with his death. "This won't bring Joseph back, but this guy doesn't deserve to see the light of day and now justice can be served and he's not out there to hurt anybody," Oropesa said in an interview at her East Elk Grove home. Police arrested Ryan Hays, 25, Wednesday night in rural Stanislaus County and booked him on charges of murder, carjacking and robbery in connection with the fatal Sunday shooting of 19-year-old Joseph Oropesa in the Dimple Records parking lot on Elk Grove Florin Rd. Detectives said they still haven't established a …
Ryan Hays, 25, is suspected of shooting 19-year-old Joseph Oropesa in the head in the Dimple Records parking lot.
Elk Grove police found and arrested Wednesday night the man they believe is responsible for the Sunday shooting death of 19-year-old Joseph Oropesa in the Dimple Records parking lot. Ryan Hays, 25, was located at a house in rural Stanislaus County and booked into Sacramento County jail on charges of murder, robbery and carjacking, police said. Police said they also found nearby the 1992 Ford Explorer Oropesa had driven to the record store, which Hays allegedly used to flee the crime scene—but not the gun used in the shooting. Detectives have not yet established a motive for the killing, Trim said. "He [Hays] hasn't provided any information for us, so we'll have to rely on the detectives to determine what the motive was based on their …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Sean Darnell Davis, 42, is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl.
Sacramento County sheriff's deputies arrested an Elk Grove Unified School District employee Monday on suspicion of having an illegal sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student. Sean Darnell Davis, 42, worked as a campus supervisor at Valley High School in Sacramento from 2008 until the district placed him on paid administrative leave Monday, district spokesperson Elizabeth Graswich said. A sheriff's department press release accuses Davis of performing "multiple unlawful sex acts" with the unnamed student between August 2011 and February 2012. Sheriff's department spokesperson Jason Ramos said investigators learned about the relationship from a third party and interviewed both Davis and the student. Detectives were looking into …
Elk Grove police are searching for 25-year-old Ryan Alan Hays of Sacramento.
Elk Grove police have released a photo of a man they suspect is responsible for a brazen fatal shooting in the Dimple Records parking lot on Elk Grove Florin Road Sunday night. Police are searching for 25-year-old Ryan Alan Hays of Sacramento, who they believe is still driving a black 1992 Ford Explorer belonging to murder victim Joseph Oropesa. Oropesa, 19, was shot in the head around 9:30 p.m. Sunday and died later that night at a local hospital. Police say witness interviews and tips led them to identify Hays as the shooter. Sacramento County court records show Hays pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon in 2007 and received four years' probation. Oropesa, the father of an infant, worked at a manufacturing plant and had attended…
Raymond Vigel and Tamara Bassett were both sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a 2009 shooting that left one dead and three injured.
A 2009 Elk Grove house party on Paseo Del Sol Way ended in disaster when Tamara Bassett and her boyfriend Raymond Vigel shot four people. The Sacramento County District Attorney's office said Bassett and Vigel were both sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the shooting, which left one person dead and two others critically injured. In April 2009, Bassett attended the house party where she got into a physical fight and was punched in the face. Officials said she became enraged and said she was going to bring back her Norteno boyfriend to shoot everyone. Soon after, Bassett pulled in front of the open garage with Vigel in the front passenger seat, where he shot at everyone in the garage. Vigel also shouted, “Oak …
Monday, May 7, 2012
Police are searching for a man who shot another man in the head in the Dimple Records parking lot.
Update: The Sacramento County Coroner's Office has identified the victim in Sunday night's shooting as 19-year-old Joseph Oropesa. An autopsy has not yet been performed on the victim. A man was fatally shot in the head on Sunday night. The shooting occurred in the Dimple Records parking lot at the 9600 block of Elk Grove Florin Road. The Elk Grove Police Department responded to a call at 9:25 p.m. after receiving a call saying someone was down in the parking lot and gunshots were heard. Officers and medical personnel found a man with a gunshot to his head when they arrived at the scene. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he later died at 11:07 p.m. "At this point, we do not know what the circumstances or motive for the …
Zoey
2:29 am on Friday, May 18, 2012
Someone please send me the video..this is my baby brother..and the suspect is on the loose still..we want justice served..if you have any videos or any info on this guy please send another comment more ›