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Plane Crash Kills as Fly-in Set to Start in Oregon

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SALEM, Ore.—As dozens of horrified pilots and other aviation enthusiasts looked on, a small plane took off on Sept. 6 from an airfield in the scenic Oregon town of Hood River then plummeted to the ground after its engine cut out, killing the pilot and his passenger.

The crash occurred as an annual “fly-in,” where hundreds gather to view planes, many of them antiques, was about to start.

One of the people killed was Ben Davidson, chief pilot for a museum of antique planes and cars that hosts the event, Hood River County sheriff’s Deputy Joel Ives said. Also killed was Matthew Titus of Turlock, California, who was piloting the Super Cub airplane, Ives said.

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Northern California Drug Trafficking Case Connected to Aryan Brotherhood Investigation

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SACRAMENTO — A 2015 federal investigation into two alleged Vallejo heroin dealers led to one of the biggest prison gang takedowns in Northern California history, targeting the Aryan Brotherhood, prosecutors revealed in recently filed court records.

Brian Butler, 59, and Vicente C. Zavaleta were charged in May with conspiracy to distribute heroin in Vallejo. The offense dates cover a time period from late 2015 to early 2016, and Butler was charged with several additional heroin-related offenses that allege he trafficked heroin in Solano County during the summer of 2015.

In recent court filings, federal prosecutors revealed that the investigation led to a series of phone wiretaps that have resulted in a massive case aimed at 16 Aryan Brotherhood leaders, members and associates. The case is centered on five prison homicides — and four alleged murder plots — within the state prison system. Among those charged are two of the three men who allegedly lead the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, Ronald Dean Yandell, 57, and Daniel Troxell, 66.

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Feds Reveal New Drug Trafficking Case Connected to Massive Aryan Brotherhood Investigation

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SACRAMENTO — A 2015 federal investigation into two alleged Vallejo heroin dealers led to one of the biggest prison gang takedowns in Northern California history, targeting the Aryan Brotherhood, prosecutors revealed in recently filed court records.

Brian Butler, 59, and Vicente C. Zavaleta were charged in May with conspiracy to distribute heroin in Vallejo. The offense dates cover a time period from late 2015 to early 2016, and Butler was charged with several additional heroin-related offenses that allege he trafficked heroin in Solano County during the summer of 2015.

In recent court filings, federal prosecutors revealed that the investigation led to a series of phone wiretaps that have resulted in a massive case aimed at 16 Aryan Brotherhood leaders, members and associates. The case is centered on five prison homicides — and four alleged murder plots — within the state prison system. Among those charged are two of the three men who allegedly lead the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, Ronald Dean Yandell, 57, and Daniel Troxell, 66.

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Sac County Coroner to Assist ID’ing CA Boat Fire Victims

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office is one of multiple agencies tapped to assist in rescue and recovery efforts of those affected by early Monday morning’s deadly boat fire in Southern California.

Kimberly Gin, spokesperson for the coroner’s office, said the agency was asked to help because of its expertise in rapid DNA identification.

“It’s the same machine that we used during the Butte fires. So we’ll be able to link victim DNA to family DNA,” said Gin, referring to the November 2018 Camp Fire that claimed more than 80 lives.

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Cocaine, Heroin Found During I-80 Traffic Stop

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LANCASTER COUNTY – The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office confiscated 2.2 pounds of heroin and 6.6 pounds of cocaine during traffic stops on I-80 Wednesday.

According to LSO, around 7:55 a.m. members of a local task force stopped two vehicles traveling eastbound on I-80 near MM 395 for multiple violations.

The first was a Dodge Ram with Arizona plates driven by 26-year-old Veronica Brown-Sandoval, of Stockton, California.

The second vehicle was a Jeep driven by 28-year-old Alejandro Valencia, of Turlock California.

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Another Downtown Turlock Shooting; Same Area Where Merced Deputy Was Hit by Gunfire

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Investigators were looking for a suspect who fired a gun into the air early Sunday outside a business along West Main Street in Turlock, the same area where an off-duty Merced County sheriff’s deputy was struck by gunfire the week before.

The latest shooting was reported about 1:30 a.m. Sunday in the 100 block of West Main. Nobody was injured, according to a news release from the Turlock Police Department.

The previous shooting was reported about 2:30 a.m. Aug. 18 in the 100 block of South First Street in Turlock. The off-duty deputy was critically injured in that shooting. Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke told The Merced Sun-Star last week that the deputy was expected to survive.

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‘Embarrassed and Incredibly Disappointed,’ Says California Sheriff of Deputy’s Sniper Hoax

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A Southern California sheriff’s deputy who set off a massive manhunt when he allegedly faked being shot by a sniper outside his station has left colleagues furious, with his boss moving to boot him off the force and investigators probing potential criminal charges.

Deputy Angel Reinosa, a 21-year-old trainee with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, prompted widespread panic and a large-scale response from law enforcement last week when he radioed an emergency dispatcher and dramatically stated he’d been hit by sniper fire in the parking lot of the sheriff department’s Lancaster station. He even showed investigators his damaged bulletproof vest, which he claimed saved his life, officials said.

But in a stunning twist, officials said on Saturday that Reinosa confessed to fabricating the attack by a sharpshooter, and cut a hole in his bulletproof vest to bolster his hoax.

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California Deputy Dies 6 Years After Collapsing During SWAT Tryout

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A California sheriff’s deputy who collapsed during a 2013 SWAT tryout never regained consciousness — and succumbed to his injuries six years later, authorities said.

Carlos Cammon, 35, died at a local rehab facility late Friday, the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs announced on Facebook.

Cammon was 29 years old and a six-year veteran of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, working out of the Stanton station, at the time of the July 2013 tryout for the department’s SWAT team, Sheriff Don Barnes tweeted over the weekend.

Days after the incident, Cammon was placed on a ventilator at a Santa Ana Hospital for “severe dehydration and cardiac issues,” though he was expected to survive, the Orange County Register reported at the time.

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Update: Suspect, Car Sought After Off-Duty Merced County Deputy Shot in Turlock

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Authorities are looking for a man in his 40s and a gray car after a shooting outside a Turlock business left a Merced County Sheriff’s deputy in critical condition.

Turlock Police spokeswoman Deandra Wiley said police “received a call of a male that sustained at least one gunshot wound in the 100 block of South First Street” at 2:30 a.m. “Officers responded and provided medical aid until the victim could be transported to a local hospital.”

Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke confirmed the victim is a Merced County Sheriff’s deputy and said he is expected to survive, but referred all other questions to Turlock Police, which is handling the investigation.

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Sacramento Woman Who Slapped MAGA Marcher in Orange County Convicted of Battery

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A Sacramento woman who slapped a man at a Southern California “Make America Great Again” rally in support of President Donald Trump in 2017 was convicted in the attack, Orange County District Attorney’s officials said Thursday.

Jessica Aguilar, 23, a counterprotester at the March 2017 rally at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach, was convicted Wednesday of a single count of misdemeanor battery in Orange County Superior Court.

Aguilar was immediately sentenced to serve in a 10-day Caltrans work program and 20 days in jail. If Aguilar completes the program, a judge will drop the jail sentence, DA’s officials said.

The March 2017 rally, billed a “MAGA March” drew about 2,000 people and soon became violent punctuated by a half-hour-long brawl between marchers and counterprotesters who tried to block the march on the state beach, the Orange County Register reported at the time.

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