GALT (CBS13) – Officers are investigating after three people were found shot in a Galt neighborhood on Fourth of July night. Galt police say, just before 11 p.m., they started getting reports of multiple people shot along the 600 block of Myrtle Street. On July 4th, at 10:58 pm, Galt PD Dispatch began to receive reports of multiple people shot in the 600 block of Myrtle Ave. Ofcrs arrived within minutes & located 3 victims, who were transported the hospitals with non-life threatening gunshot wounds.#ShootingInvestigation pic.twitter.com/HIEiq0QDLy — Galt Police Department (@GaltPolice) Ju ..read more

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) —A small brush fire broke out Friday in a vacant field in Galt. The fire happened near Amador Avenue and Industrial Drive around 11 a.m., and a short time later, Public Works staff and personnel with Consumnes CSD Fire District were able to contain the blaze. The fire burned over three acres before crews were able to contain it. The investigation into what started the fire is still ongoing. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=406405891535280&set=a.238083651700839   ..read more

GALT (CBS13) — Five people were arrested after multiple others were intentionally shot with paintball guns throughout the city of Galt, police said Wednesday. Of the five arrested, two adults — Frank Plascencia and Yair Contreras, both 18 and from Lodi — were booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail while three minors were booked into juvenile hall. All five face charges of assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy and elderly abuse as one of the people shot was an elderly man. The Galt Police Department said multiple calls came in just before 7 p.m. regarding paintball guns being fired at p ..read more

GALT (CBS13) — A man was arrested in Galt after running a stop sign and then fleeing from the officer when they attempted to pull him over, said the Galt Police Department. The incident occurred near the area of Walnut Avenue and Elk Hills Drive. The driver fled from officers and was pursued through residential areas before entering NB SR-99 at Twin Cities Road. The man eventually stopped near the NB 99/Sheldon Road exit and was taken into custody without incident. The driver was identified as 26-year-old Matthew Korn of Woodland and was arrested for felony evading and resisting/delaying offic ..read more

ELK GROVE (CBS13) — Consumnes Fire crews are at the scene of two grass fires, one in Elk Grove and one in Galt, said the Consumnes Fire Department. The first fire is near Highway 99 and Sheldon Road in east Elk Grove. The second fire is near McKenzie Road and Mingo in Galt.   ..read more

GALT (CBS13) – An Elk Grove man was killed in a crash along Highway 99 in Galt late Thursday morning, authorities say. California Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 11:50 a.m. along the northbound side of Highway 99, near Simmerhorn Road. A minivan was reportedly driving on the shoulder for a few hundred feet at over 90 mph when it crashed into the back of a parked big rig. The driver of the minivan – a 42-year-old Elk Grove resident – was killed in the crash, CHP says. Officers say he was not wearing a seatbelt. The big rig driver, who was not hurt in the crash, reported that he ha ..read more

GALT (CBS13) – One person has died after a crash along Highway 99 in Galt late Thursday morning. California Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 11:50 a.m. along the northbound side of Highway 99, near Simmerhorn Road. Two vehicles, including a semi-truck, were involved. Officers have confirmed that at least one person died in the crash. The far right lane remains closed due to the crash, CHP says. Exactly what led up to the crash is under investigation.   ..read more

GALT (AP/CBS13) – A suspect in a 1988 sexual assault and killing of a 79-year-old woman in Galt has been identified thanks to advanced DNA testing done on scrapings from the victim’s fingernails, authorities said Tuesday. Terry Leroy Bramble was 32 years old when he sexually assaulted, stabbed and strangled Lucille Hultgren inside her home, Galt Police Chief Brian Kalinowski said. Bramble was homeless and a registered sex offender when he died in 2011 of natural causes while living under a bridge on Highway 99 in Galt, Kalinowski said. Booking photo of Terry Leroy Bramble from a 2009 arrest ..read more

GALT (CBS13) — Galt police struggled to capture a riderless horse that was running loose through traffic today, said the Galt Police Department. The horse was running on the road northbound on Oak Avenue near A Street. When the officers were unable to capture him on foot they began to pursue the horse in their patrol vehicles. Eventually, the horse was captured safely and returned to its owner. No one was injured during the incident.   ..read more

GALT (CBS13) — An arrest was made following a bank robbery in Galt Friday afternoon, police said. According to the Galt Police Department, several reports of the robbery came in just after 1:45 p.m. from along Twin Cities Road. The suspect — later identified as 18-year-old Elliot Thomas from Sacramento — was located a little more than four hours later and taken into custody. Galt police said they were able to identify Thomas thanks to witnesses of the robbery. Officers located evidence from the robbery when they arrested Thomas. Thomas was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail and faces ..read more