ROSEVILLE, Calif. — The 21-year-old man accused of selling the counterfeit pills made of fentanyl that killed Kade Webb last December is being investigated for his role in two more overdose deaths, The Update has learned. The revelation was recently revealed in court papers written by a sheriff’s investigator in a successful effort by the District Attorney’s Office to hold Schewe without bail. “SCHEWE is currently being investigated into his connection with three overdose fatalities involving fentanyl related pills,” Task Force Agent Patrick Craven wrote in a declaration. “One of the fataliti ..read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A man pled no contest last week to a gun possession charge linked to the firefight in May that left rapper Lul Tys dead. As The Update first reported, investigators continued to examine the circumstances surrounding the death of Tys, real name Jacob Steven Lopez, after he was found dead in an apartment complex in Citrus Heights. Police said at the time that officers found Diaz wounded in the apartment complex’s walkway after several people called 911 about a shooting. He had a .45 caliber handgun, modified with a fully automatic switch, lying alongside him. Officers next ..read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A swanky wine connoisseur who was sentenced to 27 years in prison for embezzling his client’s premium bottles, later sparking an inferno in his warehouse that resulted in estimated damages of over $200 Million, has been released from federal prison 14 years early. Chief US District Judge Kimberly Mueller approved a motion for the compassionate release of Mark C. Anderson, 73, in a 6-page order signed on Friday, citing his “long and complicated” medical history that puts him at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19 in prison. According to Anderson’s attorneys, he’s b ..read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A former tennis pro who taught Sacramento-area kids how to play the sport slowly groomed one of his pupils to the point of eventually taking her virginity in a motel room, prosecutors revealed at a hearing last month. He would also subject the 14-year-old girl to sexual humiliation by ejaculating on her face when she performed poorly at matches. The remarkably high amount of bail set for Kasparas Zemaitelis – one dollar under $10 Million – was dropped for a no-bail hold by Judge Kenneth Brody after prosecutors revealed new details on the allegations against the one-time t ..read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California gymnastics coach who was sentenced to 2 years in state prison for molesting one of his former gymnasts pled guilty in a similar federal case on Tuesday, reaching an agreement with the government that he will spend 10 years in prison. Keith Wayne Willette, 59, pled guilty to two counts of child porn possession around a month before he was slated to go to trial for the offenses in Sacramento’s federal court, originally charged via indictment in 2019. The federal case involves child porn found at his house in relation to two victims, one being the same from his ..read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An Elk Grove man charged in Sacramento’s federal court with selling tank helmets to Iran’s military pled guilty on Monday, with his co-defendant backing out of a similarly structured plea deal as the hearing was underway. Dariush Niknia pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to export to an embargoed country, which can land him in prison for a maximum sentence of 20 years. His co-defendant, Richard Lant of Las Vegas, was “unable to assure the court” that he wanted to change his plea, and Judge Kimberly J. Mueller declined to proceed with the entry of a guilty plea, accord ..read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Elk Grove resident Dawid Wozniak was extradited to Poland last month, marking the final step in a lengthy battle by US prosecutors to get him back to the Ciechanow region to face court for allegedly killing a man in 2007 when he was 16. Wozniak was moved out of the Sacramento County Jail on August 24th. A lawyer who worked his extradition case downtown confirmed in an email several days later that he had been flown out of the US, and back to Poland, by the State Department. The lawyers had argued at extradition proceedings that Wozniak was improperly charged as an adult a ..read more

This story involves violent sexual assault. Reader discretion is advised. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Joao Vieira, a 38-year-old rodeo sportsman considered by the PBR to be the third best rider in the world, will be held for trial on an accusation that he violently raped a woman at the Holiday Inn on J Street after a night out at Stoney’s Bar. The court heard from Sac PD sexual assault detective Cambria Schneider, who served as the lead investigator of a woman’s violent rape in a hotel room after a night out at Stoney’s Rockin’ Rodeo on Del Paso Blvd, at a preliminary hearing late last month. At the ..read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A change-of-plea hearing was set in federal court Wednesday for a woman accused of smuggling contraband such as meth, tobacco, and cell phones to a Folsom prisoner associated with the Aryan Brotherhood. Kristen Demar, 44, previously pled not guilty and will likely change her plea to guilty on September 12, 2022, for her alleged role in an Aryan Brotherhood plot to smuggle contraband into Folsom prison. According to prosecutors, Demar is the wife of skinhead gang member Charles “Boots” Demar, accused in 2018 of stabbing 36-year-old Aaron Glynn to death at Calipatria state ..read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A man once hailed as a selfless hero by a Northern California city for saving a man’s life during a fire as a child now finds himself in a much harsher set of circumstances; Accused of targeting Asian women leaving shopping centers and robbing them almost a decade later. County prosecutors filed a hate crime enhancement last month against Latravion McCockran, 20, in a felony robbery case filed in June. Judge Carlton Davis has since chosen to revoke bail for the man, accused of acting as the driver in four Sacramento-area robberies fueled by bias against Asian people, acco ..read more