Rape Parolee Strikes Again. Woman Attacked In Downtown Fresno
A homeless parolee has a place to stay after investigators say he attacked a woman in Downtown Fresno. Deputies say Robert Leeper hid behind a door then jumped out and tried to grab a woman in the...
View ArticleWanted parolee arrested in Roseville
Convicted sex offender and wanted parolee Mark Wayne Speer, who broke free of his GPS monitor in December while living in Vacaville, was arrested Friday night in Roseville. On parole for sexually...
View ArticleDeputies search for Most Wanted parolee in Larkin Valley area
Sheriff's deputies searched for a parolee-at-large about 11 a.m. Monday near Larkin Valley Road and Peaceful Oaks Lane. Nicholas Daniel Tzimbal, 28, was not located after deputies searched the...
View ArticleCA prisons using cell-phone sniffing dogs
More than 700 million people use Facebook – among them are some of California’s most-hardened prisoners. “For the guys that we catch, it’s one of the most popular things they use in here,” said Sgt....
View ArticleRIVERSIDE COUNTY: Officials expect 450 more parolees
Riverside County must supervise nearly 450 more state parolees than first expected under a state law that shifts responsibility for low-level offenders to local authorities, the county’s chief...
View ArticleParolee shot by CHP on Hwy 101
CHP has closed southbound lanes of Highway 101 at Fifth Street and the Fifth Street overpass after a Tuesday morning shooting on the southbound onramp in Gonzales. Traffic is being re-routed around...
View ArticleParolee To Stand Trial In Fatal Shooting
A parolee accused of gunning down an acquaintance in the victim's National City apartment last summer must stand trial on murder and other charges, a judge ruled Tuesday. Jesus Farias, 30, is accused...
View ArticleDeputies Arrest Parolee in Deadly Mountain Gate Attack
Shasta County Sheriff Deputies have arrested a parolee connection with Tuesday's deadly attack that has left two people dead in outside a home in Mountain Gate. Thomas John Allen McDonald, 35, is now...
View ArticleParolee arrested at OC hotel in pimping of teen
An Oakland man has been arrested on suspicion of pimping at an Orange County hotel where he was staying with a 15-year-old girl. The Orange County Register reports Tuesday that authorities tracked...
View ArticleDementia in prisons
Secel Montgomery Sr. stabbed a woman in the stomach, chest and throat so fiercely that he lost count of the wounds he inflicted. In the nearly 25 years he has been serving a life sentence, he has...
View ArticleParolee search leads to school lockdown
Ellington Elementary School was placed on lockdown Tuesday morning while authorities searched the surrounding neighborhoods for a parolee who may also be a burglary suspect. Sgt. Vicky Gregory of the...
View ArticleState gets tougher on private prisons
New Mexico's corrections agency has slapped Florida-based GEO Group Inc. with nearly $300,000 in penalties on top of $1.1 million in fines assessed last year for the company's continued failure to...
View ArticleEditorial: Balance needed on jail spending vs. rehabilitation
Ever since lawmakers approved Gov. Jerry Brown's plan for public safety "realignment," local officials have engaged in a spirited debate about how much money should go to incarceration vs....
View ArticleEmmerson wants to revisit prison realignment plan
State Sen. Bill Emmerson wants California lawmakers to take another look at the realignment that’s pushed more prisoners into county jails. The realignment was inspired, in part, by a federal court...
View ArticleMichael Minor appointed chief deputy secretary of DJJ
Michael Minor, 52, of Elk Grove, has been appointed chief deputy secretary for the Division of Juvenile Justice at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, where he has served as...
View ArticleLawmakers hammer Corrections official for lack of accounting
Lawmakers lit into a California state prisons official Wednesday afternoon for his department's failure to account for its spending -- twice. Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, called his budget...
View ArticleState prison “realignment” falls short with plans for female ex-convicts
When Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law last year drastically changing the rules for oversight of low-level felons upon their release from prison, plans for handling the influx of female parolees fell...
View ArticleAuthorities report two suspects in weekend homicide at Folsom State Prison
Two suspects have been identified and removed from the general prison population following a homicide Saturday involving an inmate in a medium security unit at Folsom State Prison. The names of the...
View ArticleEvents Calendar: Camps Chapter Statewide Meeting - April 2012
Camps Chapter Statewide Meeting - April 27th and 28th in San Luis Obispo, CA - see flyer below for details or view the events page for a full list of scheduled CCPOA events. View the Flyer (.pdf...
View ArticleMarch 2, 2012
This is CCPOA's 5150 information hotline for Friday, March 2, 2012. CCPOA NEWS New Peacekeeper is Out– With articles from your CCPOA leadership, division heads and others on a variety of topics,...
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