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Yahoo
19 hours ago
- Yahoo
Two Sacramento residents sentenced to prison for false income tax returns
( — Two Sacramento residents were sentenced to prison for a false income tax return scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Kimberly announced on Monday. According to the United States Department of Justice, Dominic Davis, 40, and Sharitia Wright, 61, both of Sacramento, were sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to file false claims. Davis received a sentence of three years and four months in jail, and Wright received a sentence of one year and three months in jail. Mother-son duo sentenced to prison for inmate unemployment insurance claims According to USDOJ, the court documents showed that between March 2019 and April 2022, Davis and Wright caused at least nine fraudulent income-tax returns to be filed with the IRS, claiming more than $2 million of income tax refunds. The returns had been filed in both Davis, Wright, and family members and listed wages that taxpayers did not receive, officials said. Many of the returns listed the taxpayers' employer as one of the various LLCs created by Davis, Wright, and their family members. Many of the returns, the USDOJ said that had falsely claimed charitable contributions that were not made. Davis had prepared and filed the false tax returns. Wright provided him with information and contacted the Internal Revenue Service to check on the status of the refunds that were claimed in the false tax returns. The USDOJ said both of them have been ordered to pay restitution for the fraudulent income tax refunds that they had received. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
19 hours ago
- Automotive
- CBS News
Sacramento eyes light rail parking lot for people sleeping in vehicles
Each night, there are more than 400 people sleeping in cars on Sacramento streets. Now, a new plan is being unveiled that would give them a safe place to park, but not everyone's on board with where it could be located. Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) officials discussed reserving more than 100 parking spaces at the Franklin Light Rail Station off Cosumnes River Boulevard for people living in cars, vans and RVs to sleep. "There's really not a legal place for you to park your vehicle if you're living in it," said Caity Maple, a regional transit board member. Brian Pedro, director of the Sacramento Department of Community Response, said his department estimates around 450 families are living in their vehicles across the city. His department and SacRT are working together on what they're calling the Safe Parking site. SacRT said the parking lot has 668 spaces and is never full. The proposal would use about 140 of these spaces to accommodate up to 80 vehicles. "We're not looking to make this an RV park," Pedro said. "We are looking for a safe spot for them to park that's off the road." The site does not directly back up to any homes or businesses. It would feature portable restrooms, running water, showers, and 24-hour security. Some city leaders say it will help clean up clusters of people camping in cars. "This makes sense to me," SacRT board member Roger Dickinson said. "I think we all observe what we see on our streets." But other SacRT board members are worried about the impact on light rail riders. "I have some concerns about this," board member Anna Rohrbough said. "One of our goals here is to increase ridership, and I could see this doing the opposite, having the opposite effect." People will have to be invited into the site by outreach workers, and vehicles must have current registration. It's Sacramento's latest idea to help support people struggling to afford permanent housing. "This is yet another tool for us to be able to help pull some people off the street and get them into a safer space," Pedro said. The city and SacRT will need to get approval from federal transportation officials before moving forward with the program. Sacramento County is also planning on opening a car camping site along Watt Avenue in North Highlands later this year.
San Francisco Chronicle
a day ago
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
With Carson Whisenhunt called up, Giants send Sean Hjelle to Triple-A Sacramento
To make room for left-handed pitcher Carson Whisenhunt, who will start Monday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the San Francisco Giants had to make a series of roster moves. Sean Hjelle was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento to make room on the active roster and Carson Ragsdale — one of the trio of organizational pitching prospects named Carson — was designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster. The Ragsdale move comes as somewhat of a surprise given that he was ranked 25th on MLB Pipeline's list of Giants top prospects. The 27-year-old right-hander was added to the 40-man in November to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. The Giants acquired him at the 2021 trade deadline in a trade with the Philadelphia Phillies for reliever Sam Coonrod. Ragsdale stands 6-foot-8 and throws an impressive 12-6 curveball. This year he has a 5.37 ERA over 18 games (14 starts) with Sacramento, though he ran up a 7.50 ERA over four July starts. His best month came in June, where he compiled a 2.49 ERA over five turns in the rotation. More For You Giants' top pitching prospect Carson Whisenhunt will debut Monday Ostler: Giants' Buster Posey has been handed the exam, but does he know the answer? Monday's debut is an opportunity for Whisenhunt to stake a claim to an open rotation spot in the absence of Landen Roupp and Hayden Birdsong. Roupp, out with an inflamed right elbow since July 23, is expected to start throwing over the next few days. Birdsong, sent to Triple-A to find his control of the strike zone, allowed two runs (one earned) with four strikeouts and two walks over four innings with the River Cats in his first start on Sunday. 'It's all about performance, especially where we are right now,' manager Bob Melvin said. 'But if (Whisenhunt) performs well, that's going to be a spot — you'd think he'd embrace that, and that's kind of what he's digging for. There's an opportunity, and when you're in the minor leagues and there's an opportunity, you try to take advantage of it.' Briefly: Left-handed reliever Erik Miller, out with a left elbow sprain, is scheduled to throw a 30-pitch bullpen session Tuesday.
The Independent
a day ago
- The Independent
Mystery after mom and daughter vanish during a routine trip home: ‘I'm desperate to find my daughter'
A California mom and her baby daughter have vanished during a routine trip home leaving family desperate to find them. Whisper Owen, 36, and her 8-month-old daughter, Sandra McCarty, were last seen nearly two weeks ago on July 15, according to police. 'I'm desperate to find my daughter and her baby,' Owen's mother, Vickie Torres, told CNN. Owen, from Elk Grove in Sacramento County, was in Fresno for a routine checkup for her daughter, Torres said. She had left in the evening and hoped to get home before dark, her mother said, but she never returned. 'It's like she vanished into thin air,' Torres said. Owen's brother, Richard, fears his sister may have had a medical emergency as her family told CNN she suffers from high blood pressure. 'My fear is that maybe there was a medical emergency behind the wheel, and maybe she had veered off the road,' Richard told the outlet. 'I can't help but to feel like something horrible has happened.' Torres said, 'Everything is good in her life right now. There's no reason for her to have taken off.' Police told CNN there is nothing to suggest foul play is involved in Owen's disappearance. Owen has three other children: a 17-year-old, an 8-year-old, and a 3-year-old. Richard says the children are 'all devastated wanting to know if and when they will see their mother again.' Timeline of Owen's disappearance Owen had an 8:30 a.m. doctor's appointment for her daughter on Tuesday, July 15. Before the checkup, she visited her mother's house, where she changed and fed her daughter. After the appointment, she visited her brother's house. Richard said he last saw his sister at around 2:45 p.m. local time. Owen then went back to her mother's house to eat lunch and play with the baby, according to her mother. The Fresno County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post Owen and her daughter had left the city at around 5 p.m. A traffic camera last captured her 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer just after 8 p.m. in Atwater, about an hour-and-a-half drive southeast of Elk Grove and around an hour northwest of Fresno, police say. The Fresno Police Department told CNN they believe Owen and her daughter are not in the Fresno area. Owen's partner didn't realize she was missing until Saturday, Richard said. Her partner thought Owen had stayed to help her mother clean up a house she had recently purchased, according to Richard.
CBS News
a day ago
- CBS News
Sacramento man charged by federal prosecutors in Border Patrol vehicle vandalism
Federal prosecutors say they have charged the man suspected of puncturing a Border Patrol vehicle's tire during an immigration enforcement operation in Sacramento. The July 17 incident unfolded in the parking lot of the Home Depot along Florin Road. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California say Customs and Border Protection agents were carrying out an immigration enforcement operation when the suspect – 31-year-old Sacramento resident Jose Manuel Castillo, Jr. – allegedly tried to interfere. Castilo allegedly refused several commands from officers to move away and was allegedly heard shouting at agents as they were arresting people. Agents allegedly saw Castillo walk up to the passenger side of a Border Patrol vehicle, then heard a loud hissing noise as he walked away. The tire had a large hole, agents say. Law enforcement agents say Castillo then ran after being ordered to stop. He was soon caught and searched, with agents allegedly finding a pocket knife in his pocket. On Monday, the U.S. Attorney's office announced that a charge of depredation of government property had been filed against Castillo. Castillo had already been released from custody after the incident. His next court date is pending. Prosecutors say, if convicted, Castillo faces one year in prison and a $100,000 fine. The Department of Homeland Security noted that a total of 11 people were arrested during the operation for allegedly being in the country illegally. Some of the people arrested were taken to a DHS holding facility in Stockton, officials stated.
