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Crime log for week of Feb. 23
A report was issued for vandalism of the ARC Ranch House at 7:09 p.m. on Feb. 24. Two separate reports were issued for vehicle burglary in ARC parking lot A on Feb. 25 and Feb. 26. No suspect has...
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Crime log for week of March 2
A citation was issued for possession of a hypodermic needle at the American River College District Office at 11:38 a.m. on March 3. A suspect was arrested in the parking structure for possession of...
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Crime log for week of March 9
A report was issued for a truant minor at the American River College Nature Trail on March 12 at 1:10 p.m. Grand theft (over $950.00) was reported at the American River College main campus at 12:12...
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Mother of arrested petitioner claims he’s mentally ill
Following the arrest of petitioner Pavel Postelnyak for slapping theater major Peter Messick at American River College on March 4, Pavel’s mother, Larisa Postelnyak, is speaking out about what she...
View ArticleTwo men identified as persons of interest in SCC shooting
Two men have been arrested and confirmed as persons of interest in connection with the Sept. 3 shooting at Sacramento City College that left one man dead. Tevita Kaihea, 19 , and Charlie Hola, 19, were...
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Student recounts strong-arm robbery
Update, Nov. 3 at 9:56 a.m.: This story has been updated to clarify the fact that the police told Monea Mitchell’s mother that Monea had to call 911 because they needed to track her location. After her...
View ArticlePolice chase in parking structure leaves student injured, witnesses shaken
A police chase in the American River College parking structure Tuesday night left one pedestrian injured and several students shaken after the suspect collided with a parked car, which then rammed into...
View ArticleARC professor pleads guilty to defrauding American Indian tribe
By John Ferrannini and Barbara Harvey An American River College professor has been placed on leave after he pled guilty to his role in defrauding over $17 million from an American Indian tribe in...
View ArticleARC student pleads not guilty in terror related case
Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, 23, who attended ARC as recently as fall 2015, was arrested on Jan. 7 in connection with a federal terror probe. He pled not guilty Friday to a charge of making false...
View ArticleCRC student arrested for threatening the school
Cosumnes River College student Christopher Salazar was arrested this morning at his home for threats against the school, according to Cosumnes River College Public Information Officer Kristi West....
View ArticleOnline crime logs unavailable as website is updated
The Los Rios Police Department’s online crime log has not been updated since Jan. 12 as the website gets refreshed and bugs are fixed in accordance with the change. The most recent entry listed was a...
View ArticleFormer ARC student arrested on charges involving child pornography and extortion
A former American River College student and actor in several ARC theater productions was arrested Jan. 22 on six felony charges including distribution of child pornography and extortion, according to a...
View ArticleUpdate: Sextortion suspect speaks
A former American River College theater student, arrested on Jan. 22 in relation to sextortion allegations made in November 2014, told a Current reporter in a tearful jailhouse interview Sunday morning...
View ArticleUpdate: Two sextortion accusers speak
Christian Brian Hirtzel, a former American River College theater student, was arrested Jan. 22 on on 18 counts of six different felonies stemming from sextortion allegations made in November 2014. Two...
View ArticleUpdate: Students involved in sexual assault claim may have known each other
Two American River College students involved in a sexual assault claim reported on campus Monday may have known each other prior to the incident, according to ARC public information officer Scott Crow....
View ArticleSuspect wanted for indecent exposure near ARC campus
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department is on the lookout for a suspect wanted for indecent exposure in an incident that occurred on April 20 near the American River College campus. According to a...
View ArticleFormer LRPD officer awaits court date for alleged sexual assaults
A former Los Rios police officer was arrested late July on suspicion of multiple sexual assaults, some that date back to his time at American River College, prosecutors said. Noah Winchester, 32, was...
View ArticleLos Rios police reports sexual battery
The Los Rios Police Department posted on their crime log an incident of sexual battery on an unrestrained victim, and oral copulation with a person under the age of 18, that took place on campus...
View ArticleChip thief strikes the Oak Cafe
The culinary department at American River College discovered early Monday Feb. 26 that the Oak Cafe was robbed over the weekend. “The bakery was broken into on Saturday night, February 24th. We...
View ArticleAre we prepared for a school emergency?
By Brienna Edwards and Luis Gael Jimenez Parkland, Florida became home to one of the world’s deadliest school massacres when Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was victim to a mass shooting on Feb....
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