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Dominique Polani, who was arrested Friday as a suspect in a string of Sacramento bank robberies, attends American River College according to her Facebook page.

Alleged bank robber an ARC student according to her Facebook page

Update July 23, 2015, 11:39 a.m.: A previous version of this story falsely claimed that Polani registered for classes at American River College. In fact, she applied but never attended classes. Update...

Trial of Travis and Nettie Reay: The expert witness speaks out

Barbara Harvey and Barbara Harvey May 5, 2015

During the trial of Travis and Nettie Reay, expert witness Linda Barnard, Ph.D, was called upon by Nettie’s defense team to testify that the abuse Nettie suffered at the hands of Travis had caused Nettie’s...

My parents are murderers: Killers daughter confronts stigma to speak out

My parents are murderers: Killers’ daughter confronts stigma to speak out

Barbara Harvey and Barbara Harvey May 4, 2015

Karen Reay sat quietly in the back of her high school class, staring in disbelief at a page of search results. She had finally worked up the courage to Google her parents’ names, something she had dreaded...

Carmichael man arrested after shooting and police standoff

Carmichael man arrested after shooting and police standoff

Kameron Schmid and Kameron Schmid April 27, 2015

Update April 27, 2015, 8:59 p.m.: The name of the main suspect is Jeremiah Hankins, 35. Hankins has been booked on five felony charges including attempted murder, according to a press release by Sgt....

Travis Lannings mugshot after his arrest Monday morning. His first court appearance is scheduled for Wednesday, and he faces a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon.

Mace attacker awaits court date

Kameron Schmid and Kameron Schmid April 21, 2015

A former American River College student who brutally attacked a woman and her dog with a medieval morningstar-styled mace in the early hours of March 23 is now being charged with attempted murder, but...

Slapping petitioner sentenced for murder

Slapping petitioner sentenced for murder

John Ferrannini and John Ferrannini April 20, 2015

The man arrested last March for slapping an American River College student on campus was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison Friday, according to the Sacramento Bee. Pavel Postelnyak, 24, was convicted...

ARC student said she was shot during road rage incident

ARC student said she was shot during road rage incident

John Ferrannini and John Ferrannini April 17, 2015

An earlier version of this story falsely reported that Ashlyn Jackson said she was shot with a shotgun. In fact, she believes it was a 9mm handgun. Ashlyn Jackson was scared to walk again for the first...

Travis Lanning, seen here posing with the mace that he used to attack a woman and her dog Monday, posted numerous similar photos to his public Facebook account two weeks before the incident.

Sacramento mace-attacker unable to appear in court for the second day in a row

Kameron Schmid and Kameron Schmid March 26, 2015

For the second day in a row, Travis Lanning, the Sacramento man who brutally attacked a woman and her dog with a medieval-styled mace Monday morning, was unable to appear in court due to a psychotic episode. The...

Former athlete put away for life

Barbara Harvey and Barbara Harvey September 30, 2014

A former American River College baseball player was sentenced to life in prison without parole last month for a residential robbery and murder he and and three accomplices committed in 2009, the same year...

Update: Victim describes alleged attack as punching hurricane

Update: Victim describes alleged attack as “punching hurricane”

Barbara Harvey and Kameron Schmid August 27, 2014

A woman accused of going on a “punching rampage” was arrested Tuesday following an alleged assault spree that began in a classroom and escalated into the hallways, and involved the battery of more...

ARC student arrested for alleged on-campus battery, assault

ARC student arrested for alleged on-campus battery, assault

John Ferrannini and John Ferrannini August 27, 2014

An American River College student was arrested yesterday afternoon in the alleged battery of seven students and faculty outside the Fine and Applied Arts building. The suspect, Jonetta Hall, 38, is...

Next court date set for Subway rape suspect

Ed Gebing and Ed Gebing April 22, 2014

At the most recent arraignment hearing for rape suspect Kenneth Anderson, who is accused of violently beating and raping his Subway co-worker, he talked briefly with his criminal defense lawyer Linda Parisi,...

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