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Decades Old Cold Case Murder Suspect Takes Own Life in Sierra County

Thursday, September 15

New technology in forensics links a suspect to a decades-old cold case homicide but not before the suspect commits suicide in the foothills of Sierra County. Eric Drummond had his DNA sampled against DNA evidence from clothing found in the 1983 murder of Joette... Read More.

Portola Man Sentenced to Life

Wednesday, April 20

A Portola man has been sentenced to life in prison. Lee Edward Roe, a 55 year old man from Portola was convicted of a felony for sexual acts with a child under 10 after investigations confirmed Roe was involved in photographing the underage victim... Read More.

19 Year Old Sentenced to Life Housed at High Desert Killed by Two

Wednesday, February 23

A 19 year old sentenced to life in prison for first degree murder, being housed at high desert state prison has been killed by two other incarcerated persons. Christopher Dolan and Michael Ellison attacked Michael Hastey, the 19 year old with hand made weapons... Read More.

Single Vehicle Roll-Over on 395 Claims Life

Wednesday, February 23

A single vehicle roll over ejects the driver resulting in his death. Quincy CHP shared a man, whose name in currently unknown, was driving south bound on 395 just north of the Stateline when his vehicle drifted off to the side, traveled through the... Read More.

Rollover Claims the Life of Quincy Teen

Tuesday, September 28

Quincy teens are coping with the death of one of their peers, a 17-year-old Plumas Charter School senior, who was one of two passengers in a vehicle driven by another teen, involved in a rollover crash near Bucks Lake last night, Sept. 27. (The... Read More.