Leslie Williams, CCIA, Yuba County Sheriff's Office

May 3, 2018 – The Yuba County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office has identified the two fatalities from a vehicle accident that occurred midmorning 5/2/2018 in the 15000 block of Hwy 49 in Camptonville, which remains under investigation by the California Highway Patrol. The deceased were 20-year-old Brandon Gray of Camptonville, and 19-year-old Joseph Vasquez, whose residency is […]

April 30, 2018 – The Sheriff’s Department is facing a critical personnel shortage that is affecting our staffing levels to the point that we have found it necessary, in the interest of public safety, to implement alternative reporting practices that will allow us to maintain adequate coverage and responses to higher priority calls and crimes. […]

April 6, 2018 – Yuba County Sheriff’s Department and the Marysville Police Department were involved in an Officer Involved Shooting this morning just after 2:30am during a vehicle pursuit that began in the City of Wheatland at 2:24am and terminated in the City of Marysville. The incident began when Wheatland Police Department made a traffic […]

March 18, 2018 – This morning just before 9am, Yuba County Sheriff responded to the scene of a small plane accident along the edge of the Yuba River just west of Sycamore Ranch in Browns Valley. A witness that was shooting on private property along the river called 911 to report seeing a low flying […]

October 28, 2017 – Yuba County Sheriff Detectives are actively investigating a home invasion robbery, attempted murder and aggravated assaults that occurred at a residence located in the 5400 block of Northridge Way in Loma Rica in the early morning hours today. On 10-28-17 at approximately 12:22 AM, Deputies responded to the 5400 block of […]

October 25, 2017 – At approximately 4:40 am Sunday morning 10/22/17, a Yuba County Deputy was involved in an Officer Involved Shooting with a single suspect in a vehicle in the area of Meadow Avenue in Olivehurst. The suspect, identified as Adam Gibbs age 26 of Marysville, had an active warrant for a recent pursuit […]

October 19, 2017 – At this time, the Yuba County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office has investigated four fatalities as a result of the Cascade Fire in Yuba County. Our deepest sympathies go out to the families and friends of the victims whom have been identified as the following: 1. Sandra Lou Picciano, Age 77, of Loma Rica, […]

October 3, 2017 – Beginning at approximately 7am today, multiple locations throughout Yuba County and two related locations in Sacramento were the subject of search warrants served on illegal marijuana grows by lead agency Yuba County Sheriff’s Office along with assistance from various law enforcement teams including the Yuba City Police Department, Yuba Sutter Net […]

August 4, 2017 – The Yuba County Sheriff’s Office is releasing the names of the three deputies involved in the Oregon House shooting Tuesday 8/1/17. The two injured deputies currently still hospitalized and in recovery from surgery following the shooting are: Phillip Bronson, a 14 year deputy with Yuba County Sheriff’s Office Andrew Everhart, a […]

August 3, 2017 – The suspect that died following an officer involved shooting Tuesday morning in Oregon House that left two Yuba Sheriff Deputies injured, was identified yesterday as Mark Anthony Sanchez age 33 of Gilroy. An autopsy was completed this morning and the official cause of death was listed as “multiple gunshot wounds”. Official […]

August 2, 2017 – Yuba County Sheriff Investigators have identified the suspect in the shooting incident that occurred in Oregon House yesterday in which two Yuba County Deputies were shot and seriously injured. The suspect that was found deceased by SWAT personnel at approximately 2pm inside a residence where the shooting occurred in the 9000 […]

August 1, 2017 – Yuba County Sheriff’s Office held a press conference today at 4:30 pm and provided an update to an earlier press release regarding two Yuba County Deputies injured in an Officer Involved Shooting that occurred in the 9000 block of Marysville Road this morning in the Yuba County foothill community of Oregon […]

August 1, 2017 – Yuba County Sheriff’s office is actively investigating an officer involved shooting in in the 9000 block of Marysville Road in Oregon House after responding to a call just before 9am of an agitated and possibly armed subject in the area. We have two deputies who have suffered gunshots wounds and are […]