Crime

Almost two years ago, Rancho Murieta became part of the South Bureau of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department in a plan to cut deputy response time and increase law-enforcement presence. That short-lived era comes to an end this month with the closure of the South Bureau.  According to Lt. Rosie Enriquez, commander of the South Bureau, “all the service centers and Bond Station (in Elk Grove) where the deputies have been deployed from (are) all slated to close July 31 by order of the sheriff.”   Read more »

In the Forums, neighbor Steve Kent reports vandalism overnight at Ventana and Trinidad drives. Steve says flower beds were damaged, U.S. flags were uprooted, and one home's electrical box was shut down. Read the post.

A chemical-filled water bottle -- a possible chemical bomb -- was disabled by a hazardous-materials crew and removed from a driveway in Rancho Murieta South late Thursday.  Read more »

When the Community Services District Security Department announced a hit-and-run driver was going to make restitution for damage he caused to the front yard of a Rancho Murieta home recently, some people wanted Security to release the driver’s name.  Read more »

The idea that someone is checking out parked vehicles during the night and stealing from them prompted neighbor Marklin Brown to post a warning on RanchoMurieta.com Wednesday. He’d learned the hard way, he said in response to a phone call about the post.  Read more »

The Community Services District will continue its participation in the Joint Security Committee even though the Rancho Murieta Association voted last month to quit the committee. Friday's CSD Security Committee also heard reports on thefts from unlocked cars in the North and vandalism at the Murieta Equestrian Center.  Read more »

No, neighbor Natachia Taylor isn’t stuck in London and doesn’t need your help.  It’s an e-mail scam that apparently has hit more than one person in Rancho Murieta in the last 24 hours.  Read more »

Fire investigators continue to probe a device capable of starting a fire that was found outside a Murieta North residence.  The "crude incendiary device" was found Jan. 22 on the ground near trash cans on Cazador, according to Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Captain Christian Pebbles.  Pebbles declined to provide details about the device on Tuesday because of the ongoing investigation. The incident appears in the Rancho Murieta Community Services District Security logs for Jan. 22.

Like last month’s Community Services District board meeting, this month’s lasted less than an hour. In that time, the board adopted a sewer management plan required by a regulatory agency and set the stage for considering whether to pursue a wastewater discharge permit that’s been described as an insurance policy for the district.  Read more »

"The kids want to play baseball," says the president of Cosumnes River Little League.

[Updated July 9]  Tuesday night's events at Stonehouse Park -- when a fight broke out between parents from opposing teams -- are troubling to the president of Cosumnes River Little League.  On Thursday, he said one of the teams involved won't be allowed to play at Stonehouse this season or next.  Read more »