Crime & Safety
Home Depot Robbery; ICE Arrests: Dixon, North Bay Police Logs
SWAT team responds to burglary; hikers go missing; bus driver accused of sexual assault; and other North Bay police, fire and court news.
DIXON, CA — Here are some of this week's police, courtroom and fire headlines in the news this week in Dixon and elsewhere in Solano County and the North Bay.
Benicia High School Threats: 2 Arrested, Police Say
- District administrators said counseling services were made available after a threat to "shoot up" the school surfaced on social media.
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- One man was arrested and other suspects were at large following an alleged kidnapping in Dixon, police said.
Search For Missing Couple In Marin Now Recovery Mission
- Carol Kiparsky, 77, and her husband Ian Irwin, 72, went missing last week in the Inverness area of Marin County.
Napa Police Make Arrests In String Of Downtown Car Break-Ins
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- Numerous residents and visitors returned to downtown Napa parking garages to find their cars had been broken into, according to police.
Petaluma Shelter-In-Place: SWAT Responds To Burglary, Vandalism
- Petaluma PD's SWAT team and armored SWAT rescue vehicle responded to what police said did not immediately appear to be a random crime.
- A man fell about 30 feet down a cliff in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area's Marin Headlands. He was flown to a hospital.
Missing Person Investigation Underway, Rohnert Park Police Say
- Alyssa Jones, 23, also goes by "AJ" or "Adrian," and could be in Mendocino County, the Sacramento area or Sonoma County.
- UPDATED: ICE confirmed two arrests were made, and said the men remained in ICE custody.
Petaluma Police Activity Prompts Shelter-In-Place Order
- Police activity prompted Petaluma police to issue shelter-in-place orders for three residential streets.
Bus Driver Accused Of Molesting Developmentally Disabled Rider
- A Sonoma County Paratransit driver was arrested in connection with the sexual assault said to have occurred Jan. 16, according to police.
2 Arrested In San Rafael Home Depot Armed Robbery
- Two men were arrested Thursday in connection with an armed robbery earlier this month at The Home Depot in San Rafael.
Missing Hiker Found Alive In Marin County
- Robert Bennett, 76, was rescued and taken to a local hospital late Tuesday night, according to the Marin County Sheriff's Office.
- Authorities said the pair may have died after using an illegal drug.
Death Row Inmate At San Quentin State Prison Dies
- John Abel died over the weekend at a hospital away from the Marin prison, according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Report Of Fight In Fairfield Results In Gun Arrest
- An 18-year-old was arrested on suspicion of carrying a loaded gun after police responded to a reported fight in Fairfield last week.
2 Arrested In Alleged Gang-Related Assault In Santa Rosa
- Two men were arrested after allegedly beating two other men as they "verbalized gang challenges," Santa Rosa police said.
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