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Covering law enforcement & both courthouses in Downtown Sacramento. Publisher of @TheSacUpdate. Reporting in @SacBee_News, @Complex

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Ethan Biando is a freelance crime reporter based in Sacramento, CA

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Mozzy Turns Himself In to Serve One-Year Sentence for Federal Gun Charge

Mozzy Turns Himself In to Serve One-Year Sentence for Federal Gun Charge

Rapper Mozzy has turned himself in to the police in order to serve his one-year prison sentence on a federal …

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Mozzy Turns Himself In to Serve One-Year Sentence for Federal Gun Charge

Mozzy Turns Himself In to Serve One-Year Sentence for Federal Gun Charge

Rapper Mozzy has turned himself in to the police in order to serve his one-year prison sentence on a federal …

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Former Sacramento police officer convicted of sending explicit messages to teen girl

Former Sacramento police officer convicted of sending explicit messages to teen girl

A former Sacramento police officer has been convicted and sentenced to spend 90 days in jail for sending expl…

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Exclusive: Second officer charged in anabolic steroid probe - The Sacramento Update

Exclusive: Second officer charged in anabolic steroid probe - The Sacramento Update

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A second Sacramento police officer has been charged with misdemeanor anabolic steroid po…

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Sacramento men charged with manufacturing, selling assault weapons to undercover ATF agents

Sacramento men charged with manufacturing, selling assault weapons to undercover ATF agents

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Two Sacramento men have been hit with federal charges for their alleged illegal manufact…

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Judge Allows Aryan Brotherhood Leader to Sue Sacramento Jail over Buddhist Diet | Davis Vanguard

Judge Allows Aryan Brotherhood Leader to Sue Sacramento Jail over Buddhist Diet | Davis Vanguard

By Ethan Biando SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal judge has allowed an alleged Aryan Brotherhood leader housed a…

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Tennis coach sexually humiliated teen girl for losing matches, says prosecutor

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By Ethan Biando Verified
| The Sacramento Update
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A former tennis pro who taught Sacramento-area kids how to play the sport slowly groomed one of his pupils to the point of eventually taking her virginity in a motel room, prosecutors revealed at a hearing last month. He would also subject the 14-year-old girl to sexual humiliation by ejaculating on her face when she performed poorly at matches.
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Government, lawyers for local gymnastics coach agree on decade sentence in federal child porn case

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By Ethan Biando Verified
| The Sacramento Update
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California gymnastics coach who was sentenced to 2 years in state prison for molesting one of his former gymnasts pled guilty in a similar federal case on Tuesday, reaching an agreement with the government that he will spend 10 years in prison. Keith Wayne Willette, 59, pled guilty to two counts of child porn possession around a month before he was slated to go to trial for the offenses in Sacramento’s federal court, originally charged via indictment in 2019.
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Elk Grove man pleads guilty in conspiracy to ship tank helmets to Iran's military

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By Ethan Biando Verified
| The Sacramento Update
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An Elk Grove man charged in Sacramento’s federal court with selling tank helmets to Iran’s military pled guilty on Monday, with his co-defendant backing out of a similarly structured plea deal as the hearing was underway. Dariush Niknia pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to export to an embargoed country, which can land him in prison for a maximum sentence of 20 years.
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