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Doctor wakes up in psych ward, misses court date

On the day he was supposed to go to prison for sexually exploiting his patients, Dr. Scott Takasugi instead woke up Monday in a psychiatric hospital, facing a no-bail warrant for his arrest. And in a telephone interview with The Bee, the one-time ...

From ANDY FURILLO, Sacramento Bee,  24 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Keith Hill

Convicted plastic surgeon can't explain stay in psychiatric center

The former Kaiser plastic surgeon who failed to show up for his sentencing on two sexual exploitation counts said in a telephone interview from a Ventura County psychiatric facility today that he has no idea how he wound up there or whether he tried to ...

From ANDY FURILLO, Sacramento Bee,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Keith Hill

Carmichael doctor's sex-crimes sentencing delayed again

For the third time since he was convicted of sexually exploiting two of his patients, former Kaiser plastic surgeon Dr. Scott Takasugi was able to dodge a prison cell Friday, but his time is running out fast. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Steve ...

From ANDY FURILLO, Sacramento Bee,  21 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Keith Hill

Death penalty ruled out in ex-Sacramento deputy's murder trial

He didn't pull the trigger and he used to wear the uniform of a deputy sheriff, and that's probably why prosecutors announced Friday they will not pursue the death penalty against Chu Vue, according to a criminal law expert. McGeorge School of Law ...

From ANDY FURILLO, Sacramento Bee,  21 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Ruth Jones

Former sheriff's deputy in murder plot will not face death penalty

Chu Vue was picked up in Elk Grove in the Oct. 15 slaying of correctional officer Steve Lo. A prosecutor said in court today that the District Attorney's Office will not seek the death penalty against former Sacramento County sheriff's deputy Chu Vue ...

From ANDY FURILLO, Sacramento Bee,  20 Nov 2009

Driver who ran down teens' car gets 22-to-life murder sentence

At his sentencing, Tyrone Adam Palmer, 40, apologized to the mother of a teenager he ran off the road and killed. Then he blamed the victim and her two teen companions, who had been drinking and partying. Valerie Schmidt, then 17, left, Seychelle Curry, ...

From ANDY FURILLO, Sacramento Bee,  18 Nov 2009

Sacto 9-1-1: Man sentenced for Sacramento murder in running teens off road

A judge today sentenced Tyrone Adam Palmer to 22 years and four months to life in prison for running a car with three teenaged girls off the road two years ago, killing one, leaving a second in a persistent vegetative state and severely injuring the ...

From ANDY FURILLO, Sacramento Bee,  17 Nov 2009

Family torn apart by daughter's charge of sexual abuse by stepfather

Her family and the other witnesses who lined up against her called Jeanne Schreib a "drama queen" and a sociopath, a liar, a convicted embezzler who concocted a tale of sexual abuse against her adopted father to account for her own lifetime of ...

From ANDY FURILLO, Sacramento Bee,  13 Nov 2009

Sacramento defendant denies fatal stabbing, offers bizarre tale

Kevin Wayne Dunigan told the jury, "You're being deceived." Not only were police and prosecutors totally wrong for accusing him of the 1995 stabbing death of Gary Patrick Veirs, Dunigan said in his closing argument Tuesday, but he also had the cure ...

From ANDY FURILLO, Sacramento Bee,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Lobbyists sue to block campaign-finance ballot measure

California lobbyists have filed a lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court to stop the vote on a ballot measure scheduled for the June primary election that would make them the guinea pig in an experiment on campaign finance. The lobbyists say the measure ...

From ANDY FURILLO, Sacramento Bee,  8 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Debra Bowen,  Arnold Schwarzenegger,  U.S. Republican Party

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