A Rohnert Park man drew an eight-year prison term after his girlfriend’s femur was broken. Prosecutors say prior convictions and a letter addressed to the victim’s dog were part of the case.

At his murder trial, Varinder Singh told jurors he feared relatives and said he stabbed his sister-in-law — a claim prosecutors sharply dispute.

A Petaluma man was arrested after leading police on a residential chase Tuesday evening. Officers deployed a tire‑deflation device and booked him on multiple felony counts.

A bicyclist was killed Friday on rural San Antonio Road after being struck by an SUV; CHP says the driver attempted CPR and is cooperating with investigators.

SRPD’s Special Enforcement Team served a Roseland warrant and seized suspected cocaine, a Draco rifle, a Polymer80 ghost gun and conversion parts; a 29‑year‑old was booked.

A magnet fisher pulled a suspected explosive from Sonoma State’s University Lakes Wednesday evening; a county bomb squad removed the device and no one was hurt. Investigators are probing the origin of the object.

Former Sonoma car dealer Adam Kovacs is scheduled to enter a plea in Santa Rosa on charges alleging embezzlement and misappropriation. Prosecutors say the case centers on unpaid sales taxes and DMV fees.

Federal prosecutors say a Rohnert Park man built more than 20 AR‑style rifles and supplied them to a Santa Rosa gang, according to court and law‑enforcement documents. The case grew out of a 2025 search that uncovered a makeshift workshop.

A solo-vehicle crash toppled power lines on Point Reyes‑Petaluma Road, closing the route overnight and prompting CHP to ask drivers to avoid the area.

A Sonoma man was sentenced to 12 years, 8 months after a 2020 DUI crash that killed a Sausalito driver; the case was delayed for years by competency hearings. Prosecutors urged the maximum term.

A Cotati DUI stop on Dec. 27 led officers to a loaded, unserialized 3D‑printed handgun and multiple bags of cocaine; the driver was booked on weapons and drug counts.

A Petaluma man and former Stockton officer was hit with a federal child‑porn charge after explosives and meth were seized during a July arson probe.

Sonoma County deputies are searching for 80-year-old George Ginochio after he walked away from his Bodega Bay home last Sunday night. He has dementia and was last seen near Highway 1.