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The Sacramento Brief Monday October 12, 2026 | Three Arrested in North Highlands Homicide + Sacramento Police Seize Four Guns · The Sacramento Brief

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  This is the Sacramento Brief, your weekday roundup
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  of overnight headlines and what's ahead across
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  the city. I'm Carol. It's Monday, October 12th,
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  2026. Let's get you caught up. Three men are
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  now behind bars in connection with a homicide
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  last month in North Highlands. Sacramento County
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  Sheriff's deputies were called to a home on Lenore
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  Way early September 6th after a family member
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  found an adult man dead inside. Following a month
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  -long investigation, homicide detectives identified
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  three suspects, 38 -year -old Alfredo Garcia,
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  45 -year -old Federico. Farfan, and 37 -year
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  -old Hector Medina. Detectives obtained warrants
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  and charging all three with murder and conspiracy.
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  Investigators served search warrants at six locations
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  across Sacramento County, Modesto, and Tulare
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  County. All three men were arrested and booked
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  in the Sacramento County Main Jail, where they
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  remain ineligible for bail. Meanwhile, Sacramento
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  police are highlighting a September gang enforcement
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  operation that resulted in seven arrests and
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  four firearms being taken off the streets. Police
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  say investigators received information about
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  a possible upcoming gang activity and carry out
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  several targeted traffic stops. Near El Camino
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  Avenue and Fairweather Drive, officers searched
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  one vehicle and recovered an AR -style firearm
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  and a Draco -style weapon. Four people from Oakland
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  and Pittsburgh were arrested on weapons -related
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  charges. A second stop near El Camino and Truxell
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  Road turned up a semi -automatic handgun with
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  an extended magazine leading to another arrest.
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  During a third stop near Northview Drive, detectives
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  recovered a loaded semi -automatic firearm and
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  arrested two more people. All in, Sacramento
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  police say four weapons were seized during the
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  operation. For your Columbus Day, Indigenous
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  Peoples Day weather forecast today, it'll be
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  high near 72 with wind staying light and becoming
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  south -southeast around 5 miles per hour. Tonight
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  will be clear with a low around 49. You're tuned
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  notes. And now, back to The Brief. Sacramento
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  County's Department of Human Assistance has launched
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  a new public data dashboard showing how benefit
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  programs are being used throughout the county.
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  Residents can explore programs including CalWORKs,
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  CAPI, KenGAP, and Refugee Cash Assistance with
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  information available by district, zip code,
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  and city. The county says the goal is to make
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  the benefit information easier to access and
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  more transparent. An ADA accessible version is
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  also available with additional dashboard improvements
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  like your Sacramento history with a twist, murder
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  and mayhem in Old Town, Sacramento exploits robberies,
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  public executions. gambling disputes, and violence
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  that followed the gold rush boom. The walking
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  the embassy suites at 100 Capital Mall. Or if
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  class at 5 p .m. That's all for today's Sacramento
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  Brief. You'll find the links to today's events
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  in the show notes. I'm Carol. Thank you for trusting
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  me with your morning. Be safe, stay sharp, and
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  I'll see you tomorrow.