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The Sacramento Brief Wednesday July 29, 2026 | Sentenced to 500 Years to Life • Second Old Sacramento Arrest • EBT Scam Warning • Hot Wednesday Ahead · 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 Wednesday, July 29,
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  2026. Let's get you caught up. A Sacramento County
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  man has been sentenced for what is, for all practical
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  purposes, the rest of his life behind bars. 47
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  -year -old... Troy Taylor has been sentenced
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  to 500 years to life in state prison after being
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  convicted of 10 counts of forcible lewd acts
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  involving three young girls. Prosecutors say
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  the abuse occurred repeatedly between 2020 and
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  2023 when the victims were just between ages
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  four and nine years old. Taylor also had a prior
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  child molestation conviction dating back to 2002.
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  One detail in this case has generated a lot of
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  public discussion. Under California's elder parole
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  law, Taylor could become eligible for parole
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  hearing after he turns 65 years old and has served
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  the required portion of his sentence. According
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  to Sacramento County's district attorney's office,
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  that would be in approximately 23 years, 23 and
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  a half years after accounting for his custody
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  credits. It's important to understand that parole
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  eligibility is not the same as parole. An elder
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  parole hearing simply gives the board a parole
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  hearing and opportunity to review whether an
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  inmate remains a danger to public safety. The
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  board can deny parole and require additional
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  hearings in later years. A sentence of 500 years
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  to life remains a life sentence, and there's
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  no guarantee an inmate will ever be released.
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  Additional information on the case and the California
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  elder parole process is available through the
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  Sacramento County District Attorney's Office.
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  And also Sacramento police have announced a second
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  arrest in connection with last weekend stabbing
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  that injured five people in Old Sacramento. The
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  violence happened just after 3 a .m. on Saturday
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  near Front Street and K Street. Officers located
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  three victims at the scene with stab wounds,
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  while two additional victims had already made
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  their way to a local hospital. Police initially
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  detained three people for questioning. 18 -year
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  -old Ezekiel Griffis was arrested over the
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  weekend. Now investigators also have arrested
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  a 19 -year -old Robert Richwine of Rancho Cordova
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  on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
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  Richwine has been booked in Sacramento County
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  Main Jail and his next court appearance is scheduled
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  for November 3rd. The investigation remains ongoing.
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  Now turning to the Sacramento Police Daily Activity
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  Log, North Command officers responded to a fight
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  on Shadow Tree Drive early Monday afternoon after
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  one person reportedly armed themselves with a
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  knife and threatened another individual. Officers
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  safely detained the suspect, recovering the knife,
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  and made an assault and brandishing and criminal
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  threats related charges. Later that afternoon,
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  officers conducted a stop near Los Robles Boulevard
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  and Marysville Boulevard, discovering an illegally
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  possessed handgun in the possession of a convicted
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  felon. The suspect was arrested on related firearms
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  charges. You can always review the complete Sacramento
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  Police daily activity log using the link in today's
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  show notes. For today's weather, expect a hot
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  summer day across Sacramento region. Today will
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  be sunny with a high near 97. Winds will remain
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  light before becoming southwesterly during the
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  afternoon. Tonight will be mostly clear with
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  an overnight low around 61 degrees. Today's episode
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  is brought to you by Strong Coffee Company. If
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  you're looking for a sustained energy without
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  the crash, check out their protein coffees and
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  coffee gummies. Use promo code SACBRIEF to save
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  on your order. You'll find the link in today's
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  show notes. In CityWatch, if you or someone you
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  know receives CalFresh or cash assistance through
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  the EBT card, Sacramento County has an important
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  reminder that can help protect your benefits
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  and save you money. Many ATM operators charge
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  surcharges and transaction fees, but those fees
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  can often be afforded by using surcharge -free
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  ATMs, requesting cash back when making purchases,
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  and limiting ATM withdrawals each month. County
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  officials are also warning about EBT skimming
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  and scam attempts. Criminals are using card skimmers
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  and phishing schemes to steal benefits from recipients
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  across California. If you receive your EBT card,
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  if you believe your EBT card has been compromised,
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  immediately call the customer service number
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  on the back of the card and freeze your account
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  and report theft to Sacramento County. The county
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  is also reminding recipients that older magnetic
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  stripe EBT cards have been phased out. If you
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  haven't already upgraded to the new chip -enabled
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  card, you'll need to do so to continue accessing
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  your benefits. You'll find complete information,
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  security tips, and replacement card instructions
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  in today's show notes. You're tuned in to the
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  Sacramento Brief, your daily Sacramento update.
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  Listen anytime on Spotify, YouTube podcasts,
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  or your smart speaker. Just ask for the Sacramento
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  Brief. And now, back to the Brief. If you are
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  looking for something fun to do tonight, The
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  Trap on Riverside Boulevard is hosting a bath
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  bomb making craft night from 7 to 9 p .m. Your
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  ticket includes all the supplies you need to
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  make two custom bath bombs along with one drink.
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  No experience is necessary. Or if a quieter evening
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  sounds more your speed, East Village Bookshop
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  in Midtown is hosting Candlelight Yin Restorative
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  Yoga beginning at 7 .30 p .m. Participants will
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  enjoy a relaxing candlelit yoga session complete
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  with bolsters, blankets, yoga blocks, and even
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  fresh berries. You'll find the links to both
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  events in today's show notes. That's all for
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  today's Sacramento Brief. You'll find the links
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  to today's events in the show notes. I'm Carol.
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  Thank you for trusting me with your morning.
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  Be safe, stay sharp, and I'll see you tomorrow.