PROP 36 ARRESTS FOR DRUGS AND THEFT BEGIN IN YOLO COUNTY

Press Release

(Woodland, CA) - December 23, 2024 - On December 20, 2024. Jassen Colianni, a transient in Yolo County, was charged with Yolo County's first Proposition 36 felony possession of drugs under the newly enacted Proposition 36. Colianni, 48, was charged with a violation of Health and Safety Code section 11395, possession of a hard drug with two or more priors; a violation of Penal Code section 602(o), Trespass; and a violation of Penal Code section 647(h), Prowling. It was further alleged that Colianni had a prior strike conviction. Colianni was also charged with a violation of a parole. Under the newly enacted Proposition 36, Colianni may enter drug treatment in lieu of incarceration. Colianni will be arraigned today at 1:30 in Department 1 of the Yolo County Superior Court.

Additionally, on December 20, 2024, multiple individuals were arrested as a result of a joint law enforcement operation targeting thieves. Kenneth Matthews, 62, of Woodland, was arrested for grant theft and petty theft with a prior conviction; Sagebar Singh Gill, 19, of Yuba City, was arrested for organized retail theft, grant theft, conspiracy to commit a crime, and resisting arrest; Nestor Jimenez-Gomez, 19, of Yuba City, was arrested for organized retail theft, grant theft, conspiracy to commit a crime, and resisting arrest; and James Gaffort, 32, of Davis, was arrested for petty theft. The arraignment dates for the individuals arrested in the joint law enforcement operation are forthcoming.

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