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Federal Court Dismisses Charges against Hamid Hayat

February 16, 2020 7:52 amFebruary 16, 2020 8:04 am

The case against Lodi man Hamid Hayat, convicted in 2006 on terrorism related charges and upheld in 2013 by the Ninth Circuit, are now being dismissed “due to the passage of time,” the office of U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott declared...

Hamid Hayat Released from Federal Prison

August 19, 2019 5:03 amAugust 18, 2019 8:29 pm

Hamid Hayat, convicted in 2006 on a series of terrorism charges, was released from federal prison on August 9 after his conviction and sentence were vacated by federal judge Garland Burrell, the same judge who convicted the Lodi man in...

Verdict in Yolo County Murder Trial

August 1, 2019 10:35 amAugust 2, 2019 8:37 am

A Yolo County jury on Thursday found Rohail Sarwar guilty of first degree murder for the fatal stabbing of massage worker Junying Lu in the Cottonwood Massage last August 21. Sarwar was 27 and his victim 51. California Globe covered...

Convicted California Terrorist to Go Free

August 1, 2019 7:42 amAugust 1, 2019 7:49 am

Sacramento-based federal Judge Garland E. Burrell has vacated the conviction of Lodi man Hamid Hayat, convicted in 2006, as the U.S. Department of Justice explained, “in connection with a series of terrorism charges related to his 2003/2004 attendance at a...

Yolo County Murder Trial Reveals Back Story of Violence Against Women

July 25, 2019 3:30 pmJuly 25, 2019 3:43 pm

Rohail Sarwar, a native of Pakistan, is on trial for the murder of Sacramento resident Junying Lu, 51, in a Woodland, CA massage parlor last August. Last Friday in Yolo County Court, the defendant did not testify but the first...