{"id":315253,"date":"2026-05-14T11:09:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/315253\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:09:29","slug":"sacramento-sheriffs-detective-arrested-after-6-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/315253\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento sheriff\u2019s detective arrested after 6-car crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778740511_SAC20chyron20frame20still20police20jail20crime20generic.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"\" alt=\"Generic illustration showing handcuffs and a fingerprint index\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Sacramento County sheriff\u2019s detective was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of driving under the influence after a six-vehicle crash in Rancho Cordova.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Hamilton was booked on suspicion of driving under the influence causing injury, according to Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office booking records.<\/p>\n<p>The crash was reported about 4:15 p.m. at Douglas Road and Sunrise Boulevard. Hamilton was driving an unmarked county vehicle while off duty when it was involved in the collision, which resulted in minor injuries, according to radio dispatches reviewed by The Sacramento Bee.<\/p>\n<p>Scanner traffic indicated the crash temporarily closed lanes at Sunrise Boulevard Douglas Road. One person was taken by ambulance with minor back pain, according to dispatch calls.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton was later released from custody, jail records show. It was unclear Wednesday when he would be arraigned.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt. Edward Igoe, a spokesperson for the Sheriff\u2019s Office, declined to name the deputy but said he was placed on administrative leave pending criminal and internal investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton has worked for the Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office since at least 2014, according to state payroll records.<\/p>\n<p>Igoe said the Sheriff\u2019s Office sends its sincere apologies to the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis conduct does not reflect the values or standards of the Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published May 13, 2026 at 10:55 AM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/314568916\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SAC_0021_PK_20260121_BUSS.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Nicole Buss\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/314568916\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicole Buss<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Nicole Buss is The Sacramento Bee\u2019s Roseville\/Placer County watchdog reporter. She previously covered Placer County at Gold Country Media. Buss grew up in Lincoln and is a graduate of Sierra College and Arizona State University.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Sacramento County sheriff\u2019s detective was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of driving under the influence after a six-vehicle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-315253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}