Wheatland Sun

Last day to take advantage of early bird pricing for our Spooktacular River Run!

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Join us for the 13th annual "Even More Spooktacular River Run" benefiting Family SOUP and Yuba-Sutter-Colusa United Way. 5K walk/ fun run as well as 10k run!

Come in costume to get in the spooky spirit!

Free Continental Breakfast, T-Shirt and contest entry included in registration cost.

Register now and take advantage of our early bird pricing!

LINCOLN POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED FOR LEWD ACTS WITH A CHILD

On June 23, 2025, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office received a call that four female family members disclosed having been sexually abused years earlier by their uncle, 52-year-old Timothy Jaekel. Sheriff’s Patrol Deputies spoke to the primary victim by phone, who was an adult living in Arizona. Deputies learned that Jaekel was an active Police Officer with the Lincoln Police Department (in California). The woman advised us that she had already contacted the Lincoln Police Department earlier in the day and told them of the abuse before contacting the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office. Our agency immediately notified the Lincoln Police Department of the criminal complaint.

Sheriff’s Child Abuse Bureau Detectives interviewed all four victims, and they disclosed a long-term pattern of being touched by Jaekel over and under the clothing between the ages of 8 and 16, in Sacramento County. Jaekel also asked one of the young women for n**e pictures of herself when she was a juvenile. In addition to being victims, each of the four witnessed Jaekel’s inappropriate touching of other female family members.

On October 16, 2025, Detectives obtained a warrant for Jaekel’s arrest, and he was taken into custody in Lincoln without incident. Jaekel was booked at the Sacramento Main Jail, where he remains ineligible for bail.

To Our Readers and Clients,

We recently moved our main office to a new office in Carmichael. Unfortunately, Comcast has completely screwed up our service for internet and telephones. While some services are working, all our telephone lines are currently down and showing as “invalid numbers” and not even going through to our voicemail system. Comcast has not given us a timeline for when they can have the problem resolved.

There was also a recent internet security update that has blocked some of our email from coming through. We are working to resolve that issue.

To reach us, please email us at [email protected].

We are sorry for any inconvenience.

Paul V. Scholl, Publisher

Messenger Publishing Group

September 4, 2025