Crime · Marysville, CA
Yuba City Man Sentenced to 24 Years for Marysville-Area Killing
A Yuba City man was sentenced Monday to 24 years in state prison for the April 2023 death of a 27-year-old Chico woman whose body was found in an orchard on Simpson Lane near Marysville. Ricky S. Lasher, 41, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and admitted a separate sexual battery charge against another woman. Yuba County Superior Court Judge Julia Scrogin also ordered lifetime sex offender registration and a lifetime California driving privilege suspension. Prosecutors said surveillance footage from Marysville businesses, including a Jack in the Box on E Street and a Habit Burger parking lot, was critical to identifying Lasher.