YUBA CITY — A Yuba City man charged with killing a 94-year-old neighbor earlier this month could face the death penalty, the Sutter County District Attorney said Tuesday. Michael Patrick Alexander is charged with the first-degree murder of Leola “Dodie” Shreves, who was found dead Jan. 23 in her home in the 500 block of Park Avenue in Yuba City. “Death is a possibility, Mr. Alexander,” Judge Brian R. Aronson said. Alexander, 20, is charged with first-degree murder, torture, aggravated mayhem, first-degree burglary and attempted first-degree robbery. He appeared briefly Tuesday in Sutter County Superior Court but did not enter …
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