(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Sheriff’s office issued a release yesterday informing that they “were advised of the passing of retired Sutter County Sheriff Roy Whiteaker.” He served as a sheriff for just shy of two decades, from 1971 to 1990.

Sheriff Barnes said in the release: “Roy was a tremendous leader and he served as a mentor to so many, including myself. He will be missed but never forgotten.”