PIEDMONT — A 52-year-old man who allegedly emailed threats to Piedmont Chief of Police Jeremy Bowers and other members of the police department, including “I will show up with a machine gun and kill everyone of you,” has been arrested and charged with three misdemeanor criminal counts, according to authorities and court records. The man, … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — Police showed up to a local residence based on a tip that someone there had uploaded child pornography to a Dropbox account, but ended up stumbling on much more, according to court records. During a search of a Potrero Hill home on the 800 block of Arkansas Street, police reportedly discovered roughly … Read more
OAKLAND — Top brass of the Oakland Police Department on Friday announced arrests in four homicides, including three suspects apprehended this week, and also provided details of recent enforcement actions while vowing to continue their efforts to keep crime down. “We are working hard as a police department to reduce the crime and we are … Read more
DUBLIN — A San Jose man has been sentenced to to seven years and four months in prison for killing two women in a drunk driving crash on Thanksgiving Day 2021, after a plea deal that allowed for two possible prison terms, depending on his conduct, court records show. Through a plea agreement with Alameda … Read more
SAN JOSE — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a package of bills on Friday intended to crack down on retail, property and auto theft. The 10 bills, which were largely written in collaboration with representatives from big retailers, strengthen existing anti-theft laws and introduce some new legal approaches to prosecuting theft. They largely … Read more
A Fremont mother pleaded guilty this week to involuntary manslaughter in the death of her youngest toddler, who fatally overdosed on the powerful narcotic fentanyl just two weeks shy of his second birthday. Sophia Gastelum-Vera, 27, formally agreed to the plea deal Wednesday after prosecutors voiced plans to drop a slew of lesser charges in … Read more
SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County public health officials are warning that a dangerous sedative is being detected in illegal opioids with alarming frequency. Xylazine, a powerful pain relief treatment intended for animals with no approved use in humans, is being added to street opioids, namely fentanyl and heroin, to enhance the effects of the … Read more
OAKLAND — One of two defendants in the killing of a local maintenance man has already pleaded no contest, and the other is headed to trial. In an August court hearing, 38-year-old Nai Saechao pleaded no contest to second degree murder in the death of Julio Chavez-Montoya, whose skeleton was found wrapped around a tree … Read more
Investigators have arrested an Idaho resident on suspicion of murdering a San Rafael woman in 1973, the Marin County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday. Michael Eugene Mullen, 75, was linked by DNA evidence to the case of Nina Fischer, who was slain at her home on Point San Pedro Road. Fischer was 31 years old. Authorities … Read more
OAKLAND — In a plea deal, a local pimp who was allegedly caught beating a woman with a gun in an area known for prostitution will receive 10 years in state prison, while his suspected getaway driver will be sentenced to probation and court-ordered parenting classes, records show. Clarence “C-Money” Brown III, 29, pleaded no … Read more