Fremont man gets 20 years for grooming and molesting 12-year-old girl

Fremont man gets 20 years for grooming and molesting 12-year-old girl

OAKLAND — In a plea deal with Alameda County prosecutors, a Fremont man will serve 20 years in state prison for molesting a 12-year-old girl he’d been chatting with online, court records show. Christian Shepard, 26, pleaded no contest to 16 sex crimes, including committing lewd acts upon a child, sending lewd material to a … Read more

Livermore man, 41, charged with molesting 12-year-old girl he met online

Livermore man, 41, charged with molesting 12-year-old girl he met online

LIVERMORE — A 41-year-old man has been charged with molesting a 12-year-old girl he reportedly met through the social media application Snapchat, and police say when they came to arrest him they stumbled upon a large cache of illegal drugs for sale. Roger Rempfer, of Livermore, was charged last month with two counts of alleged … Read more

Castro Valley High School music teacher charged with molesting student for years, including on campus

Castro Valley High School music teacher charged with molesting student for years, including on campus

CASTRO VALLEY — A former Castro Valley High School music teacher has been charged with sexually abusing a student, alleged crimes that police say were discovered by students at the school before his arrest. Keita Hasegawa, who taught band at Creekside Middle School before moving to the high school in 2021, was charged with seven … Read more