MARTINEZ — Two members of the Norteño gang were convicted earlier this month of murdering a 38-year-old man in a beating so brutal that some investigators initially believed the victim had been struck by a car, court records show. Jesse Addison, 24, and Erick Ruiz, 29, were convicted of first-degree murder and gang enhancements in … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — A 43-year-old man is set to be sentenced to 11 years in prison for participating in the killing of a college student in 2013 and other crimes related to his alleged gang membership, court records show. Mario “Shy Boy” Reyes is set to become the first person sentenced in a major 2018 … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has handed down decades-long prison terms against three members of a Norteño subset, ending a case that revealed the double life of a young man who billed himself as a beacon for positive change as he plotted and carried out gang killings. Fernando Madrigal, 25, was sentenced Thursday to … Read more
During a sideshow at Barneveld and McKinnon avenues on July 11, 2021, a passenger leaned out of a Cadillac holding an AK-47. SFPD More than two years after a photo of a woman hanging out of a Cadillac and holding an AK-47 went viral, federal prosecutors say they have charged a Hayward man who was … Read more