DUBLIN — Two men had spent less than a day in their Santa Rita Jail cell together before one of them allegedly strangled the other to death during a fight that the man one cell over claimed lasted for at least a half-hour, according to testimony at a recent preliminary hearing. Police testimony at the … Read more
OAKLAND — The trial of a local resident who was convicted of murder despite arguing self-defense contained an unexpected surprise the public never learned of: he allegedly attempted to smuggle heroin and cannabis into the jail through his trial suit. Trial outfits are standard for folks who go before a jury, because it’s considered prejudicial … Read more
A contentious plan to build a new mental health facility at the Santa Rita Jail has been tabled indefinitely, prompting celebration from community advocates who successfully lobbied against the project and sending Alameda County back to the drawing board. The expansion would have added more than 40,000 square feet to the Dublin jail complex — … Read more
A photo of a police car. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images A Bay Area man was arrested three separate times across four days, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said. The 30-year-old man was most recently arrested on Wednesday for allegedly burglarizing a Castro Valley house on Keith Avenue, the sheriff’s office said in a social media post. The … Read more
A California mom accused of exposing her 23-month-old son to a fatal dose of fentanyl was arrested Tuesday, officials said. Sophia Gastelum-Vera was booked at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin and could face murder charges, the Fremont Police Department said in a news release. An investigation by the police department revealed that the child was … Read more
A family photo of Maurice Monk. (Courtesy of the Monk Family) District Attorney Pamela Price announced Wednesday that she had reached a deal with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office to obtain documents relating to the care of Maurice Monk, who died at Santa Rita Jail in 2021. “Too many people have died in police custody, … Read more
Thieves stole a car from a woman on Sunday morning as she was putting her baby in a car seat in Piedmont, Calif., and later that day, police arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of stealing the woman’s BMW, officials said. The carjacking occurred at 9 a.m. Sunday on the 1200 block of Grand Avenue, the … Read more
A young Bay Area law student was found dismembered on the Alameda shoreline, and police say the man she lived with is responsible for her death. The woman’s remains were found on July 20 inside a bag left near Bay Farm Island Bridge, Alameda police said in a statement Thursday. Whoever put her there had removed … Read more