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
Inmates across California are being confined to their cells after a major riot involving an estimated 200 incarcerated people left eight staff members and one prisoner with serious injuries, authorities said. The Jan. 31 riot at Ironwood State Prison in the Riverside County city of Blythe started when an estimated 200 prisoners rushed corrections officers, … Read more
MARTINEZ — A Contra Costa County jury is set to hear evidence of warring gangs, a string of East Bay killings and a confession that the defense says was coerced by a co-defendant who allegedly killed at least four people while still in his teens. Enrique Ramirez-Calmo, 29, is now on trial facing charges of … Read more