Crime & Law Stories for November 2011
Stories for Wednesday, November 30
Guilty verdict in brutal SF murder and sexual assaults
A man accused of fatally stabbing the mother of his daughter and raping two of the woman's other daughters in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood in 2007 was found guilty of first-degree murder and sexual assault charges Wednesday. A jury convicted Umar Hudson, 35, of fatally stabbing Jernell Scott, 32, ...
Thousands mourn slain Vallejo police officer
Thousands of mourners including Gov. Jerry Brown and police officers from across the state gathered in Vallejo Wednesday for the funeral of slain officer James Capoot. Capoot, 45, was fatally shot while chasing a bank robbery suspect on Nov. 17. He is survived by his wife Jennifer and three daughters, ...
Man arrested for intentionally running over firefighter
A man suspected of intentionally running over a Calfire firefighter after a fight in a San Francisco was arrested Wednesday, authorities said. Shortly before midnight, San Francisco Police arrested 22-year-old, Eduardo Shaparo Esquivel at his residence in South San Francisco. An SFPD officer from a district station viewed the surveillance ...
Burglars steal thousands of dollars in food, toys collected for needy families
Burglars on Tuesday stole an estimated $4,000 worth of toys, food and clothing that had been collected for an Oakley charity's annual holiday donation drive, a spokeswoman for the organization said today. The group Friends of Oakley had been collecting the items in barrels located throughout town and planned to ...
Man stabbed during Oakley robbery
A man was stabbed during a robbery after taking a run in an Oakley park on Tuesday evening, East Bay Regional Park District police said. The victim, a 58-year-old Pinole man, was accosted in the parking lot of the Big Break Regional Shoreline at about 6:45 p.m. just ...
Woman badly beaten in SF park
A 64-year-old woman was beaten unconscious by another woman in San Francisco's Outer Parkside neighborhood on Tuesday night, police said. The attack was reported at 10:02 p.m. in the 2200 block of 48th Avenue. A witness saw a woman in her late 20s or early 30s punching and ...
Bomb threat clears building on Chico State campus
A building on the Chico State University campus has been evacuated after someone phoned in a bomb threat. University spokesman Joe Wills told the Chico Enterprise-Record that an anonymous caller said a bomb would go off in the Student Services Center sometime Wednesday. Wills says the call was made to ...
Reward offered in Oakland shooting of toddler and six others
A $35,000 reward is being offered for information about a Monday night shooting in West Oakland that left three people, including a 1-year-old boy, in critical condition and wounded four others. The reward, offered by Crime Stoppers, is for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the shooting, which ...
Stories for Tuesday, November 29
Not guilty plea in shooting of Vallejo officer
The man accused of fatally shooting Vallejo police Officer James Capoot pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Solano County Superior Court, authorities said. Police have said that Fairfield resident Henry Albert Smith Jr., 37, shot Capoot, 45, during a chase that followed a robbery at a Bank of America on Springs ...
Alleged teenage gunman arrested in SF Mission District shooting
An 18-year-old man was arrested Monday evening after allegedly shooting another man who was sitting in a bus shelter in San Francisco's Mission District, police said. The 41-year-old victim was shot in the foot around 7 p.m. Monday while waiting at a San Francisco Municipal Railway bus shelter at 16th ...
Woman pepper-sprayed, robbed in SF Mission District
A woman was pepper-sprayed and robbed of her jacket in San Francisco's Mission District on Monday night, police said. The robbery was reported at about 9:40 p.m. in the 1500 block of 15th Street. The 19-year-old victim was walking when she was approached by two other women, who pepper-sprayed ...
Monterey authorities search for teen's killer
Monterey County sheriff's officials have identified a girl who was found murdered in Chualar as 14-year-old Maria Ambriz-Reyes. Ambriz-Reyes, of Salinas, was fatally shot and her body was found by a farm worker when he was driving through a field near Old Stage and Esperanza roads at around 9:30 ...
Court to rehear Alameda County gun ban case
A federal appeals court has agreed to< rehear a lawsuit over an Alameda County ordinance that banned guns and ammunition on public property. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order on Monday calling for an 11-judge panel to hear the case. A three-judge panel of the same ...
Stories for Monday, November 28
Prosecutor: Suspected gang member killed Oakland teen in cold blood
A prosecutor told jurors Monday that there was sufficient evidence for them to convict a suspected gang member of murdering a 17-year-old student at Castlemont Leadership Preparatory High School in Oakland in May shortly before the victim was to graduate. Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Eric Swalwell said Tuesday that ...
UC Berkeley Police dispute ‘non-violent’ protest claims by Occupy supporters
In an open letter issued to UC Berkeley students Monday, the association representing the campus police officers disputed claims by organizers that a November 9th Occupy Berkeley protest on-campus was non-violent and that officers over reacted with unnecessary force. The letter – addressed to students, faculty, administration & Regents – ...
Stories for Saturday, November 26
Emeryville police respond to gunshots, find man shot in the back
A man found shot in his back in Emeryville Friday night was in stable condition, police said Saturday morning. Emeryville police responded to the 1000 block of 48th Street at 10:12 p.m. on reports that shots had been fired in the area. Responding officers said they found a man lying ...
Stories for Thursday, November 24
Registered sex offender arrested, charged with sexual assualt of homeless man
A registered sex offender was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of sodomizing a 19-year-old homeless homosexual man, police said Wednesday. Chad William Swanson, 44, of San Jose, was believed to have befriended and allowed the 19-year-old victim to stay at his home in the 400 block of Willis Avenue, ...
AP: Witness says biker killing was a mistake
Chatting peacefully on the floor of a Nevada casino, a senior Hells Angels leader and a 27-year veteran of the rival Vagos motorcycle gang thought they had negotiated a truce between competing members who'd been wanting to fight at biker festival. "Everything is going to be all right," the Vagos ...
Stories for Wednesday, November 23
SF woman kidnapped, forced to withdraw money from various banks
A woman was kidnapped on Tuesday afternoon and forced to drive to several banks around San Francisco and withdraw money before being released unharmed, police said. The kidnapping occurred around 1 p.m. Tuesday in the 1500 block of Sloat Boulevard. The 60-year-old victim was in a parking lot when she ...
Stories for Monday, November 21
SF Picasso thief sentenced to 16 months
A New Jersey man who stole a Pablo Picasso drawing from an art gallery near San Francisco's Union Square was sentenced Monday and will be extradited to New York within the next month to face separate charges there. Mark Lugo, 31, of Hoboken, N.J., walked into the Weinstein Gallery at ...
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