Crime & Law Stories for November 2011
Stories for Monday, November 21
South San Francisco man shoots sister, holds family hostage
South San Francisco police are seeking a man who allegedly held his family hostage at gunpoint following a dispute, and shot his sister in the hand while she was trying to escape, police said. Police were called to 521 Spruce Ave. at 7:48 p.m. Sunday, after receiving a report that ...
Stories for Friday, November 18
Vallejo police identify suspect in slaying of officer
Authorities identified a suspect arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a Vallejo police officer as residents and city officials on Friday mourned the officer's death. Henry Albert Smith, 37, of Fairfield, is being held on charges of bank robbery and murder for the slaying of Vallejo police Officer ...
Stories for Thursday, November 17
Hillsdale High bomber ordered to pay $122,000 in restitution
A judge has ordered a teenager convicted in a bomb attack on a Northern California high school to pay the school district $122,000 in restitution. San Mateo County Judge Stephen Hall ruled on Wednesday that 19-year-old Alexander Youshock was responsible for teacher and staff salaries and maintenance costs resulting ...
Police clear out Occupy Berkeley encampment
Authorities early Thursday morning cleared an encampment set up by Occupy protesters on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. Police in riot gear conducted a raid on the encampment around 3:30 a.m. Thursday, removing about 20 tents and arresting two protesters. Television footage showed a bulldozer moving into ...
Stories for Wednesday, November 16
Probation, 5 days jail time for texting while driving crosswalk death
A Rohnert Park woman was sentenced Wednesday to three years of probation, 5 days in Sonoma County’s jail and 115 days under house arrest for killing a 2-year-old girl in a crosswalk as she drove while texting in her car in December. Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Bradford DeMeo ordered ...
Union City teen guilty of attempting to murder police officer
A Union City gang member was convicted Wednesday of the attempted murder of a police officer and nine other felony counts for firing 10 shots from a 9mm semiautomatic handgun at Fremont police Officer Todd Young last year, nearly killing him. Andrew Barrientos, 21, who was dressed in a brown ...
Stories for Tuesday, November 15
Five-year sentence for Santa Rosa man in elder financial abuse case
A Santa Rosa man was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday morning for elder financial abuse and forgery. Paul Alexander Tart, 29, pleaded no contest to the charges in Sonoma County Superior Court last month. He admitted stealing more than $100,000 from his wife's 97-year-old grandfather over the past ...
Second suspect arrested in Central Coast kidnap-torture case
Investigators said Tuesday that a second suspect was arrested for the apparent kidnapping and fork-and-hammer torture of a California central coast man who escaped his attackers after days of captivity. San Luis Obispo County sheriff's investigators say 42-year-old Daniel Andrew Zeller was arrested Monday in California Valley, a community 55 ...
Inmates stage early morning escape from work camp
Two minimum-security inmates escaped from the Delta Conservation Camp just outside of Suisun City early Tuesday, a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman said. The men, Eduardo Hernandez, 29, and Jose Padilla, 32, both of Los Angeles County, were last seen around 4:30 a.m. in their housing unit, ...
Stories for Monday, November 14
Former Giants worker pleads guilty to embezzlement
The San Francisco Giants' former payroll manager pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling $2.2 million from the team. Robin M. O'Connor, 42, of American Canyon, pleaded guilty in San Francisco federal court to a single felony charge of wire fraud. O'Connor admitted diverting payroll meant for employees -- including players -- ...
Stories for Saturday, November 12
SF police officers injured during Occupy march
Two police officers were attacked with sharp objects by protestors in an Occupy San Francisco march Saturday, police said. Protestors were marching in the area of Embarcadero and Broadway around 3:30 p.m. Saturday when the attacks occurred, according to police. Officers accompanying the march were attempting to prevent demonstrators from ...
Reward for drowned cat grows to $12,225
A reward for information on the deliberate drowning of a cat in the Redwood Shores lagoon has grown to $12,225 with new donations, according to Peninsula Humane Society officials. The male black-and-white cat was found in the lagoon on Nov. 2 with a 5-pound dumbbell tied around its neck. It ...
Petaluma man arrested for allegedly trying to rob home
A Petaluma man has been arrested on suspicion of trying to steal a motorcycle from a Walnut Creek home, police said Saturday. A homeowner on Holland Circle returned home Friday at 11:45 p.m. to find a man in her garage trying to steal a motorcycle. The suspect fled when she ...
Stories for Friday, November 11
Guerneville man faces 32 years in prison for killing neighbor
A Guerneville man pleaded no contest in Sonoma County Superior Court Thursday to the first-degree strangulation murder and robbery of his neighbor in 2009. Andrew Brian Sharkey, 38, agreed to a 32 1/2 years to life prison term for the murder of Michael Van Tillman in Tillman's Guerneville home on ...
Woman arrested on suspicion of using fraudulent credit cards
San Rafael police arrested a Sacramento woman Thursday on suspicion of using and possessing fraudulent credit cards, a police sergeant said. Rio Frazier, 22, was booked in Marin County Jail on suspicion of commercial burglary, obtaining access card information, identity theft and theft by means of a forged access card. ...
Owner of Chevy Camaro carjacked, kidnapped at gunpoint; found safe
The owner of a white Chevrolet Camaro was kidnapped at gunpoint in San Jose on Thursday evening before being found safe later that night, police said Friday. The carjacking and kidnapping was reported at 7:09 p.m. in the Third Street Garage, a parking garage located at 95 N. Third ...
6-year-old boy injured in hit-and-run
A 6-year-old boy was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Fairfield Thursday afternoon, police said. Around 2:50 p.m., the 6-year-old was crossing East Travis Boulevard near Dover Avenue when he was hit by a car. The driver fled without stopping and was last seen driving west on East Travis ...
Serial killer fighting extradition to NY from San Quentin’s Death Row
A convicted serial killer sentenced to death in five grisly stranglings in California is fighting to avoid being brought to New York to face new charges in two 1970s murders here, saying he needs to work on his appeal more than New York authorities need to prosecute him. Rodney ...
Stories for Thursday, November 10
Oakland man convicted of '08 witness murders
An Oakland man is headed to prison for life for shooting a man, then killing two girls who witnessed it. The Oakland Tribune reports that a jury convicted 22-year-old Gumaro Baez this week of two counts each of murder and attempted murder. Alameda County prosecutors say Baez blamed an ...
Gruesome discovery -- Four bodies in Pittsburg home
The bodies of four people were discovered early Thursday in a Pittsburg home, the apparent victims of a murder-suicide, according to the Pittsburg Police Department. Pittsburg police Lt. Ron Raman said police got a call around 4 a.m. from a man who said he had hurt his family members and ...
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