Crime & Law Stories for February 2012
Stories for Wednesday, February 29
Biker accused in Hells Angel funeral slaying in court
A Hells Angel accused of gunning down a fellow member at a funeral made his first court appearance in San Jose Wednesday afternoon. While no bikers showed up, but the extra security both inside and outside the courthouse was noticeable. Court documents obtained by KTVU detailed a fight between the ...
Local rapper identified as Vallejo murder suspect
Vallejo police Wednesday identified a local rapper as a suspect in a Valentine's Day murder and are seeking the public's help in finding him. Derek Ray Pittman, 27, who goes by the street name "Baygeen," is suspected of fatally shooting 23-year-old Danell Stevens, of Vallejo, on Fordham Circle in the ...
American Canyon woman indicted in $75 million ponzi scam
An American Canyon woman and a Canadian man have been indicted by a federal grand jury in San Francisco on charges that they carried out a Ponzi scheme that cost investors $75 million, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Jacqueline Hoegel, 55, and William Wise, 62, a resident of Canada who formerly lived ...
Suspect arrested in 2002 Rodeo murder case
Contra Costa County sheriff's deputies have arrested a man wanted for a 2002 Rodeo murder after stumbling upon him during a search for a suspect in an unrelated case, according to the sheriff's office. Duron Warren, 35, was arrested in Rodeo on Friday on suspicion of murdering 33-year-old Lennie Ray ...
Woman abducted off SF SOMA street
A woman was kidnapped in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon, a police spokesman said. The kidnapping was reported at 3:42 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Mission and 10th streets. The 20-year-old victim and another person were walking when the suspect drove up behind them, pulled ...
Emotions boil over outside Mirkarimi pre-trial hearing
A San Francisco judge Wednesday denied attempts by the wife of San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi to exclude a video from his domestic violence trial that depicted a bruise on her arm. Mirkarimi, 50, pleaded not guilty to domestic violence battery, child endangerment and dissuading a witness in connection with ...
Prosecutors seek the death sentence for accused serial killer Joseph Naso
The Marin County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday it would seek the death penalty against accused serial killer Joseph Naso. Deputy District Attorney Dori Ahana made the announcement at Naso's arraignment in Marin County Superior Court. Naso, 78, of Reno, re-entered not-guilty pleas to charges that he murdered four Northern ...
Bronze thieves target gravesites at Colma cemetery
When Karen Perkin came to Cypress Lawn Cemetery Tuesday to visit the grave of her friend Shinika Westry, she told KTVU she couldn't believe what was missing from the gravesite. Instead of a bronze vase in her friend's tombstone, there was just a hole. "I was blown away. Because...this is ...
Stories for Tuesday, February 28
Two ordered to stand trial in Heraldsburg pot farm slaying
A judge has ordered two Sonoma County men to stand trial for the murder of another man at a marijuana garden west of Healdsburg in October. Sidonio Cruz-Santos, 35, of Santa Rosa, and Augustin Zepeda-Onofre, 24, of Windsor, are charged with the shooting murder of 46-year-old Gabino Lopez-Santiago at a ...
SF boat bandits arrested in shipyard heist
Three people were arrested for allegedly burglarizing San Francisco's Hunters Point Shipyard after traveling there by boat early Monday morning, police said. San Francisco police, in coordination with University of California and federal authorities, collaborated in an operation to stop recent burglaries at the shipyard, where tools, wires, pipes and ...
Berkeley High School safety officer charged with stealing teacher's identity
A Berkeley High School safety officer has been charged with one count of felony identity theft for allegedly stealing bank account information from a special education teacher and using it to pay his utility bills. William "Billy" Keys Jr., 41, was arraigned in Alameda County Superior Court on Friday and ...
Man burned with boiling oil in SF roommate spat
A man had boiling cooking oil thrown at him by his roommate in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood early Tuesday, a police spokesman said. Officers were flagged down in front of the Tenderloin Police Station around 2:40 a.m. by a 47-year-old man who said his roommate had thrown the oil at ...
Man in critical condition after early morning SF stabbing
A 24-year-old man was seriously injured in a stabbing outside a bar in San Francisco's Excelsior neighborhood early Tuesday morning, a police spokesman said. The stabbing was reported shortly after 1:30 a.m. at Mission Street and Persia Avenue, police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said. The victim was in the bar ...
Stories for Monday, February 27
Herzog claims he killed no one in 1999 interrogation tapes
While Wesley Shermantine has drawn maps showing where he says he and the late Loren Herzog dumped dozens of bodies of victims Shermantine maintains Herzog killed, interrogation tapes made by authorities in March 1999 show Herzog claiming it was Shermantine who did all the slaying. The two boyhood friends graduated ...
Three arrested in Nordstrom credit card scam
Walnut Creek police have arrested three Southern California men in connection with a series of fraudulent credit card purchases at Nordstrom stores all over the state. Police were called to the Nordstrom at 1200 Broadway Plaza Saturday around 4:15 p.m. by store officials who reported several suspects using fraudulent credit ...
Palo Alto residents warned after burglary spree
Palo Alto police responded to eight home burglaries and one attempted home burglary on Friday, and they were warning residents stay on the alert. Three burglaries occurred on the 300 block of Sheridan Avenue between 7:30 a.m. and 2:45 p.m., and another three on the same floor of an apartment ...
Stories for Sunday, February 26
Murder details revealed in police interviews with serial killer
KTVU obtained police interviews with Loren Herzog as he gives his account of several of the so-called Speed Freak killings. A KTVU reporter spent the past two weeks in San Joaquin County learning about the crimes of Herzog and Wesley Shermantine. KTVU has the transcripts and more than 10 hours ...
One dead, two wounded in San Jose parking lot shooting
One man was killed and two others wounded when a gunman opened fire outside a San Jose bar early Sunday, authorities said. The three men had been at a birthday party at Carlos Goldstein's Bar at 1150 Murphy Ave. when they went outside and were shot while in the parking ...
Four arrested in South San Francisco SWAT standoff
A terminated employee of a South San Francisco business and a three others were arrested Saturday on suspicion of violently confronting his former employer, police said. The confrontation began at 12:36 p.m. at the suspect's former workplace in the 400 block of North Canal Street, police said. The fired employee ...
Stories for Saturday, February 25
Judge issues preliminary injunction targeting Oakland Nortenos gang members
A judge has issued a preliminary injunction against 40 alleged Norteno gang members that bars them from fraternizing in Oakland's Fruitvale District. Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker said the ruling by Alameda County Superior Court Judge Robert Freedman essentially concludes a trial that began about a year and a half ...
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