Crime & Law Stories for February 2012
Stories for Wednesday, February 22
Suspected gunman arrested after Oakland school evacuation
Oakland police took an armed suspect into custody after a brief search that forced the evacuation of an elementary school in East Oakland's Maxwell Park neighborhood Wednesday morning. The suspect was arrested near the 2800 block of Monticello Avenue. Police had been searching the surrounding neighborhood for an armed man ...
Suspect faces 19 counts in East Bay crime spree
A man who stole a patrol car after a multi-county crime spree last Tuesday has been charged with 19 felony counts in Contra Costa County Superior Court. Castro Valley resident Edgar James, 32, was charged Friday with six counts of residential robbery, five counts of residential burglary, four counts of ...
Family’s hopes vanish with positive DNA test results
Terri Vanderheiden’s long wait for word of her daughter has finally come to an end -- DNA tests of remains found in the Central Valley have positively confirmed that 25-year-old Cyndi Vanderheiden fell victim to serial killer Wesley Shermantine. Authorities had used dental records to initially confirmed that the remains ...
Embattled SF sheriff Mirkarimi appears in court for brief hearing
San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi made another appearance in court to face domestic violence charges Wednesday, hours after his attorney filed a motion asking a judge to exclude statements his wife made to neighbors that are key to the prosecution's case. Mirkarimi has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of ...
Stories for Tuesday, February 21
SJ police boosting patrols for Mardi Gras celebration
San Jose police are boosting patrols for the Mardi Gras celebration in downtown Tuesday evening. Police Officer Jose Garcia said revelers should expect to see extra officers patrolling what's known as the "entertainment zone," an area with a high concentration of restaurants and bars. There are no planned street closures ...
Vallejo man shoots cousin in after dinner dispute
A man shot his cousin in the leg after an argument in front of a Thai restaurant in Vallejo early Tuesday morning, police said. Doroteo Suastegui 35, of Vallejo, got into an argument with two of his cousins outside the Cha-Am Thai Restaurant at 153 Plaza Drive, Lt. Abel Tenorio ...
Man arrested in SF Tenderloin cellphone stabbing
A 26-year-old man was arrested after allegedly stabbing another man in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood on Monday night during a dispute over a missing cellphone, a police spokesman said. Jose Rodriguez was arrested after officers responded to the 800 block of Ellis Street at 9:52 p.m. Monday and found a ...
US Supreme Court rejects Phil Spector murder conviction appeal
The Supreme Court has rejected Phil Spector's appeal of his conviction for killing actress Lana Clarkson. The court did not comment Tuesday in declining to take up Spector's argument that his constitutional rights were violated by the trial judge. Spector attorney Dennis Riordan argued that the prosecution's use of Superior ...
Lawyer: Backers of gay marriage ban set to appeal
Backers of California's same-sex marriage ban said Tuesday they will ask a federal appeals court in San Francisco to review the split decision by three of its judges that struck down the voter-approved law. The sponsors of Proposition 8 decided to appeal to a bigger panel of the 9th U.S. ...
Hayward police bring domestic-violence suspect back into custody
Hayward police announced early Tuesday evening that a domestic violence suspect who was accidentally released into the public from a hospital instead of being placed back into custody over the weekend has been found. The case started this past weekend when police said the suspect broke this window to get ...
Officer assault suspect arrested in Livermore burglary
A man was arrested for the second time in three days on Monday after he was found allegedly burglarizing an occupied home in Livermore, police said. Dallas Miller, 18, was arrested early Monday morning on suspicion of burglary and possession of stolen property after officers responded to the 800 block ...
Convicted serial killer maps new location for victims search
A convicted California serial killer whose maps have led authorities to hundreds of human bone fragments has apparently revealed the location of a third well where he says a victim can be found. A Sacramento bounty hunter said on Monday that Wesley Shermantine told him about the third well in ...
Stories for Monday, February 20
SJ police detain 16-year-old armed robbery suspect
San Jose police detained a 16-year-old male suspected of armed robbery Monday evening. Police were searching a creek trail in the afternoon after the suspect ran away from officers when they contacted him in the 2000 block of Southwest Expressway at around 3:45 p.m. The suspect was wanted in connection ...
Parents say suspect arrested for Berkeley hills homicide is mentally ill
The parents of a suspect arrested for allegedly killing a man in the Berkeley hills over the weekend on Monday said their son has been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic and argued the mental health system has failed him. 23-year-old Alameda resident Daniel Jordan Dewitt is in jail on suspicion ...
Robbery suspect wounded in Oakland officer-involved shooting
An Oakland police officer shot a robbery suspect in an East Oakland neighborhood late Sunday night, police said. The officer had pulled over a vehicle in the 2000 block of 62nd Avenue at 11:43 p.m. There were at least two suspects in the vehicle believed to be connected to an ...
Stories for Sunday, February 19
Two stabbed in San Jose mall gang disturbance
Two boys received potentially life-threatening injuries in a double stabbing at the Eastridge Shopping Mall in San Jose Saturday evening. The mall was closed and evacuated after the attack, which was reported just before 7:30 p.m., according to Officer Jose Garcia. Two victims, both male juveniles, were found inside the ...
Livermore officer injured breaking up drunken melee
Two men allegedly attacked a Livermore officer and broke his leg when police attempted to break up a large, drunken gathering early Saturday. Police had received multiple 911 calls about the rowdy even on the 900 block of Lambaren Avenue and responded to the scene shortly before 1:30 a.m., Police ...
Stories for Friday, February 17
SF DA : 'No intention' to charge Mirkarimi's wife
Prosecutors do not plan to file charges against Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's wife in connection with his domestic violence case. District Attorney George Gascon said on Thursday he has no intention whatsoever to prosecute Eliana Lopez. Mirkarimi is accused of grabbing and bruising Lopez's arm during an argument on New Year's ...
Stories for Thursday, February 16
State regulators close SF Bay area nursing school
State regulators have shut down a San Francisco Bay area nursing school over concerns about its accreditation and finances. The California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education closed the Institute of Medical Education on Wednesday. The for-profit school serves about 250 students on campuses in San Jose and Oakland. In addition ...
Searchers turn attention to new well in gruesome Linden search
Investigators found about 1,000 bone fragments in one well and plan to search a second on an abandoned farm near the town of Linden, as they follow leads provided by a serial killer, authorities say. The expanded search set for Thursday comes after authorities determined they've probably come to the ...
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