Crime & Law Stories for April 2012
Stories for Tuesday, April 24
Man takes pregnant hostage during bank robbery
Hayward police have arrested a knife-wielding man who took a pregnant woman hostage during an attempted bank robbery. Lt. Roger Keener says the suspect entered the Wells Fargo bank at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. He gave the teller a note demanding money and told everyone to drop to the ground. Keener ...
Police investigate shooting near Union City's Logan High
Two Union City schools were locked down early Tuesday afternoon when a high school student was shot just two blocks away from James Logan High. Police were maintaining a crime scene just about two blocks from the campus down H Street. Investigators were continuing their search for the gunman. Students ...
Rape charges, new victims added in Mission District phony doctor case
A San Francisco man who allegedly posed as a doctor and illegally performed medical procedures, including lip and buttock augmentations, was facing rape charges after two additional victims came forward, prosecutors said Tuesday. Carlos Guzmangarza, 49, who also went by the name Carlos Guzman, allegedly operated Derma Clinic, a dermatology ...
Man arrested after allegedly attacking roommate over movie choice
A man attacked his roommate in San Francisco's Richmond District early Monday morning in a dispute over his choice of a movie, a police spokesman said Tuesday. The attack was reported around 2:50 a.m. in the 800 block of 25th Avenue. The victim had put on a movie that his ...
Man arrested for break-in, beating resident with crowbar
A 22-year-old man was arrested after allegedly breaking into a house in San Francisco's Bayview District on Monday and beating a resident with a crowbar, police said. Officers responded to a report of a burglary and beating at a home in the 1100 block of Ingerson Avenue at 8:21 a.m. ...
Three wounded during violent night on Oakland streets
Three people were found shot and wounded in East Oakland on Monday night, an Oakland police officer said. The three victims were found in two separate locations, but police believe they may have been shot in the same incident, Officer Kevin McDonald said. The first two victims were found when ...
Napa 8-year-old found napping near home meth lab
An 8-year-old boy was placed in protective custody after police found him sleeping alone in an apartment that contained a home methamphetamine lab, Napa police said. The mother, 33-year-old Christina Smith, was found with Damian Phillips, also 33, at a business in the 1100 block of Imola Avenue at around ...
Stories for Monday, April 23
Oakland man pleads not guilty to charge he murdered girl in 1974
A 63-year-old man pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he sexually assaulted and murdered a 13-year-old Oakland girl 38 years ago. The killing of Julie McElhiney on Aug. 9, 1974, had gone unsolved for nearly four decades but DNA evidence finally gave Alameda County prosecutors enough evidence to file ...
Petaluma man charged with killing wife testifies she was angry, had an affair
A Petaluma man charged with fatally shooting his 36-year-old wife testified in Sonoma County Superior Court Monday that she was angry and irritable with him and their two daughters and it escalated when she began an affair with another man. Kenneth Mullennix, 52, said the marriage with Buapha Mullennix was ...
Suspect dies after Fairfield officer-involved shooting
A suspect who was shot by a police officer in Fairfield Monday evening has died, a police spokesman said. An officer contacted the suspect in the 700 block of Gold Coast Drive, near Dover Avenue, at around 6 p.m. to follow up on an investigation, police Officer Cleo Mayoral said. ...
Five arrested in veteran's slaying at Antioch Bar
Antioch police have arrested five people in connection with a bar fight that left one man dead last month. At about 1:35 a.m. on March 31, officers responded to a report of a shooting at Cruisers Saloon at 1611 A Street, according to Antioch police. A group of men who ...
Oikos gunman hospitalized, hasn't eaten since arrest
The man who confessed to shooting 10 people, killing seven, at a small Christian college in Oakland earlier this month has been hospitalized after refusing to eat since his incarceration, according to authorities. The Alameda County Sheriff's Office announced Monday that One L. Goh had been placed in the infirmary ...
Students return to scene of university mass slaying
With the horrors of a deadly shooting rampage still a fresh memory, some students at a Oakland Christian college returned to class Monday in a building where seven people were killed earlier this month. Oikos University -- still draped with a memorial banner, wreaths and flower bouquets -- held a ...
Tanker truck driver wrestles gun away from gas station bandit
An Arco tanker truck driver wrestled the gun away from an armed bandit late Sunday night, thwarting an attempted robbery at an Oakland mini-mart, according to Oakland police. Oakland Police Sgt. Brandon Wehrly said the incident began around 9:45 p.m. at the Arco station/minimart located at 566 Hegenberger Road. “The ...
Hit-and-run crash triggers East Bay freeway inferno
A driver attempting to avoid a car lost control of his SUV on Highway 880 early Monday, rolling over his vehicle but was able to escape the wreckage before it burst into a fireball, authorities said. According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash took place on northbound Highway 880 ...
Stories for Sunday, April 22
Slain I-80 carjacking suspect had troubled past
A man fatally shot by police after leading officers on a 14-hour manhunt that shut down one of Northern California's busiest freeways had a criminal past and struggled with addiction. Family members of 38-year-old Jimmy Lee Graves told the Sacramento Bee (http://bit.ly/I12PKG ) that his marriage was failing and that ...
Richmond man gets 52 years to life for 2009 barbershop murder
A Richmond man was facing 52 years to life in prison after being convicted for the 2009 slaying of a 23-year-old man in front of a Pittsburg barbershop. A Contra Costa County judge sentenced 33-year-old Brent Lee Richardson Friday for fatally shooting young Bay Point father Eric Pree, Jr. after ...
Woman pleads not guilty in kicking of toddler
A Placerville woman was facing charges after she reportedly kicked a 16-month-old girl into the air and against a wall outside a restaurant in what authorities say was a random attack. The Times-Standard of Eureka reports (http://bit.ly/IZD6MP) that 28-year-old Molly Faye Barnes of Placerville pleaded not guilty on Friday to ...
Police investigating Oakland car fire as arson
Authorities were still searching for clues in what they suspected was a case of car arson in Oakland the previous evening. Firefighters received a call of flames coming out of a Ford minivan at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday night, on San Leandro St., near Seminary Ave. The vehicle was fully ...
Stories for Saturday, April 21
Deputy: Suspect in I-80 closure started fire
Authorities say they fatally shot a man suspected in a crime spree that led to the closure of a busy Northern California freeway after he started a fire and refused to show his hands. The suspect, identified on Saturday as 38-year-old Jimmy Lee Graves, was shot at an apartment in ...
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