Crime & Law Stories for July 2012
Stories for Tuesday, July 31
Two suspects fled fatal SF shooting in white car
Police are searching for at least two suspects in a shooting that killed one and left another with life-threatening injuries in San Francisco's Portola neighborhood Tuesday night. The shooting was reported at 10:03 p.m. in the 3000 block of San Bruno Avenue, Officer Gordon Shyy said. The two victims were ...
UC Davis officer in spraying incident out of a job
University of California, Davis, police officer who sprayed demonstrators with pepper spray during a campus protest last fall no longer works for the university. The Sacramento Bee reports that a spokesman for UC Davis says Lt. John Pike's employment with the university ended Tuesday. Spokesman Barry Shiller told the newspaper ...
U.S. Attorney forces closure of venerable SF pot clubs
Two of San Francisco's longest-operating cannabis clubs closed their doors for the last time Tuesday after their respective landlords were threatened with possible jail time. Both HopeNet, a medical marijuana dispensary on 9th Street in the South of Market neighborhood, and longtime lower Haight Street institution the Vapor Room have ...
Suspects carrying submachine gun arrested after robbing victims near SJ high school
Three people are in jail Tuesday after brandishing a submachine gun and robbing several people near Evergreen Valley High School in San Jose on Monday, according to police. Police said the victims were near the school when a car drove up to them just after 11 p.m. The people in ...
UC Irvine professor charged with arson, plans for mass slayings
A college professor charged with arson for allegedly setting a series of fires at an Orange County high school his son once attended was plotting to kill students and teachers, then burn down the campus after his son committed suicide, authorities said Tuesday. Rainer Reinscheid, 48, was expected to appear ...
Homeless man arrested with stash of weapons talks about list of politicians
The man arrested in San Francisco ten days ago with a sizable stash of weapons, drugs and ammunition talked exclusively to KTVU from jail Tuesday about why he had the guns and a list of top politicians when he was taken into custody. 37-year-old Robert Clinton Johns of Reno, Nevada, ...
DA drops charges against men accused of shooting BB guns at paragliders
The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office on Monday dismissed assault charges against two men who were arrested in January for allegedly shooting BB guns at paragliders in Pacifica. Chief Deputy District Attorney Karen Guidotti said it was unlikely that prosecutors would be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt ...
Plea entry delayed for man accused of killing Sierra LaMar
A plea entry was postponed this morning for a 21-year-old man accused of kidnapping and murdering Morgan Hill teenager Sierra LaMar. Antolin Garcia-Torres has been charged with murder with the special circumstance of committing the murder during a kidnapping, and is being held without bail in Santa Clara County Jail. ...
$10,000 reward offered for arrest of 4th suspect in shooting at CHP car
Oakland police have announced a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of a 16-year-old boy who is wanted in connection with the attempted murder of a California Highway Patrol officer on July 21, police said. Three suspects have been arrested and charged with the attempted ...
Palo Alto police arrest suspect in string of auto burglaries
Palo Alto police have arrested a Los Gatos man who they believed was responsible for a series of car burglaries in Santa Clara County and beyond. Reynaldo Gomez, 48, is suspected in a string of break-ins in which the thief smashed the windows of cars in gym parking lots, police ...
Two men killed in Visitacion Valley shooting identified
The San Francisco medical examiner's office identified two men Tuesday who were fatally shot in Visitacion Valley the afternoon before. Frederick Glaspie, 27, and Marche Daniels, 25, were gunned down in the first block of Burr Avenue, near Argonaut Avenue, shortly after 1 p.m. Officers responded at 1:12 p.m. to ...
Monitor: Defaced photos of mayor and judge found on OPD bulletin board
Offensive photos of a federal judge and a city official – reported to be Oakland Mayor Jean Quan – were discovered by an employee posted on a bulletin board inside the Oakland Police headquarters, a federal monitor’s report has revealed. On the brink of being placed under federal control, OPD’s ...
Apple claims Samsung copied iPhone technology
An attorney for Apple told a jury Tuesday that rival Samsung faced two options to compete in the booming cellphone market after Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone to critical acclaim in 2007: Innovate or copy. Attorney Harold McElhinny claimed Samsung Electronics Inc. chose to copy, making its smartphones and computer ...
State Supreme Court upholds death sentence in Livermore nurse's murder
The California Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the death sentence of an ex-Marine convicted of fatally stabbing a Livermore nurse in her home 26 years ago. Richard Tully, 53, was sentenced to death in Alameda County Superior Court in 1992 after being convicted of the 1986 murder and assault with ...
Stories for Monday, July 30
Oakland police seek help finding clues about recent homicide
Oakland police took an unusual step Monday as they searched for clues into who killed a 41-year-old father of two on his own doorstep last Friday evening. Investigators said Rafael Cortes Garcia had a unique wallet that looked like a 1,000 Mexican peso bill. The wallet and the Garcia's cell ...
Pension reform leading to mass exodus of SJ police officers
The San Jose Police Department is looking for more than a few good men and women. In fact, it needs a lot of them. The Bay Area's largest city is seeing a record number of resignations and retirements from the police force. San Jose has long had a reputation of ...
More details surface about SF homeless man arrested with arsenal
San Francisco Police on Monday provided KTVU with an exclusive look at the weapons and ammunition that were found inside a homeless man's vehicle near Golden Gate Park when he was arrested on July 21st. Neighbors told KTVU the suspect's jeep was parked on Waller Street close to the park ...
Oakland prosecutor says death penalty is appropriate for quadruple killer
The death penalty is the appropriate punishment for an Oakland man who has been convicted of killing four people, a prosecutor told jurors Monday. In his closing argument in the penalty phase of the trial of 38-year-old David Mills, prosecutor Jim Meehan said Mills "has earned the slow walk through ...
Santa Rosa standoff suspect pleads not guilty to weapons charges
A man involved in a standoff with Sonoma County Sheriff's deputies last week pleaded not guilty to two felony weapons charges Monday afternoon. Michael Albini, 48, of Santa Rosa, was arrested for terrorist threats, assault with a deadly weapon, using force or violence to resist arrest and negligent discharge of ...
Teen shoots, stabs neighbor after playing video game
A teenager suspected of shooting at and stabbing a friend he had been playing video games with Monday afternoon was arrested in Oakley, a Contra Costa County Sheriff's spokesman said. Oakley police responded to a home in the 1500 block of Yosemite Circle shortly after 1 p.m. day, sheriff's spokesman ...
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