Crime & Law Stories for February 2013
Stories for Thursday, February 28
Family mourns man killed in brutal daytime stabbing
A Bay Area family was mourning Thursday night after a man was fatally stabbed in a Vallejo neighborhood that afternoon. The stabbing happened as the victim, 27-year-old Christopher Armstrong, offered to help a neighbor and friend on the 900 block of El Dorado Street at 12:52 p.m. Manuel Medrano, the ...
Memorial service for slain officers moves to HP Pavillion
Thousands of law enforcement and community members are expected to honor to slain Santa Cruz detectives, both gunned down in the line of duty on Tuesday, at a public memorial set for March 7. The joint public memorial for Detective Sgt. Loran "Butch" Baker and Detective Elizabeth Butler was set ...
Man allegedly connected to 6 South Bay bank robberies arrested in Modesto
A man who police believe is responsible for a string of six bank robberies in the South Bay has been arrested, a San Jose police officer said. Thomas Rhodes, 45, was wanted for his involvement in six bank robberies that occurred throughout Santa Clara County from Jan. 18 to Feb. ...
Defense attorney wants trial for "insane" client who killed his father
A trial date of April 5 has been set for a Santa Rosa man charged with killing his father in 2011. Houston Herczog, 22, has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity in the stabbing death of his father Michael Herczog, 63, in their home Nov. 26, ...
3 juveniles arrested in Livermore mom sex case
Three juveniles have been arrested on suspicion of cyberbullying a boy who allegedly had sex with a Northern California mother. Forty-four-year-old Christine Hubbs served prison time after pleading no contest two years ago to having sex with two 14-year-old boys. Livermore police tell the Oakland Tribune the juveniles arrested on ...
Former fire captain charged with stealing from Contra Costa firehouses
Prosecutors have filed felony charges against a former Contra Costa County Fire Protection District captain accused of stealing hundreds of items from the fire district while working there. Jon Wilmot, 51, was charged Wednesday with receiving stolen property, embezzlement, possession of an assault weapon and commercial burglary. Prosecutors allege that ...
Suspect arrested in Las Vegas Strip shooting
A week after a shooting and spectacular fiery crash on the Las Vegas Strip, police said Thursday they have arrested the suspected shooter -- Ammar Harris – in Los Angeles. The announcement came just hours after investigators said they had found and talked with all three women who were in ...
Berkeley community groups raise concern about death of mentally ill man
Members of several community groups raised concerns Thursday about the way the Berkeley Police Department handled an incident with a mentally ill man who died in a struggle with officers two weeks ago. George Lippmann of the Coalition for a Safe Berkeley said Xavier Moore, 41, "had a history of ...
Slain Santa Cruz officers were taken by surprise
Two Santa Cruz police detectives gunned down while investigating a sexual assault complaint were interviewing the suspect when he shot them by surprise, sheriff's officials said Thursday. The suspect, 35-year-old Jeremy Goulet, had been interviewed for about 20 minutes when he surprised the detectives, Sgt. Loran Butch Baker and Elizabeth ...
UC Santa Cruz student falls 75 feet to his death in ravine
Police at the University of California, Santa Cruz are investigating what led to the death of a student who was found in a ravine Wednesday morning. Police, along with UC Santa Cruz fire officials, responded to a report of a man located underneath a pedestrian bridge near the university's student ...
UC Santa Cruz rape report determined to be a fabrication
UC Santa Cruz police officers have concluded that a sexual assault that was alleged to have occurred on campus last Sunday was a fabrication, authorities said. Police chief Nader Oweis announced Thursday that the alleged victim has admitted to UCSC police investigators that she staged the attack and fabricated the ...
Father: Santa Cruz shooter had a decade of warning signs
The man shot to death by police after killing two detectives fought losing battles to control his rage and a Peeping Tom obsession, destructive urges that led to his failure in the Army and set him on a path toward the deadly final conflict, his father says. After more than ...
Stories for Wednesday, February 27
Santa Cruz still reeling in wake of horrific shooting
The quiet beach town of Santa Cruz was reeling Wednesday as teary-eyed law enforcement leaders struggled to explain how 35-year-old Jeremy Goulet had managed to kill two detectives in Tuesday afternoon's deadly shootout. There was no warning for Sgt. Loran Butch Baker and Det. Elizabeth Butler Tuesday as Goulet flung ...
Montana man arrested for lewd act with teen girl in Rohnert Park
Rohnert Park police arrested a Montana man Tuesday on suspicion of committing a lewd act with a 15-year-old girl in the backseat of a vehicle at Sunrise Park, a police sergeant said. Motorcycle officer Ryan Foiles saw a suspicious vehicle parked in Sunrise Park at the corner of Snyder Lane ...
Man arrested for allegedly sending lewd messages to middle school students
A Walnut Creek man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly sending inappropriate text messages to middle school students, a police lieutenant said. Ariel Romero Ortigoza, 29, was arrested at Walnut Creek home today on suspicion of sending harmful matter to a minor with the intention to seduce, contact with a minor ...
Pedestrian killed by hit-and-run driver in Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa police are at the scene of a fatal hit-and-run collision involving a pedestrian Wednesday afternoon. A county emergency dispatcher said the incident was reported at 1:08 p.m. at 4864 Montgomery Drive in Santa Rosa. Emergency responders determined the pedestrian was deceased, the dispatcher said.
Vegas shooting suspect brags online about fast life
A YouTube video provided by police shows a Las Vegas triple murder suspect flashing a stack of $100 bills, one of many online displays of bravado from the man who is the subject of a manhunt after a fiery shooting last week. Ammar Harris, 26, is wanted in the deaths ...
Sheriff: Santa Cruz cop shooting suspect had body armor
The suspect in the killing of two California police detectives was wearing body armor and had three guns when he died in a shootout with other officers, sheriff's officials said Wednesday. Authorities say 35-year-old Jeremy Goulet shot and killed Sgt. Loran Butch Baker and Detective Elizabeth Butler on Tuesday afternoon ...
Santa Cruz suspect's dad: Son was ticking bomb
The father of a suspect in the fatal shooting of two Santa Cruz police officers said Wednesday his son was a ticking time bomb who had contempt for police and the justice system. Jeremy Goulet, 35, had numerous run-ins with the law previously and swore he would never go back ...
Santa Cruz wrestles with recovery from city’s ‘darkest day’
The quiet seaside community of Santa Cruz struggled Wednesday to recovery from the city’s ‘darkest day’ and the death of two veteran police officers. Sgt. Loren Butch Baker and detective Elizabeth Butler were shot and killed during an altercation at the home of the coffee shop worker -- Jeremy Goulet, ...
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