Crime & Law Stories for February 2013
Stories for Tuesday, February 26
Authorities identify officers killed in deadly Santa Cruz shootout
Police and residents in Santa Cruz were mourning the death of two police officers Tuesday night who were shot after an investigation into a sexual assault suspect transformed into a deadly shootout. At a press briefing late Tuesday evening, authorities released the names of the two officers who became the ...
Vallejo woman found guilty of murdering son's father
A jury found a Vallejo woman guilty of murder Tuesday for the killing of her son's father in the parking lot of his Pittsburg apartment complex three years ago. The verdict, read Tuesday afternoon in a Richmond courtroom, came at the end of a second murder trial for Jennell Wright, ...
Two police officers and suspect fatally injured in Santa Cruz shootout
The two Santa Cruz police officers and the male suspect injured during a violent shootout Tuesday afternoon have died, according to authorities. The incident began with a police investigation that brought officers to a home on North Branciforte Avenue at around 3:30 p.m. A shooting ensued as suspects engaged the ...
SF Police offering reward in 2005 cold case murder of NASA engineer
San Francisco police are offering a $10,000 reward for information in the 2005 fatal shooting of a NASA engineer in the city's Excelsior District. Gabriel Zavala, 29, was shot in the 100 block of Valmar Terrace early the morning of Feb. 26, 2005, exactly eight years ago today. He was ...
Search on for suspect who escaped health facility
Authorities are searching for a suspected marijuana dealer they say escaped from federal custody while undergoing treatment at a Fresno medical center. Officials say Thanousone Volarat was at the center near downtown Fresno when he walked out the back door of the facility around 11 a.m. Monday and jumped into ...
Stories for Monday, February 25
FBI takes part in East Oakland gang shooting standoff
A standoff by federal agents and Oakland police triggered by shooting in the city’s troubled East Oakland neighborhood came to an end early Tuesday, but not before hours of drama and two arrests. Oakland police spokeswoman Johnna Watson said the incident began when officers witnessed a shooting at East 22nd ...
Man pleads not guilty to murdering Emeryville man in September
An Oakland man pleaded not guilty Monday to a murder charge for the shooting death of an Emeryville man in Oakland in September. Godfrey Jamal Jackson, 27, was arrested in Oakland on Dec. 13 for the fatal shooting of 24-year-old MiAndrew Rachal in the 900 block of West MacArthur Boulevard ...
Suspicious device determined to be WWI artillery shell
A World War I-era artillery shell was found in a Petaluma home Monday and prompted police to close streets and evacuate residents while bomb technicians disposed of the shell, police and sheriff's officials said. A homeowner in the 1700 block of Ely Boulevard South was cleaning out their residence this ...
Warrant issued for Vegas Strip shooting suspect
Police said Monday they have a warrant for a 26-year-old ex-convict identified as the prime suspect in a shooting and fiery crash that killed three people last week on the Las Vegas Strip. "We can say with certainty that Ammar Harris is the suspect who fired the fatal shots," Las ...
San Ramon bank executive sentenced to federal prison
A San Ramon bank executive was sentenced to more than a year in federal prison Monday after he was found guilty of six counts of mail fraud, federal authorities said. United States District Judge William B. Shubb also sentenced Joel Blanford, 44, to three years of supervised release for the ...
Two arrested in rash of Sonoma Valley burglaries
A coin shop's business card led to the arrest of a Eureka man and a Sonoma Valley teen in connection with a rash of residential burglaries in the Sonoma Valley area, a sheriff's sergeant said Monday. A sheriff's deputy contacted Harvey Joe Adkins, 28, of Eureka, inside a parked car ...
Taser used to subdue knife-wielding man at Children's Hospital
Deputies used a Taser to subdue a man who was armed with a knife in the lobby of Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland Monday morning, authorities said. The incident occurred at about 8:45 a.m. at the hospital, located at 747 52nd St., at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way. Alameda ...
Third suspect arrest in San Jose's Calderon slaying
A third suspect in a 2010 homicide in San Jose has been arrested as he was on his way to court, police said. Carlos Ruiz Paz, 21, a San Jose resident, was arrested at about 1:30 p.m. as he was en route to an unrelated court case, police said. The ...
Police release additional details on MC Hammer arrest
Dublin police released more details Monday about the arrest of rapper MC Hammer near the Hacienda Crossings Shopping Center last week. Officers spotted a vehicle parked at the Shell gas station near the shopping center at about 10:20 p.m. Thursday and noticed it had expired registration tags, police Lt. Herb ...
Man gunned down in SF's Oceanview District
A 20-year-old man was killed in a shooting in San Francisco's Oceanview neighborhood on Friday evening, a police spokesman said Monday. The victim, identified by the medical examiner's office as San Francisco resident Lawrence Collins, was found shot in the head at about 7:05 p.m. Friday in the 600 block ...
Two alleged carjackers arrested after crashing stolen vehicle
Two carjacking suspects fleeing from police crashed a stolen Mercedes into several parked cars at a Union City shopping center on Sunday, injuring one person, police said. The vehicle was taken around 12:45 p.m. from the Mission San Jose area of Fremont, and was last seen on Curtner Road heading ...
Search widens for suspect in Vegas Strip shooting
A manhunt has widened to southeastern U.S. states for a 26-year-old ex-convict identified as the prime suspect in a shooting and fiery crash that killed three last week on the Las Vegas Strip, police said Monday. Ammar Harris used to live in South Carolina and Georgia, he was convicted in ...
Stories for Sunday, February 24
Police release sketch of Palo Alto armed robbery suspect
Police in Palo Alto Sunday released a sketch of a suspect who tried to rob a man at gunpoint near a parking garage on Friday night. Police said dispatchers got a call around 8:25 p.m. from a man reporting that an armed man had just tried to rob him near ...
Police chase ends in crash at Union City shopping center
Authorities said a police pursuit Sunday afternoon ended with a crash in Union City. Officers said the chase began in Fremont and ended when the suspect car lost control of their car at the Union Landing Shopping Center. Officers are searching for one of two suspects who were in the ...
Dublin police respond to MC Hammer’s arrest
Dublin Police said Sunday in a news release that they arrested MC Hammer at the Hacienda Crossings Shell gas station Thursday night for obstructing an officer in the performance of their duties and resisting an officer. Police approached MC Hammer in a car that had expired registration and was not ...
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