19-year-old Juan Castillo and 20-year-old Jason Mone Omm are facing three counts under PC 211-212.5(a), first degree robbery, and PC 459-460(a), burglary. On August 16 the San Jose Police department received a call after both suspects had entered in order to steal items from the home on 2700 block of Croft Drive in San Jose.

The two suspects came to the window of the single family home and smashed it to get inside. But while the suspects were inside, responding officers were able to block them from making a clean exit. Officers learned that they had squeezed between several loose boards in the side fence in order get into the back of the victim’s home. Officers also located several stolen items from the side area of the home where the subjects planned to make a quick getaway.

When SJPD officers approached the home they saw the young men running through the back yard of the home into the neighboring back yard. When police stopped the suspects they exited the area with officers. When one was asked what he was doing, he replied that he was watching the World Cup soccer match on TV with another friend. However, when approaching the second suspect it was apparent that they were responsible for the burglary.

Stolen items were located near where Omm was detained by officers. He was subsequently handcuffed and arrested. When asked about what had happened, Omm told the officer that, “I would rather talk to a lawyer”.

The victim of the burglary had hid under the bed while the suspects entered the home, apparently unaware that she was there. She heard one person say, “Hey, there’s an iPad and laptop on the desk”. This allowed her time to dial 9-1-1 to report the burglary. She was not able to see who had broken into her home, but was able to identify the items the suspects had stolen from the home. The items were identified and released back to the victim.

Their next court date has been scheduled for Nov 19, 2014 in Dept 38 at 1:30 PM.

SACRAMENTO—Police are investigating the death of a toddler under what is being called “unusual” circumstances and trying to determine if it was accidental or criminal.

Police found the toddler unconscious on Monday, November 10, in her home in Meadowview. The child, who is not being identified, was taken by a fire department ambulance to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.

“We’re not calling it suspicious. It’s just an unusual death with unusual circumstances,” said Officer Justin Brown, spokesman. “Those details cannot be released at this time.”

Police were called to the hospital at 10:00 p.m. on Monday at the request of the Coroner’s Office.

Neighbors say a man who lives at the home in the 7600 block of Teekay Way in Meadowview changed his story several times about how the little girl died.

“He had told them she had slipped and fell, but he told us it was an asthma attack and then he said it was the stomach,” said neighbor Ebony Smart. “When the police asked me questions, they said there was probably meth involved. I just don’t think that what happened to that baby was an accident. “I (saw) them pick up the baby off the kitchen floor.”

Detectives interviewed family members and Sacramento County Child Protection Services is also involved in the case.

RIVERSIDE – Suspect with an outstanding felony warrant discovered with undocumented cow and arrested.

A Riverside Police Officer stopped to check on two suspicious subjects in the area of Arlington and Norwood on Wednesday, November 5 in the early hours of the morning. The two individuals were loitering near a parked vehicle behind a closed automotive business.

When the officer approached the subject, he discovered that one of the individuals had an outstanding warrant for narcotics violations. The officer proceeded to inspect the vehicle and found an unexpected passenger. A 3 day-old jersey calf blinked up at the officer from the backseat.

The seventy-pound calf appeared unharmed, but had the identification tags ripped from its ears. The officer questioned the suspect, but the man had no documentation for the calf. Cesar Zamora Santana, 31 of Riverside claimed that he had purchased the calf for $200 from an unknown seller at a gas station.

Zamora Santana was arrested for possessing the calf without documentation and an outstanding felony arrest warrant for narcotics charges. According to Officer Cheryl Hayes in a press release, the calf is believed to be stolen and authorities are looking for assistance in returning it to its owner. In the meantime, Riverside County Animal Services took possession of the calf and placed it in foster care, where it will be bottle fed and cared for until its owner can be found.

While cattle rustling may sound like an unusual crime for our times, it is actually on the rise. The current year’s cattle prices have hit all-time highs and are expected to remain high, making cattle theft lucrative. Texas and Oklahoma have seen a spike in cattle rustling, with more than 10,000 cows and horses reported missing in 2012, according to NPR’s State Impact. Californians may also want to mind their cows.

Photo: Riverside Police Department

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MCFARLAND — A 37-year-old Bakersfield man accused of stealing and forging checks from the company he worked for, is behind bars after being arrested earlier late last week.

Jorge Ortega was booked into the Kern County Jail for forgery

According to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, Ortega stole six checks from a farming company he was working at in the 32000 block of Famoso Road in McFarland, then cashed the checks at a market in the nearby Bakersfield area.

The sheriff’s department said the total of all the cashed checks was around $3,200.

The initial investigation into the theft and forgery began on Oct. 14 and, after a nearly month-long investigation, detectives from the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Rural Crime Investigation Unit said that they had developed enough probable cause to obtain a warrant, and arrested Ortega on Nov. 7.

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After imposing a sentence of four years and four months upon David Scott Snyder, 34, a former UC Davis chemist, for causing an explosion in his UC Davis residence, Yolo Superior Court Judge Stephen Mock stated the defendant’s actions “were reckless in the extreme.”

Before receiving his sentence, Snyder played several slide shows in the courtroom, which he narrated to explain what had happened in his Russell Park apartment on the morning of January 17, 2013. He had, he said, been conducting experiments involving “electrochemical denitrification.” This is a process of removing nitrates and ammonia from contaminated drinking water, which would help stop the spread of kidney disease and diarrhea in third world countries. But then an unstable mixture exploded and injured his hand.

Tashari El-Sheikh

Snyder then drove himself to a nearby hospital. Hospital staff became suspicious and called Davis Police. Snyder called a friend, Tashari El-Sheikh, from the hospital and directed him to remove incriminating evidence from his apartment. Police said El-Sheikh, a postdoctoral employee at UCD, deposited boxes full of chemicals in dumpsters around West Davis. El-Sheikh has since fled the country, apparently to Amsterdam according to his Facebook profile.

Eventually, Snyder’s apartment complex had to be evacuated for 20 hours while bomb squad investigators removed dangerous chemicals.

Narrating another slide show, Snyder asserted that guns found in his apartment were simply the result of carrying on a family tradition of weapons collecting and marksmanship.

Snyder had faced more than 20 years in state prison if he had been convicted at trial of all the counts, which included reckless disposal of hazardous waste, possession of a destructive device or explosive, possession of materials with intent to make a destructive device and possession of a firearm on university grounds.

“David Snyder was thinking about David Snyder. He knew what he was doing in that apartment was wrong. That’s why he tried to mitigate it by involving somebody else” prosecuting attorney Martha Holzapfel said Friday in arguing for a longer sentence.

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Seaside Police Investigate Three Separate Shootings

SEASIDE—As the Seaside Police Department begin to investigate their third shooting in less than a month some residents of the community on the coast just north of Monterey are becoming increasingly concerned. In each case officers have no suspects and have very little information to help in their investigations.

In the most recent shooting that occurred on Wednesday Seaside Police are still looking for a single shooter than walked up to a group men and opened fire. Police responded to the 1200 block of Hamilton Avenue and found a male adult unresponsive and suffering from a gunshot wound.

According to eye-witnesses the victim had been standing with friends in his own driveway when a subject wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt walked up and open fire.

An earlier shooting was reported on San Pablo Avenue.

“We have very little information in this case.” Seaside Police Commander Judy Stradan, “They caught the suspect in the corner of their eyes and then heard what sounded like fireworks, then the suspect was gone.”

The victim was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.

In a Saturday, November 1st shooting, police responded to the 1400 block of San Pablo Avenue on a report of gunshots heard in the area. When police arrived they did not find a victim but found that a house and vehicle had been hit by gunfire.

An October shooting on Clementina Avenue left damage to a house.

And on Sunday, October 19, police responded to the 1000 block of Clementina Avenue on a reported of, you guessed it, gunshots heard in the area. When they arrived they learned from the victims that they had been seated on their porch when they were shot at several times. Neither of the victims were hit by the gunfire, but the house suffered some gunshot wounds. There are indications that the suspects were on foot just like the shooting that occurred on November 12.

Police suspect that all the shootings are gang related.

Little did David Shaw, 21, realize when he made an illegal left turn, after leaving work, from the University Mall parking lot, which borders the UC Davis campus, that he’d participate in an educational drama put on for watching Davis High School students in the school gymnasium on November 6.

The case of People vs. David Shaw was tried before the student audience in the gym, to educate high school seniors about the consequences of impaired driving — an offense that doesn’t necessarily require the consumption of alcohol. “We go with the drug cases because that’s what the kids are being exposed to these days,” said Yolo County Deputy District Attorney Matt De Moura, who prosecuted Shaw in the show trial presided over by Yolo Superior Court Judge David Rosenberg. The program also features relatively young defendants — “someone the students can relate to.”

Davis police officer Jeff Vignau stated that after he pulled Shaw over for making the illegal left turn, the miscreant attempted to light a cigarette, which is a tactic many drunk drivers use to cover the smell of alcohol on their breath. Shaw also spoke with slurred speech and was “sweating profusely,” despite the cold winter weather.

Vignau said Shaw failed several field sobriety tests. He explained each test for the watching Davis High School seniors in the gym, saying each test provides clues not only about a suspect’s sense of balance and coordination but also as to their ability to follow verbal directions and multitask.

Footage from Vignau’s police car dash camera was played on a screen in the gym and showed Shaw visibly wobbling as he attempted to follow directions. Later, a blood test showed Shaw, a former Davis High School student, had consumed not only alcohol, but heroin as well.

Shaw took to the podium to testify in his own defense, saying he thought he was “fit to drive,” while acknowledging he had taken drugs on the night of his arrest, “because I was sick.” Shaw admitted that, after watching the dash-cam video, he didn’t perform the tests as well as he had thought he had at the time. Judge Rosenberg then passed a sentence including 90 days in county jail and a $3,179 fine among other punishments.

The Judge stated he hoped the students watching would think about the proceedings the next time they thought about driving while impaired, as Shaw was led away in handcuffs by a bailiff.

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Ventura County - Proving once again that any criminal conviction has long term effects upon anyone who has served jail or prison time as a result of their Criminal Code violation, the Santa Paula Police Department celebrated the Halloween weekend with a classic “probation sweep” intended to enforce the compliance of named individuals with the terms of their release from incarceration.

According to SPPD Sgt. Cody Madison’s report to the media, officers from his department, with various search and arrest warrants in hand, performed a series of “compliance checks” of former inmates suspected of continued criminal conduct. As a result of these efforts, six folks—four of them documented gang members—are headed back to a world of orange jumpsuits and unsmiling hospitality staff:

Lisa Mata, 47, was arrested for possession of narcotics paraphernalia; Victor Sanchez, 43, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and possession of narcotics paraphernalia; Richard Duenas, 34, was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance; Anthony Duenas, 34, was arrested for failure to appear and possession of narcotics paraphernalia; Nathaniel Chavez, 38, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine paraphernalia; David Sellers, 66, was arrested for possession of obscene material. All were transported to Ventura County Jail for booking on those charges.

With little apparent awareness of the Law of Unintended Consequences and taking obvious pride in his department’s ability to continue waging the War on Drugs that may be responsible for such overcrowded conditions in California that they’ve caught the attention of the U.S. Supreme Court, SPPD Chief Steve McLean remarked to the press that “we’re sending a message that Santa Paula Police are doing our best to keep our community safe.”

Photos: Courtesy Ventura County Jail Booking

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Pittsburg police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for an Oct. 29 shooting homicide that led to a second fatal shooting at the same location less than a week later.

Aaron Robinson, a 25-year-old Pittsburg resident, was arrested Tuesday for the murder of 22-year-old Dominique Thomas, also of Pittsburg.

The corner of West and 11th Streets, the scene of both shootings.

Thomas was shot to death on the corner of West 11th and West streets on Oct. 29 just before 7 p.m, police said. The shooting was the result of an ongoing feud between the two men, according to police.

According to police records, both men had been arrested prior to this incident. just a few days prior, on October 25, Dominique Thomas was arrested on an outstanding felony warrant, possibly related to an April 2013 arrest for street terrorism and assault. Aaron Robinson shows at least four arrests since 2009, for burglary, possession of stolen property, carrying a concealed weapon, DUI, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

On the morning of Nov. 4, just six days after the murder of Thomas, police said 22-year-old Antioch resident Brian Adams came to the scene to visit a sidewalk memorial that was set up for Thomas.

While he was paying his respects to his friend, Adams saw 18-year-old Pittsburg resident Jose Pedroza-Corzo drive by in a car, and he shot Pedroza-Corzo in the head after mistaking him for somebody else, according to police. Adams was arrested in Martinez on Nov. 6 and confessed to the killing, according to police.

Police say Adams and Pedroza-Corzo did not know each other, and investigators declined to say whether either homicide was gang-related. Both Adams and Robinson are being held at County Jail in Martinez on $1 million bail.

These incidents are the second and third homicides in Pittsburg in 2014.

A convicted felon who was recently released from jail due to overcrowding was shot and killed by police in Concord on Wednesday night after leading authorities on a chase and ramming a patrol car.

The chase began about 8:40 p.m. at Alves Lane and Willow Pass Road in Bay Point when a Contra Costa County Sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop 26-year-old Bay Point resident Jose Avalos for driving a car that was believed to be stolen, which was later confirmed to be the case, according to police.

After fleeing the stop, Avalos led police onto the freeway where the chase was temporarily halted in Concord after he began driving the wrong way on Highway 242. At that point sheriff’s deputies asked Concord police for assistance in apprehending the suspect.

Avalos eventually pulled off the freeway and into the parking lot at the Sunvalley Mall on Concord Boulevard where he abandoned the vehicle. He then ran to the nearby Willows Shopping Center, located across Interstate 680.

Police said Avalos then unsuccessfully tried to carjack two vehicles in the shopping center parking before succeeding on his third attempt.

Concord police managed to corner Avalos in the parking lot between the Cost Plus and REI stores. Avalos then rammed a patrol car, and two officers responded by firing several shots, police said.

Officers immediately summoned emergency medical aid, but the suspect died from his injuries on the scene.

Police said they later located a gun near the stolen car Avalos abandoned in the Sunvalley Mall parking lot. Avalos was on post release supervision for a previous arrest of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The two officers involved in the shooting, one with eight years of law enforcement experience and the other with three, have both been placed on routine administrative leave pending the results of an investigation into the shooting, according to police.

This shooting marks the second fatal shooting involving Concord police this year. In May, a Concord officer shot and killed a suicidal woman after she pointed a gun at police in the 2700 block of Pacheco Street.

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect in an attempted home robbery in Carmichael last week, according to an official press release.

According to Sac Sheriff, at about 3:40 am on Friday, November 7, an unknown white male entered a residence within the 4600 block of Hixon Circle in Carmichael while the occupants were sleeping. As the suspect was inside the home, one adult and one child within the home reportedly woke up, spoke to the suspect, and the suspect then fled the scene on foot.

Suspect sketch based on witness accounts.

The suspect is reportedly described as a white male adult in his 20s, about 5’11″ tall with a thin, athletic build. He reportedly had short curly light brown hair, bushy eyebrows, and acne. The suspect was reportedly wearing a half-zip gray pullover sweatshirt, blue jeans, heavy shoes, and a cross-over backpack/messenger bag.

There was reportedly no physical contact between the suspect and occupants in the home, and nothing appeared to be have been taken. Detectives acknowledge similarities in the location and hour of crime to a recent child kidnapping that took place on August 31 on nearby Adelaide Way. While there is reportedly no physical evidence to establish a connection that this incident is related, detectives are asking anyone with information regarding this incident or who may recognize the suspect in the composite sketch to contact Sac Sheriff detectives at (916) 874-5115 or Crime Alert at (916) 443-HELP, or leave a tip at www.sacsheriff.com.

SAN JOSE – 22-year-old Solomon David Friese was arrested on Sunday, October 26 in the death of Chi Lam, and charged under VC 23140, 23152 and 23153, for causing an accident while under the influence of alcohol, and in violation of PC 191.5, gross vehicular manslaughter.

Friese appeared in the Superior Court of San Jose’s Hall of Justice on Monday Nov 10 at 1:30 PM with friends and family, after moving back to Riverside to be with them after the incident. Bail was set at $125,000, however instead of his bail being revoked Friese was able to be released on his “own recognizance”. The next court appearance has been scheduled for December 1 at 1:30 in Dept 38.

Officers had located the Asian male victim on 10th Street near San Jose State University. A witness at the scene of the crash had watched as Lam was thrown through the air after running into the path of the speeding vehicle. After flying through the air, he landed on the pavement several feet away from the car. Friese had been traveling at a rate of 45 mph on 10th Street when he hit Lam head on. Realizing what had happened he slowed to 15 mph, but then began to speed up again. Friese told authorities he did not know that he was required to stop at the scene of the accident.

After leaving the scene Friese turned onto East San Salvador and then to 8th Street. Friese tried to turn, taking the corner too quickly, slamming into several parked cars along the street. Fueled by alcohol, Friese jumped out of the disabled vehicle and ran from the scene.

The victim Lam had been walking with a female friend when Friese was seen driving really fast towards them. “The witness saw Lam run to avoid the car, but she stayed in place”. Then suddenly Friese, upon seeing the couple, started to change lanes, but instead of missing them, Lam had run straight into the path of the speeding car.

Soloman Friese was also a student at San Jose State University (image Facebook)

According to authorities and the investigative reports by officers, “Lam sustained multiple fractures to his skull and had severe internal bleeding of the brain”. He was placed on life support in order to preserve his organs for possible donation after being placed in the critical care unit at the hospital. Doctors believed that Lam would not survive his injuries for more than a few days.

The San Jose State University Police were called to assist in looking for the suspect at 455 South 8th Street, just down the block from the crash, and to secure the location where the suspect had last been seen. While checking the apartment Friese opened the door and was identified as the suspect. While he spoke to police a strong odor of alcohol was noticeable. Friese admitted to having 5-6 drinks at a Halloween costume party.

While at home, he had decided to go to bed, but his roommate told him that he needed to talk to police about the incident. The roommate did not find out about the accident from Friese, it had been a neighbor who had heard the loud crash and was able to identify the suspect’s vehicle. The vehicle was described as a black BMW with a partial plate number given to officers. The neighbor stated he “did not get involved because Friese had been getting in a lot of trouble lately and did not want to have anything to do it”. Friese was arrested and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for felony hit and run under CVC 20001 (a) and for driving while in the influence of CVC 23152 (b).

The witness played an important part in identifying Friese’s vehicle as the one seen hitting and killing Chi Lam at the scene.

This was the 37th fatal pedestrian death in San Jose at this time. Another hit and run accident was reported on Nov 11 during the afternoon, near Barberry Lane and South King Road. A woman was hit and killed. The driver responsible for the accident was later found and arrested.

Chi Lam Go Fund Me memorial page

“Juan Lopez will restore integrity to the leadership of the Office of Sheriff in San Mateo County.”

Lopez’s unsuccessful bid for Sheriff. Was his latest escapade an attempt at prison reform or to pay off campaign debts?

So boasted Juan Lopez’s campaign website for Sheriff of San Mateo County. Lopez is a county Deputy Sheriff, and on Friday, San Mateo residents got a taste of his brand of integrity after Lopez and two San Mateo County correctional officers, Michael Del Carlo and George Ismael, were arrested on charges of conspiring to bring contraband into the county’s Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

All three suspects have also been charged with gang enhancements, as the main recipient of the smuggling is a known street gang member who shared the smuggled items, including cell phones and drugs, with his gang cohorts. San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe told the San Jose Mercury News that the suspects received cash for the smuggled contraband.

“The Sheriff’s Office has hundreds of people who go to that jail,” Wagstaffe told reporters. “Any time you have a breach of security, such as bringing in contraband, that taints everything.”

Ismael, a correctional officer with 15 years experience, is the only one of the three suspects charged with bringing a controlled substance into the jail. He is alleged to have given Oxycodone to an unnamed gang member housed in the jail. Ismael was arrested in Redwood City.

Del Carlo, who has 19 years experience working for the county, was arrested in San Jose.

Lopez, who has worked for San Mateo County for 26 years, was arrested in Newark.

The Maguire Correctional Facility (Google maps)

All three suspects were released after posting bail. All three have been placed on administrative leave. Lopez and Del Carlo, if convicted, face up to five years in prison. Ismael faces up to six years.

The Sheriff’s Office learned about the alleged conspiracy back in December, according to the San Jose Mercury News. A sheriff’s spokeswoman, Deputy Rebecca Rosenblatt, told SFGate.com that the case was turned over to the district attorney’s office in order to ensure a fair probe.

Lopez ran for Sheriff as a write-in candidate against his boss, Sheriff Greg Munks, after Lopez failed to complete the paperwork and gather the necessary signatures to be placed on the official ballot. He lost to Munks in June, getting less than 2 percent of the vote.

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Victim Dead Of His Injuries The Day After

SEASIDE—Last Friday I wrote about a series of shootings that had the community of Seaside concerned about the violence in their city. Today, the Seaside Police Department, with the help of other agencies, did something to help curb their concern.

Following the shooting on November 12, the Seaside Police Department announced that in a joint effort with the Peninsula Regional Violence Narcotics Team (PRVNT), the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office and vigilant residents of Seaside, they have arrested two individuals in this incident.

Sergio Guevara Calvo booking photo.

Arrested on Sunday were 19-year-old Sergio Guevara Calvo of Seaside and a juvenile. They were transported to Monterey County Jail and Juvenile Hall on charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder and participating in a criminal street gang.

The reason that the two are booked on murder charges, and not attempted murder, is that on Thursday the victim, 23-year-old Isaac David Iglesias of Seaside, died at Natividad Medical Center in Salinas from the injuries sustained in the incident.

“This was an random act of violence.” Seaside Police Commander Judi Stradan wrote in a press release, “The victim was not involved with a gang.”

The same two have also been charged with attempted murder and an additional charge of participating in a criminal street gang for another shooting they committed the night after they shot Iglesias. The shooting occurred near San Pablo Avenue and Darwin Street in Seaside.

No one was injured in that incident.

PETALUMA – In a recent press release issued by the Petaluma Police Department it was reported that a multi-agency operation targeting high-risk felony offenders on probation was conducted on November 13th.

The operation included officers from various jurisdictions across Sonoma County including; Santa Rosa PD, Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety, Sebastopol PD, Petaluma PD, Windsor PD, Sonoma PD, the Sonoma County Probation Department and the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office.

Compliance checks were conducted on 38 of 65 subjects, which had been identified within the County under Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS). A total of 16 arrests were made at various locations around the county within a ten-hour period as a result of the public safety enforcement.

The operation was funded by the State through the Board of State of Community Corrections (BSCC) to address crimes impacting local communities. The BSCC funding is a result of the Realignment Act of 2011 via Assembly Bill 109, which was designed to assist front line community law enforcement in providing public safety.

The operation addresses gaps in the Criminal Justice System and focuses on; 1) persons on felony probation determined to be at high risk to re-offend, 2) habitual felony offenders at high risk to offend with outstanding warrants, 3) persons on PRCS with outstanding warrants, and 4) persons identified as high risk after they have been directly released from custody to the community.

The Sonoma County Probation Department will continue to conduct risk assessments to identify individuals subject to operations involving the use of these funds provided to Sonoma County.

The California Police Chiefs’ Association had proposed that these funds be used regionally in collaboration between police departments to address the impact of crime in their communities. Departments also partner with county probation departments while employing best practices in focusing on serious, violent and habitual felony offenders.

PETALUMA – Last Friday evening at approximately 11 pm, Petaluma Police Officers responded to multiple 911 calls regarding reports of a domestic situation between a husband and wife on Lindberg Circle.

As officers arrived on scene they saw the suspect leaving a residence and walking towards a vehicle. Officers ordered the man to stop, but he ignored them and got into the vehicle and drove at the officers, causing one of them to jump out of the way to avoid being hit. As the suspect drove away, another responding officer turned onto Lindberg Circle with his patrol car emergency lights and siren activated. The suspect drove directly at the patrol car, only narrowly avoiding a collision with it.

Lindberg Circle, the scene of the original police call.

The suspect led officers on a 1.5-mile vehicle pursuit in the vicinity of the residential area at speeds in excess of 60 MPH, and through multiple stop signs. The suspect eventually drove back to his residence and stopped in his driveway. K-9 Officer Farinha and his partner Jimmy immediately contacted him. The suspect did not yield to Officer Farinha’s commands to surrender, and then took up a fighting stance by clenching his fists and yelling profanities. Once Officer Farinha told him that the K-9 would be used to subdue him if he did not cooperate, the man immediately surrendered.

After all parties were interviewed it was determined that the suspect had physically assaulted his wife and 10-year-old son. His wife sustained minor facial injuries, scratches to her neck, and a dog bite from one of the family dogs during the altercation. The 10-year-old sustained a laceration to his hand and arm. He also had complained of pain to his neck and back from being thrown to the floor by the suspect.

The suspect was identified as Darren Holloway, a 46-year-old Petaluma resident. He was booked into Sonoma County Jail on $500,000 and faces charges of felony domestic violence, felony assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, misdemeanor child abuse, felony evading a peace officer and misdemeanor resisting a peace officer.

PALM DESERT – In two different instances, intoxicated drivers crashed their vehicles on Saturday resulting in a hospital visit and charges.

On Saturday at 1:42 AM a vehicle was involved in a collision at Hovley Lane East, east of Oasis Club Dr. in Palm Desert. Officers from the Palm Desert Police Department arrived at the scene to investigate. The officers determined that Brandon Luna, 29 of Indio, had been travelling eastbound Hovley Lane East. When he approached the intersection of Oasis Club Drive, he lost control of his vehicle.

Luna’s car struck a large boulder and careened into the shrubbery of the center median. Ultimately, the vehicle came to a halt when it collided with a block wall at the Palm Desert Resort Country Club. Luna was determined to be suffering non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to local hospital to be treated. Authorities believe that intoxication may have been a factor in the accident. According to Sergeant Mark Hoyt in a press release, Luna was released at the hospital and charges will be filed out of custody.

Earlier that same night around 12:11 AM another single-vehicle collision occurred on El Camino north of Abronia Trail, Palm Desert. Officers from the Desert Police Department determined that the driver, Susan Schultz, 54 of Palm Desert, had been travelling eastbound on El Camino approaching the intersection of Abronia Trail. Schultz lost control of her car, driving up and over the sidewalk. The vehicle halted, when it smashed into the bushes of the Deep Canyon Inn.  Schultz was also transported to the local hospital to be treated for minor injuries and was treated at a local hospital. Again, authorities determined that the accident may have been a result of intoxication. Schultz was booked into the Riverside County jail in Indio for driving under the influence.

SACRAMENTO—Police arrested two teens on Saturday morning, November 15 after an armed robbery at a home in south Sacramento.

The robbery occurred in this neighborhood on 27th street.

Officers arrested the suspects after responding to a call just after 4:00 a.m. on 27th street, north of Florin Road, according to the Sacramento Police Department.

Ricky Lor, 19, and a 15-year-old (whose name is being withheld because he is a minor) robbed approximately 20 people in the house. After stealing from the home, police say the suspects tried to run out the back door and jump several fences to get away.

Police set up a perimeter and found the suspects nearby. The 15-year-old was captured quickly, and Lor was found hiding nearby. Also found were two loaded handguns that police believe the suspects discarded.

Both suspects were booked into jail on multiple charges, including false imprisonment by violence, vehicle robbery, carrying a concealed firearm while participating in a street gang and with intent to commit a crime, and resisting arrest. Nobody was injured during the events.

MENDOCINO COUNTY – The town of Redwood Valley is a small community of under 2000 people located north of Ukiah in inland Mendocino County off of Highway 101. Beneath the Mendocino Ranges, the mostly flat valley is home to acres of farmland, much of it vineyards growing grapes for local wineries.

Timothy Abshire, 35, lives out in the rural area along Webb Ranch Road. Perhaps under the influence, Abshire was armed and reportedly threatening people with a rifle in the area of Webb Ranch, Colony Drive, and Road D, not far from his home, on Saturday, November 15. People had called the Sheriff’s office, and deputies arrived around 5 pm. Witness reported that Abshire had fired his gun in their direction during the afternoon.

Timothy Abshire previous booking photo, June 2014

Abshire had been arrested in similar circumstances in January of 2008. A story in the Ukiah Daily Journal reported that he and then 28-year-old Amanda Ashby were at his house when neighbors reported up to 50 shots fired from the home. The responding deputies found the couple, along with empty bullet casings, and up to 40 pounds of processed marijuana. They also found several firearms out in plain sight, and three young children in the house. Abshire and Ashby were arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and possession for sale, child endangerment, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Abshire’s record of arrests goes back to at least 1999, when the then 19-year-old was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and marijuana while driving on a suspended licence. Records show several more arrests over the intervening years for being under the influence of a controlled substance, selling marijuana, driving with a license suspended for DUI, and probation violations.

Abshire tried to escape through the woods behind Webb Ranch Rd.

After the reports of this latest incident were collected, according to the Mendocino Sheriff’s office, deputies proceeded to his residence, and were able to call him out briefly, but he went right back inside. Then he ran out the back, carrying a rifle. He fled into the woods of the foothills behind the house, and deputies began their search for him – carefully since he was armed. Officers from the Highway Patrol in the area joined the deputies in the search.

More deputies arrived to join in, including a K9 unit and the Sheriff’s SWAT team. Being Autumn, it soon began to grow dark, and the team got additional help from the neighboring Sonoma County Sheriff’s “Henry 1″ helicopter, which lit up the scene with its searchlight.

At 7:14, one of the CHP officers located Abshire, who had his rifle pointed towards the officer. The officer fired, and hit Abshire multiple times. The rest of the team responded to the location immediately and he was given first aid for his wounds. He was taken to the nearest hospital, but later transferred to an out of county facility for further treatment. It was reported that he is expected to survive the injuries.

Internal investigations are being conducted into the circumstances of the shooting by both the CHP and Mendocino Sheriff’s office. Charges against Abshire will likely come after he is released from treatment into the county jail, and the results of the investigations are turned over to the District Attorney’s office.

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Ukiah Daily Journal (2008): Gunfire leads to 2 arrests

YUCCA VALLEY – A man suspected of robbing a cigarette store over a year ago was caught when he tried similar tactics in holding up a taco shop on November. 10.

Michael Leon Clark, 31, of Yucca Valley, was arrested and is scheduled to appear in Superior Court this week on charges of robbing Cheap Cigarettes on October. 19, 2013, then Algoberto’s Taco Shop on November 10.

It was on November 10 when Clark walked into the taco shop at 56143 29 Palms Highway in Yucca Valley just after 10 p.m. closing time. Reports are that his faced was covered, appearing to be holding a gun under his shirt. The suspect told employees that he would shoot them if they did not give him money.
During that time, sheriff’s deputies were notified of the robbery in progress. When an employee was able to determine that Clark was using his finger simulating a gun, they were able to subdue him until deputies arrived.

Det. Corey Emon, comparing the two crimes, noted the similarities. Clark, said deputies, is now suspected in the 2013 crime when he used a jacket to cover his face, demanding money from the clerk who had been counting the day’s receipts.

The clerk handed over an undisclosed amount of money to the suspect, who walked away, last observed in the vicinity of Highway 62 and Mohawk Trail. At the time, law enforcement had no leads on the crime committed at 56129 Twentynine Palms Highway. Emon said investigators took another look at the previously unsolved crime, determining that Clark, who had spent time in prison for an unrelated offense, was in the Yucca Valley area during that time. He said evidence was discovered that linked Clark to the 2013 robbery.

Booked into Morongo Basin Jail for attempted robbery, and also for robbery in the 2013 crime, Clark is being held on $150,000 total bail for the two crimes.

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