Police Arrest Woman After High-Speed Chase ends at Jail Doorsteps
HANFORD – A woman wanted on a felony warrant led police on a one-hour chase that began in Reedley and ended on the front steps of the Kings County Jail in Hanford. The woman, 22-year-old Graciela...
View ArticleSpray-can Paint Strippers Surrender
Megan Lagua, 22 A call to Santa Barbara County Sheriffs reporting a car vandalized by the application of a spray-on paint remover brought deputies to a north county residence as the midnight hour...
View ArticleCandy-Man Drug Dealer Busted
Ventura County – Oxnard’s Rio Mesa High School was the scene of a Ventura County Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Division investigation pursuant to the discovery of a 14-year-old female student...
View ArticleFlower child kicked
You hear these stories and you have to remember that something on the order of one in five Americans experience some form of mental illness in a given year. According to one study, by the Substance...
View ArticlePolice Arrest Additional Four Men in Murder Investigation
SANTA MARIA – Police have arrested an additional four suspects in a homicide investigation that began Monday, March 18, when investigators discovered the body of Anthony Ibarra, 28, in the back of a...
View ArticleCastro Valley Man Who Threatened Family Shot by Sheriff’s Deputy
An Alameda County Sheriff’s sergeant shot and injured a 50-year-old man Friday night after he told them he was going to shoot “everyone,” including them, if they came to his house. The man, who as of...
View ArticlePolice Arrest San Leandro Businessman On Molestation Charges
Triple Play USA batting cages A longtime youth baseball coach is now behind bars on child molestation charges, according to Contra Costa County jail records. Joel Kaufman, 52, was taken into custody in...
View ArticleBurglary Suspect Found Hiding in Neighbor’s Backyard
A burglary suspect who allegedly stole merchandise from a Glendora Kohl’s was found hiding in a La Verne backyard, according to Glendora Police. A Kohl’s loss prevention officer reported the burglary...
View Article71 Theft Suspects Nabbed in Long Beach Retail Sweep
Dessert is served. A woman allegedly caught with two hidden pies and a gallon of ice cream and a man with $200 in allegedly stolen meat were among the 71 arrested as part of a retail theft sweep...
View ArticleWoman Pleads Guilty to Stolen Rental Car Possession After Tam Valley Arrest
A 31-year-old transient woman pleaded guilty this week to receiving stolen property in connection with in an incident late last month in which she jumped into an idling rental car outside the Holiday...
View ArticleNovato Man Booked After Alleged Strangulation
Novato Police arrested 43-year-old Novato resident Grant Wehr Saturday morning after he allegedly strangled another man at a home in the 100 block of Lobo Vista. Police responded to a report of threats...
View ArticleSan Rafael Woman Accused of Faking Armed Robbery in Immigration Visa Scheme
SAN RAFAEL, CA — A brazen armed robbery of young woman with her baby in January was actually a scheme to qualify for an immigration visa due to her status as a crime victim, San Rafael Police said...
View ArticleMan Killed by Huntington Beach Police
A 20-year-old man was shot and killed by a Huntington Beach police officer Thursday after allegedly producing what turned out to be a replica semi-automatic handgun, police said. Officers were called...
View ArticleDriver Robbed of Wallet at Gas Station; Suspect in Custody
A 28-year-old man was arrested at a Cardiff gas station Friday night for suspicion of armed robbery after he threatened a driver that had stopped for gas, stole his wallet and punctured his tires with...
View ArticleInfamous Local Slumlord Busted for Burglary
Santa Barbara – Dario Louis Pini, 63, has been in the Santa Barbara media lens for several years, having had a series of contentious encounters with zoning and health department officials over the...
View ArticleSan Jose stabbing suspect, suspected of stalking
On Friday, March 23, 2013, Juan Ramirez is suspected of stabbing to death his ex-girlfriend 29-year-old Sandra Cruzes-Gonsalez. Juan Ramirez According to the San Jose Police Department, Cruzes-Gonsalez...
View ArticleMan Shot By Sergeant Dies; Photo Released Of Fake Gun
Terrence Barry The Alameda County Sheriff’s Department says the man they shot in a strange incident Friday night in Castro Valley has died. Sheriff’s officials say Terrence Barry, 50, died in Eden...
View ArticlePolice Arrest Registered Sex Offender Who Followed Teen Jogger
Alton Watson San Leandro police have arrested a 50-year old registered sex offender for parole violation and for annoying and molesting a child in connection with an incident that occurred Sunday...
View ArticleLong Beach Teen Arrested for Stepfather’s Murder
A 19-year-old Long Beach man was arrested on suspicion of murder for the shooting death of his stepfather, the Long Beach Police Department said Monday. Jailed on suspicion of murder was Joel Torres, a...
View ArticleMarinwood Carjacking Suspect Arrested in Petaluma
Four days after an alleged carjacking on Hwy. 101 in Marinwood that sent the suspect fleeing to San Francisco and reportedly crashing into a fire truck, Petaluma Police arrested the Marin man accused...
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