SF News Mentally Ill Man Jailed For Illegally Squatting Is Slain In Santa Rita Jail, Allegedly Killed By Cellmate Just three days after being admitted to Santa Rita Jail, an El Cerrito man suffering from schizophrenia was killed allegedly by his cellmate, in what’s shaping up to be another lawsuit against the often-troubled correctional facility.
SF News One Suspect Killed, Two Arrested After Struggle With CHP Officer Near San Leandro An incident that began with a police chase involving an allegedly stolen car on I-580 in the East Bay ended early Monday morning with one suspect fatally shot, either by a CHP officer or an Alameda County Sheriff's deputy.
SF News Alameda Co. Deputy Pleads Not Guilty In Dublin Double-Murder The 24-year-old former Alameda County sheriff's deputy who turned himself in shortly after the September 7 double murder of a Dublin couple in their home has entered a plea in the case, and it's not guilty.
SF News Boyfriend and Murder Suspect of Oakland Dentist Lili Xu Kills Himself in Jail An August fatal shooting shooting of beloved Oakland dentist Lili Xu initially spurred hate-crime speculation, but it turned out to be a suspected murder-for-hire by her boyfriend, and now that boyfriend has taken his own life in jail.
SF News More Details Emerge About Shocking Double Homicide In Which Sheriff's Deputy Is the Sole Suspect The double homicide that took place earlier this month in a Dublin, California subdivision has sent shockwaves across the law-enforcement community — and sent a cadre of state inspectors to examine the hiring practices of the sheriff's department for whom the suspect was working.
SF News Alameda Sheriff's Deputy Arrested In Double Murder Failed His Psych Exam; Now 47 Other Deputies On Leave Due to Failed Exams We now know that all was perhaps not so well with the Alameda County Sheriff's deputy whom the sheriff's office had previously said had a spotless record, after he turned himself in for a double murder.
SF News Backlog of Bodies Piling Up at Short-Staffed Alameda County Coroner’s Office A rash of killings and a staffing shortage are creating a grisly reality for the Alameda County Coroner’s Office, as autopsies are backlogged, and families are delaying funerals because of it.
SF News Alameda County Sheriff's Deputy Arrested In 'Execution-Style' Double Homicide In Dublin A 24-year-old sheriff's deputy in Alameda County was the subject of a brief manhunt on Wednesday before turning himself in to his own bosses and coworkers for a double homicide.
SF News Oakland Settles for $250K With Two George Floyd Protesters, Agrees to Not Use Explosives on Demonstrators Two demonstrators from a June 2020 George Floyd protest won a quarter million dollars after being shot with rubber bullets, and the Oakland Police Department has agreed to not use “explosive grenades on peaceful crowds.”
SF News Man Jailed for Not Wearing a Mask Dies in Custody, Family Sues Alameda County Another abuse-of-an-incarcerated-person scandal at the beleaguered Santa Rita jail brings a new lawsuit against Alameda County, after they jailed a man for not wearing a mask on AC Transit, then allegedly denied him his medication and he died behind bars.
SF News Alameda Sheriff's Association Offers $10,000 Reward for Info on Shooting of Recruit Near Bay Bridge After 28-year-old Alameda County Sheriff's deputy-in-training David Nguyen was fatally shot near the Bay Bridge Tuesday, that county’s sheriff’s association is now offering a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest.
SF News Alameda Sheriff's Recruit Killed In Freeway Shooting Near Bay Bridge A San Francisco man who was training to become an Alameda County Sheriff's deputy was shot and killed Tuesday while driving a vehicle on the approach to the Bay Bridge toll plaza.
SF News New Report Ranks How Much Bay Area Law Enforcement Agencies Pay For Violent Officer Misconduct You would think that how much a city pays in police misconduct settlements would correlate to the size of its police force. Such is not the case, according to information obtained by KTVU.
SF News Esteemed Pleasanton Architect Allegedly Assaults On-Duty Officer Over Stock Market Troubles 58-year-old Paul Powers, a well-known and affluent Bay Area architect — who was reportedly unsettled about losing money amid current stock market declines — was arrested for allegedly attacking an on-duty Alameda County Sheriff's Office deputy after he was pulled over for careless driving.
SF News SF Pride Looks To Ban Alameda County Sheriff's Office From Parade Amidst Moms 4 Housing Eviction In protest against the handling of the eviction of Moms 4 Housing from their West Oakland home, seven members of San Francisco Pride push to ban the Alameda County Sheriff's Office from participating in this year's Pride parade.
SF News 10 Arrested For Starting Fights At Alameda County Fair The Alameda County Fair, usually a pretty peaceful holiday weekend event, was almost ruined by a troupe of ne'er-do-wells on the Fourth. 10 people ranging in age from 15 to 20 entered the
