SF News SF Jury Acquits Woman Who Stabbed the Guy Who Sent Her Kids Revenge Porn Videos A San Francisco woman beat the rap on a felony assault charge, as the jury was shown evidence that the fellow she stabbed had secretly recorded the two of them having sex, and then sent the video to her teenage children.
SF News Asian Public Defender Gets Heat From Family Over Defending Mentally Ill Man Who Assaulted Elderly Woman The Taiwan-born SF public defender assigned to the case of Steven Jenkins — the 39-year-old homeless man accused in the March 17 assault on 75-year-old Xiao Zhen Xie — says he's taken some heat from some family members.
SF News Public Defender Says Attack on Elderly Asian Woman Not Hate Crime, Suspect Himself Was Beaten Up A new wrinkle has arisen in the case that’s raised $1 million on GoFundMe, as surveillance video indicates the attacker himself had just been beaten pretty senseless.
SF News Public Defender Launches CopWatch, A Searchable Police Misconduct Database An online tool with the extremely cool name CopWatch lets you search on public records of officer complaints, but not much has been uploaded yet.
SF News Judge Overturns Six-Month Jail Sentence for Man Who Ate a Leftover Cookie The public defender’s office has successfully undone a bizarre six-month jail sentence for a man who nibbled a leftover cookie after preparing free lunch for the homeless.
SF News Halloween 2012 Shooting Victim Horrified His Shooter Is Free You might remember a Halloween 2012 shooting at a Fort Mason party in which (then 21-year-old) Benjamin Passah was shot in the head, and ultimately given only a 25 percent chance to live.
SF News Deputies Caught On Tape Beating Man Plead 'Not Guilty' To Beating Man The two Alameda County Sheriff's Deputies charged earlier this month for their alleged role in the November, 2015 videotaped beating of Stanislav Petrov have each pleaded "not guilty" to three felony charges. KQED
SF News Two Sheriff's Deputies Charged With Felonies Following Mission District Beating Two Alameda County Sheriff's Deputies were charged today for their alleged role in last November's Mission District beating of Stanislav Petrov. According to a press release sent out from the Office of District
SF News Chief Suhr Cancels Appearance At Police Accountability Forum Over Security Concerns After a march on City Hall yesterday led by five protestors only consuming liquid calories to demand his removal, Police Chief Greg Suhr reneged on a planned appearance with Public Defender Jeff Adachi.
SF News Sheriff's Deputies Who Beat Suspect On Video Still Await Charges When video surfaced this past November of two Alameda County Sheriff's Deputies brutally beating a man with fists and batons in the Mission District, many were immediately shocked. But months have gone by
SF News Public Defender Links Super Bowl Tensions With Homeless To CHP Stabbing The man accused of stabbing a California Highway Patrol near a SoMa homeless camp won't be arraigned until next week, but San Francisco's Public Defender is already arguing his case in the court
SF News Suspect In Attempted Muni Child Abduction Has Past 'False Imprisonment' Convictions A week after an Oakland man was accused of trying to abduct a toddler from a Muni bus, prosecutors have revealed that the suspect has multiple kidnapping and domestic violence charges in his
SF News Man Accused Of Knocking Cop Unconscious During Struggle For Shotgun Has Troubled Past With SFPD A homeless man who said he was beaten by police after a July, 2014 altercation in the Panhandle is back in custody today, this time for allegedly knocking a cop unconscious as he
SF News [Updated] Four-Month-Old Baby Found Safe In Stolen Car Parked Outside SF Public Defender's Office The parents of a four-month-old baby had a terrible ten minutes this morning, after their car was stolen from a San Francisco street while the infant was in the back seat. According to
SF News Meth Head Acquitted After Crazy Home Invasion And Assault Involving Spaceships The highlight of this week's releases from the Public Defender's Office concerns the case of 41-year-old Santino Aviles, who was accused of robbery, attempted robbery, burglary, and assault with force, as well as
SF News Man Acquitted In Brutal 2011 Nob Hill Roommate Murder Yesterday, 28-year-old Waheed Kesmatyar was found not guilty on all charges in a strange and sad case that dates back to 2011, relating to the killing of his 67-year-old roommate Jack Baker. At
SF News Defenders Of SF Jail Deputies Accused Of Forcing Inmates To Fight Attack Adachi, Claim 'Horseplay' Let's take a spin through just a few of the issues that have plagued the San Francisco Sheriff's Department in recent years, shall we? November, 2012: San Francisco Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Michael
SF News Public Defender: SF Jail Inmates Are Made To Fight While Sheriff's Deputies Bet On Them At a news conference today, Public Defender Jeff Adachi alleged that San Francisco sheriff's deputies have been forcing county jail inmates to fight one another while the deputies gamble on the outcomes of
SF News SF Public Defender Seen In Viral Courthouse Video Will Not Be Charged Attorney Jami Tillotson will not be charged with any crime in connection with her brief detention by San Francisco Police at the Hall of Justice on January 27 which was caught on video
SF News SF Public Defender Detained By Police After Trying To Intervene With Questioning Of Client SF deputy public defender Jami Tillotson says she was only trying to protect her client's constitutional right to counsel on Tuesday when she was handcuffed and arrested by SFPD officers at the Hall
SF News SoMa Firebug Accused Of Torching Mercedes Acquitted Remember Anthony Bejerano, the man the SFPD nabbed back in June for allegedly setting more than a dozen small fires around SoMa and the Mission, including one in the parking garage at One
SF News Public Defender: SFPD 'Has Not Acceptably Investigated' Slaying Of Sacred Heart Student, Arrested The Wrong Kid Did the San Francisco Police Department arrest the wrong person in the stabbing death of Sacred Heart freshman Rashawn Williams? According to video evidence presented by the San Francisco Public Defender at a
SF News Homeless Man Acquitted In Stabbing Of Shelter Bully Score one for our Public Defender's office this week: A jury just acquitted a homeless man in a stabbing incident earlier this year that resulted in his victim, another homeless man, having to
SF News Rebels Wanted: SF Public Defender's Office Now Seeking Trial Lawyers Are you a lawyer who's looking for a job? When you watch Law and Order, do you find yourself siding against Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy? Do you have a burning desire
SF News Hippie Hill Pot Sting Ends In Buzzkill For SFPD An attempted pot bust on Hippie Hill back in February was snuffed out this week after a jury decided the alleged pot dealer was actually just a chill dude trying to smoke somebody
