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Whack Vallejo City Council Meeting Goes Off Rails, Mayor Threatens to Arrest Councilmember

What started as a discussion about a new Vallejo police station turned into free-for-all with one public commenter being physically hauled out by police, then threats from the mayor to do the same to a councilmember, who in turn speculated about certain parts of the mayor's anatomy.

Day Around the Bay: Vallejo Mayor Weighs In on Strange Death

The mayor of Vallejo has made a public statement about a death that he says should not have been ruled a suicide, Newsom's CARE Court idea probably needs a lot more funding, and Joe Rogan has chimed in about the South Bay MMA vigilante case.

Matthew Muller, Man Charged In Bizarre 2015 'Gone Girl' Kidnapping and Rape, Now In State Mental Hospital

It's been several years since we had an update on Matthew Daniel Muller, the Harvard-educated, mentally ill man who pleaded guilty in a federal case to kidnapping a Vallejo woman, Denise Huskins, in a case that received national attention in 2015.

Vallejo Police Officers Association Claims Crisis Over ‘Unprecedented Rate’ of Officers Quitting

The union for one of the Bay Area’s most scandal-plagued police forces says the sky is falling over officer attrition rates, conveniently ignoring that department’s own massive, self-inflicted reputational damage.

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Vallejo Woman Sues Lyft Over Alleged Kidnapping By Driver With Meth Pipe

A Vallejo woman has filed suit against Lyft over an April 2019 ride gone wrong in which she had to climb out of the car's window to escape a creepy driver.

Special Prosecutor Decides No Charges Will Be Filed Against Vallejo Officers Who Fatally Shot Willie McCoy

After the Solano County District Attorney recused herself last year, a special prosecutor was assigned to review the February 2019 officer-involved shooting case in Vallejo that left 20-year-old rapper Willie McCoy dead following 55 rounds that were shot into his car.

Vallejo Mayoral Candidate Hakeem Brown Doubles Down In Denial of Domestic Violence Allegations

Allegations are that Brown, now 45, was far from just a troubled young man who got caught up with the law, as he has publicly portrayed himself.

Vallejo Declares State of Emergency Over Pandemic Crime Wave and Police Misconduct

Vallejo City Council thinks gangs are engaged in a turf war, but their emergency declaration sets off a turf war between the city’s police and its police officer’s association.

Vallejo Seeks Change Of Venue And Gag Order For Civil Rights Case In Sean Monterrosa Shooting

The city attorney in Vallejo is already seeking a change of venue and a gag order on the attorneys and plaintiffs involved in the civil rights lawsuit filed yesterday in federal court pertaining to the police shooting of Sean Monterrosa.

Vallejo PD Moves To Fire Officer In 2019 Shooting As Family of Sean Monterrosa Sues For Wrongful Death

In a federal court filing today, the Monterrosas and their attorneys say that the June 2 shooting was "brutal, malicious, and done without just provocation or cause."

Vallejo Man Suspected Of Kidnapping a Woman Crashes Maserati After Police Chase

A Vallejo man was arrested early Monday following an incident involving a suspected kidnapping and a chase that ended with him smashing up a very expensive sports car.

Vallejo Police Chief Investigating Claim That Officers Bent Badges To Celebrate Fatal Shootings

Once again we get a shockingly disgusting report about the Vallejo PD, and once again there will be an "investigation" into whether the department's officers are just awful human beings.

Destruction Of Evidence In Vallejo Police Killing Of Sean Monterrosa Prompts Calls for FBI, State AG To Investigate

The Vallejo Police Department continues to prove that it is incapable of inspiring public trust or investigating the actions of its own officers, and a revelation came recently that a key piece of evidence in the shooting of Sean Monterrosa has already been destroyed.

Daughter Allegedly Stabs Mother and Brother In Vallejo, Mother Dies

A New Orleans woman and her mother, visiting family in Vallejo, were involved in an altercation Sunday morning that landed the woman's brother in the hospital, and left the mother dead.

Body Cam Footage Shows Vallejo Officer Shoot Sean Monterrosa Through Windshield, Then Ask If He Was Armed

The body-worn camera footage has been released by the Vallejo PD in the June 2 shooting. And it shows an officer in the backseat of a police vehicle aim a high-powered rifle and fire five rounds through the front windshield before the vehicle had even come to a stop.

Humpday Headlines: Two Women Killed, Three Others Injured In Vallejo Birthday Party Shooting

San Jose's police chief has pledged to stop the use of rubber bullets to disperse crowds, Newsom meets with Oakland residents about the police, and a shooting at a child's birthday party in Vallejo left two women in their 60s dead.

22-Year-Old Latinx Man Was Kneeling With No Weapon In His Hand When He Was Fatally Shot By Vallejo PD

The case of the police shooting of 22-year-old San Francisco man Sean Monterrosa is certain to reverberate around the Bay Area in the coming days and months, as demonstrations continue and tensions remain high over police killings nationwide.

Another Coughing Thief Arrested In Vallejo

Much like two women allegedly tried to do in order to brazenly rob a Walgreens in San Francisco earlier this month, a woman is suspected of coughing in security guards' faces in order to evade capture and rob a Target store in Vallejo.

Vallejo Planning Commissioner Tosses Cat During Zoom Conference, Resigns

Always a source of the Bay Area's most unique headlines, Vallejo has produced another one this fine Monday morning.

Vallejo Dads' Fight Stemming From First Graders' Fight Turns Deadly

An argument between the fathers of two six-year-olds in Vallejo led to one of the dads allegedly killing the other. KRON 4 has the story, which comes via sources at Vallejo Unified School

Vallejo Is Whack: Shirtless Burglar Steals Armload Of Ice Cream Cakes

Continuing the trend of producing some of the Bay Area's most odd crime stories, Vallejo's police blotter brings us this latest crime involving a Baskin Robbins, a shirtless man, and what must have

Vallejo Elementary School Teacher Arrested For Dealing Heroin, Methadone

A 36-year-old Napa woman was arrested Friday on suspicion of trafficking heroin and methadone, and using false identification. While the suspect, Delicia Gomez, was being booked at the Napa County Department of Corrections,

Vallejo Is Whack: Mutilated Goat Found In Same Area As Dead Dogs

Once again, Vallejo... Following on a story from a couple weeks back involving a pile of a dozen dead and decomposing dog carcasses, all presumed to have been well-cared-for pets, found stuffed in

A Dozen Decomposing Dog Remains Found By Side Of Vallejo Trail

She found the carcasses of 12 pets, dumped in plastic bags. No identifications. pic.twitter.com/E8vXx56Exk— Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) April 27, 2017 A woman walking her own dogs stumbled upon a gruesome

Attorney In Vallejo 'Gone Girl' Civil Case Insinuates That Cops Are Withholding Evidence

An attorney for Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn, the Vallejo couple victimized in that bizarre, aborted kidnapping case from March 2015 that Vallejo cops initially announced was a hoax, now says that he's