OAKLAND — In a surprising end to the criminal case over the 1981 rape and stabbing death of a 16-year-old honor student, the suspect has pleaded no contest to a single rape charge in exchange for an eight-year prison term. Jewel Collins, 60, once faced the possibility of death or life without parole in the…
A man shot and killed Tuesday in North Richmond was identified by authorities Thursday as a San Pablo resident. Authorities declared 41-year-old Leandre Hubbard dead at the scene after responding to the 1700 block of Giaramita Street about 2:53 p.m. He and another person had been shot and were down when deputies arrived, according to…
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A federal judge has overturned the murder conviction of a Santa Ana man found guilty in 2012 of shooting a fellow gang member in the head and stashing his body in a children’s pool. Prosecutors will not seek a new trial. U.S. District Court Judge Dolly M. Gee reversed the conviction based on evidence that…
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SAN FRANCISCO — In the conclusion to the Bay Area’s biggest federal prosecution in recent memory, three Hells Angels have been convicted of murdering one of their own in a plot that centered on a charter of the notorious biker gang located in California’s wine country. Jonathan “Jon Jon” Nelson, Brian Wendt, and Russell “Rusty”…
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CROCKETT — An online fundraiser in memory of a 7-year-old boy who died last week in what authorities were calling a murder-suicide went past $30,000 on Wednesday afternoon. The GoFundMe page for Clark Peterson, of Crockett, went up June 18, a day after he and 39-year-old Matthew Peterson were found dead inside a residence on…
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RICHMOND — One person died and another was wounded Tuesday after a shooting in unincorporated North Richmond, authorities said. Sheriff’s deputies received reports of a shooting in the 1700 block of Giaramita Street about 2:53 p.m., according to a statement from Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office spokesman Jimmy Lee. When they arrived, there were two victims,…
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“Good Samaritan” Johnny Hurley died needlessly last year because nearby Arvada police officers failed to confront a gunman in Olde Town Arvada, failed to verify that Hurley was a threat and an officer failed to announce himself as a police officer before shooting Hurley from behind, according to a federal civil rights lawsuit filed Wednesday…
A man was fatally shot Sunday night in San Francisco’s Marina District, police said. The shooting was reported at 10:34 p.m. near Francisco and Scott streets, a block from the Chestnut Street strip of shops and restaurants. A victim with a gunshot wound was taken to a hospital and died there. No arrest has been…
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By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and HAVEN DALEY | The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The biological mother of two small California boys who died while in the state foster care system has filed a federal lawsuit alleging her sons were unlawfully taken from her and placed with foster parents who are now charged with killing them….
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A man was killed after an argument between two construction workers at a Whittier elementary school led to one striking the other with a truck on Tuesday, police said. Officers were called around 1 p.m. to Jordan Elementary School for a reported traffic collision on the campus, said Whittier Police Officer Thomas Mattsson. An investigation…
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