Family Mourns Mother Of 6 Killed By Estranged Husband In San Jose |
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A South Bay family says they're feeling pain and disbelief after their sister was killed by her estranged husband right in front of her children. Police say Erica Chanon Hernandez was killed by her estranged husband at her North San Jose apartment early Sunday morning. Police say the husband then killed a security guard who came to help before turning the gun on himself. "We still can't believe what happened," said Erica's sister, Maria Isabel Chanon. "This morning, I was going to call my sister and I'm going to tell her, 'Hey, let's go do this,' but then I realized that she’s no longer with us." Maria and her sister, Georgina Chanon, said Erica was a loving mother of six – ranging in age from 1 to 10 years old – who worked long hours to provide for her children. The sisters said Erica's estranged husband was abusive and should have been locked up a long time ago, adding that the system failed her. |
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Victims' Assistance: Support the 6 siblings whose mother was murdered |
The SJPOA Victims' Assistance Fund is accepting donations to support the basic needs of the six siblings who watched their father murder their mother before taking his own life. Click the link below to make a secure donation.
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San Jose Martial Arts Instructor Arrested In Sexual Assault Of Child |
Police in San Jose last week arrested a martial arts instructor on charges of sexual assault involving a child, according to the police department release Tuesday. Ernest Ramirez, 54, of San Jose was arrested and booked into Santa Clara County jail on June 9, police said. He faces multiple aggravated sexual assault charges, including one count of rape of a child under 14 and four counts of oral copulation on a child under 14 by force or fear.
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San Jose Man Arrested In Connection With Selling Drugs To Middle School Students: Police |
A 19-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with selling drugs to Mountain View students, police announced in a news release. The suspect, identified as San Jose resident Michael Angelo Fazio, was arrested on suspicion of possession and sale of cannabis products to minors under 14 years old. Detectives began an investigation on May 19 regarding reports that a man was selling drugs to middle school students in the city, contacting them via social media, according to the release.
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San Jose Considers Adding Police Foot Patrols To Downtown |
A big vote is set to happen that aims to make downtown San Jose a safer place to live. It's a budget proposal that Mayor Sam Liccardo says will allow the city to hire more police officers and increase resources for mental health calls. While the proposal has support from many, others have big questions about where those officers will come from. Cache Bouran owns two businesses in Downtown San Jose.
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Explosive Device Found At Home Of San Jose Councilwoman |
San Jose police are stepping up patrols around one city councilmember's neighborhood. It comes after a home-made explosive device was found in front of her home around 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday. A week ogo, one of Dev Davis' campaign signs was blown up by a firecracker in a neighbor's yard. "It should be safe to be an elected official. It is scary if it was targeted," said Davis.
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Police Arrest 2 Juveniles For Allegedly Killing 15-Year-Old In East Palo Alto |
East Palo Alto Police on Sunday arrested two juveniles for allegedly killing a 15-year-old boy last Monday. At 9:04 p.m. June 13, police received a Shotspotter activation on the 1900 block of Manhattan Avenue in East Palo Alto. Officers found a shooting victim near the alley between Manhattan and Euclid, suffering from gunshot wounds. Two suspects were seen running toward Woodland. Officers applied first aid before paramedics transported the victim to the hospital, where he died.
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Dozens Of Firearms Surrendered In Oakland Gun Buyback Event |
On Saturday, the Oakland Police Department successfully collected dozens of firearms at a gun buyback event. The Guns to Gardens initiative, in partnership with a number of community organizations, resulted in 131 pistols, shotguns, rifles, an AK-47 and a Thompson submachine gun, a.k.a. a “Tommy gun” surrendered, according to an OPD Facebook post.
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CHP Seizes $200,000 In Stolen Lululemon Leggings |
Call it a tight squeeze: Investigators with the California Highway Patrol have recovered more than $200,000 worth of stolen merchandise from athletic apparel maker Lululemon, officials announced this week. The CHP Border Division’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force was alerted to three large boxes containing stolen goods shipped from Ohio and destined for an apartment complex in La Habra earlier this month.
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129 Officers Killed In Line Of Duty In 2021, FBI Report Says |
Last month, the FBI released its 2021 Statistics on Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty. According to the report, 129 officers were killed in the line of duty in 2021, which is 27 more than the previous year. Of those 129 deaths, 73 were related to felonious acts and 56 were accidents.
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‘No One Wants To Be A Cop These Days’: Massachusetts Police Chiefs Talk Recruitment |
For Attleboro Police Chief Kyle Heagney, hiring new recruits over the past year and retaining current officers at his department has been a “nightmare.” “No one wants to be a cop these days,” he said. “... Salaries are not equal to their civilian salaries [at] their current position, so a lot of them are telling me that they’d lose money becoming a police officer, they can’t do that.”
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Santa Clara County Officials Prepared for Approval Of COVID Vaccines For Kids Under 5 |
Santa Clara County health officials said Friday that they are ready to open COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to the county's youngest children once they are federally authorized as expected next week. Federal regulators are on track to approve the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines as soon as this weekend for children between 6 months and 5 years old. According to Dr. Ahmad Kamal, the county's COVID-19 director of healthcare preparedness, the county has been preparing for the approval of vaccines for young children "for weeks."
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California Coronavirus Cases Remain Elevated As Wave Continues |
The number of newly reported coronavirus cases remains elevated across California as health officials continue to wrestle with the pandemic’s latest wave. Statewide, health officials reported an average of about 15,900 new coronavirus infections a day over the last week — roughly in line with the rate recorded over the previous week, according to a Times analysis of state data released Monday.
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