13-Year-Old Boy Arrested By San Jose Police For Attempted Homicide |
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A 13-year-old boy was armed with a gun when San Jose police officers arrested him in connection to an attempted homicide, according to law enforcement authorities. The boy was identified as a prime suspect behind a shooting that unfolded at Sun Valley Market in Morgan Hill on February 11. San Jose Police Department officers spotted the boy inside a vehicle Monday night and conducted a traffic stop on Monterey Road near Rancho Drive. The boy ran from the car and led officers on a foot chase, police said. “Officers chased the youth and took him into custody where they located a loaded 9mm handgun in his waistband. The youth was transported to Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall and booked into their custody on charges of resisting arrest, possession of a firearm, and attempted homicide,” the Morgan Hill Police Department wrote. |
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Crime & Law Enforcement News |
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Man Shot Near Valley Medical Center |
A man was shot Friday night near the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose. The shooting was reported at 9:31 p.m. near Marlboro Court and Del Mar Avenue, according to the San Jose Police Department. The man’s injuries were first described as life-threatening. but he was later stabilized. Additional information about the shooting, including a suspect description, was not available.
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San Jose: Authorities Identify Motorcyclist Killed After Colliding With Median In The Road |
The motorcyclist killed in a traffic collision early Tuesday after colliding with a median divider on the road has been identified. San Jose police responded at about 1:16 a.m. to the intersection of San Tomas Expressway and Payne Avenue, according to a news release. A woman, identified as 49-year-old Kimberly Mae Rhynes Garca of San Jose, was traveling south on San Tomas Expressway and was approaching the intersection with Payne Avenue when she crashed into a curb, hitting the center median of westbound Payne Avenue. Rhynes Garca sustained life-threatening injuries and was taken to a local hospital, where she died, police said.
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Driver Dies After Vehicle Careens Off Freeway In San Jose |
One person died in a single-vehicle crash late Tuesday night when it went off the roadway of northbound Interstate 280 near Seventh Street in San Jose, according to the California Highway Patrol. Officers responded to a 10:54 p.m. report of a vehicle leaving the freeway and landing near the southbound off-ramp of Seventh Street. Officers found the vehicle had landed in vegetation along the highway near Margaret Way and Seventh Street, with the driver dead inside the vehicle, the CHP said. San Jose fire crews also responded to remove vegetation around the vehicle to gain access to it. No further information was immediately available.
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Opinion: San Jose Pedestrian Deaths Show Need For People-Centered Neighborhoods |
“We’re not trying to victim blame. These are just facts.” This San Jose Police Department quote followed a comment highlighting that pedestrians killed in San Jose were outside of a crosswalk, (“San Jose shattered records for traffic deaths”.) Two days later, a follow-up article led with the headline “5 of 6 recent pedestrian deaths outside of crosswalks.” This is the wrong way to talk about traffic violence. Whether a pedestrian was in or out of a crosswalk obscures the fact that the design of our auto-centric cities kills pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers — all of us.
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San Jose Bomb Squad Investigate Possible Explosive Device At SAP Center |
Authorities are investigating a possible explosive device at the SAP Center Sunday night, San Jose police told KRON4 in an email. As of the 10 p.m. hour, bomb technicians are on the scene investigating, although police say “there is no threat to public safety at this time.” At approximately 7:15 p.m., San Jose police were alerted by SAP staff that one of their privately contracted explosive detection K9s was alerted on a locker located outside of the venue.
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Man Detained In San Jose On Suspicion Of Catalytic Converter Theft, Assault |
A man was arrested in San Jose after midnight on Tuesday on suspicion of catalytic converter theft, San Jose police announced. The unidentified man also violently assaulted one of the officers making the arrest, according to authorities. He was booked for numerous felony charges, but police did not specify what those charges were. SJPD tweeted a picture that shows some of the items they recovered after the arrest.
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Milpitas: Public’s Help Sought In Solving Hit-and-Run |
Authorities were asking for the public’s help in solving a hit-and-run at a Valley Transportation Authority Park & Ride in Milpitas. Just before 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies were called to the facility at 516 Alder Drive for a report of a person down, said Deputy Russell Davis. A Milpitas police officer arrived at the scene first and began providing medical aid to the victim, Davis said. When deputies arrived, they found the victim unresponsive in the parking lot of the facility, Davis said. The victim received additional medical aid from deputies and was taken to a hospital.
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Man Charged For Stealing From 20 ATMs Across Santa Clara County |
Santa Clara County’s District Attorney’s Office announced that a San Jose man has been charged in connection with 20 commercial burglaries across six different cities in the county. According to the district attorney’s office, 42-year-old Charles Edward Hastings and associates often used a saw to break into and cart away entire cash-filled ATMs from businesses. In total, Hastings is estimated to have stolen $189,654 in money and items. Hastings, of San Jose, has also been charged with committing multiple acts of felony vandalism in connection with the burglaries.
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Amazon Suspends Black Lives Matter From Its Charity Platform |
The beleaguered Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation has been kicked off Amazon’s charity platform for its failure to disclose where tens of millions of dollars in donations it received nearly two years ago have ended up. AmazonSmile, which gives a portion of eligible purchases on the online shopping site to charities, said it “had to temporarily suspend” the group today, an Amazon spokesperson told The Post. “States have rules for nonprofits, and organizations participating in AmazonSmile need to meet those rules,” the spokesperson said.
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Northern California Authorities Solve 25-Year-Old Killing |
A serial rapist who died in prison last year has been linked to the killing of a woman in California’s wine country more than 25 years ago, authorities said this week. DNA evidence led investigators to identify Jack Bokin — who died in a prison medical facility in December — as the man who bludgeoned Michelle Veal in July 1996 in unincorporated Sonoma County, the county Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. Veal’s nude body was discovered by a survey crew on the side of a road near some wineries.
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Three Accused Of Stealing $16,000 Worth Of Women's Underwear From California Malls |
Three suspects were busted in connection to a retail crime ring on Monday. The suspects were accused of stealing thousands of dollars in lingerie items. The California Highway Patrol recovered 329 lingerie items, valued at more than $16,000. The underwear were allegedly stolen from Victoria's Secret and Pink stores in malls across California. CHP identified the suspects as 20-year-old Shyonie Davis, of San Francisco; 21-year-old Ahjanae Woods, of Antioch; and 18-year-old Wessaun Johnson, of Antioch.
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Nearly 500 Arrested In Statewide Human Trafficking Operation |
Authorities on Tuesday announced the results of a statewide crackdown on human trafficking that resulted in nearly 500 arrests and more than 80 sex workers being helped. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva detailed the results of the weeklong campaign, dubbed Operation Reclaim and Rebuild, which involved dozens of agencies around California. Villanueva said 34 people suspected of trafficking or exploiting sex workers were arrested, along with 201 people who were allegedly caught trying to buy sex. He did not account for the remaining arrests.
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Rising Gun Deaths Push Cities To Shore Up Police And Services |
As the coronavirus pandemic approaches its third year, it has worsened another deadly crisis for American cities: gun violence. With a rise in homicides in more than a dozen major U.S. cities, local leaders and gun safety experts are renewing their efforts to strike a balance between relying on law enforcement and engaging others, such as social workers, to reduce violence in at-risk communities. There’s a shift in focus from early in the pandemic, when racial justice protests following the murder of George Floyd sparked calls across many cities to defund police departments by sharply reducing their budgets or even eliminating them.
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‘Thankful I Could Help’: Massachusetts Cop Awarded After Saving 2 Lives In 1 Month |
“Johnny on the spot” is what Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr. called Westborough Police Officer John Sweeney Thursday afternoon as he awarded the officer who has saved two lives in his seven months with the department. Sweeney, a former Massachusetts State Trooper, joined the Westborough Police Department in the summer of 2021 and has saved two lives — a 48-year-old man and a roughly 6-month-old baby — in his short time with the department.
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House Fire In East San Jose Forces Residents To Evacuate |
San Jose firefighters battled a two-alarm house fire Saturday evening in east San Jose. The fire happened in the 3100 block of Coldwater Drive near South White Road. A San Jose police spokesperson said several people who live at the house were evacuated. Firefighters said that a gas line was involved in the fire and crews were able to keep the flames from spreading to the house next door. Neighbors told NBC Bay Area that they heard explosions at the time of the incident. No one has been injured.
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California Ends Mask Mandate, But Not All Counties Are Ditching Masks |
California has moved on from its indoor mask mandate. This comes as California Governor Gavin Newsom's office announced earlier in February that the state's indoor mask mandate will expire after Tuesday, February 15. But before you start to consider ditching the masks, a major caveat Californians must take into account is that local governments can continue to continue their own version of the indoor mask mandates. Here are notable counties that announced it will not align with the state's decision to ditch the indoor mask mandate: Los Angeles County and Santa Clara County.
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COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Trending Downward In US |
Average daily COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are continuing to fall in the U.S., an indicator that the omicron variant’s hold is weakening across the country. Total confirmed cases reported Saturday barely exceeded 100,000, a sharp downturn from around 800,850 five weeks ago on Jan. 16, according to Johns Hopkins University data. In New York, the number of cases went down by more than 50% over the last two weeks.
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