San Jose Man Charged With Murder In April Fentanyl Overdose Death
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A 29-year-old San Jose man has been charged with murder for selling fentanyl to a 61-year-old Cupertino man, leading to his April overdose death, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. Manuel Anthony Luarodriguez sold fentanyl to Jeffrey Diaz, who was found dead April 26 in his home, according to prosecutors. Sheriff’s investigators searched Diaz’s cell phone, determining that he bought fentanyl from Luarodriguez 10 days before his body was discovered. The day of the sale was the last day the victim used his cell phone, prosecutors said. Security video footage recovered by investigators captured evidence of the deal, authorities added. “Fentanyl is poison,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said. “When someone sells poison to someone knowing that they could die — and they die — they will be prosecuted.”
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One Woman Dies In Suspected DUI Crash In San Jose
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One person died and two others were hospitalized when a truck collided with a billboard pillar on Saturday night in San Jose, according to a statement from the San Jose Police Department. The crash occurred when a 2022 Chevrolet truck heading northbound collided with a steel pillar near Story and Senter Roads at 11:45 p.m. Police say there were four occupants in the vehicle, including one man who was driving and three woman who were passengers.
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Man Shot On San Jose Bike Trail Expected To Survive
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Police say the condition of a man shot while on a bike trail Tuesday night has stabilized and he is now expected to survive. Police are investigating a shooting reported about 7:25 p.m. on a bike trail near Willow and Lelong streets south of downtown San Jose. Police tweeted at 8:01 p.m. that the victim had life-threatening injuries. A follow up tweet just before 11 p.m. reported the victim's improved condition.
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San Jose Homeowner Charged In Shooting Of Unarmed Black Man Renting Nearby Airbnb
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A white San Jose homeowner has been charged with felony assault and may face a hate crime charge in connection with the shooting of an unarmed Black man who was renting a nearby Airbnb, prosecutors said. According to the Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen's Office, the 21-year-old victim was staying at a North San Jose rental on the night of October 2. Prosecutors said the victim was walking from the Airbnb to a nearby grocery store when the suspect approached him with a handgun.
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Man Arrested, Charged In ‘Revenge Killing' Of Bay Area Father, Alameda Co. DA Says
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The Alameda County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday they've arrested and charged a man from Vancouver, Washington with murder in what they called "a revenge killing." Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley announced murder charges had been filed against 52-year-old Louis Lopez saying Lopez shot and killed Rey Cantu in the driveway of Cantu's Newark home last Friday. Lopez blamed Cantu's son for the death of his 16-year-old daughter, who passed away two months ago.
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Suspect Faces Hate Crime Charge In Attack On Elderly Asian Man In Sunnyvale Park
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Authorities have arrested a man on multiple charges, including a hate crime charge, following an attack that injured an elderly Asian man in a Sunnyvale park over the weekend. According to the city's Department of Public Safety, officers were called to Lakewood Park in the city's Lakewood Village neighborhood around 10:50 a.m. Sunday on reports of an argument.
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‘We’re Talking A Quarter-Inch From Tragedy’: California Deputy Survives After Being Shot In The Head
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A California deputy is recovering after being shot in the head by a suspect who was attempting to break into cars last week. According to KGET News, Kern County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Michael Valdez, who just finished field training five weeks ago, received a call about a suspect allegedly trying to open car doors at a mobile home park. The suspect was later identified as 19-year-old Edgar Rojas. “Deputy Valdez saw the suspect, engaged him,” Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood told KGET.
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Man Zip-Tied, Set On Fire By California Car Thieves After Stopping To Help Seemingly Stranded Woman
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A California man who stopped to help a seemingly stranded woman on the side of a road in Northern California last week was allegedly zip-tied and set on fire by her and two men who then stole his car, police said, according to a report. The two men stepped out of the woman’s black SUV after she flagged the victim down just before 11 p.m. Wednesday, holding him at gunpoint before they restrained him and threw gasoline on him on a road about 40 miles north of Sacramento, according to FOX 40.
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Man Who Killed 2 Georgia Deputies Pleads Guilty, Gets Life In Prison
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The man who shot two Cobb County sheriff’s deputies pleaded guilty to murder and other charges Thursday morning, exactly three months after killing the law enforcement officers. Christopher Patrick Golden, 30, entered a negotiated guilty plea to the murders of deputies Jonathan Randall Koleski and Marshall Samual Ervin Jr., who were trying to serve an arrest warrant in a west Cobb neighborhood Sept. 8.
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COVID Levels Soaring In Santa Clara County Wastewater; Mask Mandates Not Returning
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While the level of the COVID variants found in Santa Clara County's wastewater system is soaring, health officials assured local residents Tuesday that mask mandates will not be returning. Dr. Sara Cody, Director of the Public Health Department, gave an update on state of COVID in the county as the pandemic enters its third winter.
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Experts Say Weather Helped California Avoid Dangerous Wildfires In 2022
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Experts said that Californians managed to avoid the wildfire devastation that the state has seen in past years thanks to moisture brought in by a monsoonal season. "We had a very healthy monsoonal season," said United State Forest Service Meteorologist Pete Curran. "And by that I mean that we had moisture from the Gulf of Mexico that came across the desert ... and brought us beneficial rain in the summer months. And even though the amounts weren't great they did actually tamp down a little bit on our wildfire potential."
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San Jose City Council Makes Key But Controversial Decision To Fill Vacant Seats
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After much debate and some very public disagreement, the San Jose City Council made a key decision that will affect city politics for the next two years. Late Monday night the council voted to appoint two open council positions, rather than hold a special election to let voters decide. The decision came after a five-hour discussion and hundreds of public comments.
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