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'Did You Know...?'
Issue 7, 2016
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Welcome to the seventh edition of our 'Did You Know...?' newsletter for 2016.
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In this issue:
- Map 1193 web app wins Best of California award
- Labor Rights Week 2016
- Conviction in the murder of 14-year-old
- Join us for Community Day of Action
- DA O'Malley accepts award from the American Bar Association
- Man convicted for murdering his wife
- ADA Wiley elected VP of National Bar Association
- Felony verdicts
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MAP 1193 Wins Best of California Award
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Alameda County DA Nancy E. O'Malley recently attended a ceremony in Sacramento, along with Alameda County IT Department's Chief Information Officer Tim Dupuis, to accept an award for our collaborative web app, Map 1193.
Map 1193 received the 2016 Best of California Award in the Best Mobile / Wireless Project category for our MAP1193 anti-human trafficking web app. Find out more about Map 1193...
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This week, the DA's Office celebrated Labor Rights Week by partnering with the Consulate Generals of Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, along with the US Department of Labor, in numerous events.
Our Human Trafficking and Exploitation (HEAT) team participated in a welcome address,
hosted trainings about labor trafficking, and conducted informational sessions to speak to people about their rights and how we can help them if they have been the victim of labor trafficking.
The theme for this year’s Labor Rights Week was '
Your work has dignity! Know your rights'. The collaborative events sought to improve knowledge about labor rights within the Mexican and Latino community, and to provide information and resources to those who stopped by.
If you think you have been a victim of labor trafficking, please call our HEAT Watch tip line on (510) 208- 4959.
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Conviction in Murder of 14-Year-Old
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On August 29, 2016, defendant Sonny Joseph Anderson was convicted of the horrific murder of 14-year-old Ivan Cruz, as well as gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, gross vehicular manslaughter, evading an officer causing death, evading an officer driving against traffic, fleeing the scene of a crash, and assault on a police animal.
The convictions stem from conduct beginning on November 11, 2014, where Defendant Anderson fled from an Alameda County Sheriff deputy who attempted to pull him over for a traffic violation.
14-year-old Ivan Cruz was tragically murdered by Defendant Anderson as he crossed the road with friends in the crosswalk. Read the case summary...
Defendant Sonny Joseph Anderson is scheduled to be sentenced for these horrific crimes on September 26, 2016.
The case was prosecuted by DDA Jason Sjoberg with assistance from DA Inspector Frank Bonifacio and Victim-Witness Advocate Nadia Bueno.
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Join Us for the Community Day of Action
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Thus Thursday, September 8, the Alameda County DA's Office will be partnering with the Contra Costa DA's Office in a Community Day of Action in Richmond, CA.
Our HEAT Watch team and Contra Costa's Zero Tolerance initative team will be raising awareness of human trafficking in the Bay Area, and demonstrating how you can help take steps to ensure local businesses are in compliance with SB1193 with our award-winning web app, MAP1193.
This is a great way to participate in your community to fight human trafficking. If you wish to find out more about the event and to sign up, please click here.
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DA O'Malley Accepts Award from
American Bar Association
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At a ceremonial lunch at the American Bar Association’s Annual meeting in San Francisco on August 7, 2016, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley accepted the 2016 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award.
The award, established by the ABA’s Commission on Women in the Profession in 1991, recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments of female lawyers who have achieved professional excellence in their field and influenced other women to pursue legal careers, opened doors for women lawyers in a variety of job settings that historically were closed to them, and/or advanced opportunities for women within a practice area or segment of the profession.
DA O’Malley, who has served as the District Attorney of Alameda County since 2009 and is the first woman to hold that position, is now the first District Attorney in the nation to receive this prestigious award from the ABA. Read more about the award here...
Additionally, she also received a commendation from the Alameda County Board of Supervisors for her work.
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Man Convicted of Murdering His Wife
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On August 10, 2016, an Alameda County jury convicted defendant Joseph Bontempo of second degree murder for the killing of his wife, Laurie Wolfe, on July 6, 2014.
Defendant Bontempo and his wife had been together for nearly twenty years when he beat her to death inside their home. There was no knowhistory of domestic violence between the two. Read more about the case...
Bontempo will be sentenced on November 15, 2016. He faces a sentence of fifteen years to life in state prison.
The prosecutor was DDA Laura Passaglia with assistance from DA Inspector Andrea Mooreland and Victim-Witness Advocate Kelli Sage.
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ADA Wiley Elected VP of
National Bar Association
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We are pleased to announce that Assistant District Attorney Terry Wiley, head of our Juvenile Justice Division, was recently elected Vice President of the National Bar Association. He has been part of the DA's Office since 1989.
Congratulations, ADA Wiley!
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People v Michael Herbert Horace
A jury found defendant Michael Herbert Horace guilty as charged of first degree murder of Oakland man Tass Jackson. Read more about the case...
Defendant Michael Herbert Horace is scheduled to be sentenced on September 2, 2016.
The case was prosecuted by DDA Peter McGuiness with assistance from DA Inspector Tom Milner and Victim-Witness Advocate Marina Hammergren.
People v Edgar Patino
A jury convicted defendant Edgar Patino (AKA Edgar Mora), as charged of continuous sexual abuse of a child under age 14, assault with means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, and criminal threats. Read more about the case...
Defendant Patino is scheduled to be sentenced on August 30, 2016.
The case was prosecuted by DDA Tim Wellman of our Sexual Assault Unit, with assistance by Inspector Brian Delahunty and Victim-Witness Advocates Nicole Santos and Stephanie Bernaola.
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Do you have a question for the District Attorney?
If you would like to see a particular question answered in our next newsletter, please email us at
info@alcoda.org.
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HEAT Watch is the anti-human trafficking program run by the DA's Office. It coordinates the response to help fight trafficking in the Bay Area and beyond.
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We provide speakers for your next school or community meeting who come to you with decades of expertise about the law, the criminal justice system and how we at the DA's Office can help you if you have been the victim of a crime.
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