Defendant pleads to 11 years in 2021 fatal shooting
OAKLAND — A 30-year-old man has agreed to serve 11 years in state prison for killing a man back in 2021, court records show. Luis Rodriguez-Baires, 30, pleaded no contest …
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Oakland cop, investigated in illegal pot grow house raid, now under scrutiny for work at homicide scene
OAKLAND — With a murder trial looming, a defense attorney has accused an Oakland police officer of taking questionable steps during the initial investigation into a shootout, including allegedly searching …
Man gets 11 years for killing wife’s ex in case with new allegations against impugned detective
OAKLAND — A Sacramento resident has been sentenced to 11 years in state prison for killing the father of his wife’s children in a 2021 shooting. The plea deal came …
Oakland man allegedly chugged two bottles of Vodka after being assaulted, then died from injuries days later
OAKLAND — A local resident initially survived a brutal beating at a liquor store, long enough to chug two bottles of hard liquor and fall asleep in his home, but …
Man gets 17 years for killing woman in ambush shooting
OAKLAND — A 35-year-old man has been sentenced to 17 years for killing a woman in a 2020 shooting, where two vehicles blocked off the victims’ pathway and two shooters …
Once charged with murder for telling her pimp to ‘hop on’ Oakland homicide victim, Arizona woman avoids more jail through plea deal
OAKLAND — A woman has avoided jail time and a murder conviction after pleading no contest to accessory in connection with a January 2022 fatal shooting allegedly committed by her …
Recent Oakland homicide victim remembered as police continue investigation of quadruple shooting
OAKLAND — The man killed in a recent shooting where three other people were struck by gunfire has been identified as a 38-year-old father of two who worked at a …
Crime and Public Safety | She was charged in a deadly Oakland shootout that left her paralyzed, and given probation. Now facing a new attempted murder case, she’s out of jail again
OAKLAND — Over the past two years, 23-year-old Tyja Braswell’s life has been full of tumultuous ups and downs, each more drastic than the last. Since March 2022 — when …
Fresno man charged with murdering Oakland teen in shooting falsely reported to SFPD
OAKLAND — A Fresno man in his 40s has been arrested and charged with murdering an 18-year-old woman in what appeared to police to be a preplanned shooting, court records …
Alleged Oakland gang leader was on a mission for revenge after brother’s homicide, police say. Now the feds have taken the case
OAKLAND — A man who allegedly cut off his ankle monitor and absconded from parole just three days after finishing a 17-year prison sentence has been hit with a federal …