Suspected pimp was one-man crime spree, police allege
OAKLAND — A Sacramento County man has been linked to more than a dozen alleged crimes, including pimping two women, shooting a bystander in the neck during a rolling gun …
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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 …
After allegedly shooting three people, an Alameda man ordered a Lyft. It led to his arrest on attempted murder charges
OAKLAND — Police were reviewing footage from a security camera that depicted a triple-shooting suspect fleeing to a vehicle and making his getaway. Then a detective noticed something: This was …
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 …
Three shot at Oakland birthday party
OAKLAND — A 17-year-old girl and two 19-year-old men were wounded Saturday night when shooters opened fire on a group attending a birthday party in East Oakland, authorities said. The …
Oakland homicide suspect arrested in Louisiana, police say
OAKLAND — The suspect in a June 29 fatal shooting was arrested last week, and is being extradited to the Bay Area to face charges, authorities said. Paris William, 21, …
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 …