Longtime @oaklandpoliceca homicide investigator Phong Tran charged by @AlamedaCountyDA w/perjury under oath, threatening witness, subornation of perjury (encouraging someone to commit perjury), bribery & att. bribery of witness bit.ly/3AqTslH
This is what @oaklandpoliceca homicide investigator Phong Tran told @KTVU in 2013 when a woman came forward after we aired plea to solve case. But per @AlamedaCountyDA@PPriceCares, Tran lied when he said she didn’t get paid & that they never met before. 5,6:15,7:30 p.m.@KTVU
Mar 30, 2023 • 5 tweets • 6 min read
Joanne Segovia, exec director of @ProtectSanJose, the San Jose police union, charged by @USAO_NDCA w/ordering thousands of opioids & other pills to her home - using office & personal computers - and distributing them across U.S., per @HSISanFrancisco
UPDATE: Joanne Segovia on paid leave as exec director of San Jose police union @ProtectSanJose after being charged by @USAO_NDCA w/smuggling opioids disguised as wedding party favors, makeup, chocolate & sweets, per @HSISanFrancisco
Mar 18, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Carloads of robbers escape after invading @HellerJewelers1 at @CityCenterBR Bishop Ranch & pointing gun at security guard. @SanRamonPolice investigating & comparing w/other law enforcement agencies across region
UPDATE: “It was honestly terrifying.” Witness speaks out after taking this video showing 7 running away after armed smash-and-grab at @HellerJewelers1 at @CityCenterBR Bishop Ranch. @SanRamonPolice investigating w/other agencies. 6,10 p.m. @KTVU
Nov 17, 2022 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
1/4: A man repeatedly punched Bianca Palomera, 19, asst. manager at @habitburger on Mahogany in Antioch after she told him to leave b/c he was bullying a teen boy w/special needs
2/4: Doctors performed emergency surgery but were unable to save Bianca Palomera’s right eye. “Honestly, it’s all really just still new to me,” she tells me. “I don’t think I have fully processed it or even began to process it. I’m just trying to move forward w/my eye”
Aug 22, 2022 • 8 tweets • 8 min read
Woman dies after being shot near 5th Ave. & East 11th St. in Little Saigon neighborhood, per @oaklandpoliceca
UPDATE: Victim shot and killed near 5th Ave. & East 11th St. was an elderly Asian woman attacked during a robbery attempt, per @oakland@nikki4oakland, saying she’s “outraged & sickened over the senseless, brutal slaying”
Mar 25, 2022 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
BREAKING: Ongoing criminal investigation into “crimes of moral turpitude” involving sworn @AntiochPolice@PittsburgPD officers leads to court-approved “law enforcement activity” by @ContraCostaDA and @FBISanFrancisco, DA says
UPDATE: 3 @PittsburgPD officers are on paid leave pending ongoing @FBISanFrancisco@ContraCostaDA probe into alleged crimes of moral turpitude. Any officer who has engaged in illegal or unethical conduct will be held accountable, says @PittsburgPD
Mar 23, 2022 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
Surveillance video captures man on bike breaking into @OaklandPostNews bldg near 14th & Webster downtown in the middle of the night, where he ransacks offices. Publisher @PaulCobbOakland speaks out. @oaklandpoliceca investigating. 5:30, 6:30 p.m. @KTVU
Burglar breaks into @OaklandPostNews downtown, smashing glass and ransacking offices belonging to NorCal's largest black weekly newspaper. "I'm happy I wasn't there & I'm happy that none of our staff was hurt," says publisher @PaulCobbOakland. bit.ly/3umQ4F8
Mar 23, 2022 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
Body on busy Taylor Blvd. between Withers & Gloria Terrace. Active investigation underway by @PHillPD. 4,5,6,7 p.m. @KTVU
UPDATE: Taylor Blvd. remains closed between Withers & Grayson. Body on roadway. Avoid area. @LafayettePD@CoCoSheriff investigating. 4,5,6,7 p.m. @KTVU
Mar 23, 2022 • 4 tweets • 7 min read
Suspect shot and killed by deputies after pointing this rifle at them during a “domestic situation” on Westport Circle in Discovery Bay, per @CoCoSheriff, adding @CityofOakley PD also involved. @ContraCostaDA investigating
UPDATE: Robert Jones, 51, was shot and killed by deputies in Discovery Bay after he pointed what turned out to be an archery rifle at them, per @CoCoSheriff, adding rifle considered a deadly weapon and so @ContraCostaDA, not @AGRobBonta, investigating. @CityofOakley PD involved
Nov 25, 2021 • 14 tweets • 20 min read
Armed security guard shot and wounded during robbery attempt while protecting @kron4news crew near 14th & Webster downtown. @oaklandpoliceca investigating. Reporter, who was covering break-in at nearby store, physically unhurt. Guard is former Bay Area police officer
UPDATE: Security guard Kevin Nishita has died after being shot while protecting @kron4news reporter covering store break-in at 14th & Webster in downtown Oakland. He was @SanJosePD@ColmaPD alum. We also worked w/him at @KTVU and extend our deepest condolences. @oaklandpoliceca
Nov 20, 2021 • 5 tweets • 6 min read
The @LouisVuitton store at @UnionSquareSF “got emptied out,” says @yealenne. Broken glass litters the store. Most of the thieves got away in multiple cars…
UPDATE: Here you can see 1 thief run off w/armload of merch from @LouisVuitton at @UnionSquareSF. But then @SFPD officers chase down, surround & break the windows of a getaway Mustang. “If you play stupid games, you’re gonna win stupid prizes,” witness @CARLITOSGUEY tells me
Nov 19, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Victim dies after being shot while riding in SUV near Bay Bridge toll plaza. @CHP_GoldenGate@CHPoakland investigating
UPDATE: Woman dies after being shot while riding in SUV near Bay Bridge toll plaza, per @CHP_GoldenGate. Man driving and two juveniles in vehicle not hurt
Nov 18, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Man and woman shot and killed at high-rise apartment at 17th & Broadway downtown, per @oaklandpoliceca. Circumstances under investigation. Caller reported a shooting shortly after midnight
UPDATE: Arrest made in connection w/shooting deaths of man and woman at high-rise apartment at 17th & Broadway downtown, per @oaklandpoliceca
Jul 27, 2021 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
1/2: These 4 women ran off after going into @cvspharmacy at Van Ness & Jackson in SF and "picking the place dry," witness says
2/2: After these 4 women ran off after boosting merch from @cvspharmacy at Van Ness & Jackson in SF, witness @SteveAdams80182 says he asked staffers if they were going to call @SFPD “but they just shrugged”
May 30, 2021 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
1/2: Surveillance video captures man attacking @SFPD officer as she tries to see why he was allegedly ranting at Asian people near Clay & Kearny. Bystanders helped pull him off her until backup arrived. 📹: Asian Dawn. bit.ly/3fyT5vK
UPDATE: Video shows @SFPD officers converging on Clay & Kearny after officer reports she’s struggling w/suspect. Witnesses say he had been spewing racist epithets at Asian people passing by. 📹: @Sfstreets415
May 26, 2021 • 14 tweets • 19 min read
“Multiple injuries & multiple fatalities” after mass shooting at @VTA light-rail yard near W. Younger & N. San Pedro, per @SCCoSheriff, adding suspect is dead. @SanJosePD@ATFSanFrancisco also investigating. Shooting happened during union meeting
UPDATE: “We’re so sorry this event happened..VTA is a family,” says Glenn Hendricks @GlennH2013, @VTA board chair, choking back emotion. “Our hearts are pained for the families of those we have lost in his horrific shooting,” says @CityofSanJose Mayor Sam @sliccardo
May 11, 2021 • 5 tweets • 6 min read
This guy’s been seen riding in back of this @Tesla with his foot on wheel on the Bay Bridge, I-80 & across region. @CHP_GoldenGate investigating. No evidence of @MagicofRahat or Knight Rider hiding-in-seat trickery. @instagram 📹: @paressadalycity
UPDATE: Param Sharma, 25, arrested for recklessly driving @Tesla Model 3 from backseat on I-80, after videos of him with foot on wheel went viral, per @CHP_GoldenGate, adding as @CHPoakland motor officer stopped him in Emeryville, he moved into driver’s seat. Car towed
May 10, 2021 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
"HELP! HELP!" Video shows 80yo Asian man being robbed and slapped on Acapulco near the Marina as one of the assailants laughs, per @SanLeandroPD. Victim was out for a walk over the weekend
UPDATE: After pushing this 80yo Asian to the ground, slapping him & robbing him of his @fitbit - and laughing as he screamed for help - this group of teens robbed a 19yo woman of her purse less than 2 hours later, per @SanLeandroPD
Apr 20, 2021 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
Theft suspect possibly under the influence dies after “physical altercation” while being detained by officers on Oak St. near Park & Otis, per @AlamedaPD, asking @ACSOSheriffs to handle investigation. @AlamedaCountyDA also on the case
“We need AFD ASAP.” Theft suspect apparently on drugs dies after “physical altercation” w/@AlamedaPD near Park & Otis. Narcan reportedly administered. Caller said he was “hanging out, talking to himself, possibly under the influence.” @ACSOSheriffs@AlamedaCountyDA investigating
Apr 11, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
BREAKING: 1/5: Facing calls to resign amid allegations of sexual assault by 5 women as reported by @sfchronicle, Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli sent me a statement tonight describing what he called “unfounded accusations levied against me” & “effort to put my head on a spike”
2/5:Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli, now investigated by @sonomasheriff after 5 women allege sexual assault, per @sfchronicle, says to those “out to get me” that “be assured that I will not succumb to any pressure to resign my office as I have done nothing to warrant your attacks”
Apr 1, 2021 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
“I’m a veteran with PTSD...I just want her back” Mark Lipton says, bursting into tears. Thief stole disabled @USNavy vet’s car w/Bella, his Chihuahua service dog in the back seat in Oakland’s San Antonio area. He’s heartbroken. @oaklandpoliceca investigating. 5:35 p.m. @KTVU
"She's my heart & soul, and I don't care about the car." Disabled @USNavy vet Mark Lipton is in anguish after someone stole his car with his Chihuahua service dog Bella in the back seat in Oakland's San Antonio neighborhood. @oaklandpoliceca investigating. bit.ly/3ueCwtp