California Police Union Executive Charged With Importing and Distributing Drugs
Drug Crime
‘She’s been the grandma of the POA,’ union President Sean Pritchard said.
Homicide
May 13, 2022
12-Hour Exorcism Kills 3-Year-Old California Girl: Court Docs
A California mother has been charged in the death of her 3-year-old daughter, who allegedly died during an exorcism at the family’s church. Leaders of the church where Arely Naomi Proctor Hernandez died last fall confirmed they performed the ceremony to “liberate her of her evil spirits,” the Mercury News reports. The girl’s grandfather and …
Kidnapping
May 12, 2022
Suspects in Kidnapping of 3-Month-Old Baby Tried To Take Him at Least 3 Times Before: DA
Two people accused in a brazen, broad-daylight kidnapping last month in San Jose, California, had tried to take the 3-month-old boy several times previously. Brandon Cuellar was taken out of his grandmother’s home while the grandmother was unloading groceries on April 25, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Investigators found him unharmed the next day and arrested …
April 26, 2022
VIDEO: Kidnapper Swipes Baby Out of Apartment, Walks Calmly Away
Federal investigators have joined state and local police in the search for an abducted 3-month-old baby who was taken from his grandmother’s home as she unloaded groceries from her car Monday afternoon. San Jose police say that Alexis Cuellar was wearing a white, long-sleeved onesie with dinosaurs on it when a man walked out of …
Mass shooting
May 27, 2021
San Jose mass shooter armed with 32 high capacity magazines, was detained by Border Patrol in 2016
The California transit worker who shot dead nine co-workers and himself Wednesday morning was armed with 32 illegal high capacity magazines when he arrived at the Valley Transportation Authority light rail yard in San Jose. Samuel James Cassidy, 57, fired 39 times at two buildings, starting just after 6:30 a.m., the Mercury News reports. He …
Mass shooting
May 26, 2021
Gunman kills 8 at California light rail yard before turning gun on himself
Eight people were killed early Wednesday morning when a Valley Transportation Authority employee opened fire at the VTA rail yard in San Jose. The gunman also died at the scene of the shooting, the Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office said, NBC Bay Area reported. “This is a horrific day for our city, and it’s a tragic …
Murder
September 30, 2018
90-year-old man beats 67-year-old stepdaughter to death, cops say
Authorities in California say an elderly man killed his elderly stepdaughter during a beating inside of a home in San Jose earlier this month. According to the New York Post, police responded to the residence and reportedly found and unconscious woman with obvious injuries. Officials pronounced her dead a short time later. Authorities identified the …
Road Rage
August 30, 2018
After cops nab middle school teacher suspected of road rage, they find loaded gun in his classroom
Authorities in California say a middle school teacher arrested on suspicion of a road rage incident and robbery earlier this year also kept a loaded handgun in his classroom at the San Jose school where he taught. According to the Mercury News, 35-year-old Charles Ha So was recently identified as a suspect in the February …
Child Abuse
February 24, 2018
Identical twins, both public school coaches, picked up days apart on unrelated child porn charges
Two California brothers, both of whom had coached for more than a decade in San Jose public schools, were arrested within a week of each other on suspicion of possessing child pornography. As the San Jose Mercury News reported, Clifford Pappadakis surrendered to police on Feb. 14 and is expected to face charges including child …
Violent Crime
May 30, 2017
Police: California octogenarian attacks, detains violent home intruder
The 82-year-old tackled and detained a female suspect over 30 years his junior
