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* Eastridge Shopping Mall, gang-related double stabbing, 15-year-old boy arrested

Staff Writer — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:08:31 +0000

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Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with a gang-related double stabbing at San Jose’s Eastridge Shopping Mall on Saturday. Two juvenile males were attacked inside the mall around 7:30 p.m., according to police Officer Jose Garcia.

They were taken to a local hospital for treatment. Their injuries are no longer considered life threatening, he said today.The stabbing prompted the closure of the JC Penney and Macy’s stores and a portion of the mall during the investigation, Garcia said.

Three male suspects were seen fleeing on foot following the attack. Officers detained one juvenile in connection with the stabbing and are working to identify two others who may have been involved or witnessed the crime.

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* Aaron Ricks allegedly beat his mother with a baseball bat in San Ramon on Durango Lane

Staff Writer — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:56:47 +0000

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Police arrested a 27-year-old man in San Ramon Monday night on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly beat his mother with a baseball bat.Officers responded shortly before midnight to a report of an elderly woman on Durango Lane who was bleeding badly and yelling for help, police said.Officers at the scene learned that the woman’s son, Aaron Ricks, was apparently responsible for the assault, police said.

Police found Ricks a short time later on the front porch of the home, where he also lives, armed with a baseball bat, according to police. Police said officers used a non-lethal projectile to disarm Ricks before arresting him. His injured mother, who is in her early 60s, was taken to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek to be treated for significant head and body injuries suffered during the assault, according to Lt. Dan Pratt.Ricks was booked into Martinez Detention Facility where he is being held on $1 million bail, Pratt said.

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* San Jose Police Boosting up Patrols for Mardi Gras Celebration Tonight

Junior Staff Writer — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:56:42 +0000

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San Jose police are boosting patrols for the Mardi Gras celebration in downtown this evening. Police Officer Jose Garcia said revelers should expect to see extra officers patrolling what’s known as the “entertainment zone,” an area with a high concentration of restaurants and bars. There are no planned street closures or pedestrian diversions as long as people celebrate responsibly, Garcia said. “We’re basically going to let people go and enjoy themselves and if their actions warrant a closure or a diversion, then at that point we would consider that,” he said.

The Mardi Gras celebration in San Jose is not an organized event, but is known to draw rowdy crowds, although in the past few years, the troublemakers have tended to be the minority. In 2011 and 2010, police arrested 26 people, slightly higher than in 2009 when 18 people were arrested, but still significantly less compared to the 40 arrests in 2008. The arrests have been mainly related to fights and vandalism. Garcia attributed the drop in arrests on Fat Tuesday to the implementation of a more proactive enforcement approach by the Police Department. “The minute we see problems we take action,” he said.

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* Nanette Dillard and Paul Daniels, Alameda County Employees Accused of Allegedly Misusing Funds

Junior Staff Writer — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:49:01 +0000

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Felony criminal charges have been filed against a husband and wife team who used to run an Alameda County agency that was supposed to help low-income people and parolees with job training, education and housing needs. The charges against Nanette Dillard and Paul Daniels come about a year after county officials learned that the county’s Associated Community Action Program, or ACAP, had gone bankrupt and disbanded the agency, which had operated for more than 30 years. Dillard was the agency’s executive director and Daniels was its grants manager.

They are charged with grand theft, conspiracy to commit a crime and crime by a public officer. Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley alleged that Dillard and Daniels misused more than $400,000 in county and federal funds. O’Malley also alleged that they used public money for personal benefits, including spa services and expensive dinners, that weren’t work-related and used ACAP-contracted staff for work on their home as well as at the home of Dillard’s brother.

O’Malley said in a statement, “When public officials misappropriate and mismanage funds, not only do they break the law, but they also violate the public’s trust in our government agencies. My office will remain vigilant in the investigation and prosecution of crimes involving public corruption.”

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* Margaret Juanita Suazo and her 15-year-old boy arrested in connection with the gang-related stabbing of a 13-year in San Jose

Staff Writer — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:46:59 +0000

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A 15-year-old boy and his mother were arrested in San Jose on Thursday in connection with the gang-related stabbing of a 13-year-old boy, police said. Police Sgt. Jason Dwyer said at about noon on Thursday, a woman drove her 15-year-old son to the 2700 block of Glen Firth Drive, where a verbal altercation occurred between him and a 13-year-old boy.

At some point, the 15-year-old got out of the car and stabbed the 13-year-old boy and then got back into his mother’s car and she drove away. The victim was transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The mother, identified as 42-year-old Margaret Juanita Suazo, and her son were booked on attempted murder charges. Police are looking for a third suspect who is not related to Suazo and her son, Dwyer said.

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* Sarah Marko and Brittany Beus escaped the Blaine Street Women’s Facility found

Staff Writer — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:11:12 +0000

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Two women were arrested on Friday after walking away from a minimum-security jail in Santa Cruz last week, a sheriff’s spokeswoman said today. Sarah Marko, 20 and Brittany Beus, 22, left the Blaine Street Women’s Facility on Feb. 13, Santa Cruz County sheriff’s spokeswoman April Skalland said. The women had been brought over from the county’s main jail to the Blaine Street facility at 11 a.m. that day and were processed, Skalland said. A short time later, they were seen running away from the facility.

Skalland said the Blaine Street facility is for inmates who are not considered a flight risk. Inmates are allowed to go outside, work and are not locked up.”Brittany and Sarah will never be allowed to go back to Blaine Street. They will now go to the main jail,” Skalland said. “I wouldn’t say it happens all the time, but it’s not uncommon,” she said of walkaways.

Beus was arrested at 5:18 p.m. on Friday in a car at state Highway 9 and Mill Street in Ben Lomond in the Santa Cruz Mountains. James Eddy, who was with Beus, was arrested for possession of stolen property, Skalland said. Marko was arrested around 11 p.m. on Friday while walking with Brittany’s brother, Nicholas Beus, a parolee at large. They were spotted near Capitola Road Extension and Soquel Drive near the eastern edge of Santa Cruz city limits.Nicholas Beus ran from deputies and is still wanted for his parole warrant and new charges, Skalland said.

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* Richard Sprague found dead in San Francisco on Julian Avenue

Staff Writer — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:15:38 +0000

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A man who was found dead in San Francisco’s Mission District on Sunday morning appears to have been murdered, a police spokesman said today. The victim, identified by the medical examiner’s office as 47-year-old Richard Sprague, was found in the 100 block of Julian Avenue, near 15th Street, around 7:45 a.m. by officers responding to a report of a man lying on the ground, police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said.

The caller told police the man had been there since 6:30 a.m. and hadn’t moved, police said. The man, later identified as Sprague, was pronounced dead at the scene. The case is being treated as a homicide, but Esparza said it was not a stabbing, as was initially reported in the media. The cause of death has not yet been determined. No suspect information was available as of this morning, Esparza said. The murder is San Francisco’s eighth of 2012.

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* San Francisco man was shot in the leg as he stood on a street corner at Northridge

Staff Writer — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:32:31 +0000

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A man was shot in the leg as he stood on a street corner in San Francisco’s Hunters Point neighborhood on Friday evening, police said. The 19-year-old victim was shot in the right thigh at about 7:10 p.m. Friday as he stood at Northridge and Dormitory roads, according to police.

The suspect, who was running past the victim when he opened fire, fled on foot and has not been found, police said.The victim was taken to San Francisco General Hospital to be treated for his injuries, which were not life-threatening.

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* Stabbing in San Francisco near Eddy Street

Staff Writer — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:12:31 +0000

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A man was critically injured in a stabbing at an apartment in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood on Monday night, police said. The stabbing was reported at 9:53 p.m. in the 600 block of Eddy Street. The 19-year-old victim met with the suspect on the street and the pair went to the suspect’s apartment, according to police. When they arrived there, the suspect accused the victim of stealing his cellphone and a fight ensued, during which the victim was stabbed twice, police said.

The victim ran two blocks, to the 800 block of Eddy Street, where a local merchant called police.He was taken to San Francisco General Hospital with stab wounds to his torso and arm. His injuries are considered life-threatening, police said. Officers later located the suspect, a 26-year-old man, and took him into custody. His name was not immediately available, police said.

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* Dallas Miller arrested allegedly burglarizing an occupied home in Livermore

Staff Writer — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:57:18 +0000

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A man was arrested for the second time in three days on Monday after he was found allegedly burglarizing an occupied home in Livermore, police said.Dallas Miller, 18, was arrested early Monday morning on suspicion of burglary and possession of stolen property after officers responded to the 800 block of Comanche Court.A suspicious person had been seen entering a home there through a side garage door around 4:10 a.m., according to Livermore police.

Officers arrived and found Miller. Police said he was in possession of property that had been taken from cars in the neighborhood, and that there was evidence linking him to another burglary nearby. He was booked into the Santa Rita Jail on two burglary charges. Just two days earlier, on Saturday, Miller had been arrested on suspicion of obstructing an officer after police arrived at his Livermore home in the 900 block of Lambaren Avenue to break up a rowdy house party.

Officers arrived at the party and found drunken scene with about 100 people, police said. One officer attempted to handcuff an intoxicated juvenile but was obstructed by two other people, including Miller and a 19-year-old man, according to police. The officer suffered a broken leg when partygoers allegedly attacked him. Miller had been released on bail after being arrested Saturday on charges of obstructing or delaying an officer.

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