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* Missing Man Found on Side of Freeway 101 in San Jose

Junior Staff Writer — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:55:04 +0000

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A man who had been missing for a week is in the hospital after police discovered him in a wooded area by U.S. Highway 101, near where his car had been found days earlier. The 25-year-old man was first reported missing by his family when he failed to show up for a funeral service on Thursday evening. No one had heard from him since May 8 at around 1:00 a.m., police said.

On Monday police learned that the man’s car had been towed on May 8 after being involved in a single-vehicle rollover collision near Highway 101 and Hellyer Avenue. Detectives received a detailed location of where the crash occurred on Tuesday and went to the scene. Officers found the man in a wooded area between the on- and off-ramps of the freeway.

Police said that he had not been visible from the road. Although alive, the man was unresponsive and was taken to Regional Medical Center. San Jose police Officer Jose Garcia said police believe the man had been at the site since his car had crashed and was towed by the California Highway Patrol. Garcia said he could not give more information about the man’s injuries, nor how or why he crawled out of his car into an area that was obscured from site

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* Jordan Vigil found dead in a Castro Valley home on Omega Avenue

Staff Writer — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:39:21 +0000

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The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office identified a man found dead in a Castro Valley home Monday night as Jordan Vigil, 29, of Hayward. Deputies responded to a home in the 4300 block of Omega Avenue in unincorporated Alameda County at around 7 p.m. Monday, Alameda County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. J.D. Nelson said.

Deputies had received reports of criminal activity in the area and when they did a probation search inside the home, deputies found a significant amount of blood and Vigil’s body in the garage, Nelson said. Nelson said Vigil was known to the sheriff’s office. “He’s had contacts with us before,” Nelson said.Sheriff’s officials have not released the cause of death or suspect information.

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* Todd Gillard attempted murder in Richmond surrendered to a SWAT team in Richmond

Staff Writer — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:00:42 +0000

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A 26-year-old man wanted in connection with an attempted murder in Richmond surrendered to a SWAT team this morning after an overnight standoff, a Richmond police lieutenant said. A special investigations unit located attempted murder suspect Todd Gillard, of Richmond, as he was going into an apartment at Gately Avenue and Ells Street around 10 p.m., Lt. Bisa French said.

A SWAT team surrounded the apartment and was in contact with Gillard. They negotiated with him throughout the night until he surrendered around 5 a.m. and was taken into custody, French said. Gillard had a $1.5 million arrest warrant out for him in connection with a February attempted murder, French said. No one was injured in the standoff, she said.

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* Andrew Medeiros girls’ basketball coach at Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa pleaded not guilty to sex crimes

Staff Writer — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:53:17 +0000

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A girls’ basketball coach at Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa pleaded not guilty today in Sonoma County Superior Court to having sex with a 16-year-old student. Andrew John Medeiros, 25, of Santa Rosa, is charged with two sex crimes with a person under age 18. The crimes allegedly occurred April 2. A preliminary hearing date is scheduled for July 10. Medeiros was arrested April 11 at Piner High School, where he was employed as a student supervisor.

He posted bond on $50,000 bail and is out of custody. Medeiros met the 16-year-old girl at Cardinal Newsman High School where he was the girls’ basketball coach last season, Sonoma County sheriff’s Sgt. Carlos Basurto said. The investigation began when the girl’s parents contacted the sheriff’s office after they discovered sexually explicit text messages between Medeiros and the alleged victim, Basurto said. The two charges against Medeiros are sex with a foreign object and oral copulation with a person under 18.

Medeiros also coached for the North Bay Elite Basketball Club. The club was founded in 2000 to provide high school girls’ basketball players with advanced instruction and exposure to higher-level competition, according to its website.

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* William Castillo fatally shot in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley neighborhood on Sunnydale Avenue

Staff Writer — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:45:54 +0000

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A man who was fatally shot in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley neighborhood early this morning has been identified by the medical examiner’s office as 21-year-old city resident William Castillo.Officers responded at about 12:05 a.m. to a ShotSpotter activation in the 1700 block of Sunnydale Avenue, where they found a man lying between two buildings suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper body, police said.

The victim, later identified as Castillo, was taken to San Francisco General Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries at about 3 a.m., according to police. No arrests had been made in the case as of midday, and no suspect information was available, police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said.

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* Michael Warren, Renee Warren and Joseph Beall alleged members of a white supremacist gang arrested in gang related collision

Staff Writer — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:40:05 +0000

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Police arrested three alleged members of a white supremacist gang on Tuesday in connection with an April traffic collision in Santa Rosa, police said. Three search warrants were executed on Tuesday: one at 7 a.m. in the 100 block of Scenic Drive; another at 8:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of Slater Street; and a third at 10 a.m. in the 2400 block of Joseph Court East, Santa Rosa police said.

Two suspects were stopped in a silver Nissan Xterra and a third was stopped in another vehicle, where officers found a loaded firearm, hashish and processed marijuana, police said. The two suspects in the Xterra were identified by police as Michael Warren, Jr., 37, of Santa Rosa, and Renee C. Warren, 45, of Santa Rosa. The third suspect was identified as Joseph C. Beall, 36, of Santa Rosa. The arrests stemmed from a traffic incident that occurred around 8 p.m. on April 20.

In that incident, an Xterra pulled up alongside a red Toyota Tercel that was stopped at a traffic light at the Stony Point Road off-ramp from state Highway 12, according to police. The two occupants of the Tercel recognized the male and female inside the Xterra, who yelled racial slurs and challenged them to fight, even though the victims are Caucasian, police said. Investigators said the victims are past associates of the suspects.

When the two drivers turned south onto Stony Point Road, the Xterra collided with the Tercel, and police believe the collision was intentional.After a brief chase, the driver of the Tercel managed to escape and the victims arrived home. They called police and identified the two suspects, and after investigating, police executed the three search warrants. Police said the three are affiliated with a white supremacist gang.

Michael Warren was arrested on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of stolen property, marijuana sales, and assault with a deadly weapon, police said.Renne Warren was arrested on a felony warrant for challenging others to fights.Beall was arrested for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, possession of stolen property, marijuana sales, and possession of hashish. All three could be charged with gang enhancements, police said.

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* Joseph Huwyler of Sausalito arrested for alleged DUi second time in one month

Staff Writer — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:30:45 +0000

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A 75-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after driving off the roadway in Sausalito on Tuesday morning, police said. Police responded to a report of a car that had gone off the roadway near the intersection of Cazneau and Platt avenues at 7:09 a.m. The driver, identified as Joseph Huwyler of Sausalito, was slumped over the steering wheel of the idling SUV when officers found him, police said.

Huwyler allegedly became uncooperative and refused to exit the vehicle, and the officers forcibly removed his hands from the steering wheel and took him out of the car, according to police. He showed signs of intoxication and was arrested, but he continued to resist as the officers took him into custody, police said.

He was taken to Marin General Hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of a medical condition unrelated to the accident. Police said Huwyler had previously been arrested for DUI on April 18 following another traffic collision.

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* Richmond a man who was shot while sitting in his car on Eighth Street

Staff Writer — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:24:17 +0000

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A man who was shot while sitting in his car in Richmond this morning died after he was taken to a hospital, a Richmond police lieutenant said. The victim, a 27-year-old Richmond resident, was in his car parked in the 500 block of Eighth Street in the city’s Iron Triangle neighborhood just after 10 a.m. when two suspects approached on foot and started shooting into the vehicle, police Lt. Bisa French said. The man was hit several times and was taken to the hospital, where he later died, French said. The suspects, described as two males possibly in their late teens, fled after firing into the car.

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* Bayview shooting on Third Street and Galvez Avenue suspect arrested

Staff Writer — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:18:21 +0000

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San Francisco police on Monday made an arrest in a shooting that critically injured a man in the city’s Bayview District last month. The shooting was reported shortly before midnight on April 21 near the intersection of Third Street and Galvez Avenue,according to police. The 42-year-old victim was shot multiple times and was taken to San Francisco General Hospital to be treated for his injuries, which were considered life-threatening, police said.

An update on his condition was not available today. The suspect in the shooting was known to the victim and officers at the department’s Bayview Station were given a description of him. At about 2:30 p.m. Monday, an officer spotted the suspect riding a bicycle near the intersection of Third Street and Newcomb Avenue and arrested him without incident, police said. The suspect, whose name was not immediately being released, was booked into jail on suspicion of attempted murder, according to police.

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* Roberto Mendoza Seaside Tae Kwon Do instructor convicted of molesting three girls

Staff Writer — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:12:12 +0000

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A Seaside Tae Kwon Do instructor has been convicted of molesting three girls under the age of 14, two of whom where his students, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced today.Roberto Mendoza, 38, of Seaside was charged with 11 counts of lewd acts on a child for molesting three young girls on various occasions between August 2007 and May 2010, district attorney’s officials said.

Two of the children were students at his Tae Kwon Do studio and the third victim was sexually molested while Mendoza lived in the girl’s home, acting as her babysitter,according to the district attorney’s office Mendoza will face a minimum of 15 years to life in prison. His next court date will be July 10 before Judge Adrienne M. Grover.

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