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CALIFORNIA- The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has announced that another inmate on death row at San Quentin has died from complications due to COVID-19. Michael Carey, 59, is the latest to die from the coronavirus at San Quentin. Carey was sentenced to death in 1996 in Los Angeles County for first-degree murder with special circumstances after killing Ernestine Campbell …
CALIFORNIA- The Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections announced today that two inmates died from complications due to COVID-19. Manuel Machado Alvarez, 59, was on death row at San Quentin since 1989 for crimes he committed in Sacramento in 1987 including first-degree murder, vehicle theft, forcible rape and robbery. Scott Thomas Erskine, 57, was a convicted sex offender and was on …
By Frank Gayaldo Stockton Police Officer Association President Chuck Harris spoke with 209 Times’ Frank Gayaldo about a recent post of theirs that was critical of District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar attending a George Floyd inspired protest: 209 Times: District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar wrote in part: “We must always be truthful and an edited video designed to mislead the …
STOCKTON- A family pet went missing last night. When the family checked the security camera they discovered their puppy was actually stolen by a stranger. They are now offering a reward for its return.
STOCKTON- Today the police department announced that an 18 year old male shooting victim died in the hospital, turning the shooting into a homicide. The shooting occurred on June 22nd on the 400 block of Delhi Avenue around 10:43pm. According to police he was sitting in a vehicle when another vehicle drove by and fired multiple times. Police say there …
SACRAMENTO- Ex cop, 74 year old Joseph Deangelo Jr. , plead guilty to charges including murder and rape today in a makeshift courtroom in the University Ballroom at Sacramento State where he once graduated from with a degree in Criminal Justice. The charges for DeAngelo, known as the “Visalia Ransacker”, “East Area Rapist”, and “Golden State Killer” included 13 murders …
STOCKTON- Police closed Hammer Lane at Lower Sacramento Rd in response to a demonstration by Black Lives Matter protestors who were going into traffic. Their aim was bringing attention to issues in Stockton with police. They were also giving away masks to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Dionne Smith spoke on the corner of Hammer Lane at Lower Sacramento …
CALIFORNIA- The United States saw a record spike in confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday. As of today 126,911 deaths have been attributed to the highly contagious new strain of coronavirus. Texas, one of the fastest spreading states, has seen so many new cases spreading that they have re closed all bars. San Joaquin and Stanislaus County also continue to see …
TRACY- Parents were shocked to find explicit threats towards protestors against racial injustice and police abuse on the wife of their superintendent’s Facebook page. What made it worse was the husband, New Jerusalem superintendent David Thoming, made it more explicit by posting a drawing of a man (presumably himself) firing off a machine gun saying, “It’s what we’ve been prepping …
TRACY- The police department has announced that one of their “part time professional staff members” , we’ve identified as Bill Dishman, has been relieved of his duties. Those duties included, ironically, being the person responsible for investigating complaints against officers as the Internal Affairs investigator as the Professional Standards officer. Dishman also appears to have retired from a long career …
