Posts From Amy Nilson
String of armed robberies tied to Salinas Norteno Gang
SAN JOSE, Calif – Three suspects were arrested this week in what police are calling an end to a “Point Break” bank robbery team who entered four banks throughout the
Best Best Buy discount leads to WWP
21-year-old Jonathan Lyle Donawa was given Weekend Work Program community hours after he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges under PC 484/487 (B)(3), grand theft by an employee, in which
Gang member attacks patrons at McDonalds
Two victims had been eating at a McDonald’s restaurant in San Jose last year when 20-year-old Fernando Fernandez approached and robbed them. It was on March 20, 2013, Fernandez had
SJPD report arrest of three suspects responsible for stray bullet death
UPDATE: SAN JOSE, Calif – The San Jose Police Department announced the arrest of three men suspected in the shooting death of 24-year-old Richard Watkins of San Jose. After extensive
Brothers charged with violent football stadium assault
SANTA CLARA, Calif – According to the Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office, “two Tulare County brothers were arraigned on felony assault charges [yesterday] for an unprovoked attack on two men in
Gilroy Doctor innocent of wife’s murder
SANTA CLARA COUNTY – Murder for hire charges filed against a 68-year-old German Baldeon, a Gilroy doctor, were dismissed this week in what authorities are calling a plot by the
The SCCDA’s office is using music to bring awareness to domestic violence
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office is using the power of music during National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This Friday afternoon, Assistant District Attorney James Gibbons-Shapiro and Yale Professor
Gang motivation may be behind street shooting in San Jose
FOLLOW UP – A homicide was reported in San Jose on Saturday, September 27, when San Jose Police and Fire personnel responded to a 9-1-1 call reporting that a male subject was suffering
SJPD makes arrest of three homicide suspects
Just days after experiencing San Jose’s 29th homicide, police announced the arrest of three individuals responsible for the shooting death of 33-year-old Santrius Romel Lawrence near the 7-11 at Monterey Road
Man to face 10-year prison sentence for threatening his friend with a gun
30-year-old Samuel Mendoza Jr. was arrested under PC 245 (a)(2), assault with a firearm, PC 236-237, false imprisonment, PC 29800(a)(1), felony possession of a firearm, and PC 4573, bringing illegal
