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Contra Costa

Operation ‘Game of Thrones’ nets 23 gang members, 1 crooked cop

Derrick Antonio SAN JOSE —  According to San Jose Police Chief Eddie Garcia, Derrick Antonio, a 9-year veteran with the department who had been placed on a two-month leave following

Ventura

Extortionist Pinched

Mark Gallegos Ventura – “Sharkie’s Collections Inc.” may be a registered corporate entity properly paying their annual fees to the State of California Franchise Tax Board, but that would speak more

Ventura

Luring by Social Media Leads to Sexual Assault Arrest

Ventura – If history teaches us anything, the future faced by Heriberto Rivas-Avila, a 24-year-old Oxnard resident, should he be convicted of and serve jail time for the crime for which

California

Highland Deputies Break up Armed Robbery, Extortion Attempt

HIGHLAND – San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputies, tipped off to an armed robbery in progress earlier this week, arrived in time to arrest eight men, including one that tried to

California

Former Police Commander Gets Three Years

SALINAS—Monterey County District Attorney Dean D. Fippo announced that 51-year-old John Nyunt of Pacific Grove pled guilty to charges from a yearlong investigation.  He pled guilty to one count of

Riverside

Hemet Man Cons Elderly

HEMET – Menifee police investigators arrested a man in Hemet for numerous counts of extorting or attempting to extort senior residents in several cities. On Wednesday, March 27, Menifee police

Headline Story Santa Barbara

Shake-down Artist Busted on Extortion, Elder Abuse

Santa Barbara – At dusk on August 1, 2012, a 67-year-old driver made a legal right turn at a downtown intersection and was suddenly confronted by Matthew Rene Brown, 28, who