The prosecution argued that the gravity of the Black Friday shootings and two defendants’ pending gang-assault charges warrant their pretrial incarceration.
Brett Bymaster was cleared of all 10 felony counts accusing him of serial sexual assault in the 2010s; his defense called the allegations a conspiracy to extract a multi-million dollar payout from …
The Prison Law Office is asking a federal judge to start fining the county over its inability to improve jail staffing or reduce its inmate population to ensure adequate medical access under a 2018…
The multi-week trial pitted the repressed serial sexual assault claims by sisters at The River church against a claim that influential families manufactured an abuse story to extract a seven-figure…
Emari O’Garrow has several rape convictions overseas that a judge ruled can count as prior stateside offenses for sentencing purposes, if he is found guilty of a 2022 San Jose sex assault cha…
Vicente Aguilera was charged this year with a 2017 shooting, and a judge granted his pretrial release last week after his public defender highlighted his lack of violent history and clean record si…
The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office and prosecutors say they’ve uncovered houses full of merchandise stolen from Home Depot, Target and other major retailers.
Eddie Ruiz was convicted in the 2016 shooting death of David Moglen after a car stickup; last week Ruiz was detained after prison guards found a bloodied man dead inside their shared housing unit.
Bulos ‘Paul’ Zumot’s initial conviction was overturned in 2020 when a federal judge ruled that faulty evidence should have been exposed by Zumot’s defense attorney.