San Mateo’s Gang Task Force Credited for Low Murder Rate
SAN MATEO (KCBS) – There are 2,700 known gang members in San Mateo County, yet the gang-related homicide rate in San Mateo County is among the lowest in the state. Law enforcement credits a cooperative...
View ArticleWoman Sentenced In ’04 Gang Murder At Redwood City Party
REDWOOD CITY (BCN) – A woman charged with supplying the gun used to fatally shoot a teenager at a party in Redwood City in 2004 was sentenced to five years in prison in San Mateo County Superior Court...
View ArticleSF Police Look To Crack Down On Mission District Gang Violence
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – San Francisco police are stepping up enforcement in the Mission District after a series of suspected gang-related stabbings and shootings. Police Capt. Greg Corrales, head of the...
View ArticleGang Member Arrested In San Rafael Supermarket Robbery Attempt
SAN RAFAEL (CBS SF) – A documented Sureno gang member was arrested for an attempted robbery Thursday night at a San Rafael market, a police lieutenant said. Three people who did not want to pay for...
View ArticleEast Palo Alto Police Conduct Parole Sweep In Response To Baby Killing
EAST PALO ALTO (CBS SF) – East Palo Alto police were conducting parole and probation sweeps throughout the city Wednesday morning as part of an ongoing crackdown on gang activity. The sweeps were...
View ArticleMonths-Long MS-13 Gang Murder Trial Winds Down In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A prosecutor told a federal jury in San Francisco Monday that the most important rule of the MS-13 street gang is to “attack and kill rival gang members.” “They waged war...
View ArticleSan Francisco Police Saturate Mission District After 2 Gang-Related Murders
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – More San Francisco police have been patrolling the Mission District since a second gang-related murder less than 24 hours after a young father was shot to death by gang members...
View ArticleAnother Fatal Shooting In SF Mission District; 3rd In Week
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A man was fatally shot in San Francisco’s Mission District early Monday morning, the third homicide in the neighborhood in less than a week, police said. The shooting was...
View ArticleSan Francisco Mission District Shooting Victim Identified
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A man who was fatally shot in San Francisco’s Mission District early Monday morning has been identified by the medical examiner’s office as 45-year-old Dwayne Spruell. Spruell,...
View ArticleAttorney In 2008 SF Family Murder Case Says Client Was Not ‘Illegal’
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) – The murder suspect who sparked a national controversy over San Francisco’s “sanctuary city” policy was not even an illegal immigrant, according to the defense attorneys of Edwin...
View Article2nd Suspect In ‘Incompetent’ Santa Cruz Home Invasion Turns Himself In
SANTA CRUZ (CBS SF) – A 22-year-old man, who police said was one of two suspects fought off by Santa Cruz homeowners during a home invasion robbery last month, turned himself into police on Monday...
View ArticleGang Member Gets Life In Prison For Vallejo Musician Murder
SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) – A Sureño gang member was sentenced Monday morning for the highway shooting murder of Vallejo musician Dewey Tucker in 2010 and the slaying of a Santa Rosa man a year later. Raul...
View ArticleAlleged Ringleader Convicted In 2008 Gang Rape Of Lesbian Woman In Richmond
MARTINEZ (CBS SF) – A jury Wednesday found the alleged ringleader in a brutal 2008 gang rape of a lesbian woman in Richmond guilty of kidnapping and gang rape in addition to committing a hate crime and...
View ArticleRaid On San Jose Tattoo Parlor Nets More Than A Dozen Drug Arrests
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) – A raid on a San Jose tattoo parlor that federal agents say was the front for drug operation has resulted in the arrest of about 20 suspects Thursday, according to authorities. FBI...
View ArticleFeds Indict 27 Members Of San Jose-Based ‘Mexican Mafia’ With Murder,...
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Jose Wednesday unsealed a 41-count indictment against 27 members of the San Jose-based “Mexican Mafia” street gang the Sur Santos Pride on...
View Article5 Arrested For Murder After Gang Attack On Homeless Man In Campbell Results...
CAMPBELL (CBS SF) — Five people have been arrested for murder after an attack on a homeless man in Campbell resulted in the death of one of the attackers, police said Wednesday. Campbell police said...
View Article3 Alleged Street Gang Members Arrested In San Jose
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — San Jose police arrested three alleged street gang associates last weekend, including two reputed Norteno members and a juvenile who discarded a stolen gun when confronted by...
View ArticleSan Francisco Murder Conviction Upheld Despite Claims Of False Testimony From...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A federal appeals court in San Francisco Monday rejected a Norteno gang member’s challenge to his second-degree murder conviction for the fatal shooting of the head of a rival...
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