Richmond: man sentenced for trafficking juvenile victims
A Richmond man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to trafficking two juvenile victims, the Richmond Police Department announced today.
Correll Hackett will also have to register as a...
Repeat DUI offender gets 135 years to life for fatal crash
A repeat DUI offender was sentenced Friday to 135 years to life in state prison for the murder of four people in a crash on Interstate Highway 80 in San Pablo in 2017, according...
Man fatally shot by police after attacking family ID’d
The man who was fatally shot by police after he reportedly broke into a Richmond home and attacked family members with a knife has been identified as 55-year-old Luc Toan Ciel.
The fatal shooting is...
RPD: Officers fatally shoot man in domestic violence incident
Richmond police fatally shot a man who was attacking members of his family early today, police said.
Officers were called at 2:34 a.m. to a home in the 900 block of Wilson Avenue on a...
El Sobrante roadway temporarily closes due to police activity
A report of a domestic disturbance involving a possible firearm prompted a significant police response at an El Sobrante home Tuesday.
In the end, three people are in custody, and a pellet gun was recovered,...
Resident falsely reports stabbing to get swift police response to neighbor’s loud party
Richmond police responded to a report of a stabbing early Sunday, but learned the caller made up the story in order to get a quick response for a loud party at his neighbor's house,...
El Cerrito homicide suspect detained at Richmond BART station
A Richmond man has been arrested in connection with the March 30 killing of a man in El Cerrito.
Michael Ray Hill was detained at the Richmond BART Station on Saturday and charged with murdering...
3 charged with robbing San Pablo casino winners
Three Vallejo residents pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges that they followed a husband and wife from the Lytton Casino in San Pablo to South San Francisco and robbed them at gunpoint, San...
Suspect drives into wall of Richmond hotel during bust
The suspect in an armed residential burglary in San Rafael was apprehended at a Richmond hotel on Tuesday -- but he don't go quietly, police said.
When 33-year-old James Pizzagrani of El Cerrito was leaving...
Police investigate homicide near San Pablo and Potrero avenues
El Cerrito police are investigating a homicide on San Pablo Avenue near Potrero Avenue after finding a man lying on the sidewalk Saturday night.
At 11:18 p.m., police and fire officials responded to a report...
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