Concord Man Sentenced In 2019 Hate Crime Case
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – Concord resident Ross Anthony Farca was sentenced today in a hate crime case the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office successfully prosecuted last year. On December 1, 2021, Farca was found guilty of four felonies and one misdemeanor hate crime, two counts of criminal threats against…
Kiesle Charged In Fatal Rossmoor DUI Case
Defrocked priest Stephen Miller Kiesle was charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, driving under the influence of alcohol, and special allegations for prior felonies Wednesday in connection with the April 16 death of fellow Rossmoor resident Curtis Gunn, 64. Kiesle is being held in the Martinez Detention Facility on $600,000 bail. Investigators say Kiesle,…
Murder Charge Filed Against San Anselmo Man In Richmond Hit And Run
The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office has filed a murder charge against a San Anselmo man alleged to have intentionally run down another man in Richmond on March 21. Roman Gaelan Seabock, 20, faces one felony count of murder with an enhancement of an alleged use of a deadly weapon – a 1997 Dodge van…
San Pablo Dental Assistant Arrested, Charged With Sexual Acts On A Child Under 10-Years-Old
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – San Pablo Police have arrested, and the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office has charged, a dental assistant with four counts of sexual acts with a child under 10-yearsold. The suspect is 22-year-old Bonerge Maldonado-Zaldana from Richmond. He worked at the San Pablo Towne Centre Dental…
Child Molestation Charges Filed Against Former Richmond Charter School Teacher
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – A former Richmond school teacher is facing multiple charges of child molestation. The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office filed 29 counts against Anessa Paige Gower on April 8, 2022, in Contra Costa County Superior Court. Gower was a biology teacher at Making Waves Academy in…
Jury Reaches Verdict Against North Richmond Gang Members
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, a Contra Costa County jury found Defendants 24-year-old Marrico Williams and 23-year-old Torion Young, guilty of multiple charges for their roles in a prolific crime spree committed by members of the North Richmond criminal street gang known as the “Swerve…
Concord Resident Charged With Sexual Abuse Of Child/Possession Of Child Pornography
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – 50-year-old Concord resident Patrick Steven Yelton was charged with three counts of forcible sexual abuse of a child under 13 which he allegedly committed in 2015. The charges were filed on March 28, 2022, in Contra Costa County Superior Court in Martinez. Yelton was previously…
Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced To Six Years In State Prison For Danville Shooting
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – Today, Contra Costa Sheriff Deputy Andrew Hall was sentenced to six years state prison for assault with a firearm and inflicting great bodily injury upon Laudemer Aboleda in downtown Danville on November 3, 2018. As found by the jury, Deputy Andrew Hall unreasonably shot Laudemer…
More Legal Problems For Martinez Mural Pair
Two people who came to national attention in 2020 after they filmed themselves attempting to blot out a freshly painted Black Lives Matter street painting in downtown Martinez are now facing additional, unrelated burglary charges according to a story published in the East Bay Times. Martinez residents David Nelson, 54, and Nicole Anderson, 43, were…
Concord Man’s Serial Fraud Nets Him More Than Five Years In Federal Prison
SAN FRANCISCO – Jason Blackard was sentenced today in United States District Court to 66 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, fraudulent use of unauthorized access devices, and attempted mail theft, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) Inspector in Charge…