Former Sheriff’s Volunteer Arraigned On Illegal Firearms Charges Tuesday
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – Clayton resident John Michael King was arraigned today in Martinez on two felony counts for possession of assault weapons and one felony count for manufacturing or assembling an unregistered firearm. Mr. King entered a plea of not guilty. The 54-year-old former volunteer with the Contra…
Felony Assault Charge Filed Against Former Richmond Police Officer
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office filed a felony assault charge with two enhancements against a former Richmond Police Department Officer. Eric Smith, Jr., 28, faces one count of felony assault with a deadly weapon for an incident that occurred while Officer Smith was on…
Wilson Inquest Ends With “Death At The Hands Of Another” Finding
A coroner’s inquest into the death of a man shot and killed by a Danville police officer in March 2021 found unanimously that Tyrell Wilson’s death came “at the hands of another person other than by accident.” Friday’s unanimous decision by a jury hearing witness testimony on the lethal confrontation between Wilson, 32, and currently…
Local Rolex Stickups Ordered By Klap Street Gang; Blueprint For Robberies Established
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office filed three felony counts with enhancements against an Antioch man in connection with armed robberies in Walnut Creek and Danville. Eighteen-year-old Leon Cathay Fountain was arraigned in Martinez on July 7th. Fountain entered a plea of not guilty to…
Concord Man Charged With Attempted Sex With A Minor
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – A 43-year-old resident of Concord has been charged with nine felony counts related to arranging to meet a minor for sex. On July 1, 2022, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office filed charges against Phillip Soliman Moussa. Police arrested Moussa in Danville on June…
Former Santa Rita Jail Inmate Admits To Supplying Fentanyl That Killed Fellow Prisoner
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California: OAKLAND – Kameron Patricia Reid pleaded guilty today in federal court to two counts of distributing fentanyl that resulted in the death of a Santa Rita Jail inmate, announced United States Attorney Stephane M. Hinds, FBI Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan, and Drug Enforcement Administration…
Homeless Man Found Guilty Of 2019 Murder In Pacheco
From the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office: Martinez, Calif.— A jury in Contra Costa County found a homeless man guilty of murdering a disabled resident in Pacheco. On June 1, 2022, 44-year-old Taylor Aaron Goode was found guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of 29-year-old Erick Marshall Ousey. The same jury also found…
Concord Couple Charged With Murder
Murder charges have been filed against a Concord couple accused of killing the female suspect’s husband on January 31, 2022. Ismael Alvarez, 34, and 44-year-old Francesca Charlene Lopez are currently being held at the Martinez Detention Facility for the murder of Felipe Dejesus Lopez in Concord. Alvarez was scheduled to be arraigned May 3 in…
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,…