Guilty Verdict Announced In Concord Hate Crime
From the Office of the District Attorney: Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton announced today (Wednesday, Dec. 1) that a jury has found Ross Farca of Concord, guilty of four felony charges and a misdemeanor hate crime relating to Farca’s June 4, 2019 possession of an assault weapon recovered after Facra posted anti-Semitic mass murder…
District Attorney Charges Retail Theft Defendant With Carjacking/Kidnapping
From the Office of the District Attorney: Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton announced today that her office has charged Philander Johnson, 30, in a four-count felony complaint with Robbery, Assault with a Deadly Weapon and two counts of Carjacking for Kidnapping. The charges stem from the November 24, 2021, crime spree which began at…
Bay Area Prosecutors Organize To Battle Retail Theft Crews
From the Office of the District Attorney: MARTINEZ – Today, Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton announced an alliance between San Joaquin, Alameda, San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties, law enforcement, and state agencies to combat the recent increase in organized retail theft. Each office has pledged a prosecutor to collaborate and…
Martinez Resident Jeff Carpoff Gets 30 Years In Prison For Billion Dollar Ponzi Scam
Martinez resident Jeff Carpoff, who with his wife Paulette owned Benicia-based DC Solar, was sentenced today for his role in the billion-dollar Ponzi scheme Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert called the biggest criminal fraud scheme in the history of the Eastern District of California. The Carpoffs both pleaded guilty to the scam in January,…
Pleasant Hill Man Convicted Of Possessing Child Pornography; Attempting To Destroy Evidence
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – On Tuesday October 26, 2021, after a six-day trial, a jury in Contra Costa County found 30-year-old Pleasant Hill resident Won Kwak guilty of aggravated possession of child pornography and destroying evidence. The jury found that on November 24, 2020, Kwak knowingly possessed over 600…
Mistrial Declared In Andrew Hall Manslaughter Case; Officer Found Guilty Of Excessive Force
Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Deputy – and contractually assigned Danville PD officer – Andrew Albert Hall has been found guilty of assault with a firearm in the fatal shooting of Laudemer Arboleda in Danville in 2018. A mistrial was declared in the manslaughter case against the officer. Jurors could not come to a verdict on…
Walnut Creek Man Indicted On Wire, Securities Fraud Charges
The CEO of several East Bay-based Internet companies marketing child-friendly services has been indicted and arrested by federal investigators for alleged wire and securities fraud violations. Alan Anderson, 59, of Walnut Creek faces charges he used false and fraudulent pretenses to induce investors to make contributions to three businesses marketed as providing child-friendly internet services,…
Defense Rests In Danville Deputy’s Manslaughter Case; Closing Arguments Today
Defense attorney’s for Andrew Hall, the Danville police officer charged with manslaughter for the shooting death of Laudemer Arboleda in 2018, have rested their case without calling their client to testify. Closing arguments in the case that stunned Danville when it unfolded in broad daylight on a busy street and ended in a flurry of…
Now Former Pinole Police Officer Charged With Unlawfully Recording Sexual Encounter
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – Former Pinole Police Officer Anthony Vasquez (24-year-old resident of Hercules) was charged by the District Attorney’s Office with one felony and one misdemeanor for the unlawful video recording of Jane Doe while he was having sex with her. The alleged violations occurred while Vasquez was…
Cycling NFL Coach Struck, Killed By Inattentive Driver, Investigators Find; No Charges Expected
No charges will be filed against the 22-year-old Danville man whose car police say strayed into a San Ramon bike lane in July – striking and ultimately killing a respected NFL assistant coach out for an afternoon ride near his off-season home. San Ramon police told DanvilleSanRamon.com on Thursday that the county District Attorney’s Office…