Sacramento, CA…Caltrans announced today a joint effort with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to urge drivers in the state to slow down given a recent 87% increase in citations for speeding in excess of 100 mph that coincides with decreased traffic volumes during the COVID-19 pandemic. From […]
Santa Cruz, CA…7 x $1000 = One Expensive Hang Out for Fremont Visitors to Santa Cruz. Everyone should know by now that this is not the time to meetup and party. Officers cited seven $1000 tickets for #ShelterInPlace Violations to help these guys remember their time in Santa Cruz. #ShelterInYourOwnTown #SantaCruzPolice 7 visitors came from […]
Sacramento, CA…Today, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a stay at home order to protect the health and well-being of all Californians and to establish consistency across the state in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. The California State Public Health Officer and Director of the California Department of Public Health is ordering all individuals living in […]
Washington, DC…The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of Project Python, a DEA-led multilateral interagency operation encompassing all global investigations and related disruption activities targeting the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). This announcement marks the successful conclusion of six months of investigative and enforcement activity targeting CJNG, culminating in […]
Santa Cruz, CA…On February 24, 2020 Santa Cruz County resident 27-year-old Erik De Santiago was arrested for two counts of Burglary (PC 459). Detectives found on two different occasions De Santiago stole from the homes he was hired to work on. In the first incident he was hired by residents for outdoor work. Once the […]
Santa Cruz, CA…From the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Dept…”We are searching for 69-year-old Janice Kent also known as “Nomi.” She was last seen at around 2:00 p.m. Monday wearing a tan colored hoodie, white t-shirt, jeans and black tennis shoes. Her car was found in the Davenport area, but we are still actively searching for her. […]
Salinas, CA…Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced that he introduced gun safety legislation to ensure completion of background checks through the National Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS) system. Currently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is statutorily required to purge incomplete gun background checks from its systems if they are not completed within 88 […]
Santa Ana, CA…Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer announced today that all criminal charges will be dropped against a 39-year-old Newport Beach orthopedic surgeon and reality television star Grant Robicheaux and his 33-year-old girlfriend Cerissa Riley who were accused of drugging and sexually assaulting seven women. On September 11, 2018, former District Attorney Tony Rackauckas […]
Baltimore, MD…The NAACP issued the following statement regarding the case against Myon Burrell. As a teenager in 2003, he was accused and convicted of the killing of 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards in Minnesota. In a recent story, the Associated Press uncovered a lack of evidence in his conviction. The recent public revelation of new evidence and […]