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Jury Convicts Former Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Captain of Bribery in Gun Permit Scandal

Barry Holtzclaw — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 23:43:30 +0000

Former Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Capt. James Jensen was convicted of felony bribery and conspiracy charges, and the same jury acquitted co-defendant Harpaul Nahal, a Santa Clara attorney, of both charges.

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DA Rosen Asks Court to Remove Death Penalty from 15 Murder Convictions

San Jose Inside — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 19:01:54 +0000

The Santa Clara District Attorney has asked the court to change death sentences of 15 men to life in prison, saying capital punishment in an unfair and ineffective deterrent.

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Ex Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads to Reduced Charges for Fake Shooting Report

San Jose Inside — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 23:57:41 +0000

Sukhdeep Gill had told investigators that he miraculously escaped injury when a bullet fired from a passing car struck his body camera while he was standing near his patrol car.

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Owner of Hotel Property Management Company Sentenced for Embezzlement of Client Funds

San Jose Inside — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 17:49:15 +0000

Henry Flynn, 57, owner and CEO of Kubo, was sentenced to six months in the Santa Clara County Jail. He pleaded guilty to grand theft in November 2022.

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New DA Task Force Raids Weapon Arsenal, Arrests Two San Jose Men

San Jose Inside — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 07:44:28 +0000

The DA task force had been focusing on disarming people ordered by the court to not have guns, but this was the first seizure of a weapons arsenal.

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Palo Alto Police Officer Pleads Guilty to 2018 Assault of Man He Was Arresting

San Jose Inside — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 20:35:12 +0000

A former Palo Alto police officer pleaded guilty this week for assaulting a man he was arresting in 2018. Wayne Benitez, 66, who was a sergeant at the time and has since retired, slammed the face of a handcuffed arrestee against the windshield of the arrestee’s car, according to court documents. The officer also admitted […]

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New DNA Analysis Solves 1979 Sunnyvale Murder

Barry Holtzclaw — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 20:27:43 +0000

New analysis of DNA from the crime scene identified Sam Silva of Colorado as the man who fatally stabbed Elena ‘Estella’ Mena during a rape attempt at her place of work in Sunnyvale in 1979. Silva died in 2008 in a Colorado prison.

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Two San Jose Women Charged with Importing Dangerous Fruit into County

San Jose Inside — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 22:58:02 +0000

Two Vietnamese-American women face felony charges for illegally importing langsat, a tropical fruit, some of which was badly infested with fruit fly larvae, which pose dangers for California crops.

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DNA Leads to Arrest of Convicted Sex Offender for Charges in Brutal 1994 San Jose Mall Assault

Barry Holtzclaw — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 14:39:21 +0000

In 1994, a 21-year-old manager of the President Tuxedo store in the Westfield Oakridge Mall was attacked by a man when she opened for business. She
was forced her into the storage room at knifepoint, tied to a pipe and sexually assaulted by the thief, who took money from the cash register and fled on foot. The case lay dormant until last December.

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Man Charged with Hate Crimes after Targeting South Asian Women in Robbery Spree

Barry Holtzclaw — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 18:38:21 +0000

In a two-month spree, the suspect targeted at least 14 South Asian women, tore off necklaces and sped away in a getaway car.

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