August 28, 2020 Santa Clara Co. Supervisor Cites Memory Lapse in CCW Testimony By Silicon Valley Newsroom While Wasserman dodges questions, the person believed to have processed his application faces some serious consequences. Read More 9
August 27, 2020 Facebook Exec Security Team Escapes Prosecution in Gun Permit Scandal—So Far By Jennifer Wadsworth The alleged mastermind of an bribery plot managed to duck charges for now. As did many of his apparently perjurious colleagues. Read More 6
August 21, 2020 Former Executive Protection CEO Indicted in CCW Bribery Probe By Jennifer Wadsworth AS Solution founder Christian West, 51, faces two felony counts of bribery and falsifying records. An arraignment has been set for Aug. 31. Read More 7
August 9, 2020 Santa Clara Co. Supervisor Mike Wasserman Denies Knowledge of Falsified CCW Paperwork By Michael Moore The DA claims that a sheriff’s official falsified an application for a concealed carry weapon permit for the South County supervisor. Read More 29
August 7, 2020 Lawyers, Guns and Money: Four Charged in Corruption Probe By Jennifer Wadsworth The probe targeting Sheriff Laurie Smith’s inner circle was triggered by San Jose Inside’s inquiry into a suspicious campaign contribution. Read More 16
November 8, 2019 DA Targets Santa Clara County Undersheriff as Part of Ongoing Concealed Weapons Probe By Jennifer Wadsworth Sources confirmed that DA investigators descended upon the Younger Avenue office on Thursday and took Sung’s computer and other items. Read More 12
September 18, 2019 Report: DA Served at Least Three Search Warrants in CCW Probe By The Fly The Chronicle ran an article that featured some previously unpublished info about the DA investigation into Sheriff Smith and her allies. Read More 6
August 7, 2019 DA Targets Sheriff’s Inner Circle in Apparent Corruption Probe By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara County’s six-term sheriff and her closest allies are the subject of an ongoing criminal inquiry led by the office of DA Jeff Rosen. Read More 36
September 16, 2016 Sheriff’s Office IDs Elderly Saratoga Man Shot by Deputy By Jennifer Wadsworth Authorities have released the names of the Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputy and the elderly man he shot to death in his Saratoga home Monday. Read More 8
August 24, 2016 New Laws Attempt to Keep Youth Offenders Out of Justice System By Jennifer Wadsworth A spate of new laws will reduce penalties for minors as part of a push by policymakers to keep kids out of the criminal justice system. Read More 8
June 23, 2016 Santa Clara County Jail Inmate Dies at Valley Medical Center By Silicon Valley Newsroom A 57-year-old Santa Clara County inmate, whose name is being withheld, died in the hospital Thursday, according to jail officials. Read More 10
April 27, 2016 Santa Clara County Jail Inmate Dies While in Custody By Silicon Valley Newsroom A 36-year-old Santa Clara County inmate died at the hospital Monday, authorities confirmed. Read More 4
April 13, 2016 Sheriff Smith Dips Out of Jails Hearing before Public Comment By The Fly Sheriff Laurie Smith left in the middle of a hearing on jail reforms Tuesday, but her early exit rubbed some people the wrong way. Read More 16
April 5, 2016 Fight Erupts at Santa Clara County’s Main Jail By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara County’s Main Jail went on lockdown this morning after a fight broke out in the southern wing, according to the sheriff’s office. Read More 20
March 29, 2016 Jails Panel Slams Sheriff Smith, Calls for New Leadership By Jennifer Wadsworth A reform commission created after the fatal beating of a mentally ill inmate wants to wrest control of the jails from Sheriff Laurie Smith. Read More 12
February 17, 2016 Sheriff’s Office Still Coy about Use of Force in Local Jails By Jennifer Wadsworth It wasn’t until December, under mounting public pressure, that the Sheriff's Office disclosed its jail use-of-force and cell extraction policies. Read More 4
