Six individuals have been indicted in connection with a fireworks explosion in Yolo County, with court appearances scheduled for the defendants, including former sheriff's lieutenant Sam Machado.
Fernando Melo Flores, 40, faces up to four years and two months in prison if convicted on all counts. He was assigned to John Wayne Airport when he allegedly went to his ex-girlfriend's home at night and repeatedly called and texted her, prompting the woman to get a restraining order against him.
Detectives are investigating a rash of five home burglaries in six days in the San Fernando Valley, police said, including one incident where a burglar assaulted a resident.
Officers arrested Alexander Schecter, 24, at his Santa Monica residence on Friday and booked him on one count of rape by force, one count of forcible oral copulation, one count of robbery, one count of extortion and one count of battery.
A former teacher and coach at the shuttered Summit Everest school has been arrested and charged with sex crimes for having alleged sexual relationships with two high school students. 31-year-old Anthony Gutierrez-Molina of Palo Alto was taken into custody this past Thursday by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office for the crimes. The relationships with the students occurred from around 2023 to 2025.
Luis Adrian Francisco Manzo has been charged with one count of assault on a peace officer with a deadly weapon and four counts of resisting an officer with enhancements for use of a deadly weapon, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office. Francisco Manzo, 28, appeared in court Friday to surrender on an arrest warrant, and was denied bail by San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey B. Jackson on the basis that he still poses a threat to public safety, prosecutors said.
A Davis man had been on a violent crime spree for several days before leading the region's law enforcement agencies to Hollister and back to San Jose-exchanging gunfire with police along the way-where he was killed by officers, according to authorities. Just before 4pm Jan. 21, Mohamed Husien, 30, crashed a stolen vehicle-which he had taken at gunpoint from a victim in Hollister-near the intersection of Julian Street and Notre Dame Avenue in San Jose, Chief Paul Joseph said in a press conference.