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NBC Bay Area: Man accused of fatally shooting VTA coworker appears in court
The man accused of fatally shooting his VTA coworker, allegedly over a gambling debt, appeared in court for the first time Wednesday.
ABC 7: Santa Clara man charged with murder in 1987 cold case
A Santa Clara man has been charged with the murder of someone he may have known - almost 40 years after the crime occurred.
Wall Street Journal: ‘Pig-Butchering’ Scams Cost Americans Billions. This Lawyer Is Taking Them On.
In 2022, an unusual case came across the desk of Erin West, a California prosecutor who specializes in cybercrime. The victim was a 30-year-old man who thought he had met his soul mate on a dating app until he realized he had been conned out of $300,000. He was so ashamed that at times he was suicidal.
The Independent: Here's how one victim was swindled out of $58,000 in a cryptocurrency scam
Cryptocurrency scams are on the rise, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation reporting that Americans were defrauded out of $5.6bn last year — and that the victims are often educated, well-off people.
ABC 7: Indiana man arrested for 2008 rape of 61-year-old San Jose woman, DA's office says
The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office announced a major break in a sexual assault cold case that happened 16 years ago in San Jose.
Mercury News: Resentencing effort works with California DAs to reunite incarcerated mothers with their families sooner
Five years after state law empowered prosecutors to recommend the early release of people who have substantially rehabilitated in prison, an architect of the landmark reform saw something starkly missing: women prisoners were a tiny fraction of those set free.
ABC 7: Suspected drunk driver in SJ wrong-way crash that killed mother and son charged with murder
The man accused of killing a mother and son while driving over 100 miles per hour in the wrong direction on a San Jose highway made his first court appearance Friday.
Mercury News: Guns and explosives seized during raid at San Jose home
A 37-year-old man was arrested and a cache of guns and explosives was seized during a raid Wednesday morning at a home in San Jose, according to prosecutors.
NBC Bay Area: 'Prolific fraudster' on the run after skipping sentencing in Santa Clara County
A serial scammer convicted in Santa Clara County of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from investors for a fake medical device is on the run.
Mercury News: Santa Clara County gun permit scandal: Chief prosecution witness sentenced
A former member of a high-end security outfit that protected Silicon Valley icons like Mark Zuckerberg was sentenced to probation for his role in a pay-to-play gun-permit scandal that led to indictments of top officers in the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office and eventually forced the departure of longtime sheriff Laurie Smith.