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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.
New York Post: 14-year-old boy’s teen killer was gunned down by FBI, authorities say after cracking 33-year-old cold case: ‘Never too late to identify a killer’
A 14-year-old California boy killed 33 years ago was murdered by a man who was gunned down by the FBI in 2007 while living under a different name in Ohio, authorities revealed on Tuesday.
KRON 4: UFC star Cain Velasquez facing decades behind prison bars
The fate of former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is now in the hands of a Santa Clara County judge.
ESPN: Cain Velasquez pleads no contest to attempted murder
Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez entered a plea of no contest to felony attempted murder, assault and multiple weapons charges in a California court on Friday in exchange for a lighter sentence.
EdSource: How courts can help, not punish parents of habitually absent students
When a parent meets Alisha Schoen in court, it is always a last resort. Schoen is a Santa Clara County prosecutor tasked with bringing the parents of habitually truant students to court. At this point, both the school and district have tried and failed to improve a students’ attendance.