News release
Wrong way highway driver charged with murders of mother and son
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has charged a Florida man with murder after he sped 100 MPH the wrong way on Highway 85 for nine miles, finally smashing his truck head-on into an oncoming car.
Gun task force seizes guns, explosives from San Jose home
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Gun Violence Task Force and sheriff’s deputies raided a San Jose home Wednesday, seizing an arsenal of weapons and explosives.
Fugitive: Serial fraudster flees sentencing
Facing prison, a 67-year-old phony tech inventor, who has stolen hundreds of thousands from investors across the country, fled his Santa Clara County sentencing for fraud charges late last month and is now a fugitive.
1991 San Jose murder suspect found: Man killed during shootout with FBI agents 17 years ago
Following an investigator’s hunch, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office Cold Case Unit tracked down the suspect in a 33-year-old murder who was living under another name in Ohio.
Former UFC fighter pleads no contest to vigilante shooting
Cain Velasquez today pleaded guilty to a vigilante shooting spree that wounded an unintended target and sprayed bullets near an elementary school crowded with children, teachers, and parents.
Fairgrounds official charged with extorting security company for bribes
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has charged the director of events and marketing of the county fairgrounds with extorting kickbacks from a security company.
SJPD officer charged with felony domestic violence
A San Jose Police Department officer has been charged with shooting his duty weapon inside his home, false imprisonment, and a series of assaults on his now pregnant girlfriend.
Jail guards guilty of 2015 fatal attack of mentally ill inmate
Three former Santa Clara County correctional deputies pleaded guilty today to beating to death Michael Tyree, a mentally ill jail inmate.
Jail for businessperson who imported infested tropical fruit
A San Jose businessperson was sentenced this week to three months in jail for illegally importing tropical fruit from Vietnam that was infested with fruit flies.
Bay Area car dealer DGDG must pay almost $300K fine for hazardous waste
A large Bay Area car dealer will pay $290,000 to settle an environmental protection case that alleged DGDG Automotive unlawfully disposed of hazardous waste.