SAN LEANDRO — A man walking in a street was killed Wednesday morning in a hit-and-run collision, the California Highway Patrol said.
No information has been released about the victim.
The man was struck and killed just after 12 a.m. Wednesday on Hesperian Boulevard, just north of Lewelling Boulevard.
The CHP said the man was walking in a westerly direction within the northbound lanes of Hesperian Blvd and was not in a crosswalk when he was hit by an unknown vehicle traveling north on Hesperian that failed to stop.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Castro Valley CHP office at 510-581-9028 or the CHP Golden Gate Communications Center at 707-641-8300.
OAKLAND — A Hayward man suspected of using his vehicle to deliberately run over and kill a woman he had been in an argument with last week in East Oakland has been charged with murder, according to authorities and court documents.
Jose Martinez-Ramirez, 20, was charged Tuesday in the death of Yolanda Dunbar, 57, who suffered fatal injuries last Thursday morning in the 800 block of 75th Avenue. Police found her in the roadway about 5:39 a.m. and she died later at a hospital.
Besides the murder count, Martinez-Ramirez is also charged with felony leaving the scene of an accident.
According to court documents, Martinez-Ramirez admitted hitting Dunbar with his vehicle.
Police do not believe the two knew each other before getting into an argument inside Martinez-Ramirez’s vehicle. Police have not said what they believe the argument was about or why the two were in that neighborhood.
When Dunbar got out of the car she was deliberately run over and suffered fatal injuries, authorities said. Police were able to trace the vehicle to Martinez-Ramirez, and he was arrested Thursday night at his home in Hayward where the vehicle was also found.
He is being held without bail at Santa Rita Jail and is scheduled to enter a plea Nov. 6.
OAKLAND — A 48-year-old man was in critical condition Friday after he was hit by a vehicle Thursday night in West Oakland that did not stop, authorities said.
The man, an Oakland resident, was injured about 9:21 p.m. Thursday in the 1200 block of 14th Street at Magnolia Street. He was found lying in the roadway in the eastbound lanes of 14th Street near a crosswalk. He was taken to a hospital with major injuries.
Police said a preliminary investigation revealed the man was walking southbound on Magnolia in the crosswalk when he was hit by the vehicle, possibly a black Mercedes Benz, that was going eastbound on 14th Street.
The driver failed to stop after hitting the man and both he and the vehicle are being sought.
It is unknown at this time if drugs or alcohol are a factor in the collision, police said.
Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $5,000 in reward money for information leading to the arrest of the driver. Anyone with information may call police at 510-777-8570 or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572.
FREMONT — A bat found dead Sunday in the driveway of a home in the Northgate neighborhood tested positive for rabies, police said.
A bat found in the Northgate area of Fremont on Sunday, Oct. 6 tested positive for the rabies virus. (Photo courtesy of the Fremont Police Department)
Police said in a release it was the first time since 2015 a rabid bat had been found in the city and to their knowledge there was no contact between the bat found Sunday and another animal or human.
The bat was found at a home in the area of Chaucer Drive and Atteridge Court.
Alameda County Vector Control took possession of the bat and later said it tested positive for the rabies virus.
In the release, police said Vector Control is the primary investigating agency and it had conducted door-to-door notifications in the immediate area where the bat was found.
Police said rabies is a fatal disease caused by a virus that affects the brain and nervous system. It can be prevented if an exposed person or animal receives a series of rabies vaccine shots as soon as possible after the exposure.
Even though police said they have not found any person or animal that came in contact with this bat, police are urging anyone who may have touched or may have been bitten by the bat to call the Alameda County Public Health Acute Communicable Disease unit at 510-267-3250 and should also see a health care provider. Anyone whose pet may have touched the bat should call Fremont Animal Services at 510-790-6630 as well as call their veterinarian.
SAN LEANDRO — A 43-year-old man, who apparently deliberately laid down in a roadway Thursday night, died from injuries suffered when he was hit by a vehicle, police said Friday.
He was identified as James Mozon of San Leandro.
Lt. Ted Henderson said Friday police “do not know whey the pedestrian laid himself down in the roadway prior to this collision and we will not know if alcohol and or drugs were factors until the Alameda County Coroner’s Office has completed their investigation.”
The collision happened about 11:28 p.m. Thursday in the 15300 block of Hesperian Boulevard, where police received numerous reports of a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle. Mozon was found in the roadway and after initial treatment at the scene, he was taken to Eden Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.
Police said a preliminary investigation indicated the driver of a 2001 Toyota Camry was traveling northbound on Hesperian and suddenly noticed a male lying on the roadway in their northbound lane. The driver attempted to swerve the Toyota around the male but was not successful and ran over him.
The driver, whose name is not being released, remained at the scene and cooperated with officers. The driver did not display any signs of intoxication and nothing indicated that it was an intentional act by the driver, police said.
The death remains under investigation. Anyone who may have witnessed what happened is being asked to contact the police traffic division at 510-577-3208.
SAN LEANDRO — A Stockton man released from prison in June after serving a prison term for robbing six banks in the East Bay and his hometown in 2012, has been charged with robbing two San Leandro banks last month, authorities said.
Jeremy Morton, 30, who was arrested Oct. 3, is charged with robbing the Bank of the West, on Washington Avenue on Sept. 26 of approximately $1,500 and the Fremont Bank on East 14th Street of approximately $1,800 on Sept. 30, police said in a release Friday.
Jeremy Morton was arrested by San Leandro police on suspicion of bank robbery. (San Leandro PD)
In each robbery, he is accused of giving a teller a note demanding money and was able to elude police.
Police were able to identify Morton as the suspect based on video footage and other evidence obtained from both banks. They were able to trace him to a relative’s home in the 8100 block of Palisades Street in Stockton where he was arrested Oct. 3.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges and is being held in lieu of $1.45 million bail at Santa Rita Jail pending a pre-trial hearing Oct. 23.
According to authorities and court records, Morton pleaded guilty in federal court in November 2012 to committing six bank robberies in February and March of that year.
One was a Citibank in San Leandro on March 24, 2012, four were Bank of the West branches in Concord, Oakland and Stockton, and the other was a Chase Bank in Livermore.
His total take in the six robberies was almost $26,000, authorities said.
He was sentenced to 92 months in prison, and three years of supervised released.
In a sentencing memo written by his federal defense attorney, he agreed to the 92-month term as part of a negotiated plea deal. The attorney wrote that his client had no formal education beyond the ninth grade, and at age 23 he could read just above a fifth-grade reading level, according to court documents.
He said his lack of guidance as a young man is an “inextricable component” of the behavior that underlies his offenses of bank robbery.
“Yet if he maintains his desire to educate himself and learn employment skills while in federal prison, it augurs well for his future and reduces chances that he will re-offend,” wrote his attorney, Steven Kalar.
OAKLAND –Two people were wounded in East Oakland shootings Sunday morning, one a woman shot multiple times at a homeless camp and the other a man sitting in a car, authorities said.
Both victims were in stable condition and the shootings are not related, authorities said.
Authorities said the 50-year-old woman was shot around 3:15 a.m. Sunday at a homeless camp on 42nd Avenue near International Boulevard.
Police said she was shot more than once after getting into an argument with a man. What the argument was about was not released, and no arrests have been made.
The woman was able to drive herself to the Eastmont police substation. From there, she was taken by ambulance to a hospital.
The shooting that left a 35-year-old man wounded happened at 12:47 a.m. Sunday in the 3400 block of Mirasol Avenue, below Interstate 580 not far from the King Estate Open Space.
The man was sitting in a car with another person when someone began shooting at them from the street, police said.
The man was the only one hit by the gunfire.
The two tried to drive on their own to a hospital but got into a wreck in the area of 73rd Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard. Police were called, and the man was taken to a hospital.
Police don’t have a motive yet for the shooting and have not made any arrests.
Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $5,000 in reward money in each shooting for information leading to the arrest of the shooters. Anyone with information may call police at 510-238-3426 or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572.
OAKLAND — The names of two men fatally shot recently, one last week at an East Oakland homeless camp and the other last month on a residential street in West Oakland, were released by police Monday.
Police said Bomani Busby, 23, a transient, was the man fatally shot about 11:07 p.m. Oct. 9 at a homeless camp in the 800 block of 77th Avenue in East Oakland. Police have still not determined if he was living at the camp or visiting someone there.
No motive has been released and no arrests have been made yet.
A man shot to death just after 2 p.m. Sept. 29 in the 800 block of Mead Avenue in West Oakland, was identified as Raymond Coopwood, 25.
He had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said he lived in another part of West Oakland.
No motive has been released and no arrests have been made in the killing.
So far this year, Oakland police have investigated 61 homicides. Last year at this time police had investigated 58 homicides in the city.
Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $10,000 in each killing for information leading to the arrests of the shooters. Anyone with information may call police at 510-238-3821 or 510-238-7950 or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572.
EMERYVILLE — A stolen car going more than 100 mph early Tuesday was chased by the California Highway Patrol from San Francisco to Emeryville where it crashed and the driver arrested, authorities said.
The Hyundai sedan, which turned out to have been stolen in Alameda, was spotted about 1:34 a.m. Tuesday speeding on Highway 101 near Cesar Chavez Street, CHP Officer Bert Diaz said. The car also had improper paper plates.
When the CHP tried to stop the car it continued driving on the freeway, reaching speeds of between 115 and 120 mph as it drove over the Bay Bridge, Diaz said.
The car exited Interstate 580 in West Oakland and got onto San Pablo Avenue where it continued to drive at more than 80 mph before crashing on San Pablo at Adeline Street in Emeryville, authorities said. It was not immediately known what the Hyundai crashed into.
The driver was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle and for driving under the influence, Diaz said. His name was not released.
Reports of a second suspect being arrested could not immediately be confirmed.
OAKLAND — A man was shot in West Oakland on Tuesday morning, police said.
He was taken to a hospital but his condition was not released. Police said he was in his mid 20s.
The shooting happened about 10:31 a.m. in the 300 block of Peralta Street, not far from the main post office and the West Oakland BART station.
Police were investigating what led up to the shooting and have not made any arrests.
Streets in the area were shut down while police investigated the shooting.
Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $5,000 in reward money for information leading to the arrest of the shooter. Anyone with information may call police at 510-238-3426 or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572.
OAKLAND — A power outage in West Oakland Tuesday afternoon impacted more than 1,700 PG&E customers, authorities said.
The outage was reported about 1:16 p.m. Tuesday after a vehicle hit and a power pole and impacted the electrical wire in the area of Fifth and Adeline streets, officials said.
PG&E spokeswoman Tamar Sarkissian said at least 1,734 of its customers were impacted at the peak of the outage but all power was restored at 2:31 p.m.
Power was generally out along Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh streets and from Adeline Street to near Broadway.
A brace left by firefighters shores up the front of an Lincoln Avenue home Wednesday, October 16, 2019 after a car veered off the road and struck a house. (Courtesy Jeremy C. Owens)
ALAMEDA — Six-month-old twins and their mother escaped injury Wednesday morning when an SUV that had seconds earlier been involved in a collision with another vehicle crashed into their home, authorities said.
The twins were taken to a hospital for evaluation but were later released. Their genders were not disclosed.
The frightening incident happened about 8 a.m. Wednesday when an SUV going northbound on Walnut Street collided with another vehicle going westbound on Lincoln Avenue, police Lt. Hosh Durani said.
The impact sent the SUV crashing into the living room area of a home in the 2200 block of Lincoln where the woman and twins were, he said.
Firefighters had to extricate them from the home. The mother was evaluated at the scene before she went with her children to the hospital where they were examined as a precaution.
Neither driver involved in the original collision was injured, authorities said.
The cause of the collision is under investigation, Durani said.
It was not immediately known if the damage caused by the SUV crashing into the home would allow the family to return there Wednesday..
OAKLAND — A woman was shot Wednesday afternoon in East Oakland, authorities said.
She was able to get her own transportation to a hospital, and was intially listed in stable condition. Police said she appears to be in her 20s.
Police believe the shooting happened shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday in the area of East 15th Street and 19th Avenue, just west of San Antonio Park.
It was not known if the woman was standing on the street or was in a vehicle when she was shot or where the shooter fired from. At least one house in the area was hit by gunfire, but no one else was injured.
Police have not determined a motive yet for the shooting and have not made any arrests.
Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $5,000 in reward money for information leading to the arrest of the shooter. Anyone with information may call police at 510-238-3426 or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572.
Staff writer George Kelly contributed to this report.
OAKLAND — A man was pistol-whipped and then shot during an attempted robbery Wednesday night in East Oakland, authorities said.
The 27-year-old man remained hospitalized Thursday and was expected to recover, authorities said.
Police said the man was walking in the 1500 block of 13th Avenue at about 7:36 p.m. when he was confronted by three men who demanded his property. Before he could comply he was pistol-whipped by one of the suspects; when he tried to run away he was shot, police said.
The suspects fled before police got to the scene. Detailed descriptions of the suspects were not released.
Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $$6,000 in reward money for information leading to the arrest of the suspects. Anyone with information may call police at 510-238-3326 or 510-238-3426 or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572.
EMERYVILLE — A traffic stop Wednesday night led to the discovery of a stolen gun inside a vehicle and the arrest of an adult and three juveniles, police said Thursday.
The car the four were in was stopped by police for an undisclosed vehicle code violation about 9:21 p.m. Wednesday in the 4000 block of Hollis Street. A probable cause search of the vehicle was done after an officer smelled burnt marijuana coming from inside the car, police said.
A loaded gun was found under the front passenger seat; it turned out to have been stolen from Union City, Capt. Oliver Collins, of the Emeryville Police Department, said.
Some marijuana was also found in the car but it was not confiscated, police said
The driver, identified as Stacy Tidwell, 19, of Oakland, was arrested on suspicion of several weapons crimes, including possessing a stolen loaded firearm and carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle. He was being held at Santa Rita Jail in lieu of $130,000 bail.
Three juveniles, two 16 and one 17, were also arrested on suspicion of weapons crimes and taken to Alameda County Juvenile Hall. Their genders and places of residence were not released.
OAKLAND — Murder and other charges were filed Thursday against a four-time felon in the Sept. 29 fatal shooting of a man in West Oakland, according to authorities and court documents.
Laron L. Halcrombe, 25, of Vallejo, is charged in the killing of Raymond Coopwood Jr., 25, of Oakland, who died from multiple gunshot wounds Sept. 29 in the 800 block of Mead Avenue, a primarily residential street.
In addition to the murder count, Halcrombe is also charged with four counts of shooting at an unoccupied vehicle and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Halcrombe, who was arrested Tuesday in Vallejo, has denied involvement in the killing, according to court documents.
Police have not released any motive for the killing, but have said the two men were acquainted with each other. At least four parked vehicles were hit by errant bullets.
Halcrombe fled in a vehicle after the shooting and police linked him to the car through video surveillance, homicide investigator Officer Mike Jaeger said in court documents. Multiple witnesses later identified him as the suspected gunman, Jaeger said.
According to court documents, Halcrombe was on probation for an October 2016 burglary conviction at the time of the shooting, and had previously served time for second degree robbery conviction in April 2013. Other prior convictions include evading an officer, in January 2014, and possession for sale of cocaine in July 2015, for which he also received probation.
OAKLAND — A wheelchair-using suspect in the robbery of a downtown credit union Thursday afternoon was later found and arrested, authorities said.
The robbery happened about 2:35 p.m. Thursday at the Patelco Credit Union, 1200 Clay Street in City Center, and he was arrested an hour later at a nearby residential hotel. His name was not immediately released.
Police did not say how they were able to locate him at a residential hotel in the 600 block of 15th Street, where he was found in a second-floor room. The man apparently had recently had hip surgery which was why his leg was in a cast and he was using a wheelchair.
A motive for the robbery was not released.
Police said the suspect wheeled himself to a teller and demanded money before fleeing the branch in the wheelchair with an undisclosed amount of money. No weapon was seen.
Police were trying to determine if the robber may have had an accomplice waiting in a vehicle to help him in his escape.
Police reviewed video surveillance in the credit union and canvassed the area looking for leads to the robber’s identity.
Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland were offering up to $2,500 for information leading to the robber’s arrest. Anyone with information about the robbery may call police at 510-238-3326 or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572.
OAKLAND — A man suspected of using a box cutter to slash a woman passenger on board a BART train bound for Oakland was arrested at the West Oakland station after police had to use tasers and a restrictive fabric wrap to subdue him, officials said.
The injury to the woman’s left hand was not considered life threatening and she was being treated at the station.
Authorities did not release the suspect’s name because he had not been formally booked, but said he was a 32-year-old transient.
BART officials said police were alerted about 9:45 a.m. of a disruptive man on a train at the Montgomery Street Station in San Francisco who was making threats and carrying a weapon.
The train was stopped at the West Oakland Station about 9:53 a.m. where police found the injured woman and the suspect. Initial reports were that the woman was attacked as the train approached the station.
Police said there was no indication the suspect knew the woman before the attack and the motive is under investigation.
BART spokesman Chris Filippi said in a release that the man was uncooperative with officers and refused their orders when they confronted him on the station platform. The officers then used their tasers in an attempt to arrest the suspect, Filippi said. The suspect was still uncooperative even after officers used their stun guns on him, and officers used a restraint “wrap” to control him, Filippi said. The box cutter was recovered.
No one else was injured and the suspect was going to be taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, officials said.
BART police investigators were interviewing witnesses. The train was taken out of service and there were 10 minute delays on the BART system.
