A jilted ex-girlfriend of Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is listed as one of several potential witnesses in his upcoming domestic violence trial sparked by a New Year’s Eve argument with his wife. Read More
For a city nestled in the heart of California’s technology industry, the high-tech resources and expertise of San Francisco police and prosecutors have long been limited. Read More
By:George Gascón and Carlos Garcia10/18/11 9:59 PM
Transitioning from middle school to high school can be a difficult time in a young person’s life. Last year, Jessica was an eighth-grader at an academic middle school in San Francisco. Challenged by family instability and little adult supervision, she missed almost half of her eighth-grade year. Read More
A veteran prosecutor with the District Attorney’s Office has been disciplined after a recent training session in which sources say he imitated Middle Easterners in an effort to demonstrate search procedures. Read More
Six San Francisco police officers raided rooms during drug busts without search warrants, and two of the officers then falsified the reports to justify their actions, the Public Defender’s Office alleged Wednesday. Read More
San Francisco prosecutors on Wednesday declined to file murder charges against a man arrested in connection with his domestic partner’s death at their Mission district apartment earlier this week.Oliver Carter, 32, was found dead inside an apartment in a residential hotel in the 400 block of Valencia Street just before noon on Monday, according to police. Read More
A San Francisco Superior Court judge Wednesday reduced bail for a man accused of causing the death of his infant son earlier this month.Karl Aspelin, 39, was arrested Nov. 10, two days after reporting that his 3-month-old son Johan had been injured. The boy was removed from life support on Saturday. Read More
Attempts to keep defense attorneys abreast of the troubled history of cops involved in court trials hit a hiccup this weekend when the District Attorney’s Office failed to disclose that an officer once jabbed an innocent man’s face with a crack pipe. Read More
