Two known gang members who allegedly filmed themselves taunting and threatening the young son of a rival with a handgun were held to answer on all charges Friday in a San Mateo County courtroom. Read More
Two known members of the notoriously vicious Taliban gang in East Palo Alto are being charged in connection with a shocking cellphone video in which they appear to be abusing a child, according to prosecutors.
The video reportedly shows Wilbert Ard, 26, and Dwayne Henry, 20, using the loaded magazine of a handgun to shove a child who appears to be younger than 5 years old and then threatening to shoot him dead. Read More
A cop chase went to the dogs for a man in Menlo Park who was hunted down and arrested by a speedster canine named “Gert,” authorities say.
The powerful police pooch “quickly apprehended” 32-year-old Antonio Lydell Jones, of San Jose, after Jones allegedly tried to run from police on Tuesday. Jones was wanted on two arrest warrants and had ditched a cocaine pipe during the chase, prosecutors said. Read More
Vicious thugs who knocked an 88-year-old Menlo Park man unconscious during a home invasion robbery Sunday may have been responsible for two more heists that morning.Two men ransacked the elderly man’s home in the 1000 block of Windermere Avenue at around 5:15 a.m. and struck the senior over the head with an unknown object, police said.The elderly man called cops after regaining consciousness around 7:30 a.m., police said. Read More