Marin man arrested on child porn allegations
A Marin County man was arrested on child pornography allegations after investigators linked him to lewd material online. Nicholas Cory Richars, 32, was released on bail pending further review by the...
View ArticleNovato man charged in meth sales probe
A suspected methamphetamine dealer who lives in Novato was arrested in a bust by county drug investigators. Vincent Robert Butt, 38, was targeted by the Marin County Major Crimes Task Force in response...
View ArticleSouthern Marin firefighters douse Highway 101 car fire
Overnight solo vehicle fire kept crews busy. While the fire spread very little into the vegetation it reminds of the dangers that exist while dealing with these type of incidents. There were no...
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West Marin driver faces DUI manslaughter trial in death of bicyclist
Paula Drake, left, was arrested on Oct. 29, 2018, after striking Debra DiBenedetto with her car in Woodacre. (Photos: Marin County Jail; Miller Creek School District) A judge has ordered a Fairfax...
View ArticleSan Rafael woman arrested in commercial burglary case
A 33-year-old San Rafael woman was arrested at her home early Monday in connection with a downtown commercial burglary. An employee arriving for work at a business on E Street called police at 3:40...
View ArticleSan Rafael police nab auto theft, DUI suspect
A San Rafael man was arrested on suspicion of driving intoxicated in a car he had stolen. Charles Benjamin Looney, 62, was also booked on suspicion of violating probation and driving with a suspended...
View ArticleMarin jail staff seizes suspected cocaine from detainee
A driver arrested after a Mill Valley traffic stop allegedly tried to sneak cocaine into Marin County Jail, the sheriff’s department said. Miguel Angel Martinez, 22, of Oakland was arrested at 10:10...
View ArticleMarin boy accused of threats against school
Police have arrested a Marin boy accused of making threats on YouTube and Instagram against San Rafael High School. The boy was booked into Marin County Juvenile Hall, the San Rafael Police Department...
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Former Marin educator sentenced in child porn case
John Morrison (San Francisco Police Department) A former youth educator in Marin County was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday for possessing child pornography. John Morrison, 73, of San...
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Marin bust snags alleged social-media drug dealer
Sanchez-Aleman (Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office) A man facing trial this month in a Sonoma County shooting case has been arrested in a bust by Marin drug investigators. Miguel Angel Sanchez-Aleman, 21,...
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Marin City men arrested in Orinda homicides
Law enforcement personnel, including Contra Costa County sheriff's deputies, execute a search warrant at a residence in Marin City on Thursday. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)Law enforcement...
View ArticleSausalito auto burglary suspect arrested after neighborhood search
A man suspected in an auto burglary in Sausalito was arrested Thursday while investigators continue to hunt for two alleged accomplices. Jinjoe Kellom, 21, of Vallejo was booked into Marin County Jail...
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San Rafael police: Fugitive ‘serial embezzler’ arrested
A woman suspected of stealing nearly $1 million from a San Rafael toy company has been arrested in New York City after a years-long investigation by the San Rafael Police Department. Shelly Breshears,...
View ArticleOrinda Halloween shooting investigation reveals gang connections
By Annie Sciacca/Bay Area News Group At least three of the five suspects arrested in connection with a Halloween night party shooting inside an Orinda mansion that left a handful of people dead had...
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Marin woman’s alleged killer arrested in 1979 cold case
Charles Gary Sullivan (Washoe County Sheriff’s Office)Julia Woodward (Washoe County Sheriff’s Office)Julia Woodward. (Washoe County Sheriff’s Office)Show Caption of Expand A suspect has been charged in...
View ArticleNovato unveils online hate crime reporting tool
The Novato Police Department is launching a new online tool this week specifically designed for reporting suspected hate crimes and hateful activity. The police department’s new online reporting tool...
View ArticleMass shooting reported at Fresno party
FRESNO — Four people were killed and six more wounded when “unknown suspects” sneaked into a backyard filled with people at a party in central California and fired into the crowd, police said. The...
View ArticleOrinda homicide suspects avoid immediate charges
MARTINEZ — The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office has declined to charge any of the five suspects arrested in connection with the Halloween shooting in an Airbnb-rented Orinda mansion that...
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Marin woman’s alleged killer suspected of more murders
Charles Gary Sullivan and Julia Woodward. (Washoe County Sheriff’s Office) A man charged with murdering a Marin County woman in Nevada four decades ago is suspected of two other homicides, the...
View ArticleWest Marin park burglaries linked to Antioch man
Park rangers arrested an East Bay man in an auto burglary investigation in the Point Reyes National Seashore. The park opened the investigation several weeks ago in response to a series of break-ins....
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