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Bay Area CHP officer charged with sexual assault of girl
FREMONT — A California Highway Patrol officer has been charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl, authorities said Monday. The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office Monday charged...
View ArticleMarin City auto burglary reports surge
The Marin County Sheriff’s Office is reporting a spike in “smash and grab” vehicle burglaries in Marin City. The department received 17 reports in January and one so far this month, said Marin County...
View ArticleSan Rafael police nab suspected auto burglar
A Novato man was arrested Wednesday after an alleged smash-and-grab car break-in in downtown San Rafael. A 911 caller reported witnessing a man at 8:23 a.m. reach through a broken window of a parked...
View ArticleMarin sheriff’s office criticized by state auditor for license plate readers
The Marin County Sheriff’s Office is among four California police departments that have been found lacking in their use of automated license plate readers by California Auditor Elaine Howle. In a...
View ArticleSuspected DUI wreck in Mill Valley forces road closure to repair utility pole
A section of East Blithedale Avenue in Mill Valley was closed Friday due to PG&E repairs to a power pole that was damaged overnight after a wreck involving a suspected drunken driver. View this...
View ArticleMarin sheriff: Illegal drug use suspected in death of two in Sleepy Hollow
Marin County authorities say illegal drug use led to the deaths of a Mill Valley man and a Tiburon woman whose bodies were found in a driveway of a home in Sleepy Hollow on Friday, according to...
View ArticleSan Rafael tests new response strategy for ‘chronic’ 911 callers
The San Rafael Fire Department is testing a new strategy for responding to non-emergency 911 calls, which officials say are a frequent problem that puts a drain on resources. Under the 90-day pilot...
View ArticleSan Quentin death row dies; killed man in 1991 robbery
The Associated Press A San Quentin State Prison death row inmate died Saturday at a hospital, California officials said. John Abel — who was sentenced to death row for killing a man in 1991 during a...
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Marin coroner IDs bodies found in Sleepy Hollow, suspects illicit drugs
Dylan Schwarz and Aiden McWhinney pose with a dog in this photo posted on Facebook Jan. 6, 2020. (facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1288872384637445)SAN RAFAEL CA - FEBRUARY 14: First responders work at the...
View ArticleSuspected San Rafael gang member arrested on robbery allegations
San Rafael police arrested a suspected gang member accused of robbing a man because of the color of his shirt. Dixon Hernandez Gonzalez, 22, of San Rafael, was booked into Marin County Jail Thursday on...
View ArticleMarin CHP chases down DUI suspect in Novato
A suspected drunken driver was arrested after leading police on a 90-mph pursuit in Novato, the California Highway Patrol said. Anthony Epidendio, 45, of Larkspur was booked into Marin County Jail on...
View ArticleFairfax DUI suspect released from hospital, booked
A man was booked into Marin County Jail on Wednesday for an alleged DUI crash that injured him and a passenger near Fairfax. The crash happened at about 11:30 a.m. Sunday on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard...
View ArticleSan Rafael police arrest robbery suspect in East Bay
An East Bay man was arrested Thursday in connection with an armed robbery this month in San Rafael. Gerard Arnelle Hood Jr., 38, of San Pablo is one of three bandits who struck the Home Depot store on...
View ArticleMarin search for missing couple now deemed a ‘recovery mission’
Dozens of searchers continued to look Thursday for the couple who mysteriously disappeared while vacationing in Inverness over the weekend, but authorities suggested it’s unlikely the pair will be...
View ArticleDefense cries foul over Marin teens charged in Italy cop killing
By Frances D’Emilio/The Associated Press ROME — Defense lawyers in the case of two Tamalpais High School graduates accused of slaying an Italian police officer in Rome complained Friday that some of...
View ArticleMarin meth investigation snags East Bay man
Drug investigators arrested an East Bay man on allegations of selling methamphetamine in Marin County. Joseph Walters, 67, of Oakland used to live in Marin and continued to work at construction sites...
View ArticleCentral Marin police arrest 3 in allegedly stolen car
Central Marin police arrested three suspects, recovered an allegedly stolen car and seized a loaded gun in Greenbrae. The incident happened at about 6 p.m. Friday, when a woman called 911 from a car...
View ArticleSan Rafael couple loses $11,250 in phone scam
A couple in San Rafael was tricked out of $11,250 by a scammer who fraudulently requested bail money, police said. The couple received a call Monday from someone claiming to work for a law office, San...
View ArticleHot Pockets heiress gets 5-month prison term for college scam
BOSTON — An heir to the Hot Pockets fortune was sentenced to five months in prison Tuesday for trying to cheat and bribe her daughters’ way into school as part of a nationwide college admissions scam....
View ArticleMarin DA: Unlicensed contractor charged in 3rd case
A Novato man on probation for contracting without a license has been charged with committing the same crime again, the Marin County District Attorney’s Office said. Victor Mauricio Mendez Rodas, 40, is...
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