March 12, 2021 SF Man Charged With Hate Crime After Attack on Asian Woman at San Jose’s Diridon Station By Jennifer Wadsworth Johan Strydom’s arraignment is set for 1:30pm today in Department 24 of the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice. Read More 28
March 11, 2021 Op-Ed: Prosecuting Children as Adults is Cruel, Inhumane By Ryan Garcia-Ganan It is critical we give young people an opportunity for rehabilitation by keeping them in the juvenile justice system. Read More 7
February 9, 2021 SJ Man Charged in Tortoise Stabbing, Preschool Break-In By Silicon Valley Newsroom George Robles is due for arraignment at 1:35pm Wednesday in Department 24 of the Hall of Justice in San Jose. Read More 5
February 3, 2021 Silicon Valley Lawmaker, DA Among Contenders for AG By The Fly About a dozen people are jockeying for the role, including two local leaders with differing views about how to tackle criminal justice reform. Read More 5
January 29, 2021 Deputy Charged With Staging Drive-By Shooting By Jennifer Wadsworth Prosecutors say Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy Sukhdeep Gill staged a “shocking ambush” to make it seem like he was shot. Read More 12
January 5, 2021 Santa Clara Co. DA Jeff Rosen Cracks Down on EDD Fraud By Silicon Valley Newsroom In the South Bay, according to prosecutors, it’s being perpetrated by organized rings involving people locked up in local jails. Read More 15
January 2, 2021 SCC Concealed Weapon Case Records Stay Sealed—For Now By The Fly Though Fly’s holding out for another leak, it’s likely we’ll all have to wait a little longer. Read More 1
December 9, 2020 Newly Elected Alum Rock School Trustee Abruptly Resigns Before Taking His Oath of Office By Jennifer Wadsworth On Dec. 4, just a day after officials certified results from last month’s election, Scott Pham submitted his letter of resignation. Read More 5
November 25, 2020 Appeals Court Issues Order to Show Cause in CCW Case By Jennifer Wadsworth The order stems from an appeal filed by one of several defendants accused of conspiring to exchange bribes for concealed gun permits Read More 7
November 23, 2020 New Defendants in CCW Case Push Back on Bribery Claims By Jennifer Wadsworth Attorneys for local insurance broker Harpreet Chadha and Apple security chief Thomas Moyer call the pay-to-play allegations baseless. Read More 4
November 23, 2020 Apple Security Head Indicted in Santa Clara County CCW Case By Michael Moore The charges name Apple’s Thomas Moyer, insurance broker Harpreet Chadha, Undersheriff Rick Sung and Capt. James Jensen. Read More 5
November 20, 2020 Santa Clara County Undersheriff Rick Sung Indicted in CCW Case By Jennifer Wadsworth An additional indictment was handed down for Capt. James Jensen, who was among several defendants already charged in the case. Read More 5
November 19, 2020 Apple to Pay Santa Clara County $4.1 Million as Part of Multi-State ‘Batterygate’ Settlement By Keith Burbank, Bay City News Apple, which is headquartered in Cupertino, allegedly made misrepresentations about the batteries in some of its iPhones a few years ago. Read More 0
November 18, 2020 South Bay Man Who Fled to Dominican Republic Sentenced to Life for Child Molestation By Bay City News Apollo Johnsen had been sentenced in absentia for sexually assaulting a young girl after he used a three-month continuance to flee. Read More 3
November 16, 2020 Protester Injured by San Jose Police Won’t Face Charges By Jennifer Wadsworth A spokesman for Santa Clara County DA Jeff Rosen confirmed his office would drop the case based on “an insufficiency of evidence.” Read More 8
November 10, 2020 DA Charges Gilroy Liquor Store Owners With Human Trafficking By Erik Chalhoub An investigation estimates that the suspects had stolen more than $150,000 in wages from the victim and three other employees. Read More 6