Jail and Corrections

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (200+ words) According to The Press Democrat, the Feb. 11 crash killed Alegria's 61-year-old mother, Teresa Renderos, and her 60-year-old aunt, Flor Vasquez Desolis, 60, as the three were driving home from a restaurant. Renderos died at the scene, while Vasquez Desolis died more…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (408+ words) A jury has convicted 80-year-old Mark Personette of first-degree murder in the 1978 killing of a 15-year-old girl who vanished after going to Golden Gate Park to ride a horse, and he has now been sentenced to life in prison with…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (257+ words) FILE: Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes arrives, flanked by prison officials, at the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, on May 30, 2023. Amid increasing hype about the upcoming documentary about disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, news has emerged that she may be…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (362+ words) A 30-year-old San Leandro man was sentenced to six years in state prison this week for raping a 14-year-old girl who had become intoxicated at a house party in Foster City in 2024. Shango Jaja Greer Jr. was found guilty on…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (321+ words) Rodney Blach, the man who terrorized Fremont with a string of pipe bombs in 1998, is set to make his case for freedom again — this time at 80 years old, after 27 years behind bars. Blach set off six bombs across the city…...