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CBS News Bay Area: Whitney testified that Bidou asked for his opinion. In response to a public records request filed by Open Vallejo, the California Department of Justice said that it possessed no records relating to the shootings. Detective Mustard, who between 2010 and 2019 was also Vallejos police union president, was a lead investigator in all of the five cases he prompted to have destroyed and was at the scene during one of them, according to a review of the case files by Open Vallejo. He is a proud native of Vallejo, California. A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit filed on behalf of Willie McCoy, a young rapper fatally shot by police in Vallejo, California, in 2019 can proceed on its claim The city did not conduct an investigation until when Whitney exposed the tradition publicly a year after Bidou left the department. George Simpson told him the supervisors were watching Netflix, but when Whitney asked Bidou to investigate whether anyone was logged into Netflix that night, Bidou refused. But Whitney said he was surprised when he arrived and found then-Capt. The purge was also unlikely to have been triggered by a lack of space, as police shootings represent only a small fraction of the files maintained by the police department, she testified. at a house in Vallejo the night of Feb. 21. It shouldn't be something that's memorialized. In court papers, the city stated that the subpoenas did not seek the records that were purged. Whitney said that he had known Sampayan from when he was a sergeant in the police department and that he was visibly upset. I try my best to be that reminder that there should be nothing that gets erased.. It's a story by the ABC7 News I-Team you'll see Only On 7. It also comes soon after the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook tragedy that saw a shooter kill 20 students and six educators before killing himself and his mother. A pair of black tights are a necessity, rather than just an accessory, to stay stylish and comfortable when temperatures drop. Whitney testified that he told then-Mayor Bob Sampayan a retired Vallejo police sergeant that the review of the McCoy shooting had been superficial and that the departments response did not serve the community. After 23-years one of Vallejos iconic home holiday light displays is going dark forever at the end of this holiday season. Community violence isnt just a VCUSD issue. And we rely mainly on reader support so we can keep publishing. That's a very traumatic thing on both sides, for both the family that lost the loved one and the officer who conducted the shooting, Whitney said. According to a notice of termination obtained by the Vallejo Sun, Whitney was fired on Aug. 16, 2019, for erasing data on his city-owned cellphone prior to turning it in during an investigation. A 19-year-old man has been arrested for the brutal killing of a 78-year-old woman in Vallejo last year, police announced Thursday after a year-long investigation. The release says a 17-year-old from Richmond agreed to meet J.D. That shooting, at 9:30 a.m. on July 21, caused a lockdown with more than 400 summer school students and 12 teachers for nearly two hours. Would dismantling Interstate 980 repair damage to Black neighborhoods? Despite the warning flags raised by POST, Vallejos evidence problems persist. This button displays the currently selected search type. Vallejo police said officers arrested Darryl Grooms, 55, on Tuesday on an outstanding warrant for the homicide of a 35-year-old man who was found shot dead on They shouldnt be deleting anything right now at all.. The D.A. Geoffrey King is the executive editor of Open Vallejo. As for Tony Ridgeway, records indicate Ofc. The files also show that the January 2021 purge violated city policy and potentially Vallejos agreement with the California Department of Justice. Lawyers for Open Vallejo alerted the state attorney general to the destruction of evidence, and have asked Judge Gizzi to consider a criminal referral for the destruction of public records, a rare occurrence. She certainly shouldn't have been charged with any crime and booked in the county jail, and that we needed to conduct an internal affairs investigation effective immediately.. Mustard and former software developer Det. In January 2021, officials for the city of Vallejo intentionally and with approval from a senior attorney for the city destroyed key evidence in multiple police killings and one non-fatal shooting, documents obtained in a public records lawsuit filed by Open Vallejo show. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. Ms. In January 2021, officials for the city of Vallejo intentionally and with approval from a senior attorney for the city destroyed key evidence in multiple police Have worked as a copy editor and sportswriter since 2011. The alleged killer of Auxiliary Bishop David O'Connell is handyman Carlos Medina Vallejo, 61. He previously worked as a staff writer for J. OAKLAND, Calif. Phil Norawong went out to dinner with two friends in Oaklands Chinatown. Taylor and a boy in that vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene. VALLEJO, Calif. (KGO) -- An investigation is underway after a Vallejo High School coach was shot and injured while trying to break up a fight right outside of the school Tuesday afternoon, according to police. VALLEJO, Calif. ( KRON) Vallejo police are investigating a Thursday morning homicide, according to a press release. Encarnacion found herself holding the case file for the notorious killing of Mario Romero, a young father whose death at the hands of Vallejo police in 2012 sparked citywide protests. We have to address the problem of gun violence.. Taylor, the driver of the stolen Hyundai Sonata, exited the freeway at Suisun Valley Road where he lost control of the car and crashed, officials said. "The fact that he was here, potentially he saved a child's life.". The shooter has not been caught by VPD. December 9, 2022 In April 2019, Whitney was acting chief of police while Bidou was out of the state. Mathew Mustard emailed Knight about five of the now-destroyed cases, which he said were located while doing research on police shootings. The Jewish News of Northern California and as an on-call interactive producer for KQED. Joshua Coleman shot him in the groin after he likely mistook a can of beer for a firearm. Following the ruling, Vallejo began disclosing some audiovisual records. With a new law poised to force the release of shooting records, a lawyer and a detective made a decision no court can reverse. After his promotion, Horton confronted him about badge bending, asking him Whats wrong with your badge? and saying, I know what that is and I dont want to see it, Tribble testified. McMahon's former attorney previously told the I-Team the inscription was related to his Roman Catholic faith and that the words truth and justice are "integral to the profession of policing." To uncover how the evidence came to be destroyed by a department already under investigation by the state attorney general over the number and nature of its police shootings, Open Vallejo amended its public records lawsuit, deposed multiple city employees, and prompted the release of hundreds of pages of logs, reports, and internal communications. The San Francisco Chronicle reported the stop in May 2019. An independent special prosecutor hired by Solano County determined the officers felt their lives were threatened and acted in self-defense. Copyright 2023 KGO-TV. The city appointed former Sonoma County Sheriff Rob Giordano to conduct the investigation. One injured after gunfire erupts in Richmond The city of Vallejo is opening an investigation into its city attorney's office destroying records in several police killings. "They just send them from one town to the other to go do more mayhem and killing. If you're on the ABC7 News app, click here to watch live, Here's what the end of COVID -19 emergency means in San Francisco, Recent grads not 'emotionally' ready for workforce, study shows, Elizabeth Holmes has 2nd child as she tries to avoid prison. He never made it home. Two range instructors noticed he added a plate to his gun with the words Veritas and Aequitas," meaning truth and justice, a reference to the 1999 film Boondock Saints where two brothers engage in vigilante justice. Dailey, the senior police assistant in the evidence section, testified that she was unaware of any notice to refrain from destroying records because of the citys agreement with the DOJ. said Jackari Taylor, 18, of Vallejo, was the driver of a stolen vehicle that crashed and that there were two additional passengers, both minors. VIDEO: Bay Area DA explains why she refused to probe fatal police shootings. RELATED: Oakland student charged for accidentally shooting 13-year-old at school, police say. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. (Although most of the records in the destroyed cases would have been created before 2015, documents indicate that some of the purged cases were accessed between 2015 and 2021.). Six weeks after Monterrosas killing, the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training began, at the request of Potts and Williams, a study of Vallejo polices evidence and property unit. My children were scared, my wife was very scared at the time, Whitney testified I did not want to be involved in anything involving Vallejo PD because I was scared they were going to do something else.. The attack happened in the 600 block of Third Street. Whitney declined Giordanos request for an interview because he did not think investigation would be done properly. I told him that had they employed proper tactics, use of force wouldn't have been needed, Whitney testified. Once there, police said officers found a 31-year-old from Vallejo and a 27-year-old from Albany with at least one gunshot wound each. The department destroyed nearly all audiovisual and physical evidence in the six cases, a review by Open Vallejo has found. I have me, she said. We are a project of the Informed California Foundation, a periodical publication, wire service and press association that produces and supports impactful, responsive, local accountability journalism in communities across the state. Gabriel Greschler is the Bay Area News Group's Santa Clara County and Milpitas reporter for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. Rocio Bedolla said an intruder caused thousands of dollars of damage to her business, while only stealing about $50. 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Whitney was looking for a job with another agency, but before he could leave he was fired. Officers responded to the school after a report of a shooting around 3:45 p.m. near one of the entrances to the campus. FAIRFIELD, Calif. - Solano County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday gave an update to a high-speed car crash and police chase where three people were killed last week. Officers Crime and Public Safety | Assistant City Attorney Knight stated in court filings that the destruction happened inadvertently and that the evidence should have been retained due to Open Vallejos pending public records requests. In the meantime, Sullivan and McCoy worry about McMahon being back on the streets. While documents, photographs, as well as video and audio files are subject to disclosure under state transparency laws, physical items such as firearms or clothing generally are not. Suspect posing with AR assault rifle and hand gun. All Rights Reserved. He didn't want his badge fixed because he said it was a badge of honor, and the bends represented the shootings he had been in, Whitney testified. VALLEJO Top Vallejo police officials including former police Chief Andrew Bidou were alerted that officers were bending their badges to mark shootings It is unclear whether authorities criminally investigated the destruction of the drone evidence. At the time, Mustard was in charge of the evidence section and had in-person access to the departments evidence room when escorted by evidence personnel, Dailey testified. VALLEJO (CBS SF) -- Homicide detectives were investigating the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old near Glen Cove Waterfront Park late Thursday night. A woman found dead in a marsh in Vallejo last month has been identified. Ryan McMahon, a former Vallejo cop involved in two fatal shootings and fired for unsafe conduct, has been hired by the Broadmoor Police Department. A man died Sunday after an early morning shooting in Vallejo on the 2000 block of Solano Ave.
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