Aaron Leathley

Stockton

Covering the PD and crime in Stockton, CA @recordnet. Hitting the beat to find untold stories beneath 209's notorious crime rate. Holding officials to account.

Articles

As city budget deadline looms, key Stockton financial positions remain unfilled

5 days ago | stocktonia.org | Aaron Leathley

With the deadline for presenting Stockton’s nearly $1 billion budget to the City Council and the public less than a week away, officials are working to fill five top positions in the city department that’s responsible for delivering the plan on time. It’s unlikely they can fill the positions, housed in the Administrative Services Department, by the May 15 deadline. The city has even hired contractors to cover some of the work.
Driver dead after being shot by police at Manteca In-N-Out

1 week ago | stocktonia.org | Aaron Leathley

The California Department of Justice and local agencies are investigating after Manteca police officers shot and killed a 69-year-old man in a confrontation at an In-N-Out, police said this week. The incident started around 5 p.m. Wednesday, when the Manteca Police Department received a call about a disturbance in the drive-through line at In-N-Out near East Yosemite Avenue and Highway 99 in Manteca, officials said.
Lodi police expose 'missing' officer misinformation campaign

3 weeks ago | stocktonia.org | Aaron Leathley

Photos of a Lodi police sergeant were wrongly included in widespread social media posts about an alleged missing officer, the Lodi Police Department stated Tuesday. On its official Facebook page, the department debunked a post that claimed “a female police officer, Carolyn Lynch (27), has gone missing” and that she “may be in extreme danger.”The post, titled “Female Police Officer Missing in Semmes,” had been shared 64 times and had 112 interactions, according to the images.
Man dies in Manteca crash while riding scooters with family

3 weeks ago | stocktonia.org | Aaron Leathley

A man died in Manteca after being struck by a vehicle while riding scooters with family, the Manteca Police Department stated Monday. At about 8:20 p.m. on Friday, the 57-year-old man was riding an electric scooter southbound on the east side of North Airport Way, according to a department press release. As he was trying to cross over to the west side of Airport Way, he was struck by a vehicle, department officials said.
Gospel Center benefits from City Council discretionary funding

3 weeks ago | stocktonia.org | Aaron Leathley

On Tuesday, for the second year in a row, elected officials handed a Stockton nonprofit $150,000 to support its work. The City Council voted 7-0 Tuesday night to award Gospel Center Rescue Mission — a Christian nonprofit focused on homelessness and addiction help — $150,000 from discretionary money left over from last financial year. “I think they’re going to do a lot of great things,” District 5 councilmember Brando Villapudua said before the vote.
1 dead, others injured in multi-vehicle crash in Stockton

1 month ago | stocktonia.org | Cassie Dickman |Aaron Leathley

One person was killed and another is in critical condition following a multi-vehicle crash at the corner of Harding Way and Wilson Way in Stockton. The collision prompted a major emergency response and snarled traffic on Monday evening. Four vehicles, including a flipped SUV, and a mangled motorcycle sat in the middle of Wilson Way near the intersection just before 6:40 p.m. as dozens of onlookers watched police, fire and medical crews assess the scene.
Shooting outside Stockton barbershop sends 6 to hospital

1 month ago | stocktonia.org | Aaron Leathley

A Friday afternoon shooting near a barbershop on Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Stockton sent six men to the hospital, police said. Officers responded around 2 p.m. to reports of a shooting in the 500 block of West MLK, Stockton Police Department spokesman Omer Edhah said. Police discovered half a dozen men between the ages of 19 and 48 had been struck by gunfire and had taken personal transportation to a nearby hospital, Edhah said.
With $1 billion on the line, Stockton's key finance seat is vacant

1 month ago | stocktonia.org | Aaron Leathley

The monumental task of creating Stockton’s yearly budget — worth nearly $1 billion last year — is underway. But the city has no chief financial officer to lead it. In February, Stockton parted ways with two of its top finance managers, interim Chief Financial Officer and Deputy City Manager Jay Kapoor, and Assistant Chief Financial Officer Queen Gray, Stocktonia confirmed.
Former county court clerk pleads not guilty to in alleged sealed warrant case

1 month ago | stocktonia.org | Aaron Leathley

A lawyer for an ex-San Joaquin County Superior Court clerk facing criminal charges for allegedly knowingly releasing a sealed document entered a not-guilty plea on his client’s behalf Monday. Former clerk Pamela Edwards pleads not guilty to her single charge of disobeying a court order, her attorney David Wellenbrock said at a court proceeding in Lodi. Edwards was not present in court. The charge stems from Edwards’ alleged release of a sealed search warrant to reporters in November 2023.
Read the AngelAnn Flores search warrant released by Superior Court

2 months ago | stocktonia.org | Aaron Leathley

A search warrant at the heart of the criminal case against Stockton school board member AngelAnn Flores was made public Friday, three days after a judge ordered it unsealed. The document, which authorized the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office to search Flores’ home, electronic devices and online accounts, as well as Stockton Unified School District offices, has been at the center of more than a year of dispute, leading to the arrest of a court staffer and larger questions about press freedom.