Cameron MacDonald

2 days ago | marinij.com | Cameron MacDonald

Novato police arrested two teenage suspects Tuesday in connection with a shooting on April 9 in the Hamilton area. Police described the attack, which injured an 18-year-old man, as a gang crime. The suspects, ages 15 and 16, were taken into custody when detectives and county probation officers executed search warrants at homes in the Bay Vista apartment complex in the Hamilton neighborhood. Authorities did not identify the suspects because they are minors.

1 week ago | marinij.com | Cameron MacDonald

The Rev. Jan Heglund traveled to Ground Zero soon after she heard about the 9/11 attacks. “I just said to my husband, ‘I’m going, I want to be a participant, not an observer,’” she recalled. As a San Rafael police chaplain, she worked late nights and early mornings for two weeks at St. Paul’s Chapel near the former World Trade Center site. Heglund helped serve food and ministered to relief and recovery workers who used the church as a sanctuary. “If there was ever a field for ministry,” she said.

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Cameron MacDonald

A Marin County Superior Court judge reinstated criminal proceedings for a San Rafael woman accused of killing her mother last year. Tonatzyn Oris Beltran, 30, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to her murder charge in September. On Thursday, Judge Geoffrey Howard reviewed a mental health report that deemed Beltran competent to stand trial. He set the next hearing for May 14. The defendant underwent mental health evaluations after her defense attorney declared doubt in her competency for trial.

1 week ago | marinij.com | Cameron MacDonald

A Novato resident was arrested Friday after a burst of gunfire at a residence in the San Marin neighborhood. The shooting happened at about 4:20 a.m. on Estado Way. Police received information that a roommate had fired “several shots,” and they arrested a potential suspect who came out of the home. Police have not released the detainee’s name. No injuries were reported from the gunfire. The incident is unrelated to a shooting Wednesday in the Hamilton area, police said.

2 weeks ago | fresnobee.com | Cameron MacDonald

Marin County sheriff's detectives linked a San Rafael man to a 2021 drive-by shooting in Marin City. Authorities arrested the suspect while he was in custody at the Sacramento County Jail on Monday. He was previously arrested for failing to appear in court for a separate case, according to Sacramento County Superior Court records. The suspect is accused of opening fire while he drove on Drake Avenue on Sept. 20, 2021.