Jakob Rodgers
Covering breaking news for @mercnews & @eastbaytimes. Formerly of @csgazette & @GreeleyTribune. DMs open. Message for Signal.
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3 days ago |
mercurynews.com | Nate Gartrell |Jakob Rodgers
OAKLAND — Morteza Amiri, the former Antioch K9 cop who became the face of a massive police corruption scandal, was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison for crimes that included involvement in a fraud scheme and maiming someone with his dog. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White reached the decision in front of a packed courthouse at the Ron Dellums Federal Building in Oakland.
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5 days ago |
mercurynews.com | Jakob Rodgers
OAKLAND — A federal district court judge could soon hand disgraced Antioch K9 Officer Morteza Amiri the longest prison sentence yet in one of the Bay Area’s largest policing scandals in decades. All that remains in question, it seems, is how long he’ll spend behind bars.
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1 week ago |
mercurynews.com | Jakob Rodgers
DUBLIN — Federal prisons officials are promising not to re-open the infamous — and now mothballed — FCI Dublin women’s prison as a new detention facility. But not everyone is buying it. East Bay Congressman Mark DeSaulnier said Friday that Federal Bureau of Prisons officials assured him the sprawling grounds — which once housed a notorious “rape club” of guards and prison leaders who ruthlessly terrorized inmates — will never again be used as a detention facility.
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1 week ago |
gazettextra.com | Kyle Martin |Jakob Rodgers
LIVERMORE, Calif. - Congressman Eric Swalwell this week decried the Trump administration's recent decision to deport a Livermore father and winery worker, mere hours before a U.S. District Court judge said he should remain in the country. Vowing that "we're not going to forget him," Swalwell slammed the early June deportation of Miguel López as a sign of President Donald Trump breaking his promise to only target migrants with criminal histories, as part of a nationwide immigration crackdown.
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1 week ago |
mercurynews.com | Kyle Martin |Jakob Rodgers
LIVERMORE — Congressman Eric Swalwell this week decried the Trump administration’s recent decision to deport a Livermore father and winery worker, mere hours before a U.S. District Court judge said he should remain in the country. Vowing that “we’re not going to forget him,” Swalwell slammed the early June deportation of Miguel López as a sign of President Donald Trump breaking his promise to only target migrants with criminal histories, as part of a nationwide immigration crackdown.
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ICYMI: Scandal-plagued FCI Dublin women’s prison to close after years of concerns over sexual abuse, retaliation https://t.co/4wBTsRXCmn
RT @ShomikMukherjee: Two high-ranking Oakland police officers were served notices of termination, others face discipline for allegedly botc…
Fourth man facing murder charge in killing of Oakland police officer Tuan Le, despite bid to plead guilty on burglary charges https://t.co/mhHzL7ehhj