Nate Gartrell
Reporter, Bay Area News Group at The Mercury News
Courts Reporter at East Bay Times
Reporter for the East Bay Times covering state and federal courts in Northern California. Bearer of bad news with no hobbies or outside interests.
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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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4 days ago |
mercurynews.com | Nate Gartrell
OAKLAND — A local stablehand agreed to serve nine years in prison for fatally shooting a man during a confrontation, court records show. Victor Aguilar, 61, was sentenced to 9 years in prison and transferred on June 2 to North Kern State Prison, where he remains, records show. Originally charged with murder, he pleaded no contest to manslaughter in a deal with Alameda County prosecutors. Aguilar and the victim, 28-year-old Hector Martinez, lived in adjacent curbside trailers. On Oct.
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4 days ago |
mercurynews.com | Nate Gartrell
SAN FRANCISCO — A Daly City man was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $200,000 in restitution for his role in a multimillion dollar fraud scheme, court records show. Prosecutors estimated there are “dozens if not hundreds” of victims across the United States and that altogether the scammers brought in around $2 million.
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1 week ago |
mercurynews.com | Nate Gartrell
DUBLIN — A man was sentenced to 14 years in state prison for killing his ex-girlfriend’s cousin during a dispute over a vehicle, court records show. Zechariah Fisher, 26, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in a plea deal with Alameda County prosecutors. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped a murder charge. Fisher was transferred to state prison in April and is currently incarcerated in Wasco, records show.
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1 week ago |
mercurynews.com | Nate Gartrell
SAN FRANCISCO — A local resident was sentenced to two years in prison after he tried and failed to get his gun possession case thrown out since an officer discovered it while frisking his groin area, records show. Ricky Rollins, 39, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm after U.S. District Judge William Alsup upheld San Francisco police Officer Erika Viola’s search of Rollins’ groin during a 2023 search of his home.
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