
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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mercurynews.com | Nate Gartrell |Jakob Rodgers
OAKLAND — A man in his 20s was arrested and charged with forcing a woman to perform oral sex on him at gunpoint, then stealing a purse and $400 from her before kicking her out of his Lexus, court records show. Xavier Crump, 28, of Oakland, was charged with forcible oral copulation, second degree robbery, criminal threats, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, court records show. The charges were filed May 19, four days after the alleged crime.
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eastbaytimes.com | Nate Gartrell
OAKLAND - Jamel Tousant Sr. has addressed his son's suspected killers twice - once on the streets with a gun, then in court a decade later with a message of forgiveness. There was a lot of turmoil along the way, all stemming from a simple chain robbery during a Berkeley gang feud.
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mercurynews.com | Nate Gartrell
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mercurynews.com | Nate Gartrell
SAN FRANCISCO — It’s official. The Trump administration has selected a Southern California-based private attorney and former prosecutor to lead the Department of Justice’s Bay Area wing. Craig Harry Missakian, who has been a lawyer for nearly 40 years, is taking command of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, a position with great influence over prosecuting federal cases from the Bay Area to the Oregon border.
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2 weeks ago |
mercurynews.com | Nate Gartrell
OAKLAND — A San Francisco man has received 16 years in state prison for killing a man during what the suspect allegedly told police was an attempted carjacking, court records show. Ibrahim Saleh, 27, pleaded no contest to manslaughter in the Aug. 26, 2018 shooting death of Esau Davis, 38, of Oakland. Davis was fatally shot on the 1300 block of 72nd Avenue in Oakland, and Saleh later confessed, according to police testimony.
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Update: they're leaving Eugene

Uh oh another team is “rooted” in their hometown. I hope they really do stay https://t.co/dArU13Qg1R

Pretty damn good lawyering -- an attorney who wasn't even on the case swooped in and changed the judge's mind midway through what was likely going to be an unfavorable decision. Great sign for Wenger in civil rights case: https://t.co/raUICJ9qU0