A federal suit says a Pittsburg officer shot a man whose hands were raised. The defendant is a former cop set to plead guilty to a felony

PITTSBURG — A new federal lawsuit accuses a former Pittsburg cop of shooting a man whose hands were raised during a call over a “mental health crisis,” and although the same officer has already been part of a suit that …

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Sacramento man gets probation, lifetime sex offender status, for arranging meetup with undercover Oakland cop posing as teen

OAKLAND — A Sacramento man avoided jail time, but received probation and a lifetime sex offender registration requirement, for sending “harmful material” to an undercover officer posing as a teen girl, court records show. Tyler Montgomery, 30, pleaded no contest …

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Losing the library

Around 300 B.C., King Ptolemy I — the new ruler of Egypt and a former general of Alexander the Great — tasked an adviser with a modest mission: “to collect, if possible, all the books in the world.” Over the …

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A federal suit says a Pittsburg officer shot a man whose hands were raised. The defendant is a former cop set to plead guilty to a felony

PITTSBURG — A new federal lawsuit accuses a former Pittsburg cop of shooting a man whose hands were raised during a call over a “mental health crisis,” and although the same officer has already been part of a suit that …

A federal suit says a Pittsburg officer shot a man whose hands were raised. The defendant is a former cop set to plead guilty to a felony Read More

Sacramento man gets probation, lifetime sex offender status, for arranging meetup with undercover Oakland cop posing as teen

OAKLAND — A Sacramento man avoided jail time, but received probation and a lifetime sex offender registration requirement, for sending “harmful material” to an undercover officer posing as a teen girl, court records show. Tyler Montgomery, 30, pleaded no contest …

Sacramento man gets probation, lifetime sex offender status, for arranging meetup with undercover Oakland cop posing as teen Read More