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San Francisco Chronicle
04-07-2025
- San Francisco Chronicle
S.F. prosecutors charge man with possessing hundreds of illegal fireworks
Prosecutors charged a man in connection with possessing hundreds of pounds of illegal fireworks, authorities announced Thursday. The San Francisco District Attorney's Office identified the man as 38-year-old Joe Lorenzo Neal Jenkins. Prosecutors said that on June 26, at about 6 p.m., San Francisco police were tracking a U-Haul van that had been reported stolen. In collaboration with the department's Real-Time Investigation Center, officers successfully stopped the vehicle and apprehend the alleged driver, Jenkins, in the Bayview District, prosecutors said. Inside the van, officers discovered and seized hundreds of illegal fireworks, including rockets and barrels, prosecutors said. Jenkins was charged on one count of unlawful driving, stolen property, possession of over 100 pounds of fireworks and of an explosive, prosecutors said Jenkins was arraigned on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to all charges. Ahead of Fourth of July, San Francisco Police Department is increasing staffing and resources to crack down on illegal firework holdings, authorities said.
Miami Herald
18-06-2025
- Miami Herald
Worker sees attack by antisemitic mob and tries to help, California officials say
A man accused of being part of a mob that beat another man after making antisemitic remarks has been charged with a hate crime, California prosecutors said. Juan Diaz-Rivas, 36, also faces two counts of assault inflicting great bodily injury, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office said in a June 17 news release. Diaz-Rivas was part of a group of about six people that walked past a man and woman sitting on the sidewalk saying '---- the Jews, free Palestine' on Saturday, June 14, prosecutors said. The woman 'asked them to stop,' saying she is Jewish, and Diaz-Rivas confronted her, prosecutors said. The man and woman began to walk away. Then someone punched the man, causing him to strike his head and knocking him out, prosecutors said. Diaz-Rivas and the others continued to beat and kick him, authorities said. A nearby worker who tried to intervene also was punched and kicked, prosecutors said. An investigation into the attack continues, prosecutors said. Police ask anyone with information to call 415-575-4444. Diaz-Rivas is 'currently in custody,' according to prosecutors. He is set to appear in court on June 18.
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
San Francisco district attorney charges two in multiple cold case shootings
The Brief The men were charged in connection with at least four killings that stretch back as far as 2002. The SFDA alleged one of the killings was "committed for a criminal street gang and was an act of street terrorism." The suspects are scheduled to be arraigned at the San Francisco Hall of Justice on June 6. SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco District Attorney's Office on Thursday announced it has charged two men in connection with at least four killings that stretch back as far as 2002. Shaun Britton, 48, was charged with one count of murder, while 44-year-old Sauntek Harris – who is also known as Sauntek Kincaid – was charged with four counts of murder, according to the SFDA. The cold cases The D.A. alleged Britton and Harris shot Perry Bradstreet to death on Jan. 18, 2002. The district attorney's office further alleged that Britton used "a 9MM MAC 11 assault firearm" to kill Bradstreet, and that the murder was "committed for a criminal street gang and was an act of street terrorism." Harris' alleged role in the killing was not specified. The Oakland Police Department previously reported Bradstreet was robbed and carjacked before being fatally shot while he was running away from the scene. His car was set on fire and abandoned in the Oakdale Housing Project. The D.A.'s office also alleged that a little over a month later – on Feb. 24, 2002 – Harris shot and killed Lorenzo Richards inside an apartment complex on George Court in San Francisco. Then, on July 28, 2002, Harris allegedly shot and killed Gerald White, who the SFDA claimed was murdered in order to prevent his testimony as a witness to an undisclosed crime. Claims of bad blood The final alleged murder connected to Harris occurred nearly 20 years after the others. On the night of August 10, 2019, Dietrich Whitley was fatally shot outside a community center near Griffith Street and Oakdale Avenue. Whitley died at a hospital, and Harris was arrested in connection to the killing three days later. The D.A.'s office alleged Harris ambushed Whitley, and court documents from 2019 alleged Harris shot Whitley in retaliation for a fistfight between the two that occurred at the community center two months prior. Harris' attorneys argued that he shot Whitley in self-defense. Harris was ordered to stand trial for the killing in November 2019, but that case was eventually dropped. What's next Britton and Harris are scheduled to be arraigned at the San Francisco Hall of Justice on June 6. The Source San Francisco District Attorney's Office, San Francisco Police Department, previous KTVU reporting
