Sheriff foils scammer's plan to steal from senior citizen

A scammer who tried to convince an older man that his grandson was in custody and needed thousands of dollars for bail ended up under arrest themselves, the Marin County Sherriff's Office said Saturday.   

Crypto scammer swindles more than $1 million from Bay Area woman

Crypto-crime keeps exploding, often aimed at Americans by a worldwide network of heartless criminals who don’t care about whose lives they destroy. One victim, a professional woman, was willing to talk about the kind of financial devastation few of us can ever imagine.

Salinas-based 'Murder Squad' members sentenced in 3-year killing spree

Five members of the self-proclaimed "Murder Squad" crew were sentenced to a combined total of 161 years in prison for their parts in dozens of shootings, both fatal and nonfatal, racketeering, and other convictions in Salinas, over the course of three years, the Department of Justice reported.

2 San Jose women suspected of running brothel

San Jose police arrested two alleged madams for operating a brothel out of a residence where authorities located two human trafficking survivors, authorities said.