Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price’s office is reviewing 35 death penalty cases after prosecutors discover evidence of prosecutorial misconduct. The District Attorney’s Office is reaching out to victims and survivors whom these crimes may have impacted. Anyone who has not been contacted but who was directly impacted by one of these cases is urged to contact the assigned Victim-Witness Advocates at 510-208-9555 or email them at shawn.mitchell@acgov.org. Lawyers are also standing by to answer questions and offer information about the status of each case.
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Hate Crime Charged Against Driver for Allegedly Committing Criminal Threats on Freeway
Hate Crime Charged Against Driver for Allegedly Committing Criminal Threats on Freeway September 18, 2024 OAKLAND, CA—Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announces that Jesus Hernandez Hernandez (40) has been charged with one count of a misdemeanor hate...
Pleasanton Woman Charged with Murder of Boyfriend
Pleasanton Woman Charged with Murder of Boyfriend September 17, 2024 OAKLAND, CA — Today, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced that Kennedy Lenai Stith (27) has been charged with one count of murder for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend. The criminal...
Home Depot to Pay Nearly $2 Million to Resolve Civil Complaint Alleging Overcharging and False Advertising
Home Depot to Pay Nearly $2 Million to Resolve Civil Complaint Alleging Overcharging and False Advertising September 12, 2024 OAKLAND, CA — Today, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced that Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. entered into a stipulated judgment to...
Organized Retail Crime Alameda Unit Files Felony Charges Against Two Men for Stealing Over $100,000 in Merchandise from Home Depot
Organized Retail Crime Alameda Unit Files Felony Charges Against Two Men for Stealing Over $100,000 in Merchandise from Home Depot September 9, 2024 OAKLAND, CA — Today, District Attorney Pamela Price announced her office charged Juan Manuel Diaz Ramirez (23) and Juan...
Jury Delivers Guilty Verdict in Violent Road Rage Hate Crime Assault on I-880 Freeway in Oakland
Jury Delivers Guilty Verdict in Violent Road Rage Hate Crime Assault on I-880 Freeway in Oakland September 5, 2024 OAKLAND, CA — Today, District Attorney Pamela Price announced that a jury found Tracy Robert Blackwell (62) guilty of one count of felony assault with a...
Man Charged in Deadly Hit-and-Run Collision That Killed an Oakland Teenager and Injured Her Mother
Man Charged in Deadly Hit-and-Run Collision That Killed an Oakland Teenager and Injured Her Mother September 5, 2024 OAKLAND, CA — Today, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announces that Agusto Matias (37) has been charged with multiple felonies as the...
Covid-19 Updates
Indoor Mask Required in Public
December 13, 2021 –
California has now changed its mask requirements to match CDC guidance. Alameda County requires everyone, including fully vaccinated people, to wear a mask in indoor public settings to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Early Release Alerts
Due to recent changes in California law, as well as circumstances resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, some inmates are being released from custody earlier than the date originally determined at the time of sentencing.
HELPFUL INFORMATION
Cell Site Simulator Policy
Cell-site simulator technology provides valuable assistance in support of important public safety objectives. Whether deployed as part of a fugitive apprehension effort, to locate at-risk people or missing children, or to provide search and rescue support in natural disasters and emergencies, cell-site2 simulators fulfill critical operational needs.
This technology will only be utilized when authorized by a search warrant signed by a judicial officer that has been reviewed through the judicial process.
Our Policy for Use of Cell-Site Simulator Technology (PDF)
Alameda County District Attorney’s Policy for Use of Cell-Site Simulator Technology (PDF)
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Cannabis Convictions Petitions/Prop 64 Policy
On Tuesday, November 8, 2016, the voters passed Proposition 64, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act. The Act legalizes adult use Cannabis as well and establishes regulations that will control and oversee the industry. The Act further establishes protocols for reducing, dismissing and sealing old convictions for Health & Safety Code Sections 11357, 11359 and 11360.
Our Cannabis Convictions Petitions (PDFs)
CR-400, CR-401, CR-402, CR-403
Our Prop 64 Policy (PDF)
Proposition 64 Policy