Defendant Faces Up to 7 Years in Prison November 4, 2024 Oakland- Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced that a jury returned guilty verdicts against Carlos Gomez-Avalos (31) for the 2023 attack and sexual assault of a female victim. The Jury found Mr. Gomez-Avalos guilty of one count of forced oral copulation and one count of corporal injury on a relationship partner. The evidence presented by prosecutors showed that Mr. Gomez-Avalos attacked the female victim as after she returned home. The jury also heard evidence that Mr. Gomez-Avalos became violent with the victim, sexually assaulting her, leaving visible marks on her face and neck. “I want to thank the jury for their hard work and thoughtful deliberation in rendering these guilty verdicts against Mr. Gomez-Avalos,” said DA Pamela Price. “Data from the CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey indicates that about 41%…

Defendant Faces 25 Years to Life in Prison November 26, 2024 Oakland, CA–Today, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced that a jury returned a guilty verdict against Louis Woods III (35) for the 2022 shooting death of Brian “Marquis” Moore outside Cunha’s Cocktails in San Leandro. The jury found Mr. Woods guilty of second-degree murder with a gun enhancement. The testimony and evidence presented at trial established that on the evening of March 25, 2022, Mr. Woods arrived at the bar with an assault rifle in his backpack and shot Mr. Moore with that gun after an altercation occurred between Mr. Woods' father and Mr. Moore. Police later recovered the murder weapon, an AR-15 style assault rifle “ghost gun,” at Mr. Woods' residence in Oakland. “I first want to thank the jury for their hard work and thoughtful deliberation in rendering this guilty verdict…

November 26, 2024 OAKLAND, CA — District Attorney Pamela Price announced that Joseph Carroll (38) was sentenced to 10 years and four months plus 197 years to life in state prison for the deaths of Nguyen Ngo, Nehemiah Lewis, Andrew Henderson Jr., and the attempted murders of Deandre Ware and Bao Ngo following a jury verdict. On August 22, 2024, the jury issued its guilty verdicts on ten counts: two counts of first-degree murder, one count of second-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder, three counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, one count of assault with a firearm, and one count of shooting at an occupied vehicle. The guilty verdicts include six gun enhancements which allowed the Court to impose significantly longer sentences. The jury found the defendant not guilty of count 11, the attempted murder of Aaron Shaw. The testimony and…