December 4, 2023 Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price Charges Attempted Murder in Family Party Incident Oakland - The Office of Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced it has charged Leandro Angelo Torres with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon.  The defendant is accused of accelerating his car into four women after disrupting a family party. Torres, 31, faces up to 12 years in state prison if convicted of the alleged charges in the complaint. The facts, as we understand them, involve a dispute during a family gathering in San Lorenzo. According to Alameda County Sheriff's Office investigators, on November 25, 2023, Leandro Torres was asked to leave the family party. He later returned and allegedly attacked his brother’s car. He then allegedly drove his vehicle towards four women standing in the street, one of whom was pinned between Torres’ car and…

December 2, 2023 Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price Reaffirms Her Commitment To The First Amendment –Allows Emilie Raguso To Attend Press Conferences  Oakland - Berkeley Scanner Editor-in-Chief Emilie Raguso is welcome to attend future press conferences organized by the office of the Alameda County District Attorney. At the time of the DA’s press conference on November 29, 2023, her media credentials were under review. During several transitions of the DAO communications staff over the summer, the DAO media list was modified and reduced to a limited number of news outlets. Miss Raguso, among others, including the Bay City News Group, was not included in the updated media list, an oversight now being corrected. District Attorney Pamela Price has a long and distinguished career that includes defending the First Amendment (see Freitag v. Ayers, 468 F.3d 528 (9th Cir. 2006), 127 S.Ct. 1918 (2007); Davis…

November 28, 2023 Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price Announces Guilty Verdict in Domestic Violence Case Oakland - The Office of Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announces a jury verdict in a domestic violence case against Reynaldo Garibay. The case tried by Deputy District Attorney Benjamin Sinoff was a hard-fought and difficult case involving six separate incidents of domestic violence. The victim was terrorized in her home by Defendant Garibay after she ended their relationship in early 2023. A jury found Defendant Garibay guilty on all seven charge counts alleged, including making criminal threats, exhibiting a deadly weapon, and vandalism. Defendant Garibay was sentenced on November 20, 2023, to a term of three years court probation and 180 days custody in the Santa Rita County Jail.  He was directed to complete a 52 week Batterers Intervention Program and comply with the terms and conditions…

November 22, 2023 Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price Charges Two Men in Connection with the Shooting Death of Wing Wong Defendant Tramonn Gray faces up to 54 years to life in state prison if convicted of all charges. Oakland - Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced charges against Tramonn Gray and Alonzo Dyer, the two men charged with the shooting death of Oakland resident, Wing Wong. Gray, 32, was charged with four felony counts, including murder, attempted murder, shooting into an inhabited dwelling, shooting at an occupied motor vehicle, and enhancements. If convicted on all charges, Gray could face up to 54 years to life in state prison. Dyer, 35, was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of ammunition by a prohibited person. The investigation of his role in the killing of Ms. Wong is continuing. Alameda County…

Former Alameda County Prosecutor Amilcar “Butch” Ford Ordered Booked on Misdemeanor Charge    November 16, 2023  Oakland – Alameda County Superior Court Judge James Cramer today ordered former Alameda County Prosecutor Amilcar “Butch” Ford to be booked no later than December 20th on one misdemeanor count of defending after prosecuting as a prosecutor in violation of the Business and Professions Code.   “Mr. Ford interfered in the seminal prosecution of a police officer following the shooting death of Steven Taylor at Walmart in San Leandro,” said DA Price. “Mr. Ford’s misconduct potentially makes it more challenging for this office to hold the officer accountable for his actions.”  Regarding the Court's ruling, District Attorney Price added, “We applaud the court’s decision to treat Mr. Ford as it would any other resident and did not give him special treatment.”   The Court also vacated the jury trial and will…