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The relationship between freedom and justice was the theme of comments by Bishop Broderick Huggins, the keynote speaker at the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Sunday at Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium.Sunday was was the first of two days of events celebrating King’s life and legacy. The gathering was part revival meeting, part civil rights rally. It also was joyful, poignant and thought-provoking for the several hundred people who attended.Students from King [...]

STOCKTON — San Joaquin County Sheriff's Deputies made a traffic stop Sunday in east Stockton and wound up arresting a man allegedly in possession of about 40 grams of methamphetamine.David Apodaco, a 41-year-old passenger in the vehicle, was arrested. The Sheriff's Office said Apodaco was on probation and was searched by the deputies. Apodaco is in custody at the county jail with bail set at $220,000.Apodaco was booked for being in possession of a controlled substance [...]

STOCKTON — A man was stabbed about 4 p.m. Monday just south of downtown Stockton.Police swarmed into the area around East Church and South San Joaquin streets, where they found the victim reportedly bleeding from the chest. An ambulance crew arrived and tended to the victim. His wound did not appear to be life-threatening.Authorities at the scene were unable to report on the victim’s condition.Police officers were observed searching surrounding streets [...]

TRACY — A single-vehicle rollover on a rural road near Deuel Vocational Institution took the life of a motorist Monday afternoon, the California Highway Patrol reported.The crash was reported as involving a single overturned small sedan about 4:50 p.m. south of the state prison in the 25000 block of Kasson Road, near West Lorentzen Road, according to the CHP.The reporting party noted to 911 dispatchers that the victim was still in the vehicle following the crash. After [...]

Stabbing victim runs to rescue mission for helpSTOCKTON — A man was stabbed about 4 p.m. Monday just south of downtown Stockton.Police swarmed into the area around East Church and South San Joaquin streets, where they found the victim reportedly bleeding from the chest. An ambulance crew arrived and tended to the victim. His wound did not appear to be life-threatening.Authorities at the scene were unable to report on the victim’s [...]

Sheriff’s OfficeThere were 58 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Monday. At that time, there were 1,370 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,550. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.Stockton PoliceCarjacking: After a 30-year-old motorist drove to the area of South Harrison and West Third streets about 2:30 p.m. Sunday to pick up an [...]

LATHROP — Sheriff's Deputies are looking for two men who committed an armed robbery at the Power Mart in Lathrop about 10 p.m. Sunday.One suspect is described by authorities as a 5-foot-10 to 6-foot black male, about 150 pounds, wearing a black sweatshirt, maroon pants and bright white shoes. He was armed with a silver semi-automatic handgun. The other was a 5-10 to 6-foot black male, also about 150 op ’ 150-160 pounds, wearing a gray “Backwoods” [...]

LATHROP — Authorities are looking for a man and woman who stole items from an empty car at the Flying J gas station in Lathrop on Saturday.According to the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office, the male suspect observed a woman getting out of her car and enterring the store. While she was gone, the man went into her car and stole a backpack, medication, a checkbook and an iPhone.He then returned to his car — a white, two-door coupe hatchback [...]

STOCKTON — A police officer involved in an on-duty car crash two years ago that claimed the life of a 28-year-old man is facing a wrongful-death lawsuit and criminal charges, and has hearings in both legal proceedings in the next two weeks.Wednesday morning, a conference is scheduled in a lawsuit filed against Stockton police Officer Nestor Velasquez by the family of the late Titus Tabotabo, who was killed in the south Stockton collision in 2017.On Feb. 8, a court [...]

STOCKTON — A judge has decided that a well-known Bay Area defense attorney will be paid $110 an hour, rather than his usual rate of nearly seven times that amount, to represent a Stockton woman charged in an insurance fraud case.The attorney, Daniel Horowitz, was hired in 2016 by defendant Devra Bommarito after she was charged with two counts of insurance fraud and a single count of grand theft of personal property worth more than $950.Bommarito says she has paid [...]