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Sheriff’s OfficeThere were 56 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Monday. At that time, there were 1,371 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 PoliceWeapons arrest: A witness reported seeing a passenger in a white Ford F-150 shooting a gun into the air. Officers stopped the [...]

K-9 downs Stockton man wielding steel barSTOCKTON — A San Joaquin County sheriff’s K-9 unit is being credited with apprehending a man who allegedly threatened authorities with a large steel bar Sunday night.Reports of a disturbance were made in the 3700 block of Dennis Avenue in west Stockton near where authorities were made aware that a resident, Eracleo Cisneros, had an outstanding felony warrant.Before deputies arrived, the 48-year-old [...]

STOCKTON — Nicole Lorenz answered the door of her north Stockton home on Wednesday in her bathrobe.“Sorry,” she apologizes, “but yesterday was my first day of chemo and I feel really bad today.”Greeting a visitor in a robe is about the 10,000th worst thing to happen to the 30-year-old mother of three since she was diagnosed with Stage 4 colorectal cancer on Jan. 29, 2017, only to have it spread to her liver.The latest round of [...]

STOCKTON — Brandon James penned and performed an homage to his hometown, Stockton. ‘’In 2017, his catchy and clever “The Port City We Love” won the first Stockton Song Contest. The accompanying video shows James casually strumming his guitar and singing with the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, University of the Pacific, the downtown area and other city landmarks as the backdrop. [...]

STOCKTON — Marcus Trull Sr., the alleged shooter in last week’s Lodi homicide, also tried to kill an unidentified woman the same night, according to the criminal complaint in the case.The complaint says Trull fired his weapon last Wednesday night at a 46-year-old woman, who was uninjured. According to the complaint, he also has a prior conviction, in Sacramento, for gross negligence for discharging a weapon in 1993.Trull is accused of shooting 34-year-old Rafael [...]

STOCKTON — The discussion to potentially allow more cannabis businesses in Stockton carried on late into the evening Tuesday as city leaders voiced concerns over equity and staff’s "controlled rollout" program. The Stockton City Council voted 4-3 to approve an amendment to the city’s cannabis ordinance that would allow for two cannabis retail businesses to apply for use permits a year, as well as two businesses engaged in non-volatile manufacturing, which [...]

R&B singer R. Kelly, who has been accused of multiple instances of sexual and physical abuse, sat down with CBS' Gayle King for a nearly 80-minute interview in which the singer denied the allegations, saying he was "tired of all the lies" and that all his accusers are liars.Kelly has pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual [...]

MANTECA — A man wanted in the stabbing of a woman Saturday at Caswell Memorial State Park on Saturday morning turned himself in to authorities about 9:40 p.m. Tuesday at a Manteca McDonald's, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office.Manteca resident Juan Samuel Chavez, 35, was booked into the San Joaquin County Jail for attempted murder, burglary, false imprisonment, criminal threats and assault to commit a sexual act, authorities said. Bail is set at $1 [...]

STOCKTON — Ron Arther did not hold back when he addressed the man who was being sentenced for abducting his teenage daughter last summer.“Philip, you abused your authority as a coach and a mentor to sexually abuse my daughter,” Arther said to Philip Maglaya Jr. as he read a statement with his wife, Iris, by his side.“I cannot believe that someone we trusted would take advantage of someone 11 years younger than him. She was only 15, you were 26, how [...]

STOCKTON — District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar offered a plea deal to Anthony Silva nearly one year ago that would have ended prosecution of the former mayor on charges of embezzlement, money-laundering and conflict-of-interest.Verber Salazar made the offer in a March 20, 2018, letter to Allen Sawyer, Silva’s attorney. Silva, who had been charged in early 2017, rejected the offer.Last September, after rejecting the deal, Silva was indicted on additional charges [...]