SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento authorities have arrested a 58-year-old man suspected of committing at least 10 rapes across Northern California between 1991 and 2006.The Sacramento Bee reports Roy Charles Waller was arrested Thursday by Sacramento police. Waller is a safety specialist at the University of California-Berkeley's office of environment, health and safety.District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert says her office used DNA and genealogy websites to zero in on Waller.His arrest comes about six months after law enforcement used the same tactic to arrest Joseph DeAngelo, the alleged Golden State Killer.Waller is suspected of raping women in Rohnert Park, Sonoma, Davis, Chico, Woodland, Martinez, Vallejo and Sacramento.He is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Sacramento Superior Court.The Bee reports Waller declined an interview from jail. … [Read more...] about Northern California authorities arrest alleged serial rapist
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Northern California jury deciding ‘Gypsy Hill Killer’ case
Updated 6:22 pm CDT, Tuesday, September 18, 2018 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California jury has started its deliberations in the murder trial of a career criminal authorities believe is the Gypsy Hill Killer. San Mateo County jurors started deliberating Tuesday afternoon after eight days of testimony in Redwood City, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of San Francisco. Rodney Halbower is charged with raping and killing two teenage women in 1976 in the quiet suburbs just south of San Francisco. Authorities said DNA evidence tied the 69-year-old to the two murders and four other rapes and killings of young women during a five-month period in 1976. Halbower disrupted the opening of his trial on Sept. 7 by shouting at the jury that he was innocent and had never raped or killed anyone. The judge rejected calls for a mistrial. … [Read more...] about Northern California jury deciding ‘Gypsy Hill Killer’ case
Black Creek Group to Double Northern California Footprint
Development of 8 Industrial Buildings Totaling 3 Million Square Feet in the Greater Bay Area /EIN News/ -- SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Black Creek Group, a Denver-based real estate investment manager with a history of $18.2 billion in development and acquisitions, today released details on eight industrial developments in the Greater Bay Area. Totaling approximately 3 million square feet, the projects are a combination of logistics, distribution and light industrial and include 618,000 square feet of completed buildings, 1.3 million square feet currently under construction and 1.1 million square feet that is entitled and scheduled to commence in Q1 2019. These eight projects will nearly double the company’s Northern California holdings, which as of June 30, 2018 totals approximately 3.3 million square feet. “We have a lot experience in this thriving market, which is one of the top five industrial markets in the US and has an annual … [Read more...] about Black Creek Group to Double Northern California Footprint
Deputy killed, second wounded in Northern California
Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press Updated 1:29 am CDT, Tuesday, September 18, 2018 Police vehicles block streets some distance away from there two Sacramento County sheriff's deputies and a bystander were shot during an incident in Rancho Cordova, Calif., just outside Sacramento, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. Department spokesman Sgt. Shaun Hampton says the suspect is in custody. Hampton says the shooting Monday afternoon occurred at a Pep Boys auto parts store, but did not provide details on the deputies' or the bystander's condition. less Police vehicles block streets some distance away from there two Sacramento County sheriff's deputies and a bystander were shot during an incident in Rancho Cordova, Calif., just outside Sacramento, Monday, ... more Photo: Jonathan J. Cooper, AP Police vehicles block streets some distance away from there two Sacramento County sheriff's deputies and a bystander were shot … [Read more...] about Deputy killed, second wounded in Northern California
Northern California deputy killed by gunfire, second wounded
A man, whose identity has not yet been released, shot and killed 27-year-old Deputy Mark Stasyuk and injured Deputy Julie Robertson, said Sheriff Scott Jones. They were responding to a call about a dispute between the suspect and an employee at Pep Boys auto shop. less A man, whose identity has not yet been released, shot and killed 27-year-old Deputy Mark Stasyuk and injured Deputy Julie Robertson, said Sheriff Scott Jones. They were responding to a call about a dispute ... more Photo: Mark Winema / Getty Images / Mark Wineman / Getty Images These towns and suburbs have the most per capita property crime in the Bay Area. These towns and suburbs have the most per capita property crime in the Bay Area. Photo: SFGATE #10 Sausalito Population: 7,061Total property crimes: 247Property crime rate: 3,498 #10 Sausalito Population: 7,061 Total property … [Read more...] about Northern California deputy killed by gunfire, second wounded