Stockton police get over $311000 in grants - Central Valley Business Times

7 February 2012, 9:07 pm

Stockton police get over $311000 in grantsCentral Valley Business TimesThe total program is $238637, which pays for a full-time police officer and a part-time community service officer to investigate domestic violence and sexual assault cases, as well as a full-time Women's Center of San Joaquin... Read More »

Murder suspect runs into traffic on I-5, is killed - Stockton Record

7 February 2012, 12:01 am

Murder suspect runs into traffic on I-5, is killedStockton RecordThe fatal incident triggers an investigation by San Joaquin County's District Attorney's Office, following the same procedure as an officer-involved shooting. California Highway Patrol controlled traffic after the incident. San... Read More »

CHP loses $2 million lawsuit in Stockton shooting death - Modesto Bee

5 February 2012, 9:44 pm

CHP loses $2 million lawsuit in Stockton shooting deathModesto BeeThe chase ended on Little John Road in eastern San Joaquin County. Re-enactment animations presented in court by the plaintiff and the defense show similarities in their portrayals of Pinasco's movements. Pinasco's vehicle spu... Read More »

Tracy Melton Update: California Police Identify Cold Case Victim But Forget To ... - Huffington Post

2 February 2012, 3:55 pm

Daily MailTracy Melton Update: California Police Identify Cold Case Victim But Forget To ...Huffington PostThe identification would have been a great milestone in the case, were it not for one small problem -- it was not until last week that the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office notified the v... Read More »

Officers chase stolen van from W. Sac to Stockton - Sacramento Bee

1 February 2012, 3:27 am

Officers chase stolen van from W. Sac to StocktonSacramento BeeHe said three West Sacramento patrol units and a K-9 unit pursued the vehicle as far as Elk Grove, and the CHP continued the chase into San Joaquin County and through Stockton. The driver then turned around and headed back toward Sacrame... Read More »

Family not told for 9 months about woman's remains - San Jose Mercury News

30 January 2012, 12:25 pm

Family not told for 9 months about woman's remainsSan Jose Mercury NewsAP STOCKTON, Calif.—San Joaquin County authorities are investigating why it took nine months for relatives of a missing woman to learn her remains had been found. The Stockton Record ( http://bit.ly/wCFhIJ) reports the coro... Read More »

San Joaquin sheriff to address victim remains search efforts - News10.net

30 January 2012, 11:02 am

News10.netSan Joaquin sheriff to address victim remains search effortsNews10.netSAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, CA - The searches started 12 years ago. The San Joaquin County Sheriff brought out cadaver dogs, military radar technology, and field crews with shovels to dig up areas east of Stockton and remote are... Read More »

Bounty hunter claims Vanderheiden's remains are near San Andreas - Lodi News-Sentinel

24 January 2012, 2:15 am

Bounty hunter claims Vanderheiden's remains are near San AndreasLodi News-SentinelSan Joaquin County Sheriff Steve Moore, Calaveras County Sheriff Gary Kuntz and San Joaquin County District Attorney Jim Willett agreed on Friday to co-author a letter to the California Department of Corrections an... Read More »

Hunt for murder victims delayed - Calaveras Enterprise

20 January 2012, 5:30 pm

Hunt for murder victims delayedCalaveras Enterpriseby Joel Metzger A plan to transport convicted killer Wesley Shermantine to Calaveras and San Joaquin Counties, where he could show authorities where homicide victims are buried, was delayed earlier this week due to concerns that the serial killer mi... Read More »

San Joaquin County killer found dead - Tracy Press

17 January 2012, 6:34 pm

MiamiHerald.comSan Joaquin County killer found deadTracy PressHe had been living at the prison since being paroled for the 1998 killing of Cyndi Vanderheiden of Clements, a small town in the northeastern reaches of the county. He died a virtual pariah, as officials, including those in San Joaquin Co... Read More »