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SJPD Officer on Leave After Accusation He Traded Meth Pipe for Information
A San Jose police officer is on paid leave while the department probes an allegation he gave a meth pipe to a San Jose woman in exchange for information, according to sources who spoke to NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit.
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Dozens of Mistakes Caused Death of Young Hospital Patient, Court Rules
Documents obtained by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit show medical staff at UCSF nearly quadrupled a young patient’s opioid medication and then failed to monitor him with a pulse oximeter, a simple medical device that would have alerted them if his blood oxygen level fell to a dangerously low level.
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Death of 3-Year-Old Girl at Church Linked to San Jose Kidnapping Ruled a Homicide
The death of a three-year-old girl last fall during an apparent exorcism at a backroom San Jose church has been officially ruled a homicide, according to the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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Simple Device Could Have Saved Life of Young Kidney Donor
After a healthy young man died at UCSF hospital, an NBC Bay Area Investigation uncovered the events that caused his heart to stop just one day after surgery. Photographic evidence shows Anders Pederson wasn’t being monitored with a pulse oximeter, even after a nurse practitioner changed his medication from Fentanyl to another powerful opioid: Dila... -
San Jose Church Searched After Kidnapping Also Site of Child's Death in September
A tiny church — run out of the backroom of a home in San Jose – is being investigated in connection with two bizarre crimes – this week’s kidnapping of a 3-month-old boy and an exorcism-type ceremony last year that authorities say ended with the death of a 3-year-old girl, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned.
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Justice Delayed for Months by Slow Police Response to Public Records Requests
An investigation by NBC Bay Area reveals that some of the largest police agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area are taking months and sometimes even a year or longer to release public records in the form of accident reports to the victims of traffic accidents.
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Updated Timeline of San Jose Kidnapping Investigation
Senior Investigative Reporter Stephen Stock has an updated timeline of the kidnapping of 3-month-old baby Brandon Cuellar in San Jose.
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San Jose Kidnapping Timeline May Prove Crime Was Premeditated
NBC Bay Area’s Investigative team took a closer look at the San Jose kidnapping surveillance video and it helps explain why police say the trio of suspects had planned out the crime ahead of time. Senior Investigative Reporter Stephen Stock reports.
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San Jose Home Depot Fire Suspect Charged With Other Crimes Prior to Arson
NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit dug into court records and found the suspect of the San Jose Home Depot arson fire has a criminal history of other crimes including petty theft. Stephen Stock has the details.
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San Francisco Police Officers Charged with Destroying Evidence
Two San Francisco police officers surrendered Tuesday to face charges of destroying evidence, while a retired officer, who had been working part-time with the gun destruction unit at the SFPD evidence room, faces unrelated felony charges of taking a soon-to-be-destroyed MP5 submachine gun and silencer home from the property room, authorities said.... -
Notorious Oakland Pedophile Priest Arrested for Allegedly Killing Pedestrian While Driving Drunk
A notorious defrocked Oakland priest accused of sexually abusing dozens of children was arrested Saturday night after allegedly hitting and killing a pedestrian while driving drunk in a Walnut Creek retirement community, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has confirmed.
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Death of 85-Year-Old Grandmother Sparks Retaliation Slaying: Authorities
San Mateo police arrested two men Monday in what authorities suspect was a murder committed to avenge the 2019 arson that claimed the life of the grandmother of one of the suspects.
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Watsonville Police Accused of Ignoring Fentanyl-Laced Drug Warning Before Santa Cruz Girl's Death
Six weeks before 16-year-old Lace Price, from Santa Cruz, was found dead in Michael Russell’s family home with fentanyl and other substances in her system, according to her parents, the Watsonville Police Department ignored a warning about Russell possibly selling deadly fentanyl-laced drugs.
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Fighting Fentanyl: Santa Cruz Family Says Law Enforcement Failed in Daughter's Death
The Investigative Unit uncovers exclusive details and concerns some law enforcement agencies are failing to hold suspected drug dealers accountable for lives being lost.
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Bay Area Cold Case Murder Suspect Brought Back From Oklahoma
The 61-year-old Oklahoma woman charged in the 1993 slaying of a convenience store owner in San Carlos appeared in court Wednesday after waiving extradition and agreeing to come to California to face prosecution.
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Fighting Fentanyl: Investigating Law Enforcement's Response to the Opioid Crisis
The Investigative Unit spent five months digging into our growing fentanyl crisis by following a troubling case out of Santa Cruz County involving the sudden death of a teen girl.
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‘Saving San Francisco' Series Inspires Thousands to Share Their Own SF Experiences
Thousands of people have taken to social media to weigh in on NBC Bay Area’s new six-part investigative series ‘Saving San Francisco,’ which exposes the city’s dark side and explores solutions for how to fix it.