Santa Rosa police

Three women have been arrested for allegedly vandalizing the one-time Northern California home of a former police officer who testified on behalf of the former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin by splashing pig blood on it and leaving a pig’s head near the front porch.

Santa Rosa police say a bizarre crime in the area is related to the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

Police say vandals threw blood and a pig’s head at a home once owned by retired Santa Rosa officer Barry Brodd, who recently testified in the Derek Chauvin trial.

Police on Sunday morning are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred during a party in Santa Rosa.

The burglaries were reported in the city’s Oakmont community and detectives used surveillance video and other leads to identify the suspect.

An 18-year-old Santa Rosa man was arrested Friday night on drug and weapons charges, along with felony child endangerment charges, Santa Rosa police said.

A 23-year-old man faces charges of grand theft auto and probation violation Saturday afternoon after allegedly stealing a hearse that had just been used to deliver a casket to a mortuary, Santa Rosa police said Saturday.

A pursuit involving police and a motorcyclist in Santa Rosa Friday night ended with the motorcyclist crashing and ultimately being arrested.

Police in Santa Rosa are investigating a hate crime after someone used racist content to “Zoom bomb” a meeting of government and nonprofit officials who gathered virtually Friday to discuss homelessness in the area, a supervisor confirmed.

Two more Santa Rosa police officers have tested positive for novel coronavirus, making five total cases confirmed in the department since this week, officials said Friday.

The Santa Rosa Police Department has announced that an additional two officers have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the department to five.

Sonoma County prosecutors Tuesday filed misdemeanor charges against a Santa Rosa man who allegedly brandished or exhibited a black umbrella at two people and a responding police officer as if it were a gun.

Two Vallejo men were arrested Monday on suspicion of robbing the Lululemon store in Montgomery Village in Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa police said.

A man who died in custody after a pursuit and struggle with officers and Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies pursuing what they thought was a stolen vehicle last week was actually the registered owner of the car, Santa Rosa police said Monday.

Dozens of speakers urged the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Tuesday to address an encampment along a section of the 8.5-mile public Joe Rodota Trail between Santa Rosa and Sebastopol.

A motorcyclist was killed after colliding into a SMART train at a Santa Rosa intersection on Wednesday afternoon, according to police.

A 17-year-old student opened fire outside a high school in Santa Rosa Tuesday morning, striking another teenage student before being taken into custody, according to police.

The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office has identified a woman who was killed when her parked car was struck by an alleged drunk driver early Monday morning in Santa Rosa as Kellie Nora Michelle, 50, of Santa Rosa.

The father of the 13-month-old boy who died in a home in Santa Rosa Saturday afternoon, died from his injuries.