Crime

Richmond police arrest wanted suspect, investigate homicide, pot cultivation fire

By: Robert Rogers | May 16, 2012 – 7:33 pm

Richmond police have had a busy 18 hours. Since 10 p.m. Tuesday, police and other emergency personnel have dealt with a seven-hour standoff with an...

Jailhouse interview with Joe ‘Fatter’ Blacknell, who faces life in prison for ’09 slaying

By: Robert Rogers | May 15, 2012 – 8:46 am

How do you say hello to a convicted murderer? The thought darted through my head as I strode through the Martinez Courthouse jail facility’s winding...

North Richmond man killed in drive-by shooting

By: Robert Rogers | May 14, 2012 – 12:55 pm

A man was shot and killed Monday morning as he walked in front the North Richmond Senior Center. No suspect or motive is yet known....

Richmond leaders reflect on Cinco de Mayo beatings in 2002

By: Robert Rogers | May 14, 2012 – 10:36 am

The Cinco de Mayo celebration on the 23rd Street corridor has become one of Richmond’s grandest events But it wasn’t always that way. Ten years...

Berkeley students present findings at North Richmond community meeting

By: Robert Rogers | May 10, 2012 – 1:13 pm

North Richmond is a unique Bay Area community poised for growth and investment in the coming years. But it’s also saddled with a history of...

Guilty: Richmond teen faces life in prison in killing of Gene Deshawn Grisby-Bell

By: Robert Rogers | May 3, 2012 – 7:02 pm

Tyris Franklin was convicted of first degree murder with special circumstances Thursday in the killing of Gene Deshawn Grisby-Bell in January 2011. Franklin, 17, showed...

Closing arguments leave jury to decide fate of Gene Deshawn Grisby-Bell’s killer

By: Robert Rogers | May 2, 2012 – 9:51 am

The jury has the case. What then-16-year-old Tyris Franklin was thinking when he shot another teen four times is what they have to decide. Closing...

Accused takes stand in trial of killing of Gene Deshawn Grisby-Bell

By: Robert Rogers | April 27, 2012 – 6:15 am

For Tyris Franklin, the rest of his life could depend on what was going through his 16-year-old mind when he shot Gene Deshawn Grisby-Bell four...

Trial begins in 2011 shooting death of Gene Deshawn Grisby-Bell

By: Robert Rogers | April 24, 2012 – 8:41 pm

For Gene Deshawn Grisby-Bell, a toxic mixture of neighborhood feuds, searing juvenile emotions, a small-caliber handgun and bad luck led to the end of his...

Ritterman to step aside, field open for candidates for Richmond City Council

By: Robert Rogers | April 23, 2012 – 1:19 pm

Jeff Ritterman is out. Marilyn Langlois and Eduardo Martinez want in. The campaign kickoff event at the Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) downtown offices Sunday drew...

Questions swirl around flap between ONS and sheriff at scene of North Richmond shooting

By: Robert Rogers | April 20, 2012 – 3:31 pm

The day after Tuesday’s shooting in unincorporated North Richmond left a 22-year-old man dying on the sidewalk, a city anti-violence agency filed a complain tagainst...

Postponed: North Richmond youth forum held off after recent violence

By: Robert Rogers | April 18, 2012 – 5:30 pm

A youth forum in North Richmond has been postponed in light of a deadly shooting Tuesday in front of a corner store a few blocks...

Berkeley students chip in to work with North Richmond

By: Robert Rogers | April 18, 2012 – 12:00 pm

North Richmond is no stranger to challenges – or proposed solutions. But a class of UC Berkeley grad students, backed by The California Endowment and...