Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price Files Motion to Disqualify Defense Law Firm in Steven Taylor Case October 30. 2023 Oakland – Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price filed a motion to disqualify Michael Rains and his firm, Rains, Lucia, Stern, St. Phalle & Silver from continued representation of San Leandro Police Officer Jason Fletcher. Fletcher is charged with voluntary manslaughter for killing Steven Taylor in a crowded Walmart store on April 18, 2020. Michael Rains, Fletcher’s defense attorney, misappropriated privileged attorney work product from the DA’s Office. Rains obtained the privileged material from his client, former Alameda County prosecutor Amilcar “Butch” Ford. At the time, Ford was on paid administrative leave for alleged prosecutorial misconduct. “Today my office took at stand for justice. We filed a motion to disqualify the law firm, Rains, Lucia, Stern, St. Phalle & Silver, based on their unethical and…

Judge Overrules Defense Request to Dismiss Complaint in People vs Amilcar “Butch” Ford October 27, 2023 Oakland – Alameda County Superior Court Judge James Cramer denied former Alameda County Prosecutor Amilcar Butch Ford's motion to dismiss the pending charge against him. Alameda County District Attorney, Pamela Price, charged Ford with one misdemeanor count of defending after prosecuting as a prosecutor in violation of Business and Professions Code 6131(b) Regarding the Court's ruling District Attorney Price says, “We applaud the court’s decision to reject this frivolous objection to the prosecution of Mr. Ford. Prosecutors have a special responsibility to uphold and protect the integrity of the criminal justice system. Mr. Ford betrayed that process by interfering in the prosecution of a case involving a police officer, potentially making it more challenging for this office to hold that officer accountable for his actions during a fatal use-of-force…

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price Charged Man Suspected in Shooting in Oakland and Two Homicides in San Leandro October 24, 2023 Oakland - Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price charged Joshua Ballard, 23, for a shooting at a crowded restaurant in Oakland and the double deadly shootings in the parking lot of 24-Hour Fitness in San Leandro. If convicted for all charges in both cases Ballard faces approximately 88 years to life in state prison. The investigation by OPD shows that around 10 PM on September 3, 2023, Ballard got into a fight with two patrons at an In N Out Burger in Oakland. Ballard reportedly pulled out a gun and shot two rounds into the crowded restaurant. One bullet hit an innocent bystander in the ankle. Ballard fled and an unregistered ghost gun was recovered at the scene. In connection with the restaurant…

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price Commemorates Domestic Violence Awareness Month with 21st Annual Day of Remembrance October 24, 2023 Oakland - Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price is commemorating the 21rst Annual Day of Remembrance during Domestic Violence Awareness month on Friday, October 27, at the Family Justice Center in Oakland. On this day we remember the victims who have been murdered resulting from domestic violence and to empower women, children, and men who have survived physical, emotional and mental abuse often-times by someone they once loved. “I am also a survivor of domestic violence,” says DA Price. “My office is committed to seeking justice on behalf of victims.” One of the first things District Attorney Pamela Price did after taking office is expand the DA’s Domestic Violence Unit, because she says, “in any given year my office is reviewing 5,000 domestic violence arrests.”…

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price Wins Preliminary Injunction Shutting Down Online Sales of Flavored Tobacco Vapes by Livermore-based Apollo E-Cigs District Attorney Pamela Price announces that the Alameda County Superior Court has issued a groundbreaking decision enjoining Apollo E-cigs from selling flavored tobacco products online, rejecting the defendant’s argument that California’s new state ban on flavored tobacco only applies to in-person retail sales.  October 20, 2023  LIVERMORE, CA – On Wednesday, October 11, 2023, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price obtained a preliminary injunction against a major Livermore-based flavored tobacco company, Apollo Future Technology, which does business as Apollo E-cigs. This preliminary injunction extends and expands on the temporary restraining order issued September 1, 2023, shutting down Apollo’s illegal flavored tobacco and synthetic cannabis operation for as long as the District Attorney’s lawsuit is underway. “We are pleased that the Superior Court recognized the gravity of…