Alameda County Jury Convicts John Ravano for Sustained Sexual Assault of a Child  November 2, 2023  Dublin – Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced today the guilty verdict in the sexual abuse case filed against John Ravano in 2020. Ravano, now nearly 80 years old was charged with 16 felonies related to aggravated sexual assault of a child and possession of child pornography. His victim, the daughter of Ravano’s girlfriend, was around 11 years old when the abuse started.   The complaint focused on crimes committed between October 2003 and March 2004 when the victim was between 11 and 12 years of age. The victim, now in her 30s, reported the abuse in 2020, citing repressed memory as the cause of the delay.  She reported the abuse took place from 2003 to 2006 approximately four days every week on the nights her mother was working…

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price Charges Jeremy Kirk with Felonies Related to Multiple Acts of Child Molestation  November 2, 2023   Dublin – Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price charged Jeremy Kirk for sexually molesting multiple children under the age of fourteen. The crimes include sexual penetration of a 10-year-old girl, sodomy and intercourse with a child under the age of 10, and lewd and lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14.    If convicted on all charges, Jeremy Kirk faces a maximum of 115 years to life in state prison.    The complaint alleges the molestation took place in Alameda County between 2008-2022 with the children of Kirk’s female friends and girlfriends. Kirk had been convicted in 1999 for lewd and lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14 in San Joaquin County where he had also been convicted of misdemeanor…

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…