News / Press Releases

ALAMEDA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY URSULA JONES DICKSON CHARGES MAN WITH MURDER IN CONNECTION TO A DEADLY ROBBERY IN SAN LEANDRO 

Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson Charges Man With Murder in Connection to a Deadly Robbery in San Leandro Charges Include Multiple Gun Enhancements   March 4, 2025   Dublin, CA— Today, Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson announced that Robert Donnelle Hughes (19) has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of Nathaniel Lee McCowan (26) during an armed robbery on April 1, 2024, in San Leandro.   Prosecutors charged Mr. Hughes with murder, robbery, carrying a loaded and concealed firearm in public, and carrying a concealed firearm within a vehicle The charges also include enhancements for being armed with a concealed, unregistered, loaded firearm at the time of the robbery and killing.  “This senseless loss of life is the result of a robbery with a gun, said DA Jones Dickson. “We cannot ignore the potential for physical harm, and death, associated with violent robberies…

0 Comments
March 4, 2025
In the News / News / Official Statements / Press Releases

Former Judge Ursula Jones Dickson Appointed District Attorney of Alameda County

February 18, 2025 Oakland, CA - Today, Ursula Jones Dickson was appointed as the new District Attorney of Alameda County. Ms. Jones Dickson was sworn into office by California Appeals Court Judge Charles Smiley before a large gathering of her family, friends, and supporters in the Chamber of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. The audience was also filled with many past and current members of the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson began her legal career in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, where she was hired by then-District Attorney Thomas J. Orloff. She served as a Deputy District Attorney from 1998 to 2013 before Governor Jerry Brown appointed her to the bench at the Alameda County Superior Court, where she has served for the past 12 years. “The job is the job. We need to do the job of…

0 Comments
February 18, 2025

End of content

No more pages to load