DA URSULA JONES DICKSON CHARGES MAN WITH THE ATTEMPTED MURDERS OF FIVE OAKLAND POLICE OFFICERS
Charges Include Multiple Gun Enhancements
August 12, 2025
Oakland, CA — Today, District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson announced that the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has charged Jesse Fahrner (54) with multiple counts of attempted premeditated murder and shooting at Oakland Police Officers with a semiautomatic handgun.
Mr. Fahrner is charged with five counts of attempted willful, deliberate, and premeditated murder of a peace officer engaged in the performance of their duty and five additional counts of assault on a peace officer with a semiautomatic firearm. These charges include sentencing enhancements for firing a gun. Finally, Mr. Fahrner is charged with two counts of felony child abuse.
On August 8, 2025, Mr. Fahrner is alleged to have shot a gun at Oakland Police Officers who were responding to a 911 dispatch related to a domestic disturbance at an apartment complex on West Grand Avenue. Mr. Fahrner allegedly fired his weapon from inside a residence, nearly hitting officers after they knocked on the front door and announced themselves as Oakland Police. At the time that he fired his gun it is alleged that the residence was occupied by Mr. Fahrner, an adult female, and two children.
Jesse Fahrner is scheduled for arraignment on August 12, 2025, at 9 a.m. in Department 112 of the Wiley Manuel Courthouse in Oakland.
Oakland, CA — Today, District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson announced that the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has filed murder charges against Rohith Sunil for the July 17, 2025, shooting death of Ms. Casey Way (41). The victim was shot and killed while walking her dogs in San Leandro. Her death was the second murder in San Leandro.
Mr. Sunil has also been charged with assault with a semi-automatic gun and carrying a loaded weapon in public, all felonies. In addition, the charges include sentencing enhancements for the personal use of a firearm, causing death. If convicted, Mr. Sunil could be sentenced to up to 50 years to life in state prison.
The criminal complaint alleges that on July 17, 2025, Ms. Way was walking her dogs with a friend on E.14th Street when Mr. Sunil approached. Mr. Sunil allegedly had a conversation with the victim and her friend, and then suddenly pulled out a handgun and shot Ms. Way.
Rohith Sunil is scheduled to be arraigned at 9 a.m. in Department 702 at the East County Hall of Justice in Dublin.
HATE CRIME CHARGE FILED IN KNIFE INCIDENT ON BART PLATFORM IN FREMONT
July 14, 2025
Oakland, CA – Today, District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson announced that the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has filed charges against Michael Eugene Sprague (45), including brandishing a weapon and a hate crime enhancement, for allegedly threatening a BART patron waiting for a train with a knife while shouting “go back to your country.”
The complaint alleges that on July 10, 2025, Mr. Sprague threatened the BART patron while exhibiting a deadly weapon in a rude, angry, or threatening manner. The complaint contains a hate crime enhancement, which alleges that Mr. Sprague committed the alleged crime because of the victim’s actual characteristics and perceived characteristics with respect to race and ethnicity.
Michael Eugene Sprague’s arraignment is scheduled for July 15, 2025, at 9 AM, in Department 712 at the East County Hall of Justice in Dublin.
Charges Include Gun and Great Bodily Injury Enhancements
July 9, 2025
Oakland, CA — Today, District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson announced that the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has filed murder charges against Andre Thomas Williams (49) for the deadly shooting of Ryan Montgomery Christie (47).
The complaint alleges that on June 13, 2025, Mr. Williams shot and killed Ryan Montgomery Christie. Mr. Williams is further alleged to have personally and intentionally discharged a firearm, causing the death of the victim. In addition, Mr. Williams is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The complaint includes enhancements for the use of the firearm and the infliction of great bodily injury upon Ryan Montgomery Christie.
Andre Thomas Williams is currently being held without bail. He waived his arraignment today and is scheduled to appear for a plea hearing on Monday, July 14, 2025, in Department 702 at the East County Hall of Justice in Dublin.
This is the first homicide in San Leandro in 2025.
Oakland, CA — District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson announced today that the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has filed felony charges against Emmanuel Gonzalez Mendoza (34).
On Friday, June 27, 2025, at approximately 3:30 a.m., California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers from the Oakland Area Office responded to a report of a multi-vehicle traffic collision on Interstate 80 eastbound, near Buchanan Street in Alameda County. Upon arrival, officers discovered a three-vehicle crash, which tragically resulted in the death of one driver. Mr. Gonzalez Mendoza is alleged to be the driver of the vehicle that caused the crash. It is further alleged that at the time he was driving, Mr. Mendoza had an excessive amount of alcohol in his system and that he was driving under the influence of alcohol, causing the tragic death of the victim in this case.
Mr. Gonzalez Mendoza has been charged with the following felony offenses: gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
“Our hearts go out to the family and loved ones of the victim whose life was tragically cut short by this senseless act,” said District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson.
Emmanuel Gonzalez Mendoza will be arraigned July 1, 2025, in Department 112 of the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse in Oakland.
