December 5, 2024 Oakland, CA – Today, DA Pamela Price announced that the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office Public Accountability Unit’s (PAU) review of the February 17, 2022, fatal shooting of Cody Chavez by Pleasanton Police Officers Brian Jewell and Mario Guillermo has concluded. The PAU thoroughly reviewed, with fresh eyes, the prior Alameda County District Attorney’s Office report, Pleasanton Police Department policies, and the complete case file materials, including but not limited to all available body-worn camera footage, news footage, investigative reports, witness statements, and dispatch recordings.    While this is certainly a tragic outcome and series of events, the PAU has concluded that Officers Guillermo and Jewell cannot be held criminally liable for the killing of Mr. Chavez. The prosecution cannot prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the use of lethal force by Officers Jewell and Guillermo was unjustified.  There are, however, lessons to…

Man Charged in Domestic Violence Case Faces 14 Years to Life in State Prison October 24, 2024 OAKLAND, CA — Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced that Guillermo Renderos (34) is charged with the stabbing attack of his wife while she held their baby in her arms in Castro Valley. Prosecutors charged Mr. Renderos with premeditated attempted murder, corporal injury to a relationship partner, kidnapping, and child abuse and an enhancement for use of a deadly weapon and an enhancement for great bodily injury. The criminal complaint alleges that on or about October 17, 2024, Mr. Renderos forced his wife and baby into his truck. It is further alleged that Mr. Renderos pulled his wife and baby from the truck and proceeded to beat his wife as she held the baby in her arms. The complaint further alleges that Mr. Renderos then pulled out…

District Attorney Pamela Price Charges a Man and Woman in San Leandro Skate Park Murder October 18, 2024 OAKLAND, CA —Today, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced that Devin Stevenson (30) is charged with the deadly shooting of a man at a skate park in unincorporated San Leandro. Prosecutors charged Mr. Stevenson with murder, felony unlawful firearm activity, and felony carrying a loaded firearm in public. The second defendant, Ebony Cook (31), is charged with felony accessory to murder after the fact. The criminal complaint alleges that on or about June 15, 2023, Mr. Stevenson shot and killed the victim after they got into a verbal altercation at the skate park adjacent to the REACH Ashland Youth Center. It is further alleged that Ms. Cook, had knowledge of the deadly shooting and allegedly hid Mr. Stevenson with the intent that he might avoid and…