Alameda County Superior Court Judge Paul Seeman was arraigned on charges of elder financial abuse and 11 counts of perjury Friday. Seeman, 57, is a graduate of the UC Berkeley School of Law and recently presided over a case in March in which he issued stay-away orders to four Occupy Read More…
Charges were not filed Monday against the two remaining Occupy the Farm protesters for their involvement in the occupation on UC-owned farmland in Albany last month, during which a total of nine people were arrested during a raid on the land. The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office decided not to Read More…
An Alameda County judge ruled Thursday that Daniel DeWitt, the suspect in a Berkeley resident’s murder, is not mentally competent for a trial, according to the Oakland Tribune. DeWitt, who has a history of mental illness, will instead be sent to a state hospital for treatment. DeWitt’s one charge of Read More…
Two Occupy the Farm protesters arrested during last week’s UCPD raid of UC-owned land in Albany had charges dropped against them in court hearings Wednesday. At least nine more protesters arrested May 14 at the Gill Tract in Albany have upcoming pretrial hearings, but according to Deputy District Attorney Teresa Read More…
Charges were upheld against the final protester charged for his involvement in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstrations in a court hearing Wednesday. UC Berkeley graduate student Jasper Bernes became the only protester of the 13 charged following Nov. 9 not to have his charges dismissed at his court appearance Read More…
OAKLAND — The criminal charges against UC Berkeley associate professor of English Celeste Langan were dismissed at a hearing Friday morning almost six months after her initial arrest at the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstrations. Langan, one of 13 protesters and the only professor charged after the Nov. 9 demonstrations, Read More…
Following the direction of UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, the criminal charges against four protesters involved in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstrations were dropped Wednesday in court. The decision to drop the charges against UC Berkeley students Ashley Pinkerton, Justin Tombolesi, Ramon Quintero and Ricardo Gomez comes after charges Read More…
OAKLAND — The charges against one of the protesters involved in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstration were dropped Monday morning following the direction of UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau. Juan Davalos — who faced one misdemeanor charge of obstructing a public place — is one of 13 protesters who Read More…
The majority of the stay-away orders against Occupy Cal protesters — which initially elicited widespread criticism — have been overturned. As of this week, only four of the 12 stay-away orders issued to Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protesters remain. Thirteen protesters have been presented with criminal charges in regard to Read More…
OAKLAND — A judge lifted stay-away orders issued against two protesters in connection with the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protests at a preliminary hearing Friday. At their arraignments last month, a total of 12 stay-away orders were issued to protesters who were charged in relation to the Nov. 9 demonstrations Read More…
