Ashley. The bay area man accused of running a massive online drug ring is leaving town. He agreed to go to new york to face charges for an operation Authorities Say existed in something called the deep web. The furtherest recesses of the internet. San Francisco Police say he made a fortune selling drugs there. And tonight is he facing all sorts of charges. He appeared in court today in leg shackles, being exindicted to new york because that is where the u. S. Attorney filed charges against him. He waive his right to ask for bail. In federal court today he agreed to remain in custody while transported to new york. Once there, hell face Money Laundering and drug charges related to a black market for drugs. Authorities say the 29yearold resident used the alias Dread Pirate Roberts like the character in the Princess Bride and he operated silk road on a so called deep web where fictitious names and e mails are hard to track. Courts show silk road sold a billion dollars of Illegal Drugs in t
State of california. Thats illegal. Reporter the 49ers organization is aware of recent developments with aldon arising from an incident in his home in 2012. We recognize the serious nature of the situation as does aldon and we will continue to monitor it closely. Smith could face up to four years in prison if convicted on all of these weapons counts. We made a call to his attorney on this case today. At this point we have not received a reply. Thank you, mark. We have some breaking news where police are responding to a deadly shooting in San Francisco. From chopper 5, youre looking at the excelsior neighborhood. Calls came in of a shooting at mission and brazil avenues about 4 15, 45 minutes ago. Several blocks of mission have been shut down. Emergency crews are there. Police and ambulances. Right now, we have no information on suspects. Well bring you more information as we get it. Details about a body found in the stairwell at San Francisco general hospital. Officials announced today
City college of San Franciscos evans center will graduate 48 construction students into the workforce this week. We see it growing rapidly. Reporter torrence is the schools dean. Many of his students plan to be entrepreneurs starting their own construction businesses. Definitely complete one of our programs in construction, your life is going to be different. I mean, your social economics will change. Reporter thats what bell is banking on. First in her family to go into this line of workers she is optimistic about her future. I mean, its booming. You see theres a lot of work out there. Reporter some of the students in that piece are part of an 18week program called, city build. They tell me it was really their open door to the whole construction industry. Ken, back to you. Good to see them out there. We need really good skilled people to do that kind of work, mark. Kpix 5s da lin continues our Team Coverage in san leandro tonight with a project aimed at revitalizing that city. Da. Rep
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Reporter Lynne Spauldings disappearance prompted a search of the ground. They refused to answer questions about the search, security measures, why her body was discovered 17 days later. I here the Sheriffs Department nished a search initiated a search, it wasnt a good one. Reporter current patient search protocols are written and unwritten guidelines. He said answers will come after the investigation is complete. The family says that is not soon enough. The fact that a woman was missing for 17 days and found in a hospital, steps away from her bed, that should be of concern to any thinking person. It is a nightmare. Reporter 45 minutes ago i spoke to the hospitals chief operating officer, at 6 00 p. M. What he told me about the search for Lynne Spaulding and the surveillance cameras. David stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. And our Team Coverage continues with ktvus allie rasmus. She joins us live from San Francisco where Lynne Spaulding had deep roots. Lynne spaulding was a regular custom