Area. Kron 4s Charles Clifford is live tonight in the newsroom with details. Charles. chuck well, the Santa Rosa Police department, the Sonoma County Sheriffs Office and the Coroners Office are calling this a disturbing trend and they want to warn the public. Over the past ten days, 5 people in santa rosa have died from apparent drug overdoses. 3 men and 2 women, ages 2766. The Sonoma County Sheriffs Office says that 3 of the victims died in public places. Sot toxicology tests on the victims showed they all had heroin in their systems but its highly unusual for so many people to die from overdoses in such a short period of time in the same area. Authorities suspect the victims may have gotten the heroin from the same source and that the drugs may have been tainted. Sotthe concern now is that more people may use heroin from that tainted batch and authorities are hoping to warn the public before its too late. Sot says at this point we dont know if something has been mixed into the drug.
Pam, i talked with former bart chief gary gee and former fbi special agent rick smith. Together they have around 60 years of experience. Bart mob attack last saturday in oakland. Safeway mob burglary grab last month in San Francisco. Carnival mob attack last month in oakland. Former fbi special agent rick smith says we are seeing a change. Rick smithsot i dont think its a good sign of the times i think a lot of this stuff happens because i think there is no consequence. It needs to be a multifaceted approach to a real problem and that is an increase in low level crime. If it is allowed to happen more serious things are going to happen. In the bart mob attack on saturday 6 out of the 9 train cars had working cameras. There were also multiple working cameras at the coliseum station. Bart says state law doesnt allow them to release the video because the suspects appear to be juveniles. Former bart police chief gary gee says the fact that they arent or are unable to release video or pictur
I think a lot of this stuff happens because i think there is no consequence. It needs to be a multifaceted approach to a real problem and that is an increase in low level crime. If it is allowed to happen more serious things are going to happen. In the bart mob attack on saturday 6 out of the 9 train cars had working cameras. There were also multiple working cameras at the coliseum station. Bart says state law doesnt allow them to release the video because the suspects appear to be juveniles. Former bart police chief gary gee says the fact that they arent or are unable to release video or pictures is certainly out of the ordinary. Gary geesot i know you dont release photos of minors of who you have identified and are in custody but if you have a crime in progressand you see this all the time where gangs of juveniles will attack a store in the mall and gang up on innocent customers and all thatthose videos become public and no faces are hidden there so i was surprised that bart would be
I think a lot of this stuff happens because i think there is no consequence. It needs to be a multifaceted approach to a real problem and that is an increase in low level crime. If it is allowed to happen more serious things are going to happen. In the bart mob attack on saturday 6 out of the 9 train cars had working cameras. There were also multiple working cameras at the coliseum station. Bart says state law doesnt allow them to release the video because the suspects appear to be juveniles. Former bart police chief gary gee says the fact that they arent or are unable to release video or pictures is certainly out of the ordinary. Gary geesot i know you dont release photos of minors of who you have identified and are in custody but if you have a crime in progressand you see this all the time where gangs of juveniles will attack a store in the mall and gang up on innocent customers and all thatthose videos become public and no faces are hidden there so i was surprised that bart would be
Cloudy breezy day and well get some sunshine in here but probably not until thursday. 50s, 60s to near 70 degrees. 4 31. Things are quiet sal. Yeah, quiet so far. It looks pretty good on interstate 80. Not a bad commute here for the Solano County commute and as you drive over the carcinas bridge and down the east shore freeway its only taking 18 minutes. Thats about as good as it gets with no major problems and when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza you can see the traffic is light here. At 4 31. Lets go back to the desk. Well the county medical examiner who ruled the death was a homicide testified yesterday in a trial. Three clashg correctional deputies are santa clara correctional deputies are before he bled to death in his cell. Now the guards have pled not guilty. If theyre convicted they could get life in prison. The tennessee teacher who was arrested on charges of kidnapping a 15yearold student and bringing her to california has made his First Court Appearance in the case. Tad