Accused of murdering the father of her two children. Opening statements were scheduled for today but that did not go according to plan. Abc 7 News Reporter chris reyes is live outside the hall of justice to explain exactly what happened today, chris. Reporter good afternoon. Thats exactly the right way to put it. It has felt like a series of false starts. Tiffany li and kevin bayat were inside the court house. This morning we were expecting Opening Statements but instead the judge briefed the jury for 20 minutes and sent them home. Opening statements have been delayed without any explanation. In a stunning development, the Prosecution Team just moments ago asking the judge to remand one of the key witnesses to custo custody. Olivier adella has pled guilty to dumping the body of keith green. The prosecution argued today that he broke the conditions of his plea deal, which included not using social media and contacting witnesses. Judge robert foils agreed just moments ago to remand adell
Mateo jail on the rape charge. Also false imprisonment. We tried to talk to the suspect at the jail, but he denied our request for an interview. Police arrested 46yearold tonye kolokolo in san bruno yesterday. A 25yearold Woman Told Police she called lyft for a ride early saturday after becoming intoxicated and that colocolopicolocol colocolopicked her up, but instead of taking her home he drove her to him home over an hour away in tracy and raped her. Nbc bay area found a possible address for kolokolo in this tracy neighborhood and neighbors recognized him right away. He does right over there. Yeah, ive seen him before, and i see the lyft there all the time, yeah. Reporter neighbors say theyve never seen any Police Activity at the home and arent close to kolokolo who they say has lived next door at least since 2017. We probably spoke two, three times in the past two years. Reporter the accusations unnerving to say the least. Its pretty terrifying, yeah. I have a 15yearold daughter, ye
It. They went after the troublemakers after the demonstrations. The city would not say if they will use the same strategy but is asking people to stay home. To focus on people who are committing criminal acts, we really need the people who are surrounding them who are peaceful, not necessarily doing anything to separate themselves. Thats going to help police. Reporter Trump Supporters released this video to encourage people to attend the rally. [ music ] its about [ censored ] time. Reporter as of this afternoon, more than 200 people say on facebook they plan to attend. Antitrump protestors say they are ready. The nazis are down here with bats and knives and are attacking people. Then, yes. The movement has a right to kind of get that out of its community. Reporter both sides are not backing down. The city of berkeley sent out a late press release this afternoon saying that the police will arrest anyone caught with rocks, knives, bats, sticks, anything that can be used as a weapon. Liv
Generally do not see this. The bay bridge has a good back up this morning and this is not from the nimitz freeway because there are no delays there or from the east shore, interstate 580 is backed up beyond high with 24, 26 minutes coming out of the Macarthur Mayes. The developing story is a shooting in san jose and how the police have shut down Second Street that is affecting the valley transit and no trains are stopping at the st. James station. Buses are being rerouted as well. A quick ligature forecast. Heres a live look from our roof cam. It is clear once again but cold also as were waking up in some spots. Here is what we are expecting. One hour from now it will be cold in land and we have temperatures in the 40s averaging about 40 degrees. Some locations will be colder than that. Just to be ready in by noon time was see plenty of sunshine. Those temperatures will climb into the mid 70s potentially by letter on this afternoon. The temperatures are around the bay are right around
Was found guilty and sentenced to death. Well continue to follow that story, but there are another major story to bring you. There are more than 100 chinese victims of a travel agency fraud in San Francisco and Police Expect that number will grow along with the losses now in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Reporter vic lee is live in chinatown with the story youll see only on abc 7 news, vic. Reporter many are relatives who pooled their money together to see their relatives in china, others are those who saved for a very long time. All of them bought their fake tickets, unfortunately, at the amuse travel agency here at chinatown and at a Branch Office in millbrae. By the way, this is very similar to another big fraud case in chinatown years ago. It happened six years ago here in chinatown. Angry clients gathering at the abandoned office of a travel agency trying to get their money back. More than 100 mostly elderly chinese defrauded when they bought fake tickets to china. Now its