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Darryl Small was sentenced to seven years in prison after he was arrested and pleaded guilty following an investigation by the FBI’s Safe Streets Task Force.

Paul Arteta (R) What incident, circumstance or other factor prompted you to run for sheriff? Serving this great County proudly for three decades at the Sheriff’s Office has given me the experience, kn...

Diana Becton is the first woman, and first African American, to serve as district attorney in the county's 167-year history. She is the only African American district attorney in California.

Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton won re-election Tuesday, defeating county prosecutor Mary Knox with 56 percent of the vote.

A city man recently was sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges related to drug trafficking.

Retired FBI agent Maria Jocys easily collected enough signatures from Durham voters to get her name on the midterm ballot to challenge Sheriff Clarence Birkhead as an unaffiliated candidate. But of the 15,865 she received, a third appear suspect.

Mayor Byron Brown to Appear with Black Press By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Eight days before the self-avowed white supremacist Payton Gendron’s mass shooting in Buffalo, detectives laid out a hoard of weaponry that they seized in less than a week. The weapons included ghost guns, automatic pistols, assault | Mayor Byron Brown to Appear with Black Press By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Eight days be...

A man was arrested police said he stabbed a woman to death in downtown Indianapolis during an argument in which he was accused of taking pictures of her, according to a probable cause affidavit.

By Margaret Moore The Cold Case Homicide Unit established under the leadership of Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton was instrumental in finding justice for the family of Meekiah Wadley, who was murdered in Richmond in 1999. Last month, Becton was joined by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Acting Richmond Police Chief Louie | By Margaret Moore The Cold Case Homicide Unit established under the leadership of Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton was instrument...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Woonsocket man was sentenced today to two years in federal prison for participating in the distribution of crack cocaine, announced