Police arrest man accused in 1979 killing of Sunnyvale bar owner sfchronicle.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sfchronicle.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Suspect in tortoise attack at San Jose preschool held without bail
By Aja Seldon
George Robles mugshot. Photo: San Jose police dept.
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The suspect who authorities say repeatedly broke into a San Jose preschool and attacked the children s pet tortoise has been charged and jailed without bail.
George Robles, 40, faces felony charges of animal abuse, commercial burglary, and vandalism.
The Santa Clara County District Attorney s Office said the crimes began on Jan. 27 at Play ‘n Learn Preschool. Security footage allegedly shows Robles breaking into the school through an unlocked door and stealing about $1,800 worth of computers, iPad Minis, and other electronics.
Case Closed : Mountain View police identify suspect in a 1990 cold case murder of aspiring broadcaster
Published
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - The family of a 27-year-old man killed more than 30 years ago finally has a sense of closure, after Mountain View police identified a suspect in the decades-long cold case.
Police officials on Tuesday announced case closed in the 1990 homicide of Milpitas resident Darrel O’Donnell, who family members described as an aspiring broadcaster who had a wonderful sense of humor, loved life and had a God-given gift of entertaining and talking to people.
On an early morning on October 20, 1990, police responded to reports of a fight that had broken out in the 400 block of Moffett Boulevard. That’s where they found O’Donnell on the ground of a parking lot, suffering from a stab wound. He later died at a hospital.
Written by Megan V. Winslow
After more than 30 years of uncertainty, the family of a murdered Milpitas man now has closure about his death th¬anks to a Mountain View Police Department detective who refused to give up on the long-cold case.
A MVPD press release published Tuesday (Feb. 9) credits Sgt. Dave Fisher with identifying Darryl O’Donnell’s killer: John Snowgrass, a Sunnyvale man who died in 2006. O’Donnell
“You can’t stop,” Fisher said. “It always feels like there is one more chance, one more opportunity, to try and solve a case.”
The press release retraces the murder and MVPD detectives’ efforts to solve the case.