Contra Costa County DA charges ‘American Nightmare’ Vallejo kidnapper in previously unreported 2015 case
The announcement marks another stunning twist in the burgeoning number of alleged kidnappings, break-ins and rapes that Matthew Muller apparently confessed to in letters sent to a central
No Charges Filed in Fatal Orinda Road Rage Shooting Incident, Says Contra Costa County DA
Charges were not filed in a fatal road rage shooting in Orinda, where a driver shot and killed Scott Decker after being attacked. An investigation is ongoing, and the resident's camera footage is evidence.
Convicted kidnapper at center of Netflix's 'American Nightmare' faces new charges in Contra Costa County
Muller was responsible for the 2015 kidnapping and sexual assault of a Northern California woman, initially dismissed as a "hoax" by Vallejo police.
A decade-old ladder, a half-dozen letters and the story of how an ‘American Nightmare’ kidnapper allegedly came to Contra Costa County
He’s exceptionally intelligent, exceptionally educated and exceptionally well practiced in the art of sneaking into people’s houses and terrorizing them,” one official
Convicted kidnapper at center of Netflix's 'American Nightmare' faces new charges in separate 2015 kidnapping
The DA's office has filed three felony charges of kidnapping for ransom against Convicted kidnapper Matthew Muller in Contra Costa Superior Court.
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The Contra Costa County Coroner's Office has identified a 15-year- old San Jose boy who was killed early Sunday morning when the car in which he was riding slammed into a freeway support pillar in ...
Suspected weapons dealer arrested in connection to shooting at Contra Costa County Fairgrounds
A man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that happened at the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds in September, the ...
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Local schools represented in County Mock Trial Program
De Anza High, Richmond High, El Cerrito High and Hercules High are among the 19 schools represented at the 44th Annual Contra ...
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Pay increase would make Richmond City Council and mayor the highest paid in Contra Costa County
A proposed 80% pay increase would make Richmond City Council and mayor the highest paid in Contra Costa County.
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Crime and Public Safety
Contra Costa County prosecutors on Monday charged Matthew Muller — the imprisoned man featured in Netflix’s most recent season of “American Nightmare” — in a 2015 kidnapping and ransom ...
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Contra Costa County Animal Shelter well over capacity, needs public's help
The Contra Costa County Animal Shelter is making an urgent plea. It’s well over its maximum capacity and needs homes for many animals quickly. “We like to maintain our kennel inventory on dogs ...
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County MLK Jr. commemoration to honor Humanitarians of Year
Local community advocate Rodney “Alamo” Brown, founder of the Soulful Softball Sunday organization, will be honored as Adult ...
How the "American Nightmare" victims helped get kidnapper Matthew Muller to confess to more crimes
"American Nightmare" victims Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn worked with two small-town law enforcement officials to get kidnapper Matthew Muller to confess to more cold case crimes.