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Judge rules D.A. will stay on Mehserle case

May. 18, 2009
Lawyers for former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle lost their bid today to disqualify the Alameda County district attorney's office from prosecuting him on a murder charge in the slaying of an unarmed passenger on New Year's Day. The ruling by Judge C....
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Gag order in place in BART shooting case

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OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Prosecutors say a former BART mass transit police officer accused of killing a man on New Year's Day has been released on a $3 million bond in Oakland, Calif.

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OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Oakland, Calif., Mayor Ron Dellums called for calm Friday following erroneous reports that the suspect in the shooting of an unarmed man had been freed on bail.

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OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Officials say they'll investigate whether a transit officer in California hit a passenger minutes before the unarmed man was fatally shot by another officer.

BART officer pleads not guilty

OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 16 (UPI) -- A former Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the death of an unarmed man at an Oakland, Calif., BART station.

BART shooting officer arrested in Nevada

OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Former California transit officer Johannes Mehserle, accused of shooting an unarmed man in Oakland, is being held on a murder charge in Nevada, officials said.

Calif. AG to monitor BART shooting probe

OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 11 (UPI) -- California Attorney General Jerry Brown says his office will monitor the investigation into the killing of an unarmed man by a Bay Area Rapid Transit officer.

Three charged in Oakland riot

OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Three men have been charged for their alleged roles in this week's racially charged riot in Oakland, Calif., authorities say.

BART apologizes for New Year's slaying

OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The Bay Area Rapid Transit board has apologized for the New Year's Day death of an unarmed man, shot by a transit police officer in Oakland, Calif.

Cop in transit shooting under guard

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler