Samuel Stone, 21, will face a murder charge in the February death of Zainab Mansoor. “If he walks away, still, I lost my daughter,” Mansoor’s father, Mansoor Naseem, said after a preliminary hearing Tuesday. “If he gets a full sentence, I still lost my daughter. She meant everything to me.”
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Santa Cruz police make arrest in DeLaveaga Park-area stabbing
The Santa Cruz Police Department has arrested a 31-year-old man in a fatal stabbing on Friday at George Washington Grove in the DeLaveaga Park area.
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Man fatally stabbed in DeLaveaga Park area in Santa Cruz’s second homicide of the year
A stabbing incident near DeLaveaga park has left a man dead. It is the second homicide in the city of Santa Cruz this year.
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Santa Cruz police to review excessive force complaint after multiple officers arrest Westside cyclist
Witnesses say Santa Cruz police officers used excessive force Wednesday morning when arresting a Black man on his bike. Deputy Chief Jon Bush said the department is investigating a community complaint it received about the incident.
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Man found guilty of first-degree murder in downtown Santa Cruz parking garage stabbing
The weeklong trial in Neoklis Koumides’ November 2022 murder came to an end Friday afternoon when a Santa Cruz Superior Court jury found John Frederick Burke guilty of first-degree murder with an enhancement of the use of a deadly weapon. Burke’s sentencing date will be determined after a final hearing next Thursday.
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Trial begins in 2022 killing of Neoklis Koumides in downtown Santa Cruz parking garage
The trial for the murder of Neoklis Koumides — known by the nickname Nick the Greek — began Monday morning with the prosecution calling witnesses from law enforcement and unhoused individuals who were at the scene of the incident in the early morning hours of November 21, 2022.
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Fired UC Santa Cruz prof Gopal Balakrishnan settles sexual assault lawsuit by former student
Gopal Balakrishnan, a former professor at UC Santa Cruz, agreed to pay $45,000 to Anneliese Harlander, a UCSC alumna who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Balakrishnan, according to the terms of Wednesday’s settlement.
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Authorities identify UCSC student killed at Seabright Beach
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office identified the UC Santa Cruz student killed at Seabright State Beach late last week as Zainab Mansoor, 21, of San Ramon.
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Friends, community members honor Alyx Herrmann as they await boyfriend’s arraignment for murder
Theo Lengyel, boyfriend of missing Capitola resident Alice “Alyx” Kamakaokalani Herrmann, is set to be arraigned on murder charges Feb. 8. Herrmann’s Outrigger Santa Cruz teammates, family and community members gathered last Sunday for a vigil at the Santa Cruz Harbor to remember how Herrmann had touched their lives.
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Suspect in Highway 1 shooting tied to other Bay Area gun crimes, Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office says
33-year old Raphael Shakur Abduh-Salam is currently being held in a Contra Costa County jail after investigators arrested him in connection with a Highway 1 shooting last May. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is hopeful that he will be arraigned by the end of the month.
