the worker tried to stop kadeem edwards from stealing wooden ballets. the identity is not released of the victim. >> judge persky's presence will be felt in palo alto in court although he is know longer presiding over the case. a student athlete accused of domestic violence giving a deal for classes and community service. the crediteddives say it is another example of a lenient sentence like the brock turner case. >> we are slightly warmer today but check out the numbers, we are not quite back to average yet. onl hayward is at 71 and the rest of us are two to six degrees cooler-than-average and when you step outside, get ready for 40s and 50s and i let you know when the 80s are coming back. >> have the jacket on this morning, and we are okay on all of our main highways here today and the only place we are seeing red, is westbound 205 to 580 from the central valley we had a hit-and-run collision on the shoulder and stop-and-go traffic and you are averaging 17 miles per hour. >> six, moms ago, wikileaks just released the 11th batch of e-mails from the inb

. >> reporter: 27-year-old kadeem edwards of richmond. we're also grateful to the oakland police department for helping to bring a quick resolution to this tragedy. that white truck being towed away is the murder weapon. according to san leandro police and they've arrested this man for murder. all of this, police say, because of a few wooden pallets. >> i don't know the value but i know the recycling of pallets is a big business and for some a primary source of income. >> reporter: someone spotted a man taking pallets and loading them into his truck. it appears the employee tries to stop the thief. >> the suspect in the case drove over the victim critically injuring him, ultimately causing a fatality. >> reporter: san leandro pd shared the information with bay area police. officers spotted this truck, pallets in the back. the driver saw the police and abandoned the truck. >> they saw it abandoned, they saw the man walking away that was driving the truck and caught him just about a block away. >> reporter: we spoke to a man who saw the pol

edwat the warehouse worker and the worker was trying to stop kadeem edwards from stealing pallets and he was run over. >> he paid the tragic price of trying to do the right thing. >> our hearts go out to the victim and all the remain lowees in true world foods, and the family of the victim and his friends. very, very tragic. >> oakland police spotted the truck a few hours after the incident and they took him into custody the victim's identity has still not been released. >> police at uc berkeley are investigating two new sexual assaults the first happen on friday need action female student said she was at a social event off campus fraternity and she recorded unwanted sexual contact. on saturday, another female student recorded she was at an off campus fraternity where an acquaintance assaultd her. people have not disclosed if the incidents are connected. and have not said governor they ahead any arrests. >> a local student athlete is back in court, a case of drawing simulators to one that gained national attention. >> this athlete cut a deal with the same judge as brock turner and the

video show that kadeem edwards intentionally drove over mr. takeshi and fled the scene without stopping, without looking back. >> reporter: police say palette theft is common in industrial areas with some recycle yards paying up to $5 for just one. oakland police spotted edwards by one of the recycle centers in east oakland. he ran, and they found him hiding under a car. i went by watanabe's apartment, but his wife did not want to talk. co-workers placed flowers in the parking lot where he lost his life. >> he stood up for what was right, and he stood up to protect true world foods, even though it was wooden palettes, he did what he thought was right and in doing so tragically lost his life yesterday. truly a senseless act. >> reporter: friends rather watanabe as a father and scout leader. his church started a crowdfunding site to raise money for his family. edwards is being held at the santa rita jail on no bail and is expected it in court on thursday. elissa harrington, abc 7 news. >> so sad. >>> an investigation is under way into a horrific

. >> the suspect is identified as 27-year-old kadeem edwards of richmond. he's being held at santa rita jail and expected to make his first court appearance later this week. >>> another violent weekend, police investigating a string of crimes that happened over the past few days. among those crimes two reported sexual assaults at off-campus uc berkeley fraternities. kron 4's alecia reid is on top of the story. she explains the steps now being taken to try and keep students safe. >> reporter: just after midnight friday, about two blocks from the uc berkeley campus, a victim was robbed of her purse and cell phone. >> i would walk home at like 1:00 a.m. with as much confidence as i used to before. >> i'm going to be extra cautious when i go out at night. >> reporter: police are looking for three suspects, two men and a woman all in their 20s that took off in a sedan. >> really scary for us because we're athletes. we have early morning practice so we're walking to practice in the morning before the sun is up. >> reporter: police say a cal student was attending

. >> reporter:investigators say 54-year-old takeshi watanabe was trying to stop kadeem edwards from stealing wooden pallets here at trueworld foods in san leandro and it cost him his life >>"it is very tragic, it's gut wrenching" >> reporter:san leandro police lt. robert mcmanus says the victim, mr. watanabe was a long time employee at trueworld foods >>"and has gone to work every day for 23-years and to know that man walked out or was in that back parking lot yesterday when mr edwards was stealing the pallets, he stood up for what was right, and he stood up to protect it was wooded pallets, he did what he thought was right and in doing so tragically lost his life yesterday" >> reporter: 11 intentionally drove his white pick up truck over escape. hours later oakland police spotted the white pick-up truck a near wooded pallet recycling center on >>"these officers that are assigned to that specific district in oakland told me, they knew that the truck lou international blvd and san leandro street. lou roe when lou >> reporter: whenhere is video of edwards being taken into custody on monday. >>

he is talking about the criminal process and the justice process for the suspect, 27-year-old kadeem edwards surrounded by officers yesterday taken into custody. >> there was an argument, and the victim works at true world foods in san leandro and apparently the suspect was trying to steal the wooden pallets from the distribution officer and the victim was trying to stop him. we understand that is when somehow the suspect ended up running over the victim. what we do not know is the victim's information and we expect that will come out of the news conference so if it does the next few minutes we will gather that and have it on our website and later newscast. >> the accweather forecast with machine. i can see temperatures in the 20 we will continue to see them possible make some snow overnight as we get closer to the november and maybe it is premature the november onings. look how calm the bay water is this morning. the winds right now at angel island are nearly calm at two to five miles per hour from the north. it is calm. at land, they pick up, at 10 miles per hour in san jose and li

. >> reporter: he saw police searching for the suspect identified as kadeem edwards from richmond. he was caught minutes later. >> they chased him and eventually found him under a parked vehicle. >> reporter: the suspect and his pick up were seen on surveillance video on the loading dock of true world foods where the suspect was stealing wooden pallets. an employ econ fronted the man and tried to stop him from leav up ran the worker down killing him. >> obviously tried to stop a crime today and paid the tragic price of trying to do what was the right thing to do. >> very scary and shocking. >> work you you, woulders reacted to the -- workers reaccount aed to the tragedy. a pallet recycling center is located feet away from where the suspect was arrested. in oakland, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> ama: police are investigating two weekend sexual assault claims. the first happened friday night. she said she was at a social event at an off campus fraternity. the next morning she reported unwanted sexual contact. then another female student reported she was at an off campus fraternity w

. >> reporter: he saw police searching for the suspect identified as kadeem edwards from richmond. he was caught minutes later. >> they chased him and eventually found him under a parked vehicle. >> reporter: the suspect and his pick up were seen on surveillance video on the loading dock of true world foods where the suspect was stealing wooden pallets. an employ econ fronted the man and tried to stop him from leaving, but the pick up ran the worker down killing him. >> obviously tried to stop a crime today and paid the tragic price of trying to do what was the right thing to do. >> very scary and shocking. >> work you you, woulders reacted to the -- workers reaccount aed to the tragedy. a pallet recycling center is located feet away from where the suspect was arrested. in oakland, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> ama: police are investigating two weekend sexual assault claims. the first happened friday night. she said she was at a social event at an off campus fraternity. the next morning she reported unwanted sexual contact. then another female student reported she was at an off ca

hours later police arrested kadeem edwards in oakland. there were still wooden pallets in the back of his pickup truck that he was driving. police say edwards was caught stealing the pallets at the true world foods warehouse just before noon. the employee tried to stop him and was run down. police say pallets are often stolen and then sold to recycling facilities. >>> three hikers from the bay area reported missing in the sierra nevada have all been found safe now. the three hikers were from san jose, sunnyvale and menlo park. a search was launched this morning when they not to do return sunday from a weekend hike. the trio was found safe near sheep camp in tuolumne county this morning. sheriff's officials say there was concern for the group especially with rough winter like weather that moved in through the sierra over the weekend. >>> campaign 2016. the race for the white house shifts out west as both candidates prepare for tomorrow night's third and final presidential debate. final preps are under way in las vegas. this is a look at th

. >> reporter: the suspect, kadeem edwards wearing fatigue pants his hands cuffed, he is walked into a waiting patrol car. police say edwards was driving a pickup truck used in a deadly hit-and-run in san leandro. >> we have now located the vehicle responsible for today's homicide. >> reporter: it happened here at true world foods distribution center in san leandro. authorities say an employee at the center interrupted edwards as he was stealing recyclable wood pallets from the parking lot. >> tried to stop a crime today and paid the price. >> reporter: police say surveillance video shows an argument followed. edwards ran over the employee, left him for dead and kept driving. for hours, police staked out recycling centers like this one in oakland and around 5 p.m. spot the truck at 47th and east 12th. >> the man took off running. the officers chased him and found him hiding under a parked vehicle on 48th avenue. >> reporter: now he is under arrest. authorities say they will examine the truck damage and compare the driver to the man captured on surveillance video fleeing. in san leand

later 27-year-old kadeem edwards was found near a recycle yard in east oakland. >> mr. edwards got out before he started to casually walk away and once the officers got out of the car they found hymn him hiding underneath a parked gar. you can make up to $5 for one wooden palette. i stopped by his apartment and his wife did not want to talk. co-workers policed flowers in the parking lot where he lost his life. we offer our condolences to the loss of a resident of our fine city. very, very tough time. >> friends remember watanabe as a father and church leader. edwards is being held at the santa rita james on no bail. he's expected in court thursday. elissa harrington, abc 7 news. >>> let's go back to the breaking news and a shotgun near a high school in san francisco's excelsior district of the melanie woodrow is live outside june jordan high school. we havy in details. just learned from san francisco unified school district three students were hurt with one of the injuries and three of the students were targeted by outsiders. we have individual over june jordan high sch

edwards was in court today. he's accused of hitting and killing 54-year-old takeshi watanabe with his pickup truck monday in san leandro. police say watanabe was trying to stop edwards from stealing wood palates from the true whole foods warehouse. police arrested edwards near a palette recycling business in oakland. the recycled pal et cetera get $5. >> the countdown to the final president dwral debate less than one hour away that will take place live at the university of nevada las vegas. a look inside where hillary clinton and donald trump will motor for the final time before election day and while this election process is divisive this year there are some voters still in the middle and unsure which candidate deserves their vote. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen joining us live from the campus of san jose state university where voters will gather for a watch party for tonight's debate. chris. >> reporter: that campus watch party begins at 6:00 tonight here at the student union building. experts tell us that j

police have identified the driver as 27-yearld kadeem edwards. he hit the warehouse worker at true world foods a warehouse distribution center. police say the worker was trying to stop him from stealing pallets and was run over. >> he paid the tragic price of doing the right thing. our hearts go out to the victim and all the remain employees in true world foods and the family of the victim and his friends. very, very tragic. >> oakland people spotted the truck a few hours later. the victim's identity is not released. >> people outraged over the brock town other sex assault case are turning to another student athlete, this athlete cut a deal with the same judge as brock turner, and his punishment was too lenient. matt keller in palo alto. >> matt? >> good morning, another athlete, another case of violence against women, and the same judge

police say kadeem edwards killed. he then took off. after searching for five hours, police found edwards hiding under a car. edwards will be back in court november 2nd. >>> a dramatic scene in the san jose neighborhood. late last night, a raging house fire. to make matters worse, an 89-year-old woman was trapped in the backyard. tonight we track down the good samaritan who helped save her life. nbc bay area's gene ellie has the exclusive story of this rescue. jean. >> reporter: neighbors say this house was fully engulfed in flames when a woman who was driving by stopped her car and jumped into action, saving an 89-year-old stranger. neighbors say that woman's name is amber, and tonight amber says she would do it again. >> something in me just snapped. >> reporter: 25-year-old amber pacheco drove by this house fire last night and pulled over. the care giver says she ran to the house and quickly learned the family's grandmother was in the backyard. >> they pointed where she was, and they were screaming and they were scared. so i ran on t

kadeem edwards will be arraigned at 2:00. investigators say he tried to steal wooden pallets from the true world foods warehouse monday. as he drove off, he intentionally hit and killed 54- year-old store worker takeshi watanabe. he was spotted hours later and arrested in oakland. takeshi watanabe's friends say he was a kind and thoughtful person. >>> a town meeting is set to take place in three weeks after two home invasion robberies. the most recent was last thursday, armed subpoenas forcing into a home and ransacked the house and stole jewelry and electronics. the other was in june, three armed men forcing their way into a home and stole money and jewelry. one of the issues expected to be discussed at the meet, the possibility of license plate readers being installed at entry points to the valley. >>> police are searching for a third suspect after an armed home invasion robbery. an 18-year-old and 19-year-old were seen entering a house around 5:20 a.m. yesterday with another suspect. they confronted the resident and stole

takeshi watanabe noticedÃthe suspect 27-year-old kadeem edwards could face a murder charge. using a ford pickup truck as a weapon. i spoke to watanabe's wife of 27 years. she's broke -- she broke into tears. watanabe who worked with the boy scouts was a very kind and thoughtful person. he always followed the boy scout oath. police say he was doing just that on monday morning. >> he stood up for what was right. he stood up to protect true world foods, even though as with -- was wooden pallets. tragically he lost his life yesterday.'s best -- >> reporter: oakland officers spotted the same pickup truck near a pallet recycling center in east oakland. that's when officers say the suspect jumped out of the truck but was found hiding underneath the car. >> two officers, the ones that spotted this, and helped fiveà solve this case within five and half hours. >> we are just trying to do our job. >> reporter: the police arrested him on suspicion of murder. edwards drivers license is currently suspended for the second time. he was a negligent operator. his numerous convictions on his

kadeem edwards is charged with murder. he struck and killed a man on monday. he then took off. after searching for five hours, police found edwards. >>> the rash of burglaries in danville has been prompting changes. >> reporter: surveillance video shows a man calmly buying several gift cards at a gas station. police say the credit cards he uses to pay are the ones he just had stolen from a nearby danville home. >> they were asleep at the time. >> reporter: the robbery happened a few doors down from tom thomas's home on la jolla court on monday. he says it's one of many. >> this area of danville seems to be a little hot spot for the frequency of burglaries. >> wanting to come up with innovative ways of combatting the property crime. >> reporter: the police lieutenant says, to combat a spike in property crime, 13 auto mated license plate readers are being installed throughout the city. >> which will net the exterior of the town with automated license plate readers. >> reporter: six readers will also be mounted on patrol cars. >> the hope is that we get the message out to the crim

edwards out of richmond. edwards was allegedly stealing wood pallets at true world foods. when he was confronted by a company employee. police say at words drove a ford pickup truck toward the 54-year- old, killing him, edwards was spotted in the same truck by open police hours later at a pallet recycling company. the man had worked to that food company for 23 years. >> he stood up for what was right. he stood up to protect true world foods, even though it was wooden pallets. he did what he thought was right. >> edwards has been arrested on suspicion of murder. >>> u.c. berkeley is alluding -- alerting students about two more sexual assaults. both of them happened over the weekend. investigators say in the first case, a female student reported being assaulted at a party friday night. in the second and other student told police she was sexually assaulted by an acquaintance at a party on saturday morning. no arrests have been made. police are not saying whether the two assaults happened at the same fraternity.>

they spotted kadeem edwards in a white pickup truck matching the description in the hit and run from yesterday, and the incident apparently started with a dispute at the true world foods a warehouse in san leandro. the believe he was trying to steal the wood pallets and was confronted by a store employee, and edwards then drove off in the white truck intentionally hitting and killing the store employee. >> a description was given and law enforcement agencies throughout the san francisco bay area, mainly the oakland police department. knowing that a lot of people that recycle the pallets come to this city to do so. >> edwards is being held without bail on suspicion of murder, and there is a large black market for recycling stolen wooden pallets, and it store employee that was killed is not yet been identified. >>> more fallout from the deadly officer involved shooting in el cajon in southern california, 14 people arrested october 1, protesting the shooting death of the uganda refuge alfredo alonso on september 27, mostly for unlawful assembly. the demonstrators have filed a lawsuit sa

police say that this man kadeem edwards ran over a warehouse worker with a pickup truck on monday. police say that 51-year-old takeshi watanabe was killed while trying to stop edwards from taking wooden pallets from the true world foods store. edwards' vehicle was found in east oakland hours after the homicide with the wood still in the back of his truck. he will be arraigned this afternoon. >>> also in san leandro, the police department has a new chief. after serving as interim police chief since march, jeff tudor has just been appointed police chief. according to the department, tudor has worked as an officer since 1995. his career assignment included s.w.a.t., field training officer and departmental instructor. he is a graduate from sonoma state and the fbi national academy. >>> santa rosa police are on the hunt for the man who grabbed a stranger off the streets and sexually assaulted her. the victim told police that a man grabbed her from behind as she was walking on mendocino avenue saturday night. she says that he pushed her into the bushes and then assaulted her. police say

kadeem edwards ran over him with a pickup truck at true world foods on monday. police say 51-year-old takeshi watanabe was trying to stop edwards from stealing from the store when he was run over. the suspect's truck was found in east oakland hours after the homicide. police say there were wooden pallets stolen from the warehouse in the back of the truck. >>> today a big day in novato where a unique affordable housing community will officially open. oma village has 14 small rent homes for families transitioning from homelessness. there was a setback when the place was burglarized but it was replaced. >>> john stumpf is off the board of another company. he also resigned from wells fargo. >> we use them on a regular basis. going forward, we are not going to use them for investments. we won't be using them as a broker/dealer or to underwrite any of our debt issuances. >> santa clara county supervisors voted to stop doing business with them outside of day-to-day operations and in san francisco supervisor john avalos introduced a resolution to cut ties with wells far

now the suspect 27-year-old kadeem edwards could face a murder charge. >> truly a senseless act. >> reporter: i spoke to watanabe's wife of 27 years off camera. she broke into tears and said he was a good man. co-workers at the san leandro company also asked for privacy. but her friend told me watanabe who worked with the boy scouts was a very kind and thoughtful person and always followed the boy scout oath and law. >> and police say he was doing just that on monday morning when he tried to stop a suspect from stealing from his business. >> he stood up for what was right and he stood up to protect true world foods even though it was wand palette -- wooden palettes he did what he thought was right and doing so tragically lost his life. >> reporter: the suspect fled the scene, but not for long. oakland officers spotted the same pickup truck near a palette recycling center in east oakland. that's when officers say that the suspect jumped out of the truck, but was found hiding underneath a car. >> and two diligent officers from the oakland police officer and the ones who spotted this and helped

edwards, that was found five hours after the hit-and- run. police agencies -- >> officers in the oakland police department know there beats very well. >> reporter: well enough that two officers patrolling a hotspot for recycling wood pallets found this waived -- white f250. they matched matched field will description from a deadly hit- and-run in san leandro just hours before. >> discussion was given to law enforcement agencies throughout the san francisco bay area. >> reporter: the search was on after the suspect now in custody was believed to have hit and killed a true world foods warehouse employee with his truck just before noon. police say the suspect contracted the victim after stealing wood pellets. this is a scene in san leandro captured from her helicopter partnership with abc7 news. oakland police officers later change the suspect down 48th avenue and 12th street where he was found hiding under a car at about 5:00 monday night. >> knowing a lot of people who recycle pallets come to the city to do so. >> reporter: edwards is being he

his name is kadeem edwards, he was arrested after five hours of a man hunt, not in san leandro, but right next door in oakland. let's get right to the video. this actually started at around noon at a business in san leandro. an employee was there. he spotted someone trying to steal wooden pallets. according to investigators, he tried to stop edwards from loading his pickup truck, his white pickup truck with the wooden pallets but instead he was running over, he died at the scene. surveillance cameras in the area spotted the white pickup truck, told a nearby police department to be on the lookout. oakland they have many recycling plants, there were a couple police officers and patrols in the area. their experience told them, hang around that area, because a lot of people who steal recyclable items, they tend to go to those places quickly, and that's exactly what they did. they spotted the white pickup truck. they came to the white pickup truck, but he was not in there. they spotted edwards crouching by a nearby car. he was arrested without incident. as far as the man who was killed, kevin

police arrested 27-year-old kadeem edwards on monday night in oakland after officers say they spotted the pickup truck used in the killing. edwards not formally charged but due in court today. >>> the man dead after a pipe bomb explodes in a health clinic in oakland, it appears intentional. 6:30 yesterday evening at the san antonio neighborhood health center. a man in a wheelchair entered the clinic with what appeared to be a pipe bomb and he detonated it taking his life. he died at the scene, no one injured. bomb squad units were called to check for explosives but the scene was cleared. >>> 7:09, a man is phind bars accused of starting more than a dozen fires in free mont, police identified 30-year-old cory minhas as the suspect. they believe he started 16 fires in the warm springs neighborhood since mid july. he lives in the area where the fires broke out. investigators believe he acted alone. >>> just in the kron4 chrysler recalling 200,000 jeep suvs because the air bags may not deploy in a crash. they are saying the wiring can come loose cutting off signals to air bag computer. th

you'll see here police say kadeem had edwards a 27 year old from richmond intentionally drove his white pick up truck after the employee confronted him while he was stealing the palletes. police say after running him over, edwards took off and hours later oakland police spotted that truck under a wood pallete recycling center on east 12th street in oakland. you'll see edwards being taken into custody. some recycling places if you're wondering will give you up to $5 per pallete. as for the man killed, he worked at true world foods for the past 23 years. >> to know that man walked out or was in that backpackerring lot yesterday when mr. edwards was in the process of stealing the palletes he stood up for what was right and he stood up to protect true world foods even though it was wooden palletes, he did what he thought was right and in doing so tragically lost his life yesterday. >> less say they are confident edwards is their man because of witness statements and surveillance video of the actual incident. he's being held without bail scheduled to be arraigned on this murder charge tomorr

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