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Attempted murder suspect arrested in Richmond SWAT standoff

A 26-year-old man wanted in connection with an attempted murder in Richmond surrendered to a SWAT team Wednesday morning after an overnight standoff, a Richmond police lieutenant said.

A special investigations unit located attempted murder suspect Todd Gillard, of Richmond, as he was going into an apartment at Gately Avenue and Ells Street around 10 p.m., Lt. Bisa French said.

A SWAT team surrounded the apartment and was in contact with Gillard.

They negotiated with him throughout the night until he surrendered around 5 a.m. and was taken into custody, French said.

Gillard had a $1.5 million arrest warrant out for him in connection with a February attempted murder, French said. No one was injured in the standoff, she said.

_{Wed, 16 May 2012 12:52:26 -0700}

Tuberculosis patient jailed for not taking medicine

Authorities have taken the unusual step of jailing and charging a tuberculosis patient who they say refused to take medication to keep his disease from becoming contagious.

Health officials said Armando Rodriguez, 34, of Stockton has active tuberculosis, which can include coughing up blood or sputum and can spread through the air.

"He is noncompliant with his tuberculosis treatment and because of this there is a danger that he may become contagious and/or develop multidrug resistant tuberculosis," Ginger Wick, nursing director for San Joaquin County, said in a letter requesting a warrant for Rodriguez's arrest.

Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that usually attacks the lungs.

Rodriguez was arrested Tuesday and is expected to be arraigned Thursday on two counts of refusing to comply with a tuberculosis order to be at home at certain times and make appointments to take his medication.

He will likely be appointed a public defender.

The county has had more than 30 tuberculosis prosecutions since 1984, prosecutor Stephen Taylor said. It also has prosecuted a woman accused of knowingly giving syphilis to her sex partners and refusing treatment.

Taylor said San Joaquin County is more aggressive than other jurisdictions in prosecuting tuberculosis patients to get them to take their medication.

The criminal prosecutions are an extension of the practice of medicine, he said.

"The criminal cases we're dealing with generally involve drug users who are harder to treat and manage because the TB medicines conflict with street drugs," he said. "We have to throw these people in jail and treat them as in-patients. They don't cooperate as out-patients."

Rodriguez was discharged in March from San Joaquin General Hospital with four medications for active tuberculosis and agreed to take the drugs under observation by a county health official on weekdays and on his own on weekends, authorities said.

He failed to self-administer the drugs on one day, telling a nurse he had gone on an alcohol binge and taken methamphetamine and didn't want to hurt his liver, Wick said in her letter.

He allegedly refused to take the drugs on another day and then was not at home on three occasions and missed an appointment.

Each charge against Ramirez carries a maximum penalty of a year behind bars. In her letter, Wick said Rodriguez would need nine months of treatment.

_{Wed, 16 May 2012 11:48:46 -0700}

Dog tossed off balcony leads to Livermore SWAT arrest

A Motel 6 in Livermore was evacuated and a SWAT team called in early Thursday morning after a man allegedly threw a small dog from a balcony and then pointed a gun at a fellow guest who confronted him about the dog-tossing, police said.

Police received a call around 2:30 a.m. about a confrontation between guests at the Motel 6 at 4673 Lassen Road, police said.

Arriving officers spoke with the victim, who told them he had seen the suspect, later identified as Michael Hamby, 39, throw a small dog off of a second-floor balcony, police said.

The dog landed on the ground below and was found uninjured, police said.

The victim confronted Hamby about throwing the dog, which led to an argument in which the motel clerk intervened and managed to get the two guests to return to their rooms, police said.

The victim told officers that a short time later, he heard a knock at his door and when he opened it, he allegedly found Hamby standing in the doorway. He said Hamby pointed a gun at him and then ran off, according to police.

A SWAT team consisting of Livermore and Pleasanton police officers was called to the motel because there was a gun involved, and because Livermore police have a history with Hamby, according to police.

Hamby had been arrested by Livermore police on April 27 on suspicion of assault, child endangerment and illegal firearm possession, police said.

When the SWAT team arrived, surrounding motel rooms and nearby businesses were evacuated, police said.

SWAT team members entered Hamby's room but he was not inside; however, he was located nearby and taken into custody around 7:20 a.m., police said.

Hamby was arrested on suspicion of felony animal cruelty and was booked into the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, police said.

According to police, the victim is not pressing charges for the alleged gun incident. No gun was found at the scene, police said.

_{Wed, 16 May 2012 11:02:03 -0700}

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