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Crime logs Fairfield Tuesday, Nov. 17 4:36 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 2100 block of LIGHTHOUSE DRIVE 6:17 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 300 block of DAHLIA STREET 8:16 a.m. — Battery, 700 block of MUSTANG COURT 8:51 a.m. — Vandalism, TABOR AVENUE 9:26 a.m. — Indecent exposure, 1200 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 9:41 a.m. — Residential burglary, 300 block of WISCONSIN STREET 10:17 a.m. — Vandalism, 2500 block of HUBER DRIVE 10:58 a.m. — Grand theft, 5000 block of VANDEN ROAD 11:05 a.m. — Reckless driver, PEABODY ROAD 11:57 a.m. — Forgery, 1500 block of JEFFERSON STREET 12:01 p.m. — Commercial burglary, 800 block of EAST TRAVIS BOULEVARD 12:12 p.m. — Vandalism, 1000 block of WEBSTER STREET 12:40 p.m. — Shots fired, 1500 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 1:40 p.m. — Commercial burglary, 800 block of EAST TRAVIS BOULEVARD 2:22 p.m. — Reckless driver, WESTBOUND AIR BASE PARKWAY 2:36 p.m. — Battery, 500 block of DAKOTA STREET 3:41 p.m. — Indecent exposure, 2200 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 4:48 p.m. — Shooting into a dwelling, 2600 block of ORCHID STREET 5:16 p.m. — Vandalism, BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 5:26 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 1100 block of DOVE WAY 5:51 p.m. — Shooting into a dwelling, NORTH TEXAS STREET 6:08 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1300 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD 6:58 p.m. — Grand theft, 500 block of BELL AVENUE 7:34 p.m. — Battery, 200 block of DE SOTO DRIVE 7:56 p.m. — Drunken driver, FOURTH STREET 8:59 p.m. — Trespassing, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 9:54 p.m. — Trespassing, 2500 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 11:16 p.m. — Robbery, 400 block of GREGORY STREET
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Wednesday, Nov. 18 5:18 a.m. — Commercial burglary, 2800 block of CORDELIA ROAD 7:16 a.m. — Vandalism, 2700 block of SEABREEZE DRIVE 9:16 a.m. — Battery, 1400 block of WOOLNER AVENUE 9:29 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 1100 block of DOVE WAY 10:22 a.m. — Forgery, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 10:57 a.m. — Forgery, 700 block of YORKSHIRE LANE 11:27 a.m. — Grand theft, 5100 block of FERMI DRIVE 11:39 a.m. — Forgery, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 11:45 a.m. — Vandalism, 1800 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 1:06 p.m. — Battery, 1500 block of OLIVER ROAD 1:51 p.m. — Vandalism, 100 block of GROBRIC COURT 1:55 p.m. — Forgery, 2900 block of TURNBERRY COURT 2:24 p.m. — Reckless driver, BECK AVENUE 3:35 p.m. — Reckless driver, 1300 block of OLIVER ROAD 6:28 p.m. — Shots fired, 1600 block of CLAY STREET 9:30 p.m. — Vandalism, 600 block of WHITEHALL CIRCLE
Suisun City Tuesday, Nov. 17 3:17 p.m. — Hit-and-run no injury, KLAMATH DRIVE 4:12 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 900 block of HARLEQUIN WAY 4:15 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, HARBOR CENTER 4:32 p.m. — Reckless driver, HIGHWAY 12 / WALTERS ROAD
Wednesday, Nov. 18 1:47 a.m. — Trespassing, LEMONWOOD WAY 7:13 a.m. — Vandalism, 700 block of WIGEON WAY 7:59 a.m. — Vandalism, AMADOR WAY 6:16 p.m. — Hit-and-run no injury, STELLER WAY
PD releases video from council events that led to 9 arrests Daily Republic Staff
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FAIRFIELD — Police released 45 minutes of body camera footage Wednesday night from two officers who took part in the arrests of nine people during a City Council meeting Tuesday. The arrests came after a protest that followed reported results of an investigation into a fatal shooting several years ago in Vallejo by a current Fairfield police officer, and after a perceived inability to address the City Council during time that’s typically set aside for public comments. One of those arrested was a candidate for City Council in the Nov. 3 election. The Fairfield City Council went into recess for about 20 minutes after the protest started. The meeting continued once the protesters were taken from the room. The agenda for the meeting lists a time for public comments near the start of the meeting. Members of the group Fairfield Change began a series of chants – mainly calls to be heard – after Police Chief Deanna Cantrell gave a presentation on the results of an investigation into the shooting death in September 2012 of 23-year-old Mario Romero in Vallejo that involved current Fairfield Police Officer Dustin Joseph and another Vallejo officer. The report concluded there was no criminal wrongdoing on Joseph’s part or on the part of the other officer. Cantrell’s report was not listed on the agenda for the meeting.
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A screen capture from a Fairfield police officer body camera video shows officers arresting nine people during a City Council meeting, Tuesday. Police said Wednesday in a press release that Cantrell addressed the matter during the council session in an attempt to respond to questions from the community about the process that led to Joseph’s employment by the department. Joseph, who joined the Fairfield department in 2018, is also included in an outside investigation authorized by the city of Vallejo into allegations that Vallejo officers who shot people in the community bent the tips of their badges to acknowledge the shootings, Cantrell reported later Tuesday in a letter to Fairfield residents posted by the Police Department. Cantrell said in the letter that Joseph is not currently working the streets. “I understand this is concerning to the community, and I want you to know it is equally concerning to me,” Cantrell wrote of the badge-bending allegations. Nine people were arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of disturbing a meeting, a misdemeanor offense. They were identified as Kameron A.
Holzendorf, 27, Elizabeth S. Stetson, 23, Adrienne L. Thomas, 20, Crystal L. Ramirez, 24, Jimarielle S. Bowie, 23, Dennis E. Green, 35, Jace Sears, 18, and a 17-year-old girl, all Fairfield residents; and Andres X. Rivera-Cruz, 23, of Suisun City. Bail for each of the adults was set at $5,000. All were soon released from custody. Holzendorf was one of three candidates seeking the new District 4 seat on the City Council. He finished third among three candidates based on unofficial results posted Tuesday by the Solano County Elections Office. Green said at the time of his arrest that he was not part of the protest. That was confirmed Wednesday by the group Fairfield Change, whose members attended the City Council meeting to question the decision to hire Joseph to serve with the Police Department. Members of the group have attended City Council meetings since June and began asking questions about Joseph in August. The group said in a post to its Facebook page
Wednesday that the City Council “tried to repress public comment.” “We come, we speak, we are ignored. These tactics were clearly oppressive and intentional,” the group said on its Facebook page. “One of the people arrested was simply a Black man attending the City Council for his own personal reasons. But because he was Black and in close proximity to protestors they arrested him. FOR NO REASON.” Fairfield Change said the city would rather send eight people to jail during a pandemic than answer questions about Joseph. They indicated in a Facebook post prior to the meeting that if they were not heard, they would not allow the meeting to proceed. The videos released by police contain profanity and may not be suitable for younger viewers. Members of Fairfield Change talked about their experience Wednesday on the group’s Instagram page. It can be viewed at https://www.instagram. com/tv/CHv3rOnng0S/?i gshid=oku1nejahx16.
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Solano County Supervisor Jim Spering, right, presents Guido Colla, 96, a framed resolution from the Board of Supervisors acknowledging his 25 years on the Solano
Irrigation District board of directors, and more than 60 years of service in the county, March 3. Colla died recently at the age of 96.
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eat, arriving just after her mother finished baking. John Harter, who owns Waterfront Comics, knew Colla all his life. “He was Suisun City for about two generations,” Harter said. traveled Har ter in 1987 to the Major League Baseball All Star Game in Oakland. Accompanying him were Colla, Manuel Baracosa and Bill Jones. They traveled in Jones’ van, which had no seats in the back. Three men who have served as the city’s mayor. All are gone now. When Harter learned of Colla’s death, that was the first memory he had. Colla would joke with Harter and his father, tell them they needed to lose a little weight if they wanted him as a pallbearer. The Solano County Board of Supervisors honored Colla in March, calling him one of “the statesmen of Solano County.” Super v isor Jim Spering, who also served
From Page One it eventually. Councilman Anthony Adams, who noted it may be his last City Council meeting depending on the outcome of the Nov. 3 election, said Colla was a very nice man who just wanted to serve his community. Councilwoman Jane Day said she knew Colla for at least 50 years and mentioned he was well loved. “He had a way of his own with people, making them feel comfortable with things,” she said. She credited Colla with her decision to run for City Council. “He will be greatly missed,” said Mayor Pro Tem Wanda Williams, who also served on Suisun-Solano Water Agency with Colla. Colla also served on the Solano County grand jury. He was appointed to the Solano Irrigation
District Board of Directors in 1994, stepping down this year. The 1942 Armijo graduate went on to teach at Crystal School, served as the principal of Tolenas School and as superintendent of the Travis School District. He and his wife, Rosie, celebrated 72 years of marriage in June. Yolanda Messer was a fellow Class of 1942 member and a regular attendee at class reunions organized by Colla. They gathered in February. “Guido loved those class reunions,” she said. “He wanted to enlarge next year’s” to include more graduating classes. After her dad finished his military service, it was Colla who tutored him in math to get a job at Mare Island. Colla in his youth delivered groceries for the market in Suisun City, Messer said. Stopping at her house, he knew he would get something to
as Suisun City’s mayor, praised Colla for his 60 years of service to the area and presented him with a framed proclamation. As Suisun City prepared to celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2018, Colla told the Daily Republic about the centennial celebration. He wrote a letter in 1968 to then-President Lyndon B. Johnson about the city’s celebration. “I mentioned in the letter that Suisun City was incorporated when another Johnson was president, Andrew Johnson (who succeeded Abraham Lincoln to the office),” Colla told the Daily Republic. While Colla was unable to get an acknowledgment such as a presidential proclamation, he said the city did get a nice response letter from the White House. The Collas have two sons and four grandchildren.
