Mr. Watts Faces 23 Years in State Prison December 19, 2024 Oakland, CA – Today, Chief Assistant District Attorney Royl Roberts announced that a jury found Camren Watts (23) guilty of two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. These charges include two aggravating factors of violence or bodily harm and prior juvenile convictions for Mr. Watts for personally using a firearm to shoot into a car and seriously injuring a man. The jury also found Mr. Watts guilty of one count of shooting into an occupied vehicle, one count of unlawful firearm activity, and one count of carrying a loaded firearm in public. The testimony and evidence presented at trial showed that the unprovoked shooting happened on or about 1 P.M. on September 02, 2020, near the intersection of 51st Street and West Street in Oakland. That is where Mr. Watts fired his gun…

Defendant Faces Up to 7 Years in Prison November 4, 2024 Oakland- Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced that a jury returned guilty verdicts against Carlos Gomez-Avalos (31) for the 2023 attack and sexual assault of a female victim. The Jury found Mr. Gomez-Avalos guilty of one count of forced oral copulation and one count of corporal injury on a relationship partner. The evidence presented by prosecutors showed that Mr. Gomez-Avalos attacked the female victim as after she returned home. The jury also heard evidence that Mr. Gomez-Avalos became violent with the victim, sexually assaulting her, leaving visible marks on her face and neck. “I want to thank the jury for their hard work and thoughtful deliberation in rendering these guilty verdicts against Mr. Gomez-Avalos,” said DA Pamela Price. “Data from the CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey indicates that about 41%…