Sheriff's Deputy, a San Ramon Man, Charged With Child Molestation

Michael Bareno, 43, a sheriff's deputy in Alameda County, was arraigned today on 10 felony counts of child molestation.

An Alameda County sheriff's deputy who lives in San Ramon was charged in court today with 10 counts of child molestation. The Contra Costa County district attorney is accusing Michael Bareno, 43, of molesting three children younger than 14 years old. He is being held at the county jail in Martinez in lieu of $4.6 million bail. Prosecutors say Bareno – a veteran sheriff's deputy – molested children between 2005 and 2009. Before his arrest, Bareno had worked at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin and was a deputy for a decade. Since San Ramon police took him into custody, Bareno has been on paid leave. San Ramon investigators declined to comment about the case because it involves minors. "Due to the ages of the victims and the sensitive nature of the …

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Vel

1:29 pm on Monday, January 3, 2011

The way I read it. A city is accusing him of something (yes, it's terrible), not his employer. He might have a bunch of vaction time built up. The artical does not say, a city employee is being given free vacation pay while off of work after being accused of doing something at work. Nor does the artical say he is being given free vacation pay by his employer, the county.   more ›

S.F. Giants Outfielder's Brother Delays Entering Plea in Felony DUI, Hit-and-Run Case

Cainan Schierholtz appeared in court today for a few minutes, where his attorney asked for more time to review the case before having the San Ramon man enter a plea.

MARTINEZ – In a brief hearing this morning, Cainan Schierholtz, the 23-year-old San Ramon man charged with a slew of hit-and-run felonies, delayed entering a plea until Oct. 14. Schierholtz–younger brother to San Francisco Giants outfielder Nate Schierholtz–is charged with a felony DUI with injuries, three counts of felony hit-and-run with injuries and one misdemeanor hit-and-run for a series of crashes along Danville Boulevard and Railroad Avenue on Aug. 15. Police say he struck a bicyclist, pedestrian, a truck, an SUV and a light pole, though no one was seriously hurt. He appeared in a Martinez courtroom today for the few-minute proceeding clad in yellow jail garb and seated behind a glass partition with other inmates. He only spoke to …

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Preliminary Hearing Pushed Back a Month in Child Porn Case

A judge agreed to push back to October the preliminary hearing in the case of Michael Vawter, the Danville man charged with downloading pre-teen porn onto his work laptop.

WALNUT CREEK – A 40-year-old Danville man accused of downloading child pornography videos onto his thumb drive has another month to prepare for his preliminary hearing after a judge this morning agreed to another month's delay to give attorneys time to study the evidence. Michael Vawter, who worked as an insurance broker in San Ramon before his mid-March arrest, showed up in a Walnut Creek courtroom today for his short proceeding. He didn't speak, except before and after in conversation with his private attorney. Both sides agreed they need more time for forensic analysis before they're ready to present the facts of the case. Judge George Spanos scheduled the hearing for 8:30 a.m. Oct. 14 at the Walnut Creek Superior Court. Vawter remains …

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Driver Charged in DUI Rampage Pleads Not Guilty

Cainan Schierholtz, a 23-year-old graduate of San Ramon Valley High, remains in custody. His next court appearance is scheduled for Sept. 3.

Cainan Schierholtz, a 23-year-old San Ramon resident, plead not guilty Thursday morning to felony DUI charges against him in connection with a string of crashes along Danville Boulevard and Railroad Avenue. Schierholtz's next court appearance is scheduled for Sept. 3 at 8:30 a.m. at the Martinez courthouse, to set the date for a preliminary hearing–where all the facts of the case will be laid out so a judge can decide if there's enough evidence to hold a trial. Schierholtz, a graduate of San Ramon Valley High, is charged with a felony DUI with injuries, three counts of felony hit-and-run with injuries and one misdemeanor hit-and-run. In the Aug. 1 crashes, he is accused of hitting a pedestrian, a bicyclist, two vehicles and knocking down a…

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Update: Cainan Schierholtz Arraigned, Delays Entering Plea

Schierholtz's attorney Derek Ewin said the 23-year-old San Ramon resident is set to next appear in court on Aug. 19.

In a quick court proceeding this afternoon, 23-year-old Cainan Schierholtz of San Ramon was charged in connection with a series of hit-and-run felonies in Danville. He delayed entering his plea until Aug. 19, and a judge reduced his bail from $350,000 to $200,000. Schierholtz is charged with a felony DUI with injuries, three counts of felony hit-and-run with injuries and one misdemeanor hit-and-run for a string of crashes along Danville Boulevard and Railroad Avenue Sunday morning. "Cainan feels terrible about what happened," said Schierholtz's attorney Derek Ewin, a former Contra Costa County prosecutor, outside the courtroom after the two-minute hearing. "He, like all of us, is very thankful that nobody was injured any worse than they …

Man Accused of Downloading Child Porn Due in Court Thursday

Michael Vawter will get assigned a date for his preliminary hearing.

A former Danville Cub Scout leader accused of downloading child pornography is due in court Thursday to set a date for a preliminary hearing. Michael Vawter, 40, pleaded not guilty a month ago to a felony charge for allegedly using a peer-to-peer file-sharing software to obtain child porn. He was arrested in March, but remains free after posting $20,000 bail. Once Vawter schedules a preliminary hearing, the next step will be for Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorney Dana Filkowsky to present the case before a judge, who will decide if there's enough evidence to go to trial. The hearing will take place at the Walnut Creek Superior Court.

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