Nate Gartrell

@NateGartrell

Reporter for the East Bay Times covering state and federal courts in Northern California. Bearer of bad news with no hobbies or outside interests.

Bay Area, CA

Joined September 2014

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Nate Gartrell@NateGartrell · Dec 31, 2023

I wrote this because Pete Longmire’s part of a group that gets new members every day. It took him years of struggling to find inner peace, but he eventually did. From the outside there was no inkling that he was going thru such an immense personal tragedy: mercurynews.com/2023/12/31/a-f…

NateGartrell's tweet card. Pete Longmire was wracked with grief as his son suffered through paralysis and death, but as the years trickled by he somehow learned to forgive the man who caused it all.

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Nate Gartrell@NateGartrell · Jul 1

Weeks after she was allegedly raped by a supervisor at her Walnut Creek arts school, a girl called him and said she was pregnant keeping the baby. Police say he begged her not to, stating his life would be ruined...but the cops were on the call: mercurynews.com/2025/07/01/ple…

NateGartrell's tweet card. Recently released by a judge, Gerard Flaherty was allegedly known to meet with students in his office door closed, where he kept alcohol and could view security camera feeds to see if anyone was co…

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Nate Gartrell@NateGartrell · Jun 9

He allegedly crashed into a man in an electric wheelchair, then ran away as the victim remained pinned under a car: mercurynews.com/2025/06/07/oak…

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Matthias Gafni@mgafni · Jun 9

EXCLUSIVE: CA National Guard troops sent by Trump to LA amid immigration protests are sleeping on concrete floors. No fed funding for food, water, fuel, equipment or lodging. Source: “Currently, there is no plan for where everyone is sleeping tonight” sfchronicle.com/california/art…

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Nate Gartrell@NateGartrell · Jul 3

Charged with murder at 19, she suffered dozens of seizures and eventually paralysis at Santa Rita Jail. After years of this, prosecutors decided they couldn't prove their case and dismissed it: eastbaytimes.com/2025/07/03/she…

NateGartrell's tweet card. By the time prosecutors threw out the case due to “insufficient evidence,” Makyla Brown suffered dozens of seizures and paralysis of her legs.

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Nate Gartrell@NateGartrell · Jul 3

Detectives approached the case with a simple premise: Find the mother and you’ve likely found the murderer. mercurynews.com/2025/07/02/no-…

NateGartrell's tweet card. Police approached the case with a simple premise: find the mother and you’ve found the murderer.

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Nate Gartrell@NateGartrell · Jul 2

No, Andrew Hall is not trying to just get early release from parole. He's trying to get the whole conviction quashed, which seems all but guaranteed to happen. It's all thanks to a law intended to help prison firefighters re-enter society: mercurynews.com/2025/07/02/in-…

NateGartrell's tweet card. Andrew Hall was convicted of assault with a firearm for fatally shooting Laudemer Arboleda in 2018, but now it seems all but assured the felony will be cleared from his record.

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The Vallejo Sun ☀️@thevallejosun · Jun 30

A California appeals court handed a victory to the @ACLU_NorCal on Friday, finding that the city must release an investigator’s report into officers bending the tips of their badges to mark shootings at the Vallejo Police Department. vallejosun.com/appeals-court-…

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Nate Gartrell@NateGartrell · Jun 30

Simon Meyer might be a convicted child molester, but that's not enough to dissuade some fellow firefighters from still supporting him. His victims spoke out at emotional sentencing hearing: mercurynews.com/2025/06/30/hum…

NateGartrell's tweet card. Simon Meyer also enjoyed support from friends and former colleagues, who described him as always “there for kids” and a great guy.

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Nate Gartrell@NateGartrell · Jun 28

A suspected robber was shot in the stomach by a security guard outside an Oakland bingo hall, but still managed to make a brief getaway: mercurynews.com/2025/06/28/gun…

NateGartrell's tweet card. The suspect was shot in the stomach during a shootout with a security guard, but still managed to make a brief getaway.

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Nate Gartrell@NateGartrell · Jun 27

The city of Oakland has been trying for years to shut down a downtown food vendor's stand. But last month things went south when he allegedly attacked a city inspector: mercurynews.com/2025/06/27/oak…

NateGartrell's tweet card. He allegedly told city staff he would continue to sell food until he was “arrested or killed,” but then gave the cops a reason to arrest him.

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Nate Gartrell@NateGartrell · Jun 25

It was all over the media when he was arrested, but not when he was acquitted. Why it's important to follow these cases until they're finished: mercurynews.com/2025/06/25/oak…

NateGartrell's tweet card. Viliami Ofanoa spent two years behind bars, but after the murder case went to a jury he walked out of jail a free man.

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Nate Gartrell@NateGartrell · Jun 25

He's a local advice author with an edge, encouraging readers to self-improve and take ownership of their lives by breaking the law at will. But now he's run into some legal troubles, with prosecutors contending he murdered his own brother: mercurynews.com/2025/06/25/bay…

NateGartrell's tweet card. Nicolas Adjuder wrote in his book that “your quality of your life will improve” if you carry an illegal gun, take drugs and stop paying taxes. But his career has run into a snag for the…

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Nate Gartrell@NateGartrell · Jun 24

#NEW: Morteza Amiri, the former Antioch K9 cop who became the face to the Contra Costa police corruption/racism scandals, was given 7 years in prison today: mercurynews.com/2025/06/24/he-…

NateGartrell's tweet card. Morteza Amiri quickly became the face of the East Contra Costa police corruption scandal that engulfed 14 officers, all of whom have now been convicted of something.

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Scott Morris ☀️@OakMorr · Jun 19

This story has some of the craziest revelations about the Vallejo Police Department I've seen in years. Here's a thread with some of the revelations: vallejosun.com/vallejo-police…

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Nate Gartrell@NateGartrell · Jun 16

Hayward man apologized as he was sentenced to 14 years in 2022 homicide: mercurynews.com/2025/06/16/i-t…

NateGartrell's tweet card. There was an argument about a car when the suspect threw a punch, missed, then pulled out a gun and fired.

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Matt Brown@maattttbrown · Jun 12

NEW: Vallejo police have been concealing full personnel records with a hidden filing system, defying years of court orders, new testimony alleges. openvallejo.org/2025/06/11/val…

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Matthias Gafni@mgafni · Jun 10

EXCLUSIVE: We obtained memo from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem asking DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth to grant soldiers the authority to detain or arrest “lawbreakers” in LA. This would be a step toward Trump administration invoking Insurrection Act, experts say sfchronicle.com/us-world/artic…

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Nick Gerda@nicholasgerda · Jun 9

BREAKING: Former O.C. Supervisor Andrew Do was just sentenced to 5 years in federal prison, after an LAist investigation and federal probe led him to resign and plead guilty to a conspiracy to steal millions of taxpayer dollars meant to feed needy seniors. laist.com/news/politics/…

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Nate Gartrell@NateGartrell · Jun 9

Three were under suspicion, but just one ended up in court over it: mercurynews.com/2025/06/06/oak…

NateGartrell's tweet card. Mitchell Monroe angrily texted and called his significant other while she was with another man, shortly before a third person located Monroe and killed him.

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Nick McConnell@NickMc1717 · Jun 7

🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: The City Council of Suisun City will discuss a reimbursement agreement with California Forever on Tuesday that outlines SIGNIFICANT details. Our story will be online tomorrow, but for any late-night Solano news nerds, here's a thread 🧵

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