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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
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CONSIDER OFFERING A REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE
SUBJECT: ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THE KILLER OF A WITNESS IN A PENDING
CRIMINAL CASE
SPECIFIC REOUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Pursuant to the authority provided by Government Code
Section 53069. 5, and as recommended by Supervisor Powers and
as concurred in by the District Attorney and County
Administrator, consider offering a reward of $5,000 for
information leading to the arrest and conviction of the
individual or individuals who were responsible for fatally
shooting Shelvetta Rubin in front of her home in Richmond on
February 12, 1991.
2. If a reward is offered, make the offer available only
through December 31, 1991.
3 . Direct the County Administrator to write to the City of
Richmond, reminding them of the circumstances of this case,
and the Board' s action, and inviting the City of Richmond to
provide a reward in an amount similar to that provided by
the Board of Supervisors.
BACKGROUND:
On September 11, 1984, the Board of Supervisors agreed to
consider offering rewards in criminal cases:
1°. . .of great seriousness and notoriety, involving
threats to public safety, and in which the reward has
significant potential to result in successful
apprehension and prosecution.1°
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENTYeS YES SIGNATURE: 1•/ V
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON March 12, 1991 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
APPROVED joining with the City of Richmond to offer a reward for_ information .
leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for the
death of Shelvetta Rubin.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT I I I ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY +C�r DEPUTY
M382 (10/88)
Supervisor Powers has asked the County Administrator' s Office to
determine whether this case meets the criteria outlined in the
Board' s order of September 11, 1984.
Shelvetta Rubin, a resident of Richmond, was a primary
prosecution witness in a case where two men, one of them Ms.
Rubin' s boyfriend, were driven to 4th and Nevin in Richmond and
allegedly opened fire on a crowd of people, killing one 13 year
old girl and wounding two others. Miss Rubin had driven the two
men to the scene of their crime.
On February 12, 1991 at approximately 9:30 P.M. , Miss Rubin was
shot to death on the doorstep of her apartment by two masked men,
after she had agreed to testify in the case involving her
boyfriend.
The District Attorney reports that Miss Rubin was a critical
witness in the murder case and was scheduled to testify later the,
same week that she was killed. He notes that the murder of Miss
Rubin " . . .was an affront to and undermines our entire system of
justice. Moreover, the prosecution of gang-related homicides
(already a difficult task) is rapidly becoming nearly impossible.
I have directed my department to devote all efforts necessary to
apprehend the killers of Miss Rubin and to successfully prosecute
the two defendants in the underlying case. "
It seems clear that the circumstances of the crime clearly meet
the criteria set down by the Board of Supervisors. Since the
murder of Miss Rubin occurred within the City of Richmond and was
investigated by the Richmond Police Department, we believe it is
appropriate to ask the City of Richmond to also make $5,000
available to match the County' s reward. This will make a total
of $10, 000 available. We have, therefore, made the above
recommendations for the Board' s consideration.
cc: County Administrator '
Supervisor Tom Powers
District Attorney
Mayor, City of Richmond
City •Manager, City of Richmond
George Roemer, Director, Justice Systems Programs