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prosecutors say he attacked reverend jerold linder in 2010. william lynch admitted to punching the priest. as kron 4's rob fladeboe reports the case is going to the jury. >> reporter: that is william lynch, the man in the rear. his attorney speaking to the media. in closing arguments the attorneys said william lynch is the victim in the case and the only way for justice to be serveicide to find william lynch not -- served is to find william lynch not guilty. >> told the truth. the other one was a cowered. refused to testify. i think that in itself shows the unfairness of the prosecution. >> we focused on the abuse because it was important taunderstand the pain that william lynch -- to understand the pain that william lynch went through. >> reporter: prosecutors argue he should be found guilty because he took the law into his own hand when he assaulted reverend jerold linder. >> and the jury may feel sympathetic for william lynch but they still may deliver a guilty verdict. >> reporter: whatever the jury decides, william lynch supporters say he
prosecutors say he attacked reverend jerold linder in 2010. william lynch admitted to punching the priest. as kron 4's rob fladeboe reports the case is going to the jury. >> reporter: that is william lynch, the man in the rear. his attorney speaking to the media. in closing arguments the attorneys said william lynch is the victim in the case and the only way for justice to be serveicide to find william lynch not -- served is to find william lynch not guilty. >> told the truth. the...
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reverend jerold linder denied ever abusing him. william lynch's parents were sitting there, the brother was not there, he did not testify. there are a group of people out here. one of them the sister, she was thrown out of court earlier in the trial for making an outburst but is out here supporting her brother. if convicted he could face up to four years in prison. coming up at 5:00, robert handa will have much more. live in san jose, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> new at noon, the court fight over the $66 million estate of south bay painter thomas kinkade was put on told. his girlfriend showed for a hearing in san jose. the widow nanette kinkade was not there but her lawyer was. the judge continued to hearing till august 13. she said he wanted her to have his mansion and $10 million to establish a museum of his work. >> we believe that thomas kinkade had a crystal clear vision on an interactive museum for the display of his art. >> either it is not tom's hand or he was in a state where he couldn't understand
reverend jerold linder denied ever abusing him. william lynch's parents were sitting there, the brother was not there, he did not testify. there are a group of people out here. one of them the sister, she was thrown out of court earlier in the trial for making an outburst but is out here supporting her brother. if convicted he could face up to four years in prison. coming up at 5:00, robert handa will have much more. live in san jose, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you....
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william lynch said reverend jerold linder raped him in 1995. the prosecutor reminded jurors to focus on the may 2010 assault. she says he acted as a vigilante. reverend jerold linder did not testify invoking the fifth amendment. >> william lynch admitting what he did, getting on the stand hurt him legally but i think it is something he felt he needed to do. >> reporter: defense attorneys encourage them to find william lynch not guilty. he said he hopes jurors don't focus on just the attack on reverend jerold linder and ignore the rape in 1975. >> you can't separate them. there is no way to separate them. may 102010 doesn't happen without -- may 10, 2010, doesn't happen without 1975. they are one in the same. >> reporter: some supporters said they consider the trial a victory without a verdict. more on what happens next tonight at 10:00. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >> you can go to www.ktvu.com for more on the william lynch trial. look for the priest assault trial tab on the home page. >>> a pastor accused of sexually abusing young childr
william lynch said reverend jerold linder raped him in 1995. the prosecutor reminded jurors to focus on the may 2010 assault. she says he acted as a vigilante. reverend jerold linder did not testify invoking the fifth amendment. >> william lynch admitting what he did, getting on the stand hurt him legally but i think it is something he felt he needed to do. >> reporter: defense attorneys encourage them to find william lynch not guilty. he said he hopes jurors don't focus on just the...
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. >> reporter: he hopes reverend jerold linder will be charged for perjury. >> we got reverend jerold linder purging himself. he might go to jail for something. >> reporter: the district attorney defended the prosecution of william lynch. >> this is about rearrange outside of the law. -- revenge outside of the law. >> this brought closure. i found a voice that i didn't have and feel like i can have peace and get on with my life. >> reporter: the district attorney has one week to decide if it wants to retry william lynch. we will have more reaction at 6:00. live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we have continuing coverage of the william lynch trial on our website, www.ktvu.com, click on the priest assault tab. >>> firefighters say a bus caught fire today but no one was hurt thanks to the quick actions of the bus driver. it happened after 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. the driver saw smoke coming from under the hood of the bus. >> pulled over. opened the hood and flames just started coming out. i rushed everyone off the bus, called 911. >> officials say they were impressed
. >> reporter: he hopes reverend jerold linder will be charged for perjury. >> we got reverend jerold linder purging himself. he might go to jail for something. >> reporter: the district attorney defended the prosecution of william lynch. >> this is about rearrange outside of the law. -- revenge outside of the law. >> this brought closure. i found a voice that i didn't have and feel like i can have peace and get on with my life. >> reporter: the district...
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william lynch is accused of attacking reverend jerold linder, he says he raped hip and threatened his family. the prosecutor reminded jurors this is about the may 2010 assault. he said it is understandable to be sympathetic to the sexual assault but it did not give him the right to take the law into his own hands. >> explain how they can not allow vigilante justice. >> reporter: the defense attorneys addressed the jury. the 1995 incident was rape and torture. he described the injuries as miner and not great bodily harm. he called william lynch the real assault victim and there is doubt because reverend jerold linder invoked the fifth amendment. >> indeed, reverend jerold linder continues to be above the law. >> reporter: and just 10 minutes ago the defense attorneys joined supporters and said they were satisfied with closing arguments and said if the jury reduces the charges to misdemeanors they would consider that a victory. live, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a pastor accused of molesting children was in court today for arraignment. robert rushing is suspected of molesting
william lynch is accused of attacking reverend jerold linder, he says he raped hip and threatened his family. the prosecutor reminded jurors this is about the may 2010 assault. he said it is understandable to be sympathetic to the sexual assault but it did not give him the right to take the law into his own hands. >> explain how they can not allow vigilante justice. >> reporter: the defense attorneys addressed the jury. the 1995 incident was rape and torture. he described the...
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he testified he wanted reverend jerold linder to confess to raping him and his brother in 1975. william lynch told the jury he hit reverend jerold linder after experiencing a fear triggered by memories of the abuse. >>> the next hearing of the ethic's commission of suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi could be over shadowed by a perjury accusation against mayor ed lee. mayor ed lee testified that he had never spoken to any san francisco supervisor about suspending ross mirkarimi. but web ruwalker said -- deborah walker said she discussed the situation with mayor ed lee. the question is whether rost's attorneys -- whether ross mirkarimi's attorneys will pursue. >>> getting california's high- speed rail approved. lawmakers will vote tomorrow. governor jerry brown's proposal includes $705 million that will luelectrify -- electrify california's high-speed rails. >>> live in oakland where police are not just trying to clean up the streets, they are fighting crime on the water. how they are doing it coming up. >> clouds and cooler temperatures today. steve paulson is up to t
he testified he wanted reverend jerold linder to confess to raping him and his brother in 1975. william lynch told the jury he hit reverend jerold linder after experiencing a fear triggered by memories of the abuse. >>> the next hearing of the ethic's commission of suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi could be over shadowed by a perjury accusation against mayor ed lee. mayor ed lee testified that he had never spoken to any san francisco supervisor about suspending ross...
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was way overcharged and there was no great bodily injury and reverand jerold linder walked away with nothing but a cut. >> reporter: the jury could reduce the charges to misdemeanors. >>> available truck -- vegetable truck exploded in a shi'ite city killing several people, a local lawmaker blames the attack on al qaeda in iraq. >>> we are now hearing the obama administration is making moves to further cut the number of nuclear weapons. coming up at 6:15, the reason president barack obama said they no longer need this and the opposition he is facing. >>> how is the commute, sal? >>> doing well so far as a matter of fact we are looking at some of the roads and it is a typical morning commute, but just enough to have it to make it easier and when you get to the toll plaza, there is a back up. metering lights go on at 6:15 and we'll see what happens then. that ramp is closed for police activity. 880 southbound fremont, traffic is light on the san mateo bridge and across the bay 101 and 280 are off to a good start. let's go to steve. >>> and we are kind of expanding a little bit, but noth
was way overcharged and there was no great bodily injury and reverand jerold linder walked away with nothing but a cut. >> reporter: the jury could reduce the charges to misdemeanors. >>> available truck -- vegetable truck exploded in a shi'ite city killing several people, a local lawmaker blames the attack on al qaeda in iraq. >>> we are now hearing the obama administration is making moves to further cut the number of nuclear weapons. coming up at 6:15, the reason...
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william lynch cried friday as he testified about the confrontation with reverend jerold linder. william lynch said he struck him when reverend jerold linder said he leered at him like he did during the abuse. he faces up to four years in prison. >>> a man convict offend killing a father and two sons was accused of murder two years before. an informment told the fbi he killed a rival gang member. no one was arrested for the killing. his attorney did not comment. he was sentenced to three life terms for the killings. a spokeswoman said it has been frustrating for the family to know he may have committed other crimes and had been the suggest of a federal investigation prior to the murders and yet he was left on the streets. >>> it will take firefighters longer to respond to emergency. ktvu's allie rasmus tells us, three stations shut down this morning and 15 firefighters lost their jobs after cuts to the fire budget. >> reporter: firefighters unloaded their gear from the truck. at 8:00 p.m. this morning, they shut down. >> i am losing friends and fellow firefighters that i have wor
william lynch cried friday as he testified about the confrontation with reverend jerold linder. william lynch said he struck him when reverend jerold linder said he leered at him like he did during the abuse. he faces up to four years in prison. >>> a man convict offend killing a father and two sons was accused of murder two years before. an informment told the fbi he killed a rival gang member. no one was arrested for the killing. his attorney did not comment. he was sentenced to...
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reverand jerold linder faces elder assault and abuse charges. he testified he wanted else you are abuse. he hit reverand jerold linder after memories were triggered from the alleged abuse. >>> this is the annual fireworks show. but that is what it looked like from aquatic park. thousands of people turned out for this spectacular show. 6,000 explosives were used which lasted a little more than 20 minutes. >>> this year fireworks returned. they worked together to fund the celebration and the city cost over $40,000 to staff police and over time. >>> and into the east bay and bay bridge, it is bumper-to- bumper, sal, what are you seeing now? >>> it is eastbound right after treasure island because of this police activity a chase ended overnight and there are some lanes getting through but right now there are lane closures here and they are. so the situation is still developing on the lower deck of the bay bridge and obviously this is causing a huge back up for people leaving san francisco and trying to get to oakland. some vehicles are moving very sl
reverand jerold linder faces elder assault and abuse charges. he testified he wanted else you are abuse. he hit reverand jerold linder after memories were triggered from the alleged abuse. >>> this is the annual fireworks show. but that is what it looked like from aquatic park. thousands of people turned out for this spectacular show. 6,000 explosives were used which lasted a little more than 20 minutes. >>> this year fireworks returned. they worked together to fund the...
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he said he wanted reverand jerold linder to confess he raped him and his brother in 1995. >>> three of four people missing from their oakland home in september tram valley of patterson. but the search continues with this one girl still missing tied to this child abuse case. one three-year-old nearly drowned and he is still listed in critical condition. they have arrested the mother, father and baby-sitter. now the 16-year-old is still missing. she has been identified as a he as leah johnson. hear what they are saying about his death in ten minutes. >>> they felt a little jolt during their 4th of july celebration a 2. 5 magnitude quake struck last night and there are no reports of damages. it is 4:36 and we have a lot to be go specifically on the brink. >>> we looked at our camera and indeed the traffic is at a standstill as they clean up the police activity of. it is not clear if it is doing anything. the traffic is not moving between san francisco and oakland. if you want to get to the east bay and you don't want to wait around you may have to go home and they are not telling us when
he said he wanted reverand jerold linder to confess he raped him and his brother in 1995. >>> three of four people missing from their oakland home in september tram valley of patterson. but the search continues with this one girl still missing tied to this child abuse case. one three-year-old nearly drowned and he is still listed in critical condition. they have arrested the mother, father and baby-sitter. now the 16-year-old is still missing. she has been identified as a he as leah...
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. >> how every case must be fallowed, then next week reverend jerold linder better be in handcuffs in this courthouse. >> reporter: the district attorney defended the charges. >> he drove gift miles, put a fake name, put on gloves and beat up an elderly man. we charged william lynch for the crimes that he committed. >> reporter: the district attorney has a week to decide if it wants to retry william lynch on the lesser assault charges. more tonight at 10:00. live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we have new information tonight in the shooting death of a man accused of being a pimp to a san francisco teen. two more team are now -- people are now facing charges. ktvu's ken pritchett is live where he learned about a video that shows the suspects together before the deadly shooting. ken? >> reporter: in this complaint, very detailed documents we obtained today, investigators say it was the father of the girl who fired the deadly shot and the father was with the two men who were arraigned. and the documents say there is fbi video that shows the three men together, one ho
. >> how every case must be fallowed, then next week reverend jerold linder better be in handcuffs in this courthouse. >> reporter: the district attorney defended the charges. >> he drove gift miles, put a fake name, put on gloves and beat up an elderly man. we charged william lynch for the crimes that he committed. >> reporter: the district attorney has a week to decide if it wants to retry william lynch on the lesser assault charges. more tonight at 10:00. live in san...
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. >>> this is way overcharged in fact reverand jerold linder walked away with nothing but a cut. >> reporter: the jury could reduce the charges to misdemeanors. >>> and we want to go back to san francisco, tara moriarty is on the scene of a fire that has burned multiple homes, tara? >> reporter: we have reason to believe this fire was intentionally set by an arsonist. we have three homes and witnesses said they saw a man running from the home and there were squatters. i was on my way home when i could see the orange glow and smoke coming off the freeway. the smoke engulfed the building. we are getting a head count on everybody. we did notice police handcuff a man and take him away. police said he was one of the squatters and did confess to lighting the fire. this is the exact same building that went up on july 4th three years ago. they had complained to police numerous times and the housing authority. and he is having problems, they each tried kicking out the squatters on their own but they keep coming back. red cross is helping those with temporary places to stay and we will be speaking wit
. >>> this is way overcharged in fact reverand jerold linder walked away with nothing but a cut. >> reporter: the jury could reduce the charges to misdemeanors. >>> and we want to go back to san francisco, tara moriarty is on the scene of a fire that has burned multiple homes, tara? >> reporter: we have reason to believe this fire was intentionally set by an arsonist. we have three homes and witnesses said they saw a man running from the home and there were...
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. >>> jury records heard -- jurors heard about felony elder abuse on an attack on reverand jerold linder. will lynch said the priest vie leanly raped -- violently raped him as a boy in 1975. >> we focused on the abuse because it was important to understand the pain that will lynch went through all those years and when he went in that room, he was frozen in time. >> they could reduce charges to misdemeanors. >>> the attack happened today in a market in the holy city. now a local lawmaker blames the insurgence in iraq. in addition to the people killed another 40 were injured. the obama administration is taking steps to cut nuclear weapons. a huge nuclear arsenal no longer serves the defense needs of the u.s. >>> and they are waking up in the dark this morning and power may not be restored until this afternoon. pg&e said power was knocked out to thousands of customers and they are now working to restore power to 135 customers. right now it is 5:07, we can look at the early morning traffic. >> traffic is getting a long well, no major problems and if you are and coming in from vallejo or from
. >>> jury records heard -- jurors heard about felony elder abuse on an attack on reverand jerold linder. will lynch said the priest vie leanly raped -- violently raped him as a boy in 1975. >> we focused on the abuse because it was important to understand the pain that will lynch went through all those years and when he went in that room, he was frozen in time. >> they could reduce charges to misdemeanors. >>> the attack happened today in a market in the holy...
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. >>> defending will will lynch, and reverand jerold linder is accused of raping will lynch and his brother. he said the beating was triggered by memories of a alleged abuse. >>> coming up at 615, the operation the president may face in at least one of his campaign stops. >>> let's get back to sal with more breaking news on the lower deck of the bay bridge, sal? >>> it is very busy this morning on the lower deck, police and chp are doing an investigation because of an overnight incident involving a gun. as you heard all remembering savage said -- alex savage says they are looking for shell casings and traffic is not doing well because of it. leaving san francisco, this is a lower deck. if you go to san francisco city streets we are also at the corner of first and this is 1st street coming up near harrison on the bay bridge on ramp and there is really nothing going on and we have seen cars getting onto it on to the bay bridge, not expecting anything and then these cars are just driving into a world of hurt here. i wouldn't recommend it. i would recommend making a right on harrison and using
. >>> defending will will lynch, and reverand jerold linder is accused of raping will lynch and his brother. he said the beating was triggered by memories of a alleged abuse. >>> coming up at 615, the operation the president may face in at least one of his campaign stops. >>> let's get back to sal with more breaking news on the lower deck of the bay bridge, sal? >>> it is very busy this morning on the lower deck, police and chp are doing an investigation...