the warrant for his arrest was obtained by sjpd directly from a judge without going through the d.a.'s office. after police talked to the d.a.'s office, it was determined while there was enough evidence for the arrest there was not enough evidence to charge him with anything. he is the co-owner of the treehouse marijuana collector in san jose and one of two people police were looking for who allegedly helped crime wave suspect paul castillo accused of kidnapping cindy wynn and police arrested diana figuero and also works there and police are looking at the possibility, figueroa helped castillo avoid a massive man hunt for him last week. even though the arrest warrant has been dropped, police want to talk to la sort a. because they believe he has information to help them with the case. >>> vandalism doesn't usually attract the attention of the secret service and fbi, but it stands out. the target of this broken window attack was a los angeles office for president obama's re-election campaign. investigators consider the attack politically motivated. known was hurt. workers were in a bac

">>>(jose garcia, sjpd) "in this situation there were two indiviudals two women who were walking together. that's the right thing to do is always walk in numbers. the more in numbers the safer it is."" the attacker is descriped as... latino..in his 30's with short black hair between 5-feet-5 and 5-feet-8 inches tall. he was wearing a black shirt with a logo and blue jeans. police say this attack is not related another groping incident that occurred on campus the previous week. the smells of an electrical fire still linger in the halls of dwight bentel. after a visiting fire chief expressed concern over the air quality last week interim journalism director bob rucker agreed further testing was needed. experts are now testing gas s ll as particulates both inside and outside the building. results of the second test are exed by the end of next week and willdetermine if the building is safe...which is especially important for people with lung conditions. ">>(kyle stephens senior) "i have mild asthma, it's not really a problem most of the time but wh it dos fre up it's just an annoyance and i n

. >> reporter: d'arrigo has had other problems during his 12 years with sjpd. he was fired in 2009 for allegedly helping to cover up a dui car crash by a fellow officer. but he appealed that termination and was later reinstated to full duties by an outside arbitrator. >> there might have been some technicalities in the investigations leading up to administrative leave and termination and so he was reinstated. he was given his job essentially with no restrictions. >> in 2007, there have been six police officers who the city of san jose has terminated that have been gently subsequently been reinstated it. >> reporter: he says firing an officer is difficult due to civil service protections even if the cause seems justified. do you feel this process has gotten out of hand? >> i don't know if i would say it's out of hand, but it is very disappointing when we believe someone has failed to meet our high standards and we are then forced to keep them as employees. >> reporter: d'arrigo is now free on $100,000 bond. he will be in court tomorrow to be arraigned on the cou

the warrant for his arrest was obtained by sjpd directly from a judge without going through the d.a.'s office. and after police talked to the d.a.'s office, it was determined that while there was enough evidence to arrest de la serta, there was not enough evidence to charge him with anything. now de la serta is co-owner of the tree house marijuana collective in san jose, and he was one of two people police were looking for allegedly helping crimewave suspect paul ray castillo. castillo is acharged of killing cindy nguyen, carjacking her and kidnapping her as well as shooting and injuring a man at a willow glen restaurant. even though the arrest warrant has been dropped, san jose police would still like to talk to de la serta. they believe he has information that will help them with their information. but so far de la serta has not come forward. live in san jose tonight, george kiriyama, nbc bay area news. >> okay, george, thank you so much. >>> a chilling cold case confession was made by a convicted criminal this morning. he admitted to strangling a south bay girl on halloween night m