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Former Your Black Muslim Bakery member not guilty in gun case

Gary Popoff, who was once accused but never charged with being a hit man for former Your Black Muslim Bakery leader Yusuf Bey IV, has been freed from jail after being acquitted of gun charges in an unrelated case.

New details emerge in case against Yusuf Bey IV’s former attorney

An attorney already facing suspension of her law license for smuggling an alleged hit list out of jail for the former leader of Your Black Muslim Bakery committed other breaches of legal ethics never made public, according to interviews and documents.

Oakland police officer sues Sgt. Derwin Longmire for sexual harassment

A high-profile Oakland police sergeant, whose investigation of the Chauncey Bailey homicide was widely criticized, has been accused of sexual harassment and assault by a female officer who alleges that when she rejected his advances she was “denied backup and cover” by other officers in street situations.

San Francisco attorney LeRue Grim facing disbarment over ethical breaches

A judge has recommended the disbarment of a lawyer with a long history of ethical problems who represented the confessed killer of journalist Chauncey Bailey and negotiated his plea bargain, court documents show.

Imprisoned Your Black Muslim bakery leader Yusuf Bey IV punished for bribing guard to get him a cell phone

Convicted triple killer and former Your Black Muslim Bakery leader Yusuf Bey IV, who was once accused of ordering a follower to kill witnesses against him, has been placed in solitary confinement at San Quentin state prison after trying to bribe a guard to give him a cell phone, a Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesman said.

Book soon to be released on Bailey murder

A book recounting the dawn, growth and murderous crescendo of Oakland’s Your Black Muslim Bakery is about to hit the stands, penned by one of the Chauncey Bailey Project’s lead reporters and adding new details to the sensational case.

GPS ruling could affect bakery leader’s appeal in Bailey murder

Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that police need a warrant before placing tracking devices on criminal suspects’ cars is likely to boost murderer Yusuf Bey IV’s appeals, but significant hurdles remain before he would get a new trial, lawyers said.