Leigh Paynter

News10 San Joaquin Valley Reporter

I'm the evening San Joaquin Valley reporter. I mostly cover stories in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties.

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Group suspected in 3 Stockton beatings in 1 night posted on Monday, April 29, 2013 - 5:42am STOCKTON, Calif. - Stockton police believe a group of men are responsible for several attacks that happened around Delta College Friday night. Police said the first male victim was... read more...
Stockton donut shop 'mascot' stolen at gunpoint posted on Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 6:18pm STOCKTON, CA - Call it an armed robbery or a kidnapping, but a man with a truck and a gun took the Yum Yum Donuts Yum Yum lion at 5 a.m. Thursday. The robot/lion is a metal sculpture... read more...
Stockton Unified investigates student-teacher fistfight posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 6:41pm STOCKTON, CA - A classroom fistfight between a freshman student and her math teacher has the Stockton Unified School District not only investigating but examining its overall school... read more...
50 roosters, 40 men busted in alleged Stockton cock fight posted on Sunday, April 14, 2013 - 5:46pm STOCKTON, CA - San Joaquin County Sheriff's Deputies busted an alleged cock fight in South Stockton. When deputies arrived Sunday morning to the 1900 block of Clover Lane, they said more than... read more...
Stockton gold chain robberies on the rise again posted on Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 6:26pm STOCKTON, CA - In Stockton, police are once again receiving more reports of gold chain robberies. STORY: Stockton police appeal for help solving gold chain robberies/safety tips The latest... read more...
Man killed in Stockton neighborhood shooting posted on Saturday, April 6, 2013 - 6:51pm STOCKTON, CA - A man is dead after being shot in a downtown Stockton neighborhood Saturday. Stockton police responded to the 400 block of W. Flora Street around 11 a.m. to reports of a shooting. At... read more...
Good Samaritan saves Stockton police officer posted on Friday, March 8, 2013 - 8:33pm STOCKTON, CA - Two vigilant neighbors helped take down a documented gang member after he tried to disarm a Stockton police officer. The incident began on Canterbury Drive Thursday afternoon when... read more...
Stockton and Ripon locals react to gun control plan posted on Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 11:04am STOCKTON, CA - Alexander Mahan's childhood photos decorate his mother's home in a documentation of his life through 19 years. His next birthday would have been Jan. 21. "Instead of celebrating his... read more...
Police deliver toys to victims of violent crime posted on Tuesday, December 25, 2012 - 6:35pm STOCKTON, CA - Sirens, not jingle bells; a paddy wagon, instead of a sleigh; and eight reindeer were replaced by eight Stockton police officers. Santa Claus made quite the Christmas... read more...