Oakland police detective accused of perjury, bribing witness booked into Santa Rita Jail
OAKLAND — Homicide detective Phong Tran pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning to perjury and other felony charges connected to his handling of a 2011 homicide investigation,At an arraignment hearing Wednesday in Oakland, Judge James Cramer set the Oakland police officer’s bail at $95,000.
The crimes he is suspected of range from 2012 to 2016 and stem from a 2011 murder the longtime Oakland detective investigated. Tran is accused of paying a key witness — who as an informant helped him with other cases — to testify against two defendants and of committing perjury by saying on the stand that he she was not “paid a dime.
The judge denied a request from Deputy District Attorney Zachary Linowitz that Tran not be allowed to possess any dangerous weapons including firearms. A preliminary hearing date was set for May 31. Tran was arraigned wearing a red jail jumpsuit, while members of the Oakland Police Department and police union were in the courtroom gallery to support the officer. The only words Tran spoke were to plead not guilty and acknowledge the bail terms set by the judge.
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