Longtime CA homicide detective allegedly tried to manipulate a witness, charged with perjury and bribery

A San Francisco Bay Area prosecutor announced Tuesday that her office had filed perjury and bribery charges against a longtime Oakland homicide detective.

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Y. Price filed two felony counts against Phong Tran, saying that he lied under oath during a murder trial in 2016 and at a preliminary hearing in 2014. He was also charged with felony bribery and attempted bribery of a witness.

Price said in a statement that her office will need to review at least 125 homicide cases in which Tran investigated. "Lying and manipulating a witness are serious violations of the public trust," she said.

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