The cases include a former police chief accused of embezzlement, an alleged poisoning and a sentencing in a fatal hit-and-run.

A tense scene unfolded at the Long Beach courthouse on Wednesday when grieving friends confronted the man accused of killing a bicyclist in a high-profile hit-and-run.

Both incidents occurred over the weekend.

A verbal dispute over a blocked sidewalk may have escalated into a deadly hit-and-run Monday afternoon in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood, according to prosecutors.

Police say they used footage from a parked Tesla to help determine a woman who was behind the wheel during a fatal hit-and-run in northeast Minneapolis in March. She is now facing charges of vehicular homicide.