but the fbi says blake benthall was running a huge underground drug market from a dark site on the internet known as the silk road. the house on florida street is nice, but nothing that stands out until yesterday when it was raided by the fbi. >> probably 20, maybe more than that fbi agents and handfuls of them had bulletproof vests on. >> reporter: betsy seelander says they closed out the entire block. >> they brought out a guy. >> reporter: the guy they brought is 26-year-old blake benthall, a former software engineer at spacex. according to the 30-page compla

blake benthall was arepresentsed as federal agents raiding his home in the mission district. the fbi says benthall, who went by the online name death con, was running silk road 2.0 since last december. there might have been more than 20 agents involved in the raid. >> there are fbi agents and a van full of their stuff and a lot of commotion. they were one of the quieter neighbors so i have been here for three years. >> besides the raid in san francisco, european authorities report at least 16 other arrests in the crackdown on silk road 2.0 and similar websites. the original silk road was bused last october. ross ulbricht who is accused of running it was arrested at a san francisco public library and he is awaiting trial now. the feds say it was also offering all sorts of illegal goods and activities. you don't find these websites by simply using google to look them up. >>> uc-berkeley police are working yet another case of alleged sexual assault at a fraternity on campus. an anonymous tipster telling police that a fraternity brother drugged and assaulted a woman in a hallowee

a complaint says blake benthall ran the market place silk road 2 pout 0. authorities say it allows -- 2.0. authorities asay it allows people -- say it allows people to buy illegal drug. it was shut down when the hoperater was -- operator was arrested. >>> university of california at berkeley students are being warned about a sexual assault. police sent out a alert about the assault. it comes in the wake of similar accusations last month involving date rape drugs. the most recent report came from a third party who claimed there was an attack at a halloween party. >>> the supreme court said today it will determine whether a key part of the affordable care act is constitutional. justices will be looking at tax credits that pay part of the mandated coverage. if they rule against the obama administration the president's signature healthcare law could be gutted. this is the third time they looked at obama administration. one time it ruled in favor of the white house, another time it ruled against. >>> the storm is on track to make land fall in alaska and it is b

but the fbi says blake benthall was running a huge underground drug market from a dark site on the internet known as the silk road. the house on florida street is nice, but nothing that stands out until yesterday when it was raided by the fbi. >> probably 20, maybe more than that fbi agents and handfuls of them had bulletproof vests on. >> reporter: betsy seelander says they closed out the entire block. >> they brought out a guy. >> reporter: the guy they brought is 26-year-old blake benthall, a former software engineer at spacex. according to the 30-page complaint unsealed today, benthall was running the black internet site known as silk road. this is what that site looks like now. an fbi notice of seizure. but this is what it looked like before the bust. an internet marketplace for cocaine, heroin, phony passports, and computer hacking services. $8 million a month in transactions, which generated $400,000 a month in commissions for benthall and his confederates. >> does this look like him? >> uh-huh, yeah. >> reporter: gladys martinez says benthall was always friendly to her. >> nice. >>

blake benthall was arrested at home in the mission district. prosecutors say the website dubbed silk road 2.0 was used to distribute drugs and other illegal goods to more than 100,000 users. >>> i'm anne makovec live in the newsroom. the oakland raiders are being wooed today by the city of san antonio. that city's mayor and other officials are in the east bay to make a pitch to raiders owner mark davis. they want the raiders to play at the alamodome. davis visit san antonio over the summer to check things out and today the city is presenting results of an online survey about the possible move. >> there's going to be a semiautomatic group of dedicated people -- a small group of dedicated people who understand what an nfl team will do for the city. >> reporter: there is another plan to keep the raiders in oakland. a san diego investor has indicated interest in helping fund a new stadium here as part of observations's coliseum city plan. no comment from the raiders but they have previously said that he would like to keep the team in oakland. live

fbi says more than 100,000 people use blake benthall's website to buy things like drugs and fake passports. >> we have an obligation to change behavior in the senate. >> the president will try to find common ground with congressional leaders today. lawmakers from both sides will meet at the white house. but the gop is already butting heads with the president on issues like immigration and healthcare. >> stop, swerve, hit that and went to the ground. >> a chp officer is recovering from serious injuries after crashing his motorcycle yesterday. it happened on i-680 near crow canyon road. authorities say a van swerved into his path to avoid hitting another vehicle. from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on "kpix 5 news this morning." captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >>> good morning. it's 5:00 and i hope you're ready for the weekend because we are! are we not? >> are we ready for the weekend already, guys? >> it's friday. >> i was ready on monday. [ laughter ] >> it's going to be a spectacular weekend although starting out today we have some

. >> pam: 26- year old blake benthall was arrested in san francisco yesterday. and charged with conspiring to commit drug trafficking, commit computer hacking, trafficking in fake i-d-'s and money laundering on the website. >> pam: f.b.i. investigators called the site one of the most extensive, sophisticated and widely used criminal marketplaces on the internet. >> pam: silk road 2-point-oh is a revived version of an earlier site called "silk road". which was shut down by federal authorities. >> pam: the alleged operator of that site was arrested at a public library in san francisco last year. >> pam: four loko has another troubled day in court. the father of a man shot to death after drinking it is able to sue the company. >> pam: back in twenty ten his son - a student at fresno pacific university. drank two cans of four loko. >> pam: each can equalled two cups of coffee and about six cans of beer combined. he became disoriented and picked up a gun. >> pam: police say they shot him eight times. a fresno judge dismissed his father's suit. >> pam: but the appeals

. >> reporter: blake benthal is 30 years old, i'm confirm -- i've confirmed that he worked at several tech companies. one across the street and one for space x. the arrest is a shock to those who know blake benthol. authorities rated his apartment. the agents came around 8:30 p.m. as benthol was leaving with his girlfriend and they searched the apartment for about eight hours. >> they were all around the house. they came over and they were running back and forth. and handling some kind of documents with them and computers. >> reporter: the criminal complaint out of new york says benthol used the name dethcon. just after the original website and its alegit website. agents say it was an online black market almost identical to the original black silk road. investigators say by last month the new website was handling at least $8 million in sales every month. investigators say they found a link between benthall's g mail account and the new black silk road. benthall worked for several tech companies. >> the guy was a problem tenant. >> reporter: but benthall's landlord says he caused proble

san francisco's software engineer blake benthal was. >> reporter:ed wednesday. he wrote to his site vendors, the bigger we become the more resources agencies are willing to spend on us. almost a year to the day after silk roads original owner was arrested. he was arrested in the fall of last year at the time of the arrest, the new york senator said the government was sending a message. >> we're going to find you and we're going to get you. >> within weeks, silk road 2.0 was online. now with the arrest of the successor, silk road 3 is online complete with the site's logo of a man riding a green camel. one man told me of course the site is up. >> anyone's who's ever watching breaking bad knows unless you kill the demand for drugs, there will always be people to supply those drugs. >> reporter: the decade's old war on drugs has taught us treating the supply world does not work. so we've got a worldwide crackdown on these so-called dark sites on the internet and another new site popping up this silk road 3.0. the way that site got up so quickly is because it wasn't

get life in prison if he is convicted of relaunching a notorious black market website. 26-year-old blake benthall was charged in federal court yesterday after agents raided his mission district apartment earlier this week. the criminal complaint accuses him of using the name defcon and operating the silk road 2.0 website for the past year. federal agents searched his apartment for almost eight hours. >> they were all around the house. they actually came over and we ran back and forth and handling some kind of documents with them. and computers. >> benthall will probably be transported to new york to stand trial. the fbi shut down the original silk road website where illegal drugs, fake id's, and illegal s services were purchased and sold. the new site handled $8 million in sales every month. investigators say they traced the website to benthall through a g-mail account. >>> time is 6:40. suing the state because it's not executing people. the reason a group is demanding that california resume carrying out death sentences. >> they have been huddled out in the cold waiting outside this char

. >> pam:26- year old blake benthall was arrested in san francisco yesterday. and charged with conspiring to commit drug trafficking, commit computer hacking, trafficking in fake i-d-'s and money laundering on the website. >> pam:f.b.i. investigators called the site one of the most extensive, sophisticated and widely used criminal marketplaces on the internet. >> pam:silk road 2-point-oh is a revived version of an earlier site called "silk road". which was shut down by federal authorities. the alleged operator of that site was arrested at a public library in san francisco last year. >> jacqueline: above average for this time of year. with 77 degrees and concord and 79 degrees in pleasanton. we were at 73 degrees with downtown san francisco. los '60s and '70s but things will start cooling down. taking a look at headlines tonight tomorrow, was the seventh died in the afternoon but it will be cooler with increased offshore sea breeze wind. fog will ride as well. we do have a slight chance of rain in the forecast. >> catherine: from australia - a story that sounds

meantime, 26-year-old programmer blake benthall was charged yesterday in san francisco federal court on suspicion of running the 2.0 site. federal agents raided his apartment in the mission district earlier this week, now the cil complaint uk as him of using the name death con and operating the silk road .0 website for the past year. his landlord says federal agentser is searched his -- agents searched his apartment for almost eight hours. >> they were paul around the house. they came over and were running back and forth and handling some type of documents with them and computers. >> now bent hamm will probably be transported to new york to stand trial. the fbi shut down the original site where illegal drugs, fake i.d.s and illegal services were purchased and sold. >> investigators say they traced the 2.0 site through a gmail account. >>> 7:40. happening now -- help for the holidays. registration is just detwinning for hun -- beginning for hurn dreads -- for hundreds of low- income residents. >> reporter: good morning. they are just about to open up the doors at sacred heart to start