Our much ballyhooed Flash Alert System came into play again Wednesday night after a couple of high-profile incidents kicked off in Moraga and Lafayette.
What turned out to be the most-photographed crash scene in our little valley was documented after a Tesla got away from its operator and plowed through the Loard’s ice cream outlet in Moraga, narrowly missing some folks grabbing their last cones of summer and seriously rearranging the store’s facade. Thankfully – only some minor injuries in that one.
No sooner had local nerves stopped jangling from that incident that Lamorinda PD were called on again, this time to deal with a man holed up inside his residence on Wildwood Lane. Our Flash lines began to sing as police filtered into the area and then set up a hard perimeter, calling to the subject to come out with “hands raised” etc.
Proving that our Flash System works both ways our alerts soon prompted responses from folks very close to the man in question, providing a valuable communications link during a long and stressful negotiation. We had no idea so many of our Flashers lived in that area. Anyway, an unhappy scenario was at long last resolved after police arrested the man in question and peace was finally returned to the neighborhood.
Fool Self Driving mode.
I think you were talking with my sister!
Certainly possible… a lot of folks were up and chatty!
Sorry to hear about the Tesla versus Loard’s physics experiment. Glad attendant injuries were classified as minor. It could have been a much rockier road for all involved.
Since when is it illegal to be “holed up” inside your residence?
No mention of probable cause, whatsoever, in the article for the massive police response, other than that statement.
Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Child Endangerment. Alleged.
That will do it.
Got our attention!!!
You weren’t alone, Barbara… those PA announcements got everyone’s attention.