A Little Late, A Little Short On Details. But…

We’ve noted the very noticeable air activity in our skies lately and guessed at the whirlies’ intent and purpose but, as most of you know, the police have gone dark in terms of providing timely public information, making coverage of breaking news very difficult indeed.

Apparently, at about 4:40 p.m. on April 2 – which we must point out was six days ago – local police answered a reported mail theft call and attempted to initiate a traffic stop that turned into a pursuit when the suspect vehicle failed to cooperate and hit another car. The sheriff’s STARR 3 helo joined in and all that attracted our attention, prompting this alert, all we knew about things at the time:

News24/680 Flash

Police said today (April 8, 2026) that they searched the suspect vehicle and recovered more than 100 pieces of stolen mail belonging to more than 20 victims, along with drug paraphernalia. The driver also attempted to provide a false name but was later positively identified (name, age, hometown not provided).

The (unidentified) suspects were cleared medically at a local hospital and booked into the Martinez Detention Facility on multiple charges, including felony evading, mail theft, conspiracy, providing false identification, and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to police.

In the old days of public access to public information we might have been able to give folks in the targeted neighborhood and on the highway a little cautionary wording about cars and choppers zooming around but, as you know, those days appear to be in the past.