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.
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As a point of historical reference we would point out that, back in the day, the news made it from St. Jo, Missouri to the gold fields in 10 days – by horseback.
We should be doing better than that.
The official reason would be for the safety of the public, not have them get in the middle of a hazardous situation.
I see both sides of this issue.
Firestone 11R
Releasing the – details – of a police action in your jurisdiction six days after the fact is a good way to ensure no citizens “get in the middle” of the situation, we’ll give you that. Though, of course, at least one person did get involved when they were struck by the fleeing suspects. No?
News crews blowing past roadblocks for better pics (Nakatomi Plaza, haha), seen it happen. And contaminating evidence scenes occasionally.
West Hollywood 91R
The implication (we’re sure you’re not making one here) that all “News crews” blow past roadblocks, crime scene tape, and other tactical perimeters equates to the other implication that all cops are trigger-happy yerks down for beating shackled prisoners and orphans. For the record, we’ve seen that, too. We happen to know it’s not true for most. And our guys are schooled in how to act when on scene. Frankly, we’ve been very pleased by the interaction our team has with (most) front line troops who seem to get us. It can be done.