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Veterans Day, 2021
I love the infantry because they are the underdogs. They are the mud-rain-frost-and-wind boys. They have no comforts, and they even learn to live without the necessities. And in the end they are the guys that wars can’t be won without. I wish you could see just one of the ineradicable pictures I have in…
Read MoreMartinez Resident Jeff Carpoff Gets 30 Years In Prison For Billion Dollar Ponzi Scam
Martinez resident Jeff Carpoff, who with his wife Paulette owned Benicia-based DC Solar, was sentenced today for his role in the billion-dollar Ponzi scheme Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert called the biggest criminal fraud scheme in the history of the Eastern District of California. The Carpoffs both pleaded guilty to the scam in January,…
Read MoreWalnut Creek Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Mother’s Murder
A 39-year-old Walnut Creek man has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing his mother during an altercation in their Jones Road home. Walnut Creek police said in a release that Nicholas Roth of their city is in custody, held on suspicion of murdering his mother, Darlene Roth, 74. Roth is a part-time sports writer…
Read MoreLocal Agencies Take Down Suspected Armed Robbery Crew
We’ve noted a recent flurry of armed robberies within our area of coverage and, it appears, local law enforcement was busy tracking a crew of suspected thieves believed responsible for as many as 25 robberies throughout the area. According to a release offered by police in Antioch, officers began looking for a crew of masked…
Read MoreFire Discovered In A Lafayette Insurance Office Monday
Firefighters are investigating the origin of a fire in the Stanley Smith Insurance offices, 3540 Wilkinson Lane in Lafayette this morning. The blaze was discovered at 5:57 a.m. and police are closing nearby roads as a result in order for fire apparatus to access the blaze. Contra Costa County Fire Protection District crews gained the…
Read MoreDash Down Diablo – Police Pursue Suspected Bike Thief Off The Mountain Saturday
Officers from several local law enforcement agencies converged on Mt. Diablo State Park after park officials interrupted a suspected bicycle thief practicing his trade at the Summit Visitor Center Saturday. A park officer pursued the suspect’s Chevy S10 down the mountain and onto Castle Rock Road, where officers from Walnut Creek and Contra Costa County…
Read MoreOne Dead In Dublin Crash Friday
One person was killed on Interstate 680 in Dublin Friday after an early-morning chain reaction crash that ultimately closed the freeway southbound for several hours while officers investigated the cause of the collision. Preliminary findings determined that a Honda Civic driving in the the southbound direction made contact with a semi truck traveling in the…
Read MoreReport Of Armed Robbery At San Ramon Home Thursday
A San Ramon resident reported being followed home and robbed by two men who displayed a handgun before making off with his iPhone and Wallet Thursday. The robbery was reported in the 2000 block of Baker Way shortly after 11 a.m. It was not immediately known how long the suspects, described as two black males,…
Read MorePD Search For Man After Battery Near Lafayette BART Wednesday
UPDATE: Air search has ceased operations as sheriff’s helicopter moves off to other assignments. Air and ground units are searching for a man who allegedly battered a woman in their car near the Lafayette BART station, leaving the area before police arrived. The man is believed to be on foot. He is described as a…
Read MoreAnother Fatality On SR4 In Martinez Monday
One person was killed and three others injured in the latest in a string of fatal crashes to occur in Martinez and Concord in the past few hours. Motorists reported a Honda traveling west on SR4 left the road and wrapped itself around a tree at high speed. First crews on the scene reported the…
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