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“This Little Piggy…”
Of our stories this week, few generated as much offline reader response as Lafayette’s effort to control its feral pig population: Editor: Re: Lafayette’s Pig Problem – Step 1, Place bounty on said pigs. Step 2, Open season on said porkers to local hunters. Step 3, Offer byproducts of hunting effort to the hungry, any…
Read MoreBurglars Bedevil The 24/680 – Four Break-ins In Orinda Thursday
No city or town seems exempt from a recent spate of local burglaries and some areas are getting especially hard hit on an apparently rotating basis. Thursday was Orinda’s turn in the crosshairs, apparently, with Chief of Police David Cook confirming his officers dealt with four residential burglaries over the course of their day. “The…
Read MorePleasant Hill Man Arrested For Child Pornography Related Crimes
Martinez, Calif. – On Tuesday December 10, 2019, 29-year-old Pleasant Hill resident Daniel Joseph Feliciano was arrested for possession and production of child pornography. On December 11, 2019, acting on a tip from an electronic communication service provider, investigators executed a search warrant in the 100 block of Burns Court in Pleasant Hill and seized numerous…
Read MoreFormal Charges Filed Against Home Invasion Robbery Suspects
The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office has filed 25 felony counts against home invasion robbery suspects Adama Diop and Joseph C. Wells Jr. The charges include kidnapping, robbery, burglary, grand theft, carjacking and intimidation. Diop and Wells remain in custody at the Martinez Detention Facility. They are each being held in lieu of $9,125,000…
Read MoreDon’t Hit The Big, Red Truck! San Ramon Valley Fire Apparatus Rammed Monday Night
A San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District ladder truck – one of the big ones you see with lights and a ladder on it – was rammed by an unfortunate motorist outside its station Monday night. The lone occupant of the civilian vehicle got the worst of the encounter, but the fire apparatus is going…
Read MoreConcord Pair Arrested For Package Thefts In Danville, Walnut Creek
On December 9, 2019, at 2:48 p.m., Danville Officers received a call from a resident on the 200 block of Promenade Lane regarding a subject stealing packages from the resident’s front porch. The resident was not at home, and was witnessing the theft via their doorbell camera. The resident provided the police with a description…
Read MoreThree Killed In Orinda Crash Saturday
Three men were killed when the car they were in veered off SR24 and ran into a tree just east of Camino Pablo early Saturday morning. The 3:07 a.m. crash remains under investigation, though officers determined that a 31-year-old Oakland man and a 22-year-old from Hayward – both passengers in the 2009 Nissan Versa –…
Read MoreTwo More Arrests In Lafayette Home Invasion Cases
The Lafayette Police Department announces that two additional suspects have been arrested in connection with home invasion robberies that occurred in Lafayette, Oakland and Benicia. In all, four suspects were booked into the Martinez Detention Facility (MDF): -22-year-old Joseph Wells of Fairfield. He was booked on charges that include burglary, kidnapping, kidnapping for ransom, false…
Read MoreFelony Fraud Charges For Former Con Fire Battalion Chief
From the Office of the District Attorney: Former Con Fire Battalion Chief Charged with 12 Felonies for Falsifying Payroll Records, Misappropriation of Taxpayer Monies Martinez, Calif. – Earlier this week the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office filed criminal charges against former Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) Battalion Chief Louis Manzo Jr. of…
Read MoreSuspects Arrested In Lafayette Home Invasion Robberies
The Lafayette Police Department announces the arrests of suspects in two home invasion robberies that occurred in the city on October 31, 2019 and November 26, 2019. This morning, the Fairfield Police Department SWAT team and Lafayette Police Department served Ramey arrest warrants and search warrants at a residence on the 500 block of Pacific…
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