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Moraga Police, County Coroner Investigating Death Of Child Tuesday
Moraga police confirmed Wednesday that their investigators and Contra Costa County Coroner’s deputies are looking into the death of a 18-month-old child found outside a Hardie Drive home Tuesday. Police Chief Jon King said his officers were sent to the residence in the unit block of Hardie Drive at 3:50 p.m. Tuesday after dispatchers reported…
Read MoreStories That Go “Poof”: Chasing The Who, The What, And The Ever-Elusive Why
People who practice our trade know all too well that despite public impression none of the hundred or so tales that come to us over the course of a month ever arrive whole and in a neatly tied bow. Stories, we have all been told in English 101, have a beginning, a middle, and an…
Read MorePolice Investigating Attempted Abduction Of A Child In El Sobrante Tuesday
Area police have been alerted to the possible attempted abduction of a 12-year-old girl near the Walgreens outlet on San Pablo Dam Road in El Sobrante Tuesday morning. Officers are looking for a black male between 45 and 55 years, bald, tall, and thin, wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses who reportedly offered the child…
Read MoreBullyBoys And CoCo Boys Rake In More Than $1 Million In Credit Card Racket
From the Associated Press: SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More than 30 purported street gang members have been charged with stealing more than $1 million in what authorities said Monday was an unusually sophisticated credit card fraud scheme. Members and associates of the BullyBoys and the CoCo Boys street gangs based in the suburbs east of…
Read MoreApparently, We’re Still Having Problems Behind The Wheel
We’ve been writing about this sort of thing lately with many folks expressing interest/concern with what’s going on on our local roads. Police in Dublin captured this photo of an accident at Dublin Boulevard and Dougherty Road this morning. Apparently the driver survived the experience and no one else was injured but that tree isn’t…
Read MoreSuspects In Lafayette Attempted Abduction Case Detained By Pittsburg Police Early Wednesday; One Under Arrest
Two men suspected of the attempted abduction of a Lafayette woman as she walked to Lafayette BART from Mt. Diablo Boulevard Tuesday were stopped and detained by Pittsburg police as they were riding in a car on State Route 4 early Wednesday morning. The men, whose names were not immediately provided, were stopped while riding…
Read MoreDriver Injured In Pleasant Hill Crash Monday
A driver transitioning from Pleasant Hill Road to northbound Taylor Boulevard lost control and struck a tree in the median a little after 4 p.m. Monday. Emergency responders got the call for help at 4:11 p.m. The driver was trapped in the wreckage and needed to be extricated by firefighters. There was no immediate word…
Read MoreWoman On Psychiatric Detainer In Pleasanton Escapes From Ambulance, Killed After Running Into Traffic
From the Pleasanton Police Department: On Monday September 3, 2018 around 7:30 a.m. Norcal Ambulance was transporting a patient placed on a psychiatric detainer by the Pleasanton Police Department, to a John George Psychiatric Pavilion. As the ambulance approached the I-680/I-580 highway interchange they were forced pulled over due to an undetermined problem with the…
Read MoreThe Shopping List – What Local Thieves Are Taking
We’ve written about this so much now it seems redundant and boring and, well, we’re just not so we’ll let the picture tell the story – this being Labor Day and all. Officers in San Ramon stopped a car for a minor traffic infraction Sunday, determined the driver was on active probation and then –…
Read MoreTruck Spills Load Of Pool Chemicals After Accident On I680 In Martinez Thursday; Traffic Suffering
8:30 a.m. – A SigAlert is in place with one lane open on southbound I680 at Highway 4 in Martinez Thursday after a truck containing pool chemicals spills its load after a collision with another vehicle. The cleanup process is underway but traffic in the area is heavy. A Hazardous Materials response has been called…
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