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BullyBoys 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…
Read MoreDeveloper Runs The Numbers, Decides Against Lafayette’s Park Theater Purchase
From the City of Lafayette: LAFAYETTE, CALIF., Aug. 29, 2018—A developer previously interested in purchasing Lafayette’s Park Theater, Madison Park Financial, informed the City late Monday that it has decided not to move forward with the purchase of the theater and instead focus on a smaller scale project on a property it owns in downtown…
Read MoreArmed Robbers Confront Man In Danville Tuesday, Watch Taken
Two gunmen confronted a resident in the area of Windchime Drive and Manchester Street in Danville Tuesday – brandishing pistols and relieving him of his watch. Police are searching for an early 90s four-door Ford sedan faded black in color with three men aboard. The suspects were described as black males in dark clothing, both…
Read MoreThieves Christen Walnut Creek’s New Apple Store
As our Flash subscribers first learned Saturday night, a crew of thieves entered and robbed the recently opened Apple store on South Main Street – making off with thousands of dollars worth of electronics before making a clean getaway. The theft was reported shortly after 5:30 p.m. Saturday and followed another reported grab-and-run robbery from…
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