Posts by NEWS24-680
Suspected Shoplifters Flee After Crash On Stone Valley Rd. Monday – Three In Custody
Police are searching the area of Stone Valley Road and Highway 680 after a single-car crash sent the occupants of the car fleeing in separate directions. At least two people have been detained so far, and a ground crew is underway for another man seen running from the area. The accident was reported at around…
Read MoreLafayette Police Investigating Armed Robbery Downtown Sunday
Police in Lafayette are looking for a man who reportedly robbed another at gunpoint in the area of Lafayette Circle and Mt. Diablo Boulevard Sunday evening. Officers are searching for the driver of a green 4-door sedan reportedly used in the crime and last seen heading west on Highway 24. The robbery was reported at…
Read MoreFormer Sheriff’s Deputy Charged With Four Felonies – Unlawful Sex Acts Against Inmates
From the Office of the District Attorney, Contra Costa County: Martinez, Calif. – The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office announced today that Patrick Morseman of Vallejo was charged with four felonies for unlawful sex acts involving two inmates at the West County Detention Facility. Morseman was a Deputy with the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office…
Read MoreCarload Of Suspected Armed Robbers Sprints Down I680 Onto Highway 24 – And Disappears
A carload of suspected armed robbers believed responsible for an armed robbery in Antioch raced south onto Interstate 680 and the onto westbound Highway 24 Friday – disappearing through the Caldecott Tunnel and possibly causing at least one crash in their haste to escape. Police and fire personnel descended on a crash scene on westbound…
Read MoreChef Valentino Luchin Of Lafayette Booked For Robbing Orinda Bank Wednesday
An armed robbery at the Citibank branch in Orinda Wednesday morning triggered a widespread search for a suspect who left the scene in an older model Mercedes, police said, and ended when that suspect left a home on Valente Drive in Lafayette and was taken into custody on the street outside. Records indicate Valentino Luchin,…
Read MoreOne Opioid Fatality Per Week In Contra Costa County In 2016 – Supervisors Promise Litigation Against Manufacturers/Distributors
At yesterday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, it was announced that Contra Costa County plans to join a consortium of more than 25 California counties, as well as hundreds of other municipalities throughout the United States, to initiate litigation against the drug manufacturers and distributors responsible for the opioid epidemic that has destroyed so many lives…
Read MoreMt. Diablo Up Early, Does A Little Stretching – Produces 3.3 Magnitude Shaker Monday
Most folks appear to have slept through it but a low, 3.3 Magnitude earthquake rumbled under Alamo at 4:55 a.m. Monday – most significant of a flurry of three shakers and apparently leaving no significant damage in its wake. USGS scientists attributed the shaker to the presence of the Mt. Diablo Thrust Fault, a fault deep…
Read More“Fill ‘Er Up… We Mean, Hands Up!” Lafayette PD Arrest Stolen Car Suspect While He’s Getting Gas Sunday
A trip past the neighborhood gas station turned into a bit of a real-life crime episode Sunday after NEWS24/680 reader Pamela Dunn happened upon this scene at the 76 Station off Mt. Diablo Blvd. in Lafayette. Turns out a passing Honda Civic triggered the town’s all-catching license plate readers and the city’s finest were vectored…
Read MoreOne Dead In Walnut Creek Crash Sunday
All lanes of northbound Interstate Highway 680 north of Olympic Boulevard in Walnut Creek have been reopened after a fatal accident early forced a temporary closure of the freeway early Sunday morning. Investigators said a 22-year-old Concord man was killed when his Volkswagen GTI left the highway and crashed at around 4 a.m., ejecting him. A SigAlert, which…
Read MoreSheriff’s Helicopter, Ground Units Corral Fleeing Suspect Off McCauley Road Friday
A 22-year-old Oakland man is in custody in connection with a vehicle reported carjacked out of Hayward. Police Chief Allan Shields said at 11:06 a.m. the department’s Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) system flagged a stolen vehicle in Danville near Diablo Road and Camino Tassajara. A short time later, officers located the vehicle, described as…
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