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Gearhead Alert: Lafayette PD Looking For Additional Details On Suspected Burglary Car
Lafayette police are attempting to get some additional information on the year, type, number of French Fries under the front seat, etc., of this Nissan XTerra, sought in connection with a commercial burglary in town recently. Veteran readers and Gearjammers know that the PD knows we have a following of folks who know their way…
Read MoreSan Ramon PD – Alert Civilian – Team Up To Take Down Two Suspected Auto Burglars Tuesday
The Jungle Drums that are our Tip Lines lit up Tuesday evening as San Ramon residents wrote us asking about an ongoing police action in the Market Place area last night. Police say an alert citizen called officers regarding a suspicious person and car in the shopping area parking lot and police responded, getting there…
Read MoreAngst Behind The Wheel: Head Banging And Road Raging In Sloburbia
It’s safe to say that all those old ads showing smiling, chisel-jawed drivers motoring down spotless, remarkably uncongested freeways in the far off 50’s lived only in an Ad Man’s imagination, with real-world conditions on local roads proving to be far, far different. This site received word from reader/commuters of a “nasty accident” on Southbound…
Read MoreWalnut Creek Police Investigate Shooting Incident, Seal Off Candelero Drive At Treat Blvd.
Walnut Creek police appear to be investigating a shooting incident reported in the area of Candelero and Treat sometime this morning. The intersection was sealed off for some time but residents report those restrictions are easing as police wind down their investigation. A canine search team was also reportedly called in to search for either…
Read MoreCar Burglaries Continue To Plague 24/680 Residents – And They’re Not Happy
Nothing turns people off like redundancy of information and we’ve been writing about this issue for a long, long time but the tide does not seem to be turning in favor of the law abiding. So we post this cautionary message. Timothy sent in the attached picture of a friend’s Prius, breached and rummaged through…
Read MorePleasant Hill Man Detained Saturday After Overnight SWAT Response On Boyd Road
Hundreds of Pleasant Hill residents were ordered to shelter in their homes and not venture outside late Friday and into Saturday morning after reports reached police of a man, reportedly carrying an assault-type rifle and wearing a ballistic vest, walking on Boyd Road at 10:31 p.m. On Saturday, officers detained a a 33-year-old resident of…
Read MoreInvestigators Determine Moraga’s Armstrong Brothers Had Influenza Virus At The Time Of Their Death
Investigators looking into the deaths of brothers Gary and Richard Armstrong in Moraga January 15 have determined that both men had the flu virus at the time of their deaths – coroner’s officials classifying their deaths as “natural.” Moraga Police Chief Jon King said Friday the results of tests conducted by the Coroner’s Division of…
Read MoreSideshow Participant Charged With Attempted Murder Of A Police Officer
The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office has filed multiple felony charges against Juan Noel Vargas and Genesis Castaneda stemming from a incident during a street sideshow in Richmond January 28. Charges against Vargas, who was driving at the time of the incident, include Attempted Murder of a Police Officer and Assault with a Deadly Weapon.…
Read MoreDriver Killed After Olympic Blvd. Crash Sunday; Wife Injured
A single-car crash reported on our Facebook page as it happened Sunday morning ended tragically after the driver was pronounced dead of his injuries at John Muir Medical Center – his wife left hospitalized with serious injuries. The crash occurred at 10:44 a.m. when the couple’s Honda CRV drifted inexplicably off Olympic Boulevard as it…
Read MoreConcord Man Arrested After Wild Day In San Ramon Friday
In the latest in a recent series of incidents leaving San Ramon residents incredulous a Concord man was apprehended by police after fleeing from officers attempting to stop him for speeding, crashing his car into a home, and then running from officers closing in on the crash site. According to a release issued by San…
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