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Two Arrested After High-Speed Pursuit, Crash In Walnut Creek
Two men accused of leading police on a high-speed pursuit that took them through two counties and ended with a collision in downtown Walnut Creek were charged with several crimes as investigators sought a third man believed to have escaped a police cordon. Jorge Vargas, 20, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon…
Read MorePedestrian Struck, Killed By Car In San Ramon Wednesday
An 84-year-old San Ramon resident was struck and killed by a car while attempting to cross the road near Dougherty and Red Willow roads Wednesday night. The accident was reported at 8:53 p.m., with callers reporting that a woman was walking in the area at the time was struck. Police identified the pedestrian as Krishna Suri of San…
Read MoreAnother Mobile ID Theft Crew Busted; Walnut Creek Residents Allegedly Involved
Two Walnut Creek residents were arrested at a Novato hotel with credit cards and financial information allegedly stolen from dozens of victims in Novato and the East Bay, according to a story published Tuesday in the Marin Independent Journal. Samantha Ann Surls, 30, and Michael Allen Whalin, 23, were booked into Marin County Jail on…
Read MoreSubject Of Two-Day Police Search Uses Stolen Car To Ram Sheriff’s Car In Lafayette
Lafayette police and Contra Costa County Sheriff’s deputies following a stolen car in Burton Valley got a rude response Thursday when the driver rammed a trailing sheriff’s car in his bid to escape. The man, whose name is being withheld by this site for the time being, appeared to have eluded police for the second…
Read MoreLafayette Police Release Photos Of “Crime Car”
Police said the car at the center of Wednesday’s drama at the Lafayette Community Park appeared to have been stolen and contained property believed to have been stolen from area homes. Investigators said the car’s ignition had been punched, it’s Vehicle Identification Numbers removed and its license plates switched. Sets of keys used to access everything…
Read MoreMail And Package Thieves At Work In Lamorinda
Thieves who prowl mailboxes and front doorsteps for any mail or dropped packages appear to be at work in Lamorinda of late, picking off deliveries in Moraga and Lafayette. Two deliveries too heavy for their recipient to take in were taken in for her in Moraga on July 5. The thief may have been disappointed,…
Read MoreDanville Police Investigate Apparent Murder-Suicide
Danville Police detectives are investigating the deaths of two Danville residents in what is believed to be a murder-suicide. Police Chief Steve Simpkins said that at 7:46 a.m. officers were called to a home in the 700 block of Glen Eagle Court in the Crow Canyon Country Club after a 911 call was made. On arrival,…
Read MoreAnti-Crime Cameras Coming To Orinda
In an effort to reduce property theft related crimes, the Orinda Police Department will soon be utilizing Motion-Activated Surveillance Cameras (Reconyx) and an Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) within the City of Orinda. The Reconyx cameras will be located at various locations throughout the city and the ALPR camera will be utilized on one patrol…
Read MoreRenegade Landscaper Continues To Fleece 24-680 Homeowners
We first wrote about him in February. For some up-front money he’d tend your yard. For more, he’d transform it into a Garden of Eden, or fix that poxy drainage issue. At least, that’s what he said he’d do. Like other pirate contractors operating in the 24-680 Corridor, investigators said Adan Rivas – or Contreras, it…
Read MoreOrinda-Based Thug Goats Invade, Defile Pebble Beach Home
Oh, those kids. And some adults, apparently, as a local goat herd on a vegetation-clearing mission in Pebble Beach butted in to a local home and made themselves comfortable last week – living up to their reputation as voracious eaters and chewing on everything from curtain ties to artificial flowers to real ones in the…
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