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Lafayette Kidnap-Hostage Case Takes A Turn – Warrant Issued After Suspect Leaves Diversion Program
A no-bail fugitive warrant has been issued for Lafayette resident Kenneth McIsaac – central figure in a disturbing kidnapping/hostage case that rocked the city after a local family was bound with duct tape and held at gunpoint for hours in their apartment last year. It was McIsaac, the family and other residents of the Lafayette…
Read MoreLivermore Gun Store Owner Shoots, Kills Alleged Robber Sunday
Livermore police have released details of a fatal shooting at a local firearms store – apparently as the store owner defended himself against a thief who stole one of the shop’s weapons while brandishing a hammer. The shooting was reported at around 2:30 p.m. Sunday at East Bay Firearms, 4049 First Street, after an apparent…
Read MoreLife And Death In ‘BurbLandia; Junk Mail; The Orange Cowboy
Caught in a swirl of stories and happenings in the 24/680 lately, some of them our own circling back to reach us as new – some funny and others not so much – but all part of that treadmill we’re on, each of us stamped with our own expiration date and walking till we stop.…
Read MoreFake Rolex Taken In Walnut Creek Facebook Marketplace Robbery Saturday
The planned sale of a Rolex watch outside a Walnut Creek business went wrong Saturday when one of the participants pulled what looked to be a real weapon with an extended magazine and took the faux Rolex at gunpoint. It was not immediately clear if the watch was being sold as counterfeit or authentic. The…
Read MoreMinor Injuries In Van Vs. Bicyclist Crash In Walnut Creek Friday
A scary moment ended with a satisfactory outcome after a minivan made contact with a bicyclist and a brick post on Tice Valley Boulevard at Castle Hill Ranch in Walnut Creek Friday. Ambulances were summoned for both the cyclist and the driver of the minivan after the vehicle’s airbags deployed but injuries for both parties…
Read MorePurse-Snatch Reported At Orinda BART Friday
One person was detained and another was being sought (1:17pm) after two youths robbed a woman of her purse at Orinda BART on Friday. The incident was reported shortly after 1 p.m. with two youths, described as black males, approaching the woman and taking her purse before running off. Orinda PD stopped and detained one…
Read MoreAnother Night On The Beat In Walnut Creek – “Takedown”
Officers were called to support store personnel at the Ross store in downtown Walnut Creek on Thursday night after a man was allegedly seen removing security tags from items and then leaving with those items without paying. Police followed the man out of the store and attempted to get him to stop and talk with…
Read MoreStick-Up Crew Takes Purse, Watch At Gunpoint In Walnut Creek Wednesday
A car with four individuals aboard robbed a couple at Botelho and Locust in Walnut Creek on Wednesday, one of the occupants producing a pistol and demanding a watch and purse from their victims. No one was believed to have been injured during the incident, which occurred at 9:28 p.m. The four robbers, described as…
Read MoreHorrific Crash On Eastbound Highway 24 In Orinda Wednesday
A wrong-way driver attempting to elude sheriff’s deputies during a chase that took them into Lafayette and back onto eastbound Highway 24, crashed headlong into another vehicle traveling in the eastbound direction – killing at least two. The driver, subsequently identified as Jesus Valdez, 35, of Oakland, was arrested for allegedly possessing a stolen vehicle,…
Read MoreSuspected Car Thief Leads Police On Foot, Car Chase Through Lamorinda Wednesday
A man suspected of car theft led police air and ground units on a pursuit through Lafayette on Wednesday before abandoning the car, briefly fleeing on foot only to return to the car and speeding off onto eastbound Highway 24. The driver, subsequently identified as Jesus Valdez, 35, of Oakland, drove into oncoming traffic in…
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