Seven Year Prison Term For Walnut Creek Farmers Market Hit-And-Run Driver
Updated Monday, July 14 to include additional information pertaining to the case: The Vallejo man charged with a devastating DUI crash through the Walnut Creek Farmers Market in June of last year accepted a 7 year prison sentence in a plea offer made by Judge John Kennedy over objections from prosecutors and the family of…
Walnut Creek Man Sentenced In Library Sexual Assault Case
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, California – A Walnut Creek man was sentenced today in Contra Costa County Superior Court after entering guilty pleas to felony charges of sexual abuse of a minor and aggravated possession of child sexual abuse material. Marc Alexander Simon, 28, was sentenced by the Honorable Charles Burch…
Suspected Gang Members Facing Felony Charges For Serial Tobacco, Sunglass Thefts
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, California – The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office filed a 33-count felony complaint against eleven members of an Antioch-Pittsburg criminal street gang on conspiracy, grand theft of personal property, second-degree robbery, and other offenses related to the theft of millions of dollars in merchandise. The charges were…
UPDATE: Richmond Man, Un-Hit By Concord PD Gunfire, Charged With Attempted Murder – Assault On Officers
From Concord PD: CONCORD, CA – This past Thursday, April 3rd, shortly after 10 pm, a Concord Police Department patrol officer attempted to make a traffic stop on a Chrysler sedan on Ellis Street near Clayton Road. The driver of the Chrysler, later identified as Eric Darrall Foreman, a 37-year-old male from Richmond, exited his…
Lafayette Man Convicted In Home Invasion Case – Faces Possible Life Sentence
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, California – On March 27th, a Contra Costa County jury convicted 34-year-old Kenneth McIsaac on multiple felony charges, related to a home invasion incident involving a Lafayette family. The conviction stems from a September 24, 2022, incident in Lafayette. As a mother and her children returned from…
Vallejo Man Charged With Stealing Legos From 24/680 Target Stores
From the Office of the District Attorney: Vallejo Man Charged by Contra Costa DA in Connection with $25,000 Retail Theft Martinez, California – A Vallejo man has been charged by the Contra Costa County District Attorney with multiple counts of second-degree commercial burglary and grand theft for stealing nearly $25,000 worth of merchandise from Target.…
Canadian Man Sentenced For Sextortion Of Contra Costa County Minor
From the Office of the District Attorney Martinez, California – A 25-year-old man from Gulf Island, Canada, has been sentenced to prison for sexually extorting a minor in Contra Costa County in 2020, in what is commonly referred to as a “Sextortion” attack. In the fall of 2019, Nicholas Fahey used a social media application…
DA Declines To Charge Orinda Shooting Suspect
An Orinda man confronted and punched during a road rage incident on a suburban street ended with his firing a fatal shot at his assailant will not face charges in connection with the incident, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office. The fatal encounter occurred September 12, 2024 at a bend in the…
DA Files Additional Charges Against Infamous Convicted Kidnapper
From the Office of the District Attorney Martinez, California – The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office has filed a three-count felony complaint against a convicted kidnapper and rapist whose crimes include a high-profile case featured in a documentary series. Matthew Daniel Muller, 47, is currently serving a 40-year federal prison sentence in Tucson, Arizona, for…
Family Of Driver Killed In Infamous I680 Tesla Crash Sues Car Maker, Elon Musk
The family of a 31-year-old Pittsburg man at the wheel of a Tesla Model S when it failed to “see” a Con Fire ladder truck deployed on I680 and struck the larger vehicle at speeds estimated at 71mph has filed suit against Tesla and CEO Elon Musk – blaming him for their son’s death. Giovanni…