110mph Pursuit Scorches The 24/680 Sunday; Ends In Concord
A hair-raising police pursuit east along Highway 24 and I680 Sunday topped speeds of 100mph and ended with one of two men detained and the other – reportedly armed – running into a Concord furniture store. The incident took local drivers by surprise as California Highway Patrol officers fell in behind a car heading eastbound…
Hit And Run Crash Touches Off Foot Chase In Orinda As Occupants Flee Police
Lamorinda police detained five people who fled from the wreckage of a car which crashed on Camino Pablo at Highway 24 at 2:20 p.m. Thursday. Police Chief Mark Nagel said his department was notified of a hit and run crash that occurred on Westbound Highway 24 at Camino Pablo at about that time, with five occupants of that…
Saturday Morning Murder In Downtown Walnut Creek Stuns Residents
Walnut Creek police are looking for a gunman they say fired several shots into another man as he was leaving a local nightclub at Locust and Cypress streets at 1:28 a.m. Saturday – a virtually unprecedented act of gun violence in the very heart of the city. Investigators reported that their dispatch center received reports of several shots…
Baby Formula Shoplifters Lead Danville-San Ramon/Lamorinda PDs On 100mph Chase On Highway 24 Friday
A crew of suspected shoplifters grabbed a large quantity of baby formula from a San Ramon Safeway store and fled westbound on Highway 24 Friday, a trail of law enforcement agencies in pursuit. Police were looking for three people who targeted the store and fled westbound onto Highway 24 at speeds in excess of 100 mph…
Lamorinda, BART PD Track, Taser, Capture Suspected Burglars In Lafayette Early Thursday – Get Carjackers Instead
Police sealed off a section of Golden Gate Way in Lafayette early Thursday after two men – believed connected to the previous day’s burglary spree in Moraga and Orinda – were spotted allegedly attempting to burglarize a car along Mt. Diablo Blvd. Instead, further investigation revealed the two men taken into custody before dawn were not…
Shooting/Stabbing On Shell Avenue In Martinez Tuesday – Two Wounded
County sheriff’s deputies and Martinez police are on the scene of a shooting with at least two people hit on Shell Ave. near Orchard Lane. The Office of the Sheriff reported that a sheriff’s CASE (Contra Costa County Anti-Violence Support Effort) team was attempting to serve a search warrant at a residence on the 1300 block…
Daylight Burglars Strike In Danville Tuesday; One Suspect Arrested In Lafayette
A series of incidents kept Danville police busy and residents on edge Tuesday as thieves successfully breached one home and appeared to be casing others. Three separate individuals were arrested, one in Lafayette, after two incidents today in Danville: According to Lt. Allan Shields, the first incident occurred at 2:50 a.m. near the intersection of Morris…
Knife-Wielding Robbers Take $700 Cash From Victim At Lafayette BART Station Saturday
A pair of robbers, one of them wielding a 6″-long knife, accosted a person at the Lafayette BART station at 4:21 p.m. Saturday – relieving their victims of $700 in cash. A BART police spokesman was reluctant to give too many details of the incident due to the fact that it was still fresh and…
Fatal Accident On Bollinger Canyon Road In San Ramon Saturday; Area Closed To Northbound Traffic
An accident reported at 12:04 p.m. in the northbound lanes of Bollinger Canyon Road between Harcourt Way and Watermill Rd. has left one person dead and the thoroughfare closed as San Ramon police investigate its cause. Passersby, at least one of them a physician, reported seeing a car into a tree at that location with a…
Orinda Police Seek Suspect In Near-Fatal Beating Of Florida Man On Camino Encinas Saturday
Orinda police are looking for a person suspected of inflicting a life-threatening head injury to a 21-year-old Florida man found outside of a Camino Encinas residence reportedly rented for cash through Airbnb. Investigators said the incident appears to have occurred in the area where a large party convened Friday evening. The victim was found beaten and unconscious in the parking…