Lamorinda PD Chase Suspected Car Burglar Out Of Dodge; As Residents Meet About Crime In The City
If police were looking for a way to dramatize the recent uptake in property crimes which has the citizenry on edge and local law enforcement deploying countermeasures – they got it Wednesday night. Lafayette’s public safety committee had convened a meeting of concerned citizens and their chief for 7 p.m. Wednesday and, presumably, things were…
Sheriff’s Office Investigating Apparent Murder-Suicide Near Martinez
On Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at about 10:43 AM, Muir Station Deputy Sheriffs assisted Martinez Police Department regarding an investigation of a missing person. The investigation led them to the 2400 block of Monterey Avenue in unincorporated Martinez. Deputy Sheriffs and Martinez Police Officers entered a residence and found a deceased female. While clearing the…
Walnut Creek’s Homeless Outreach Effort Turns Up A Suspected Felon, A Weapon, And Drugs
Walnut Creek Police say officers participating in a recent Homeless Outreach Program effort in the area of 1900 Tice Valley noticed a camp resident attempt to hide something between his legs during their patrol. Officers contacted Earl Romiti, age not given, and allegedly found a handgun, ammunition, and drug paraphernalia. Romiti was arrested for being…
Holiday Leftovers
This happens to be our favorite time of year, as it is for so many of you, and we’re embracing the Warm and Fuzzy feelings generated by the Holidays as descending rain and fog is offset by Christmas trees and a fire in our fireplace. While the story line of our National Politics seems to…
Lafayette Police Investigating Tuesday Night Home Invasion Robbery
UPDATE – 12:35 p.m. Wednesday: Further information supplied in connection with this case has determined that the three subjects, all masked black males in their 20s, all wearing dark clothing – entered the home and aggressively accosted the residents, man and wife. The suspects assaulted the male, striking him with an object of some kind,…
Pleasant Hill Woman Nabbed In Alamo Following Overnight Police Search
UPDATED information from Danville Police Chief Allan Shields: On November 25, 2019, at approximately 1900, an undercover Danville Officer was working burglary suppression in the Black Bear Diner and Rose Garden Center parking lots located at Camino Ramon and Sycamore Valley Road. The officer saw a person, later identified as Elena Wilson, 30, Pleasant Hill,…
Four Arrested In Pleasant Hill After High-Speed Freeway Pursuit Sunday
Four teens were arrested on carjacking charges following a high-speed chase down highways 242/680 Sunday – the four breaking and running from a reportedly carjacked vehicle after failing to make a turn and crashing into a tree at the Gregory Lane offramp. The incident began to attract attention shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday when a…
One Dead In Rossmoor Blaze
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District investigators have confirmed that one person is dead following a 2-Alarm blaze on Leisure Lane in Rossmoor Saturday night. Fire Marshal Chris Bachman said the fire is currently being investigated by the Fire Investigation Unit. Residents identified the dead man as Arthur Hertz, 101. The blaze was first reported…
Busy Night In The 24/680 Friday: Whirlies Whirling; Burglars Come Calling; Laptop Snatching
Hopes for a quiet Friday evening in the 24/680 (“The Numbers”) were dashed early on as our antique switchboard began to light up with calls from people unfortunate enough to run afoul of ne’er do wells at work. Things got underway early with an air and ground search for a man wanted for an outstanding…
Martinez Man Arrested In Connection With Orinda Halloween Shooting Case; Vallejo Resident Also Booked
Two men, one from Martinez, the other from Vallejo, were the latest of several men arrested in connection with the mass shooting at an Orinda Airbnb location Halloween night. The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrests Friday night, saying the men were taken into custody during the execution of multiple search and arrest…