Suspected Shoplifters Flee After Crash On Stone Valley Rd. Monday – Three In Custody
Police are searching the area of Stone Valley Road and Highway 680 after a single-car crash sent the occupants of the car fleeing in separate directions. At least two people have been detained so far, and a ground crew is underway for another man seen running from the area. The accident was reported at around…
Lafayette Police Investigating Armed Robbery Downtown Sunday
Police in Lafayette are looking for a man who reportedly robbed another at gunpoint in the area of Lafayette Circle and Mt. Diablo Boulevard Sunday evening. Officers are searching for the driver of a green 4-door sedan reportedly used in the crime and last seen heading west on Highway 24. The robbery was reported at…
Carload Of Suspected Armed Robbers Sprints Down I680 Onto Highway 24 – And Disappears
A carload of suspected armed robbers believed responsible for an armed robbery in Antioch raced south onto Interstate 680 and the onto westbound Highway 24 Friday – disappearing through the Caldecott Tunnel and possibly causing at least one crash in their haste to escape. Police and fire personnel descended on a crash scene on westbound…
Chef Valentino Luchin Of Lafayette Booked For Robbing Orinda Bank Wednesday
An armed robbery at the Citibank branch in Orinda Wednesday morning triggered a widespread search for a suspect who left the scene in an older model Mercedes, police said, and ended when that suspect left a home on Valente Drive in Lafayette and was taken into custody on the street outside. Records indicate Valentino Luchin,…
One Opioid Fatality Per Week In Contra Costa County In 2016 – Supervisors Promise Litigation Against Manufacturers/Distributors
At yesterday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, it was announced that Contra Costa County plans to join a consortium of more than 25 California counties, as well as hundreds of other municipalities throughout the United States, to initiate litigation against the drug manufacturers and distributors responsible for the opioid epidemic that has destroyed so many lives…
Mt. Diablo Up Early, Does A Little Stretching – Produces 3.3 Magnitude Shaker Monday
Most folks appear to have slept through it but a low, 3.3 Magnitude earthquake rumbled under Alamo at 4:55 a.m. Monday – most significant of a flurry of three shakers and apparently leaving no significant damage in its wake. USGS scientists attributed the shaker to the presence of the Mt. Diablo Thrust Fault, a fault deep…
One Dead In Walnut Creek Crash Sunday
All lanes of northbound Interstate Highway 680 north of Olympic Boulevard in Walnut Creek have been reopened after a fatal accident early forced a temporary closure of the freeway early Sunday morning. Investigators said a 22-year-old Concord man was killed when his Volkswagen GTI left the highway and crashed at around 4 a.m., ejecting him. A SigAlert, which…
Sheriff’s Helicopter, Ground Units Corral Fleeing Suspect Off McCauley Road Friday
A 22-year-old Oakland man is in custody in connection with a vehicle reported carjacked out of Hayward. Police Chief Allan Shields said at 11:06 a.m. the department’s Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) system flagged a stolen vehicle in Danville near Diablo Road and Camino Tassajara. A short time later, officers located the vehicle, described as…
Investigators Used DNA Submitted To Genealogical Websites In Their Search For Killer
Investigators in Sacramento have confirmed their use of commercial websites specializing in tracing ancestral ties to narrow the focus of their investigation into the Golden State Killer case. Officials told the Sacramento Bee they were able to winnow down their list of potential suspects to former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo after sample DNA collected…
Concord Apartment Building Destroyed In 3-Alarm Fire Tuesday Morning
A Concord apartment building under construction at Galindo and Concord Boulevard caught fire, quickly grew to 3-alarms, and was later declared a total loss after burning for much of Tuesday morning. The fire was reported shortly before 1 a.m. with bystanders stunned by its magnitude and the intensity of its heat. Firefighters ultimately declared the…