Orinda PD Tracks, Arrests Wilder Mailbox Raider
Orinda police detectives were able to post a satisfying victory in their seemingly endless effort combatting package thieves and mail raiders last week – digging up sufficient evidence to arrest a 27-year-old Antioch man after an earlier incident at Wilder. Police said Eric Meals was allegedly captured on video while burglarizing mailboxes at the development.…
SFPD Officer Shoots Himself When Stopped By Police In Richmond Monday
A San Francisco police officer shot and killed himself in his car after he was stopped by Richmond police in a parking lot at Hilltop Mall Monday. The officer, identified as Antonio Cacatian of Richmond, was stopped by police in that city at approximately 1:30 p.m. A Richmond police spokesman said that after the traffic…
Driver Treated After Chain Reaction Crash On Highway 24 Sunday
A local motorist is undergoing for a possible broken leg this morning after a grinding crash on Highway 24 at Pleasant Hill Road Sunday night scattered car parts across much of the freeway and prompted the California Highway Patrol to close much of the freeway until debris could be removed. Officer Nathan Johnson said the…
Coffee Shop Thieves Snatch Purse From Lafayette Starbucks Customer Wednesday
Lafayette police are investigating the latest in a current string of thefts from area coffee shops – this time after a purse was taken from its owner at a Starbucks location in the 3300 block of Mt. Diablo Boulevard Wednesday afternoon. Officers were dispatched to the coffee shop at 2:29 p.m., learning that a thief…
Sheriff Investigating Shooting Death In Unincorporated Martinez; Concord Man Held
On Saturday at about 8:30 PM, Deputy Sheriffs were dispatched to a “medical police” call at a residence on the 1200 block of Santa Fe Avenue in unincorporated Martinez. The caller stated a person was accidentally shot. Deputies arrived at the scene and discovered a woman identified as Pacheco resident Juanita Buechner, 58, suffering from a…
Suspects Fleeing South On I680 Collide With Innocent Driver At Speeds Topping 100mph
A car fleeing from a Danville police unit and a sheriff’s deputy in the Danville area hopped onto southbound Interstate 680 at 12:20 p.m. Thursday and, after accelerating away at speeds well in excess of 100mph – collided with another car near the Sycamore Valley exit. The occupants of the wanted Chrysler 300 were treated…
Lamorinda Manhunt Called Off After Laptop Snatch At St. Mary’s College Wednesday
Lamorinda police – with help from outside agencies – threw up a perimeter in the area of Moraga Way and Orchard Road after three suspects sped away officers after a strong-arm laptop theft at St. Mary’s College in Moraga Wednesday. The suspects, driving an older model black Jeep, sped from the college shortly after the…
Weary Of Your Neighbor’s Talking Rudolph? Hold Your Blaster Fire, Luke – The Powells Are At It Again!
As Holiday fixtures go you have your Bobbing Head Rudolph, the Waving Santa you bought for $59.99 down at OSH and plugged in yourself. Then you have the 700-pound scale replica of the Millenium Falcon Lafayette Space Cadet Colby Powell built for his family and hoisted atop his roof with help of a crane. So…
Elves Tiptoeing Around The 24/680 – Not All Of Them BRINGING Gifts
Don’t want to dampen the prevailing good cheer around town these days but we’re getting tons of calls about suspicious cars and people and suspicious cars with people and people apparently bent on taking what’s out on our porches this Holiday Season. Martinez police, tipped by an alert neighbor in their city yesterday, located a…
Armchair Detective Work: Lafayette PD Hoping To ID Car From Surveillance Photos
The boys and girls down in the crime lab at Lafayette PD are looking for a little consensus on nomenclature – Year/Make/Model – for this car, sought in connection with an auto burglary in their town on Nov. 20. To be clear, this is for police use. They have had some luck identifying cars used…