Another Mobile ID Theft Crew Busted; Walnut Creek Residents Allegedly Involved
Two Walnut Creek residents were arrested at a Novato hotel with credit cards and financial information allegedly stolen from dozens of victims in Novato and the East Bay, according to a story published Tuesday in the Marin Independent Journal. Samantha Ann Surls, 30, and Michael Allen Whalin, 23, were booked into Marin County Jail on…
Lafayette Police Release Photos Of “Crime Car”
Police said the car at the center of Wednesday’s drama at the Lafayette Community Park appeared to have been stolen and contained property believed to have been stolen from area homes. Investigators said the car’s ignition had been punched, it’s Vehicle Identification Numbers removed and its license plates switched. Sets of keys used to access everything…
Danville Police Investigate Apparent Murder-Suicide
Danville Police detectives are investigating the deaths of two Danville residents in what is believed to be a murder-suicide. Police Chief Steve Simpkins said that at 7:46 a.m. officers were called to a home in the 700 block of Glen Eagle Court in the Crow Canyon Country Club after a 911 call was made. On arrival,…
Renegade Landscaper Continues To Fleece 24-680 Homeowners
We first wrote about him in February. For some up-front money he’d tend your yard. For more, he’d transform it into a Garden of Eden, or fix that poxy drainage issue. At least, that’s what he said he’d do. Like other pirate contractors operating in the 24-680 Corridor, investigators said Adan Rivas – or Contreras, it…
Orinda-Based Thug Goats Invade, Defile Pebble Beach Home
Oh, those kids. And some adults, apparently, as a local goat herd on a vegetation-clearing mission in Pebble Beach butted in to a local home and made themselves comfortable last week – living up to their reputation as voracious eaters and chewing on everything from curtain ties to artificial flowers to real ones in the…
LAFAYETTE: Mexican Colonial Masterpiece Rescued From Under Local Couch
An 18th century painting produced by the most accomplished Mexican artist of his age and lost over intervening decades has been located and recovered from its resting place: under Christina Jones Janssen’s couch in Lafayette. Miguel Cabrera’s long lost De Español y Morisca; Albina – number 6 in an allegorical series of paintings done by the artist in Mexico…
MORAGA: Rare Street Robbery Rattles Little Moraga
In a criminal act rare for Moraga, two of three men who had apparently been riding through town in a search for a victim confronted and robbed a woman walking on Camino Ricardo at Danefield Place Monday evening – taking her purse and escaping in a black Mercedes with tinted windows. The incident was the…
LAFAYETTE: Police Describe Takeover-Style Robbery Of Trader Joe’s
Lafayette police described the takeover-style robbery of the Lafayette Trader Joe’s store Saturday night, saying three suspects succeeded in robbing the store without displaying a weapon or firing a shot.
ALAMO: Home Invasion Robbery On Crest Avenue
At least three men, believed to be carrying “rifles” of unknown type, entered an Alamo home early Wednesday, threatened the occupants and demanded valuables before getting away with some of the occupant’s belongings, a sheriff’s spokesman said Wednesday.
MARTINEZ: Former CHP Officer Pleads Guilty To Phone Cracking Charges
Former California Highway Patrol officer Sean Harrington pleaded no contest Tuesday to two felony counts of searching the cell phones of female DUI suspects and covertly forwarding intimate photos of the women to himself and other officers.