Danville’s Crime Defenses Lead To Arrest Of Sleepy Salinas Robbery Suspect, Police Say
From the Town of Danville: Use of the Town of Danville’s Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) system, as well as sharp-eyed witnesses resulted in the arrest of a Salinas resident in connection with the early morning armed robbery of a Danville gas station. At approximately 5:02 a.m. on January 18, 2020, officers were called to…
Tara Hills Man Charged With Weapons Violations After SWAT Standoff
A who barricaded himself inside his residence in Tara Hills last week has been charged with four felonies and a misdemeanor by the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office as a result of the incident. Jimmy Allen Parrish, 30, was charged with two counts of possession of an assault weapon, possession of a machine gun, discharge…
Livermore PD Officers Open Fire On Car Reported Speeding Toward Them Wednesday
Two Livermore police officers who made a traffic stop on a vehicle in the area of Airway Boulevard and the eastbound Interstate 580 off-ramp early Wednesday morning ended up drawing and firing their weapons on a second car reportedly steering toward them at high speed. Investigators said the two officers were conducting a DUI investigation…
UPDATE: Fairfield Woman Arrested After Robbery Spree Tuesday
As robbery sprees go, Tuesday’s foray up and down the 24/680 moved the needle toward “unusual” for a woman packing a suspected canister of Mace along with an apparent taste for frozen yogurt. Witnesses reported a white female in a Nike sweatshirt inside the Union Bank branch at 3191 Danville Boulevard in Alamo around 10:30…
Walnut Creek Police Investigating Shooting Incident Monday
Walnut Creek police were called to an area in the 1500 block of Riviera Avenue after neighbors reported hearing shots and saw a man running from the area holding his hand over an apparent gunshot wound. Soon after that report, a man self-admitted himself to a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the stomach.…
Simmering Campus Relationship Believed Behind Sunday Night Shooting In Moraga
Classmates of Isaiah Glaze, the 21-year-old St. Mary’s College student and suspect in a double-shooting that left Moraga in a state of shock Sunday, said Glaze had been stalking his victim, also an SMC student, for months after a failed on-campus relationship. Students forwarded social media posts posted by friends of the victim as well…
Moraga Police Locate Gunman After Downtown Shooting; Three Wounded, Including Gunman
Police located and arrested a 21-year-old St. Mary’s College student who rammed a parked car containing a woman he had once dated and her companion outside the downtown Starbucks location Sunday, then fired shots into the car – striking the victim in the face and wounding her companion, who suffered a gunshot wound to the…
Pleasanton PD Investigating Fatal Tesla Crash On Hacienda Drive Saturday
Pleasanton police are investigating the cause of a single-car crash involving a 2018 Tesla Model S Saturday, the vehicle crashing into a signal pole and cement wall and killing the driver. Officials said they received reports of a crash on Hacienda Drive and W. Las Positas about 5:57 p.m. Saturday, arriving to find the Tesla…
Suspects Abandon Stolen Car After Vehicle Pursuit, Flee Into Lafayette Monday
At this hour (8:06 p.m.) police and sheriff’s deputies have detained two of five men who fled from a suspected stolen car after a chase from Walnut Creek Monday, three suspects still at large in the area of Mt. Diablo Blvd. and Pleasant Hill Road. A significant police presence is currently in the area. This…
Felony Charges Filed Against Alamo-Orinda Burglary Suspects
The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office has filed five counts of first degree burglary against 57-year-old James Lipston of Clayton and 25-year-old Devaughn Cooper of Clayton. This comes after Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff detectives presented the case this morning. The Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation after detectives were able to connect…