Man Dies After Officer Involved Shooting In Walnut Creek Sunday
A local man with mental health issues briefly terrorized family members and neighboring residents of a Walnut Creek neighborhood before challenging responding officers with a metal pole – shaking off hits from non-lethal beanbag rounds before he was brought down by police gunfire Sunday. The man, identified by the Contra Costa County coroner’s office as…
Teen Seriously Injured By Older Youth In Concord Knife Attack; Arrest Made
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested for a knife attack on a younger boy in a Bel Air Drive apartment Thursday, the victim airlifted to a local hospital for treatment of multiple stab wounds. The attack occurred just before 2 p.m., with investigators saying three male teenagers, two of whom are siblings, were playing video…
San Ramon Police Detain Three Suspects After Uber Driver Robbed Of Cell Phone Friday
Three people are in custody after an alleged assault on an Uber driver on Greenwood Place Friday morning. The trio is currently being interviewed by police, who are looking for the driver’s cell phone, taken during the alleged assault. Neighbors reported one of the trio beating the driver around 10:20 a.m., with the driver suffering…
Bad Luck, Poor Decisions, Good Neighbors Lead To A.M. Arrests In Orinda Thursday
A confluence of bad luck, worse timing and the intervention of good neighbors ended with time in jail for two Alameda County residents Thursday. Orinda Police Chief Mark Nagel said things started innocently enough around 8 a.m. Thursday when a car rolling on westbound Highway 24 ran out of gas and came to a stop…
San Ramon Man Dies After I680 Crash In Walnut Creek Monday
A 63-year-old San Ramon man died at John Muir Hospital after he was injured in a grinding crash on northbound Interstate 680 in Walnut Creek Monday. Two cars, a vintage black 1974 Porsche and a Jeep SUV were involved in the crash with the Porsche operator sustaining, identified as Richard Adeokun of San Ramon suffering…
Robbery Crew Strikes At Rheem Arco – Rough Up And Rob Employee; Suspects Caught After Police Chase
A crew of armed robbers struck the Arco station in Rheem Valley shortly before 8 p.m. tonight, Sunday, roughing up an employee and robbing him at gunpoint before fleeing through Lafayette and onto northbound I680. We have learned the getaway vehicle used in the theft, a black or dark blue Nissan Sentra with paper plates,…
Danville PD Looking For CoEd Car Burglary Crew
In something of a departure from the usual template of 24/680 Car Burglar, it turns out Danville police are searching for a well-dressed crew who struck at Hap Magee Ranch Park earlier this month – two men and two women Danville Police are looking for these four individuals in connection with vehicle burglaries earlier this…
Two Dead After Recent Flurry Of Shootings In Richmond; Six Murdered So Far This Year
A series of recent shootings in Richmond has residents on edge and the police looking for a cause. A 44-year-old Richmond man wounded in separate shootings Sunday died of his wounds, according to police, and two other men and a woman are recovering from wounds suffered in three separate incidents Sunday night. Residents responding to…
Bicyclist Severely Injured In Lafayette Crash
Lafayette police and California Highway Patrol officers have been called to Pleasant Hill Road and Taylor Boulevard after a collision between a motorist and bicyclist left the cyclist with serious injuries Monday night. The incident, reported at 9:42 p.m., involved a passenger car and the cyclist, with motorists reporting that the cyclist was down on…
What’d I See? Update On Last Night’s Armed Robbery At Sunvalley Mall
Monday afternoon, Concord police released a brief report on last night’s armed robbery at the Round 1 location at Sunvalley Mall in Concord, covered via our Flash Alert interface: On Sunday, May 12th at approximately 11:50 PM, Concord officers responded to Round 1, located at 185 Sun Valley Mall, for a reported armed robbery in…