Pistol, Ballistic Armor, Narcotics, Bogus Money Recovered By San Ramon Police Thursday
We know many of you are opposed to depictions of weapons on our pages and we realize we’ve just back-to-backed images of a non-lethal Airsoft pistol recovered from a local school with a loaded .45 caliber recovered Thursday in San Ramon but we’re committed to reporting these things as they happen. And they are happening.…
Chow, Baby – Lafayette Hotspot Loses Its Safe To Burglars
Lafayette police have had a pretty good run of luck of late, recently citing sharp declines in residential burglaries and other crime stats that normally turn a police officer’s hair prematurely grey. But during the lull it seems the inmates were quietly digging. It wasn’t a “tunnel job,” the thieves excavating a shaft to their…
Wells Fargo Branch On Camino Tassajara Robbed Tuesday
Danville Police are looking for a suspect in connection with the Tuesday afternoon robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank, in the 3000 block of Camino Tassajara. Police Chief Allan Shields said that at approximately 2:20 p.m. on February 13, 2018, a suspect entered the bank, presented the teller a note demanding money, and then fled…
Nude Thunder-Runner Lights Up The 24/680 Sunday – Social Media Blazing
A man, apparently wanted by Oakland police for a carjacking in their city and apparently driving without benefit of clothing, led a convoy of police on a bizarre chase through the 24/680 and on into Antioch Sunday. The unidentified subject was eventually cornered on a residential street in Antioch, surrounded by police and slowly, we…
San Ramon PD Chases Down Suspected Car Thief Saturday
Neighbors on Davona Drive wanted to know why a man was running through their yards – with police close on his heels – early Saturday morning, and we gave them what news we could at that hour despite the fluidity of the situation. Turns out police locked onto a car stolen from the Hyatt House at…
Gearhead Alert: Lafayette PD Looking For Additional Details On Suspected Burglary Car
Lafayette police are attempting to get some additional information on the year, type, number of French Fries under the front seat, etc., of this Nissan XTerra, sought in connection with a commercial burglary in town recently. Veteran readers and Gearjammers know that the PD knows we have a following of folks who know their way…
San Ramon PD – Alert Civilian – Team Up To Take Down Two Suspected Auto Burglars Tuesday
The Jungle Drums that are our Tip Lines lit up Tuesday evening as San Ramon residents wrote us asking about an ongoing police action in the Market Place area last night. Police say an alert citizen called officers regarding a suspicious person and car in the shopping area parking lot and police responded, getting there…
Walnut Creek Police Investigate Shooting Incident, Seal Off Candelero Drive At Treat Blvd.
Walnut Creek police appear to be investigating a shooting incident reported in the area of Candelero and Treat sometime this morning. The intersection was sealed off for some time but residents report those restrictions are easing as police wind down their investigation. A canine search team was also reportedly called in to search for either…
Pleasant Hill Man Detained Saturday After Overnight SWAT Response On Boyd Road
Hundreds of Pleasant Hill residents were ordered to shelter in their homes and not venture outside late Friday and into Saturday morning after reports reached police of a man, reportedly carrying an assault-type rifle and wearing a ballistic vest, walking on Boyd Road at 10:31 p.m. On Saturday, officers detained a a 33-year-old resident of…
Investigators Determine Moraga’s Armstrong Brothers Had Influenza Virus At The Time Of Their Death
Investigators looking into the deaths of brothers Gary and Richard Armstrong in Moraga January 15 have determined that both men had the flu virus at the time of their deaths – coroner’s officials classifying their deaths as “natural.” Moraga Police Chief Jon King said Friday the results of tests conducted by the Coroner’s Division of…