Skeletal Remains Found In Moraga Traced To Missing Lafayette Man
Skeletal remains discovered by a hiker and recovered by Moraga police and county evidence technicians in a remote region on the Moraga/Lafayette border have been identified as those of a Lafayette man reported by his family as missing in 1998. Moraga Police Chief Jon King said the skeletal remains, found in the open space east…
Fatal Accident After Jeep Crashes Into Power Pole At Monte Vista High In Danville Tuesday
Police and firefighters and even a team of nearby lifeguards attempted to aid a driver who may have suffered a medical event before his jeep struck a power pole near Monte Vista High School in Danville Tuesday morning. The crash was reported at around 10:35 a.m. and involved a Jeep driven by Danville resident Anthony…
Moraga Officers Tase, Pepper Spray Two During Attempt To Serve Arrest Warrant Friday
Two people were arrested after a protracted battle with Moraga police officers attempting to serve an arrest warrant at a residence in the 300 block of Rheem Boulevard July 14. Officers went to an apartment in the area at 11:52 p.m. that evening to serve the warrant, police say, but encountered two subjects (41-year-old Angela…
Gunmen Invade Walnut Creek Home Monday; Confront Family
Walnut Creek police are investigating an armed, home invasion robbery at a residence in the 2800 block of Oak Grove Road Monday, during which two armed men reportedly made off with a safe from the home. Investigators said two men, both brandishing handguns, entered the home at around 8:50 a.m. and confronted the residents –…
Three-Alarm Fire Consumes Office Building On Lafayette Circle Thursday
About 50 firefighters and officers battled a fast-moving 3-alarm structure fire at Lafayette Circle and Whitten Lane Thursday morning, an office cluster housing the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, La Finestra restaurant as well as nine other local businesses. Firefighters are declaring the building at 100 Lafayette Circle a total loss. Business owners and neighbors drifted…
San Ramon Walgreens Robber Demanded Opioid, Police Say
The lone gunman who entered the San Ramon Valley Boulevard Walgreens store early Wednesday put his pistol on the pharmacy counter and demanded Buprenorphine, an opioid used to treat opioid addiction and pain, according to police. Investigators said the armed robber entered the store at 8:03 a.m., produced the gun and made off with about…
Stolen Car Prompts Chase On Boyd Road In Pleasant Hill, Ends In Arrests Thursday
Neighbors living along Boyd Road in Pleasant Hill got an up close and personal view of police procedure Thursday after an attempt to corral a parolee resulted in a chase, arrests, and recovery of a firearm. Pleasant Hill Police Sgt. Janayla Pierson confirmed numerous accounts from neighbors and readers in the area around 8:30 p.m.…
Suspected Walnut Creek Yoga Studio Thief Identified
Walnut Creek police investigators say Christopher Newton has been identified as a suspect in a theft of purse at a Yoga studio in Walnut Creek in June 2017 and subsequent fraudulent credit card charges in Pleasant Hill, Pittsburg and San Francisco. Newton has warrants from three Bay Area jurisdictions related to fraud and Identity Theft,…
Bad Habit Bandit Busted In Folsom; Used Proceeds From San Ramon Robberies To Gamble
A Sacramento man investigators say used money stolen from San Ramon banks to fund his gambling habit was arrested by police in Folsom after a home surveillance system picked up his license plate after a robbery there in April. Clayton Quiz Smith. Photo: Folsom Police Department Police said Clayton Quiz Smith, 44, told them he’d…
Antioch Teen Dies After Being Shot With Pellet Gun Thursday
NOTE: The following is from our brother site, East County Today, and is used with their permission. The unusual nature of the occurrence was reason, we thought, for its publication: The Antioch Police Department are investigating an “accidental death” of a 15-year-old Antioch resident that occurred at 9:55 am Thursday in the 4300 block of…