“I Think We’re Going To Need A Bigger Car…” – Lafayette PD Collars Suspected Burglars In Battered MINI Cooper
Lafayette police corralled a pair of busy suspected burglars caught stuffing a MINI Cooper with other folk’s belongings this Thanksgiving Week, chasing the chugging compact around town a bit before closing in and cuffing the occupants while they tried to negotiate Deer Hill Road with two tires blown out. The battered Mini, a little the…
Suspects ID’d In El Sobrante Homicide Case; One In Custody
Contra Costa County sheriff’s investigators have identified three men believed responsible for a homicide outside an El Sobrante bar and pool room on November 12. A sheriff’s office sergeant discovered William Sims, 28, of Richmond, lying in the roadway in the area of Appian Way and Garden Lane in El Sobrante at about 2:11 a.m. that…
Teen Driver Arrested For Felony DUI; Passenger In Critical Condition After Monday Crash In San Ramon
Just before 4 p.m. Monday, San Ramon police officers responded to a report of a single vehicle collision with the car striking a tree on Windemere Parkway, near Longleaf Circle. Witnesses reported seeing a male running from the area of the collision immediately after the crash, the driver leaving a male passenger inside the vehicle with significant…
Carload Of People Fleeing Orinda Police Crash On Moraga Way Early Friday Morning; Assault Rifle Recovered
Lamorinda police fell in behind a Buick sedan which fled from a traffic stop in Orinda toward Moraga early Friday morning, the car reaching speeds of 80 mph on Moraga Way before crashing with three people aboard – ejecting one of them. Orinda Police Chief Mark Nagel said one of his officers observed the Buick making a right hand turn…
Execution Of FBI Search Warrant In Orinda Sets Tongues Wagging Wednesday
An FBI search team entered a home in the 600 block of Moraga Way Wednesday, looking for “small pieces of a larger puzzle” in an investigation currently underway. The presence of those eye-catching blue and yellow raid jackets and an overflying helicopter quickly set local tongues to wagging – and local wags to riffing –…
Richmond Man Murdered In El Sobrante Saturday; Investigation Underway
Detectives from the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff are investigating a homicide that occurred in El Sobrante early Saturday morning. A sheriff’s office sergeant discovered an injured man lying in the roadway in the area of Appian Way and Garden Lane in El Sobrante at 2:11 a.m. that morning. The officer summoned medical aid…
Fatal Crash On Westbound Highway 4 In Martinez Friday
California Highway Patrol officers responded to a rollover accident on Highway 4 in Martinez Friday, arriving to find a stretch of guardrail damaged and a man dead in the wreckage. Investigators believe the truck was hit from behind by another car, possibly while the driver was slowing to avoid something in the roadway, at 6:06…
Danville Man Succumbs To Injuries Suffered While Dashing Across I-680 Earlier This Month
California Highway Patrol investigators Wednesday said a man struck by a car while running across traffic on northbound I-680 earlier this month has died of his injuries. The man’s companion that day, a 54-year-old from Grass Valley, was also struck and seriously injured. Her condition has been downgraded from critical to “major injuries” and she…
Walnut Creek “Purse Dippers” Identified
Exactly when they were identified remains open to debate, apparently, but investigators in Walnut Creek have formally named two women they say have been lifting wallets from unsuspecting diners at various downtown restaurants for the past several months. Police posted photos of the women at work in their city back in August, asking for public assistance in…
Four In Custody After Purse-Snatch, High-Speed Getaway In Lafayette Ends In Orinda Tuesday
Lamorinda police have detained four people who allegedly participated in the strong arm robbery of a woman at the Lafayette Starbucks store, 3343 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Tuesday, one person falling and sustaining minor injuries when he attempted to pursue their getaway vehicle on foot. This incident, breaking as we write this, occurred at roughly 3:20…