Calling All Armchair Detectives/Car Experts: What Year And Model Is This Honda?
Chief Eric Christensen and the folks at Lafayette PD are running hard and working several cases so far this month, and the chief reached out to NEWS24/680 readers for a little help ID’ing a car used in a crime recently. The chief said a white male and a black male entered the Lafayette 7-Eleven store…
Major Injury Crash Briefly Closes Southbound I-680 Tuesday
One person was seriously injured in a high speed crash off southbound I-680 near Bollinger Canyon Road Tuesday, the crash closing the Interstate for about half an hour as a CalStar air ambulance was brought in to evacuate the injured driver. The incident was reported at about 1:50 p.m., with motorists reporting a white pickup…
Walnut Creek Police Detain Auto Burglary Suspect; Search For Two More Off Warren Road Monday
Residents of the Saranap neighborhood hunkered down Monday after a police pursuit ended in a crash and an extensive search for two outstanding suspects in the area of Warren Road and Allendale. Police said officers initiated a pursuit on a carload of suspected auto burglars around 3 p.m. Monday, terminating the pursuit out of concern…
“Construction Hat” Bandits Rob Orinda Bank Of The West Friday
A sleepy Friday morning in downtown Orinda was disrupted at 9:12 a.m. when two black men wearing “construction-type” gear entered the Bank of the West branch at 21 Moraga Way, approached a teller and passed over a note demanding money. Police Chief Mark Nagel said the teller handed over an undetermined amount of cash. Nagel said…
Burglars Find Two Homes In Lafayette’s Hidden Valley
Lafayette police are seeking any information the public may have on two separate but seemingly related burglaries in the Hidden Valley neighborhood July 6 and July 15. Police said a thief or thieves entered residences in the 4100 block of Hidden Valley Road and the 100 block of White Oak Dr. on those dates while the…
Danville Woman Gets Prison For Coast-To-Coast Marijuana Distribution; Money Laundering
A Danville woman has been sentenced to two years in prison for running an illegal cross-country marijuana distribution ring. Federal prosecutors in Syracuse, New York said 31-year-old Simona Borissova of Danville was also sentenced recently to three years of supervised release and ordered to forfeit nearly $275,000 in a money judgment. Borissova pleaded guilty in February…
Pleasant Hill Police Arrest Shoplifting Crew On Highway 24 Thursday
Our pages have documented several recent shoplifting excursions in the 24/680 of late, some of them seemingly conducted by crews of individuals targeting specific stores for specific merchandise. On Thursday, about 10:30 a.m., employees from Marshall’s department store in Pleasant Hill called police to report that a large scale theft had just occurred. A detailed description…
Moraga PD Arrest 15-Year-Old Tuesday – Suspected Of String Of Residential Burglaries
Moraga Police, in what their acting chief called “an extensive and ongoing investigation,” arrested a 15-year-old youth living in the Carroll Ranch area investigators say is responsible for four residential burglaries and one attempted burglary last week. The youth, whose name has not been given due to his age, was arrested shortly after a neighbor in…
Burglary Flurry Hits Little Moraga Wednesday; Two Break-Ins While Occupants Are Home
Lamorinda police but Moraga PD in particular spent much of Wednesday dealing with an apparent burglary swarm in the area, with burglars hitting four homes in Moraga – two while the occupants were present. Two more burglaries were reported in Orinda, one of them while a woman was at home with her child. The residential…
Orinda Police Arrest Oakland Man In Tuesday Morning Arms Theft
Orinda police are currently processing a car and questioning a suspect in an early morning break-in on Underhill Rd. in which a “significant” number of weapons were reportedly stolen. Police responded to the area after a homeowner reported someone attempting to enter the residence at approximately 7:32 a.m. Officers drove up to the house to…