Neighborhood Strollers Detained Following Daylight Burglary In San Ramon
Police in San Ramon detained two women and were searching for a third after neighbors reported seeing the trio darting into resident’s yards in the area of Pine Valley Road and Davona Sunday. Officers apparently responded to the area after receiving calls of the women – wearing long dresses scarves – in the back yard…
Blitz-Style Hammer Robbery At Sun Valley Mall Jewelers Sunday
Concord PD Cpl. Blakely fills us in on an aggressive sledge-hammer smash and grab at Kay Jewelers at the Sun Valley Mall in Concord Sunday. No injuries and they’re still doing an inventory to determine their loss but it got everyone’s attention and it wasn’t fun. Suspects at large.
One Dead In Suspected Road Rage Shooting In Orinda Thursday
An Orinda man shot after a suspected road rage confrontation with another local resident on Las Vegas Road and La Espiral in Orinda has died at the scene. The decedent was identified by coroner’s officials Friday as Scott Decker, 50, of Truckee and Orinda. Decker worked as a construction superintendent for a firm in Truckee.…
Hammer-Wielding Thieves Raid Danville Consignment Store – Again
A crew of sledgehammer-wielding thieves raided the Danville Home Consignment store at 1901 Camino Ramon on Wednesday, smashing jewelry cases as employees fled outdoors. As many as five thieves, all masked and hooded, were believed to have escaped in a waiting car. The robbery took place around 3 p.m. There were no reported injuries and…
Odd Chase Wends Through Lamorinda Monday – Occupants Throw Whatever’s Handy At Pursuers
A carload of suspected burglars led police on a twisty pursuit from Moraga into Lafayette and beyond early Monday morning – adding to a string of potential charges when they began to jettison items inside their car and allegedly threw some of them at police. Things apparently kicked off at around 2 a.m. Monday when…
Multiple Shots Fired On Salvio Street In Concord Early Sunday
Neighbors living in the area of Salvio Street near Adobe in downtown Concord reported hearing multiple gunshots early Sunday morning, investigators finding numerous shell casings when they arrived at the scene. Reports that gunfire had struck residences along Adobe could not be immediately confirmed. Dozens of casings were found littering the street. Occupants of a…
Armed Robbery Suspects Chased Down In Lafayette Wednesday
An apparent search for a car used in an armed robbery in Berkeley triggered a brief chase by car and on foot through downtown Lafayette on Wednesday – ending when two men abandoned their car, one detained at gunpoint behind the Park Theater. As near as we can tell the incident kicked off at about…
Four Arrested After Alamo Burglary, Pursuit Wednesday
Four people were arrested following a residential burglary in the 100 block of La Sonoma Way in Alamo early Wednesday – the four scattering in two cars stolen from the homeowners before sheriff’s investigators located them in Concord. The unidentified suspects reportedly fled at high speed with police calling off their chase in the interest…
Police In Pleasant Hill Announce Arrest After Recent Robberies
Pleasant Hill police today announced the arrest of an Oakland man in connection with two separate robberies in their city in which a stun gun was allegedly brandished. Toure A. Pierre (age not provided) was identified and arrested for his involvement in robberies at the DSW shoe store and Total Wine & More in Pleasant…
Tense Moments As EV Cars Catch Fire In Hunsaker Canyon Tuesday
Our news and tip lines lit up Tuesday afternoon as a plume of thick, black smoke began to billow up out of remote Hunsaker Canyon in Lafayette on Tuesday. Early reports are that a pair of electric vehicles and a charging station caught fire in the 100 block of Hunsaker Canyon Road, spreading to adjacent…