San Ramon PD Ends Alleged Carjacker’s Joyride Saturday Morning
A reported carjacking incident in the Safeway parking lot at 11060 Bollinger Canyon Rd. ended badly for the alleged perpetrator early Saturday after police surrounded his purloined vehicle and arrested him at gunpoint. Paul Lodestein, 20, described as a transient with prior contacts with law enforcement in Hayward and Fairfield, was taken into custody at…
San Ramon PD Arrest Bay Point Man For March 2 Bank Robbery
Police in San Ramon Wednesday announced the arrest of a Bay Point man in connection with the March 2 robbery of a Wells Fargo Bank branch at the Nob Hill Foods in their city. Investigators said David M. Beardon, 23, was arrested on robbery charges after a thorough investigation into the crime. He is being…
Scary Moment On Moraga Hillside Triggered By Airsoft Gun Tuesday
Lamorinda police – with a California Highway Patrol Helicopter orbiting overhead – searched a Moraga hillside above Ashbrook Place for a man with a gun Tuesday and found him – but the gun he was carrying turned out to be a realistic-looking Airsoft version. Acting Police Chief Jon King said his department received a call…
Orinda Police Caution Residents About Shoplifting/Burglary Crews Using Rental Vans
Like a taxi cab in the city and perhaps the minivan in the suburbs, a U-Haul truck in the neighborhood may not immediately raise suspicions, police said Monday, but recent events have shown that perhaps they should. “We have noticed a couple of times now people renting U-Haul vans and essentially living in them, and twice…
Determined Burglars Raid Lafayette Home Despite Active Police Cordon Tuesday
In a bold game of hide-and-seek with police searching for them with helicopters, canine search teams and squads of officers literally beating the brush for a glimpse of them – two determined burglars stayed within three active police perimeters and ransacked a home while police closed in Tuesday. The pair, part of a three-man crew believed…
Deadly Sunday On I-680: Fairfield Man Dies After Incident In Martinez
A 52-year-old Fairfield man became the second person to die during a rainy, crash-filled Sunday on Interstate 680 after his pickup truck struck the center divider north of Marina Vista in Martinez around 3:10 p.m. California Highway Patrol officers said the motorist was driving south on the freeway when his 1999 GMC pickup veered into the…
Moraga Man Dead After Crash-Filled Sunday On I-680
One person was killed in a flurry of isolated crashes – often reported just minutes apart – on I-680 from San Ramon to Alamo Sunday. The fatal accident, still being investigated and cleared as this is written (12:50 p.m.) was reported at 12:18 p.m. on southbound I-680 at the Sycamore Valley Road offramp and was…
Martinez Woman Killed In Head-On Crash Wednesday
A 27-year-old Martinez woman was killed in a two-car, head-on crash in the intersection of Pacheco Blvd. and Arthur Rd. in Martinez early Wednesday. Tandiwe Myambo was traveling eastbound on Pacheco Boulevard around 5:30 a.m. when her Honda unexpectedly swerved into oncoming westbound traffic, hitting a Dodge pick-up. Myambo, who attended Diablo Valley College, was…
“Single Digit” License Plate Break Leads To Arrests, Tie To Lafayette Burglaries
Lafayette police, looking to solve a flurry of burglaries in their town Monday, were led to a suspect car believed used in the crimes by a citizen who remembered a single digit on a speeding car’s license plate. That lead enabled investigators canvassing the neighborhoods where the crimes occurred to pinpoint home surveillance video of a…
Car Fleeing Lafayette Police Officer Takes Evasive Action, Crashes Into Walnut Creek Building Wednesday
A speeding car attempting to evade a Lafayette police officer who had called off the chase minutes before, left the eastbound Highway 24 offramp at high speed Wednesday night and crashed through the rear of a building at 2300 Boulevard Circle – eventually landing on its roof in the basement of a building housing a…