Motorcyclist Seriously Injured In Walnut Creek Crash Sunday
A motorcyclist suffered serious injuries after a multi-vehicle crash on northbound I680 at Ygnacio Valley Road Sunday. Passersby reported seeing the rider down with his motorcycle about 30′ away from him as police and fire crews arrived on the scene at approximately 4:22 p.m. He was immediately transported to John Muir Hospital for treatment of…
Fatal Crash Discovered In Martinez Sunday
A car was discovered off the road and on its side in the 2700 block of Franklin Canyon Road in Martinez Sunday, a person trapped in the wreckage and declared deceased at the scene. The scene was reported at approximately 9:30 a.m. with the vehicle, described as a Honda Pilot, found on its passenger side…
Shots Reportedly Fired In Concord-Walnut Creek Road Rage Incident
A driver reported that shots were fired at their car during an apparent road rage incident on Ygnacio Valley Road at Cowell in Concord overnight, police turning out to search for evidence in the area Saturday morning. Details were scarce due to the hour and early onset of the investigation but Walnut Creek police were…
Freeway Standoff Ends After Suspects, Police Exchange Gunfire In Benicia
An alert from a police license plate reader triggered an attempted car stop along a Benicia freeway, a reported exchange of gunfire and a massive police response that lasted from Friday night into Saturday morning. Interstate 780 in Benicia was closed for nearly eight hours as police searched for an armed suspect thought to have…
Alamo “Follow Home” Robbery Tuesday; Jewelry Taken At Gunpoint
Some scary moments for an Alamo resident Tuesday after she was apparently followed home from a local department store by three armed men and robbed in the garage of her Biltmore Drive home. The trio, reportedly armed with a variety of weapons, were last seen speeding west on Highway 24 in a car believed to…
Lafayette To Concord Pursuit Leads To Chain Of Dropped Evidence; Arrest After Ride-Share Pickup
We believe in short, punchy headlines but sometimes our stories just don’t make that approach possible. A police pursuit we believe originated in Lafayette with ties to a Danville robbery case led to twisty chase that ended with a suspect shedding his car, clothes, a weapon, his car keys but apparently not his phone Tuesday…
Suspect In Crimes Against Children Case Attempts Suicide Tuesday
UPDATE: The Sheriff’s Office has initiated its Officer Involved Protocol after the subject in this case, identified as Jaime Rodriguez, 50, of Fairfield was declared deceased at a local hospital following the incident. ORIGINAL STORY: A 50-year-old Fairfield man arrested in Danville for attempting to contact a minor boy for sex attempted to hang himself…
Pursuit Of Lafayette Holdup Crew Ends With Crash In Orinda Wednesday
Witnesses fleeing the Lafayette Taco Bell at 3501 Mount Diablo Boulevard informed police that a man was inside, holding up the business and that he was believed to have fled in a waiting car. That car, a Nissan Altima, was reportedly involved in several other armed robberies in Solano and Marin Counties earlier in the…
Concord Robbery/Assault Suspects Arrested In Walnut Creek Tuesday
Tense scene in the 2400 block of N. Main Street in Walnut Creek Tuesday as officers from local jurisdictions tracked and closed in on two suspected robbers, taking two people into custody at around 3:55 p.m. The suspect vehicle was eventually stopped by several police cars in the parking lot of a Taco Bell at…
CHP Cruiser Crashes, Burns During Eastbound Highway 24 Pursuit Sunday
A California Highway Patrol officer was treated for a head wound after his car crashed and caught fire during a high-speed chase on eastbound Highway 24 near Wilder Sunday morning. The officer was in pursuit of a vehicle wanted for traffic violations when the crash occurred at approximately 2:15 a.m. All eastbound lanes of the…