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…
Lafayette 7Eleven Robbed Saturday
Two men entered the Lafayette 7Eleven on Mt. Diablo Boulevard Saturday – one purchasing an item to get the clerk to open the till with a second man coming in and stealing an undetermined amount of cash at gunpoint. The suspects, believed to be two black males in hoodies, may have parked at a nearby…
Suspects In Walnut Creek Robbery Arrested Outside Lafayette BART Wednesday
Two men suspected of robbing a man – ostensibly for his shoes – in Walnut Creek’s Civic Park were apprehended at gunpoint outside the Lafayette BART station Wednesday night. Lafayette police officers and BART officers, alerted to the presence of two men wanted in connection with the earlier robbery, swarmed them at Happy Valley Road…
Murder Investigation Underway After Janitor Found Dead In Pleasant Hill Park
A 37-year-old Pittsburg man was found dead of stab wounds in Pleasant Hill Park, 147 Gregory Lane, early Saturday morning after his wife grew concerned that he had not returned home from his janitorial shift at the park. Santiago Jacobo, 37, was found unconscious and unresponsive in the park’s main parking lot at approximately 4:50…
Circuitous Pursuit Of Carjacking Suspects Ends In Alamo Thursday
One of two people taken into custody following a circuitous pursuit from San Ramon to Walnut Creek and then into Alamo this morning. Suspect vehicle eventually corralled and suspects believed to have committed a carjacking out of the county were arrested. No injuries reported, lots of Flashes, emails received as it was happening. Lots of…
CHP Pursuit Ends With Foot Chase In Lafayette Wednesday
Photos from scene of arrest in Lafayette following a CHP pursuit of a car used in a felony retail theft Wednesday night. Suspect vehicle either gave out mechanically or crashed with two individuals running into the surrounding neighborhood at Deer Hill and Brown Avenue. Police moved in, captured one individual and then brought in other…