Another Suburban Bank Mugging – This Time In Danville
A Chase Bank patron was robbed of her purse, phone and wallet by a hold-up crew in a blue grey sedan as she went about her business in the Danville Livery Shopping Center, 661 San Ramon Valley Boulevard Thursday. Police recovered the victim’s phone, apparently jettisoned from the car and found in the middle of…
Arrest Made In Lafayette Freeway Shooting Investigation
From the California Highway Patrol, Golden Gate Division VALLEJO, Calif – Detectives assigned to the California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) Golden Gate Division (GGD) Special Investigations Unit (SIU), with the assistance of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO), arrested 24-year-old Damari Calvin of Vallejo on Tuesday for his involvement in a freeway shooting that occurred in…
Suspected Package Thieves At Work In Lafayette
Police have detained three persons suspected of stealing packages in the area of Happy Valley Court and Lois Lane – near Lafayette BART – on Tuesday afternoon. Officers saturated the area and took the trio into custody after a brief foot chase, the second of the day. Police are attempting to locate the owners of…
Lafayette Gas Station Robbery Ends Badly For Robber Tuesday
A robbery at a downtown Lafayette Chevron station sparked a circuitous pursuit, crash, brief foot pursuit and eventually ended in the capture of a suspect on Howard Hills Road. The incident was reported at approximately 12:30 p.m. with a suspect holding up a person at the station and fleeing west on Mt. Diablo Boulevard in…
Suspects In Moraga Wells Fargo Mugging Sought In Other Bank Assault Cases Sunday
A woman robbed outside the Moraga Wells Fargo Bank Branch Sunday was the latest in a string of victims targeted by thieves driving a white BMW SUV and striking at bank branches throughout the East Bay. The unidentified bank patron told police she was confronted by a group of young, black males ages 16 to…
Shots Fired Following Attempted Burglary Of Martinez Cannabis Dispensary Friday; At Least Two Hit
A large portion of Sunrise Drive off of Pacheco Drive in Martinez has been closed off as police investigate what is initially believed to be the attempted burglary of a local cannabis dispensary – followed by an apparent shooting in which four officers opened fire and one suspect died of his wounds. Tahmon Kenneth Wilson,…
Fire Damages Sierra Drive Home In Walnut Creek Thursday
Fire tore through the attic of a home in the 200 block of Sierra Drive in Walnut Creek on Thursday, causing considerable damage and briefly going to 2-alarms before crews were able to bring it under control. Neighbors reported seeing smoke coming from the home at approximately 2:16 p.m. and arriving firefighters reportedly found smoke…
Shot Fired At Walnut Creek Walgreen Wednesday
A man, believed to have been intending self-harm, drove his pickup truck to the Walgreens store at 2900 N. Main Wednesday night, announced an intention to kill himself and fired at least once into the air in the parking lot at that location. A police search for the individual, described as a white male, about…
“When The (Drift) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes…”
Notice of a controlled/proscribed burn at Painted Rock in Moraga was fairly broadly disseminated prior to the action but it appears quite a number of locals and neighbors to our east where caught completely unaware Friday. Phone calls and emails flooded this site’s contact apparatus after Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection District personnel touched off the grassy…
Mt. Diablo High Student Robbed At Gunpoint Thursday
Police are currently investigating the armed robbery of a student at Concord’s Mt. Diablo High School Thursday morning. Calls from readers indicate that police have stopped a group of possible suspects but it is unknown if they are connected to the incident, reported at about 10:55 a.m. Readers are reporting a sizable police presence in…