Pleasanton Home Depot Employee Shot, Killed; Two Detained In Oakland
Two people were detained in Oakland after a loss prevention employee of the Pleasanton Home Depot store on Johnson Drive was shot and killed Tuesday, reportedly while attempting to stop a theft at the store. Police were summoned to the location at approximately 2:15 p.m. after loss prevention employee Blake Mohs was reported down in…
Lafayette BevMo Robbed Friday
Two men took liquor from the Beverages and More store at 3590 Mount Diablo Boulevard in Lafayette Sunday, saying they were armed to dissuade employee intervention and escaping in an SUV driven by a third man. The masked men entered the store at approximately 7:30 p.m. and left with an undetermined amount of alcohol in…
Trains Halted At Lafayette BART; Two Detained After Firearm Reported Aboard Train
A train was halted at Lafayette BART and a sizable police response mobilized after passengers reported two armed men aboard, fiddling with or loading a firearm. Two men were detained and at least one weapon or facsimile weapon was eventually recovered after several tense moments. The incident was reported at approximately 11:40 a.m. with BART…
Armed Robbery In Lafayette Monday
Two men apparently followed a Lafayette resident to her Happy Valley home Monday, confronting her before she had time to react and robbing their victim while one of the thieves reportedly held a pistol to their victim’s head. Despite the obvious fright and shock, no physical injury was believed incurred during the crime, reported at…
Fatal Shooting In Pleasant Hill Monday
A Concord man was shot in the head and killed during an altercation in the parking lot outside a Contra Costa Boulevard sports bar early Monday. Witnesses reported the killing in a parking lot outside Farrington’s Sports Bar at 1938 Contra Costa Boulevard. Police were on scene minutes after the gunfire was reported at 1:10…
Fatal Crash In Walnut Creek Sunday
A two-car crash at Treat Boulevard and Alderwood Road left a Concord man dead early Sunday. Sergio Quilici, 34, was struck by a Honda Accord at Alderwood Road and Treat Boulevard at approximately 5:42 a.m. Sunday when the driver lost control of the vehicle, according to preliminary findings from the California Highway Patrol. Investigators said…
Pursuit Ends After Car Crashes Into Concord Home Monday
A police pursuit on Port Chicago Highway in Concord ended with the suspect vehicle burrowing into a home at Port Chicago and Gehringer Drive and the occupants attempting to elude police. That strategy didn’t work as police closed in on the scene. Officers had been actively pursuing the car as it fled east on Port…
Stockton Man Arrested For Attempted Burglary In Walnut Creek Saturday
An 18-year-old Stockton man was arrested on an array of charges following an attempted burglary on Crescent Drive in Walnut Creek shortly before 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Isaiah Taylor of Stockton was reportedly spotted climbing over a prospective victim’s home while wearing mask and gloves, according to a release issued by the Walnut Creek police department.…
Police Apprehend One Of Two Concord Murder Suspects
One of two people considered prime suspects in Tuesday’s murder of one man and the wounding of another in a Solano Way shopping mall was arrested by Concord police detectives later that night. Haley Sparks Hadsell, 19, of Martinez was taken into custody, according to police, who did not detail the circumstances of her arrest.…
One Dead, One Injured After Tree Crushes Car In Rossmoor Tuesday
A local attorney was killed and his wife injured when a tree fell on their Tesla at 1010 Stanley Dollar in Rossmoor at the height of Tuesday’s storm. The eucalyptus came down at approximately 7 p.m. in an area between the gated community’s event center and popular Creekside Grill, crushing a white Tesla with Thomas…