Hateful Leaflets At Lafayette BART Remind Us: Crazy People Live Here, Too
Readers are reacting to the antics of a guy who leafletted cars and multiple surfaces with anti-semitic/anti-Italian/anti-Canadian/anti-cop literature overnight and people are understandably quite upset. The language, mostly stream-of-unconsciousness hate speak attacking various religious groups but also naming some local people in an uncomfortable way, attracted the attention and derision of residents who realized it…
Police Pursue Armed Car Theft Suspects From Blackhawk Up Highway 680 Wednesday Night
Police from multiple police agencies fell in behind a Honda Pilot stolen from a resident in the 4300 block of Conejo Drive in unincorporated Danville late Wednesday, pursuing the Honda and an associated car with two armed males aboard onto Highway 24 at speeds in excess of 100 mph. The two armed men entered the victim’s…
One Dead In Alhambra Avenue Crash Tuesday
In a very rough night on local roads Martinez police were called out Tuesday after witnesses reported a car striking a tree in the area of Alhambra Avenue and Benham Drive. Witnesses reported seeing one person motionless behind the wheel at 7:36 p.m. Officers arrived on scene and found the driver trapped inside the vehicle. Medical…
Lafayette Police Investigating Daylight Burglary On Leland Drive Tuesday
A Lafayette resident who left her Leland Drive residence for a short time Tuesday returned to find that the home had been burglarized while she was gone. Police were summoned to the 1000 block of Leland at 12:41 p.m. The resident reported they had arrived home approximately five minutes earlier and found the glass from…
Orinda Union School District Board Member Shot During Robbery Outside Claremont Avenue Home Monday
Two gunmen robbed an Orinda Union School District board member and her husband in the driveway of their Claremont Avenue home Monday, shooting OUSD board of trustees vice president Carol Brown twice after her husband turned over the couple’s belongings. Tom Spalding, Brown’s husband, was pistol whipped during the encounter. Brown was reported to be…
Monday Morning Crash At Rheem Boulevard and Zander Drive; One Injured
Rheem Boulevard was closed at Zander Drive Monday after two cars tangled, injuring one of the motorists. NEWS24/680 received a call of a speeder in that area shortly before this crash, reported at around 7:25 a.m., but police said the cause of the crash appeared to be the operator of one vehicle failing to yield…
Car, Suspects In Mid-Week Burglary Attempt In Lafayette Located
Lafayette police said Friday that their investigation of a frightening daylight burglary attempt earlier in the week has resulted in several leads, recovery of a car believed used during the attempt, and identification of several suspects. Chief Eric Christensen said officers were able to obtain a photo of the car used in an attempted theft…
Walnut Creek, Four Police Officers Exonerated In 2012 Fatal Shooting
Jurors in San Francisco Thursday exonerated the city of Walnut Creek and four of its officers in connection with the shooting death of a 22-year-old man during a bizarre altercation at the Creekside town home complex in December 2012. Antony Banta Jr., who worked as a hairdresser in the city, was shot and killed by officers who…
Walnut Creek Says “No” To Pot Legalization; Citizens Scratch Their Heads – And Blaze Up
The vote for legalized recreational marijuana use may have already been cast in California and elsewhere in the court of public opinion, but Walnut Creek city officials and police agencies aren’t so sure – pointing to problems that have popped up in cities where legal restrictions have been relaxed. The City Council opted to state…
Lafayette Police Detain Three At Gunpoint On Mt. Diablo Boulevard Monday
Lafayette police, alerted by a hit on an Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR), homed in on a white Ford truck on Moraga Road Monday – detaining two men and a woman at gunpoint as locals cruised past – gape jawed. Officers began searching for the vehicle after the automated license plate scanner returned a positive…