Saturday Morning Murder In Downtown Walnut Creek Stuns Residents
Walnut Creek police are looking for a gunman they say fired several shots into another man as he was leaving a local nightclub at Locust and Cypress streets at 1:28 a.m. Saturday – a virtually unprecedented act of gun violence in the very heart of the city. Investigators reported that their dispatch center received reports of several shots…
Moraga Woman Found Drowned Off Pacifica Beach Reported Missing Just Hours Earlier
A 67-year-old Moraga woman whose body was recovered from the surf line off a Pacifica Beach Sunday had been reported missing by friends in Orinda just hours before. Pacifica police said Chia-Yi Wu was found in the water off Sharp Park Beach at approximately 7:45 p.m. Sunday evening. Rescuers were able to reach and recover…
San Ramon Senior Care Technician Arrested, Booked For Stealing Patient’s Jewelry
Police in San Ramon have announced the arrest last week of a 61-year-old Mountain House resident in connection with the theft of $5,000 worth of jewelry from a 95-year-old resident under her care. Investigators said they received information earlier in the week that someone had made off with the patient’s belongings. Through the use of surveillance…
Blackhawk Man Re-Arrested; Torture, Elder Abuse Charges Added
A Blackhawk resident arrested Monday for murdering his wife and released after making bail has been re-arrested – with new charges added – and is currently in custody on $2.1 million bail. John Tercheria, 69, was arrested the day after sheriff’s deputies found him in the Quail Run home he shared with his wife Linda Marie…
Sheriff Arrests Husband Of Woman Found Dead In Blackhawk Sunday
UPDATED Aug. 8, 11:45 a.m. with arrest, bail determination Sheriff’s investigators have arrested the husband of a 69-year-old woman found dead in her home on the 4300 block of Quail Run Lane in Blackhawk Sunday – and booked him on suspicion of her murder. Detectives arrested 69-year-old John Tercheria for the murder of his wife Linda Marie Tercheria, also 69. Tercheria is currently…
Calling All Armchair Detectives/Car Experts: What Year And Model Is This Honda?
Chief Eric Christensen and the folks at Lafayette PD are running hard and working several cases so far this month, and the chief reached out to NEWS24/680 readers for a little help ID’ing a car used in a crime recently. The chief said a white male and a black male entered the Lafayette 7-Eleven store…
Ladies, Watch Your Purses – Snatching Crew At Work In Walnut Creek
The following was issued today by the Walnut Creek Police Department: WCPD Case Number: 16-25701/16-25915 Date / Time Occurred: 7/20/16 @ 1444 hrs and 7/22/16 @ 1242 hrs Location: Cypress St/Commercial Lane, 1500 block of Mt. Diablo Blvd Crime Description / Code: Attempt Robbery, Theft Suspect(s): Suspect #1 – Black male adult, 20’s, tall with…
Major Injury Crash Briefly Closes Southbound I-680 Tuesday
One person was seriously injured in a high speed crash off southbound I-680 near Bollinger Canyon Road Tuesday, the crash closing the Interstate for about half an hour as a CalStar air ambulance was brought in to evacuate the injured driver. The incident was reported at about 1:50 p.m., with motorists reporting a white pickup…
Morning Dispatches – “Turn, Jimmy, Turn!”
Just pecking out a few lines before things begin in earnest here in the 24/680, in the trenches armed with the morning latte and thinking about what newsgathering was like before the age of smart phones and Dick Tracy wrist radios. The NEWS24/680 Sopwith is in the hanger for repairs so we’re hugging the ground this…
Walnut Creek Police Detain Auto Burglary Suspect; Search For Two More Off Warren Road Monday
Residents of the Saranap neighborhood hunkered down Monday after a police pursuit ended in a crash and an extensive search for two outstanding suspects in the area of Warren Road and Allendale. Police said officers initiated a pursuit on a carload of suspected auto burglars around 3 p.m. Monday, terminating the pursuit out of concern…