“Single Digit” License Plate Break Leads To Arrests, Tie To Lafayette Burglaries
Lafayette police, looking to solve a flurry of burglaries in their town Monday, were led to a suspect car believed used in the crimes by a citizen who remembered a single digit on a speeding car’s license plate. That lead enabled investigators canvassing the neighborhoods where the crimes occurred to pinpoint home surveillance video of a…
Knife-Wielding Robbers Take $700 Cash From Victim At Lafayette BART Station Saturday
A pair of robbers, one of them wielding a 6″-long knife, accosted a person at the Lafayette BART station at 4:21 p.m. Saturday – relieving their victims of $700 in cash. A BART police spokesman was reluctant to give too many details of the incident due to the fact that it was still fresh and…
Fatal Accident On Bollinger Canyon Road In San Ramon Saturday; Area Closed To Northbound Traffic
An accident reported at 12:04 p.m. in the northbound lanes of Bollinger Canyon Road between Harcourt Way and Watermill Rd. has left one person dead and the thoroughfare closed as San Ramon police investigate its cause. Passersby, at least one of them a physician, reported seeing a car into a tree at that location with a…
Car Fleeing Lafayette Police Officer Takes Evasive Action, Crashes Into Walnut Creek Building Wednesday
A speeding car attempting to evade a Lafayette police officer who had called off the chase minutes before, left the eastbound Highway 24 offramp at high speed Wednesday night and crashed through the rear of a building at 2300 Boulevard Circle – eventually landing on its roof in the basement of a building housing a…
Second Wave Of Backyard Burglars Target Homes In Lafayette Monday
For the second time in four days a hard-working burglar or crew of burglars has smashed their way into Lafayette homes, carting off anything of value and, in one instance, dragging a safe out of the residence before abandoning it and its contents in the owner’s backyard. Lafayette police, who reported a similar flurry of break-ins…
Sheriff Reports Two Burglaries In Alamo Over The Weekend
Two burglaries were reported in Alamo over the weekend and sheriff’s investigators say the two break-ins may be related. Sheriff’s Office spokesman Jimmy Lee said a deputy responded to a report of a burglary on Corwin Drive in Alamo at about 10:23 a.m. on Sunday. Investigators believe the break-in occurred sometime during the weekend. The…
Lafayette Police Investigating Friday Evening Burglary Flurry
Lafayette police say a flurry of burglaries and attempted burglaries in their city were likely committed by the same person or crew of burglars between 7 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. Friday – using Deer Hill Road, Happy Valley Road, and Stanley Blvd. to access their targets. Police are asking residents with camera systems in these…
Armed Robbery In Orinda BART Station Parking Lot Sunday
Readers have pointed out what they see as a spike in property crime at our two Lamorinda BART stations in recent weeks, but it also appears criminals are getting bolder and more direct in their contact with victims. In the latest in a recent series of incidents at or near Orinda and Lafayette station, a…
Teacher, Lafayette Resident Charged With Possession, Distribution Of Child Pornography Monday
A Lafayette man and private school teacher was formally charged Monday with possessing and distributing child pornography, after allegedly trying to outrun and dispose of a computer when a police search team entered his Bickerstaff Road residence Feb. 18. David Prashker, 60, was arrested after allegedly trying to throw a laptop computer from the second…
Orinda Police Seek Suspect In Near-Fatal Beating Of Florida Man On Camino Encinas Saturday
Orinda police are looking for a person suspected of inflicting a life-threatening head injury to a 21-year-old Florida man found outside of a Camino Encinas residence reportedly rented for cash through Airbnb. Investigators said the incident appears to have occurred in the area where a large party convened Friday evening. The victim was found beaten and unconscious in the parking…