Orinda, Oakland Police Make Arrest In El Castillo Home Invasion Case
An 18-year-old Oakland man is in custody Thursday on a multitude of charges stemming from a violent home-invasion robbery on the Orinda-Lafayette border earlier in the week. Orinda Police Chief Mark Nagel said that Armani Miller of Oakland was in custody on charges including kidnapping, robbery, carjacking, false imprisonment and assault with a deadly weapon…
Lafayette, Local Police Tracking Origin Of Computer-Generated Bomb Hoax
In a twist on the traditional phone call bomb hoax, Lafayette police say a recent threat naming Happy Valley Elementary school as a target and resulting in an area-wide search of local schools appears to have been computer-generated in origin. Investigators were able to trace the telephone number where the initial threat originated and have determined…
Gunman Pistol Whips Nanny In Orinda Home Invasion Tuesday; Steals Family Car
Lamorinda police are searching for the man who reportedly confronted a nanny working at a home on El Castillo in Orinda Tuesday, striking her with a handgun after ransacking the residence in view of a 5-year-old child before eventually taking the family’s black Porsche Cayenne. Police said the assault, the second home-invasion robbery in Lamorinda in recent weeks, started…
Moraga Police Close Moraga Road At Donald; Suicidal Subject Kills Self
Lamorinda police closed down a sizable stretch of Moraga Road at Donald Drive Wednesday as a resident armed himself, threatened suicide and ultimately shot himself as police attempted to intervene. Donald Drive was closed and a significant police response was put in place shortly after the incident was first reported at 12:35 p.m. Wednesday. Police were reportedly in the…
Lafayette Police, Explosives Detection Teams Search Local Schools After Bomb Threat
Lafayette police, supported by canine teams trained to detect explosives, conducted an overnight sweep of local schools after a bomb threat was made against Happy Valley Elementary School Tuesday night. Local authorities said they were notified of a non-specific threat for a “location” in the city by Walnut Creek police around 6 p.m. Tuesday evening. Police…
Former Danville Middle School Teacher Gets 65 Months’ Imprisonment For Possession Of Child Pornography
Mitchell Phillip Wolf was sentenced today, Thursday, to 65 months in prison for possession of child pornography, according to a release issued by Acting United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson. Wolf, 60, of Danville, pleaded guilty on July 8, 2015, to possessing child…
Lawsuit Alleges San Ramon School District, Alamo Church Failed To Act On Molestation Warning
A lawsuit filed in Contra Costa County Superior Court earlier this week alleges that the San Ramon Valley Unified School District and an Alamo church failed to take adequate measures to protect minors from a school wrestling coach and church pastor – later sent to prison for sexual abuse of boys. The lawsuit, filed on behalf…
Concord City Attorney Jumps To His Death From Locust Street Garage Tuesday
Concord City Attorney Mark Coon died after leaping from a parking structure in the 1100 block of Locust Street in Walnut Creek Tuesday, a fall police are calling a suicide. Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters and Walnut Creek police tended to Coon after witnesses watched a man, described as in his 50s, climb into…
Morning Report: Another Home Burns In Alamo; Drowning In San Ramon
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters raked through the embers of a home which caught fire and burned furiously in the 400 block of Crest Avenue Thursday morning – the second destructive residential fire in Alamo this week. Thursday’s blaze was first reported at 1:26 a.m. and remains “hot” in places this morning. Firefighters are on the scene…
Firefighters Unable To Save Alamo Home Monday
Firefighters from the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District, in a flurry of reported fires in their area, were directed to a fully involved residential structure fire at 195 Vernal in Alamo Monday but were unable to save the home. Smoke was reported in the area at 2:30 p.m. with the first firefighters on the scene…