Fake Rolex Taken In Walnut Creek Facebook Marketplace Robbery Saturday
The planned sale of a Rolex watch outside a Walnut Creek business went wrong Saturday when one of the participants pulled what looked to be a real weapon with an extended magazine and took the faux Rolex at gunpoint. It was not immediately clear if the watch was being sold as counterfeit or authentic. The…
Minor Injuries In Van Vs. Bicyclist Crash In Walnut Creek Friday
A scary moment ended with a satisfactory outcome after a minivan made contact with a bicyclist and a brick post on Tice Valley Boulevard at Castle Hill Ranch in Walnut Creek Friday. Ambulances were summoned for both the cyclist and the driver of the minivan after the vehicle’s airbags deployed but injuries for both parties…
Purse-Snatch Reported At Orinda BART Friday
One person was detained and another was being sought (1:17pm) after two youths robbed a woman of her purse at Orinda BART on Friday. The incident was reported shortly after 1 p.m. with two youths, described as black males, approaching the woman and taking her purse before running off. Orinda PD stopped and detained one…
Stick-Up Crew Takes Purse, Watch At Gunpoint In Walnut Creek Wednesday
A car with four individuals aboard robbed a couple at Botelho and Locust in Walnut Creek on Wednesday, one of the occupants producing a pistol and demanding a watch and purse from their victims. No one was believed to have been injured during the incident, which occurred at 9:28 p.m. The four robbers, described as…
Suspected Car Thief Leads Police On Foot, Car Chase Through Lamorinda Wednesday
A man suspected of car theft led police air and ground units on a pursuit through Lafayette on Wednesday before abandoning the car, briefly fleeing on foot only to return to the car and speeding off onto eastbound Highway 24. The driver, subsequently identified as Jesus Valdez, 35, of Oakland, drove into oncoming traffic in…
Stuck In Traffic On Southbound I680 In Walnut Creek Wednesday?
Yes, well, join the club after a Honda tangled with a Tesla and the Honda ended up on its side (leaner, for those in the know) with a person trapped for a bit. Don’t believe the injuries were severe but the cleanup lasted for a fair bit and traffic, as they say, was affected.
Hot Cars, Drills And Spills, And Upstaging Quakes
Busy Wednesday in the 24/680 as stolen and otherwise wanted cars zip to and fro, police officers tiptoe through the neighbor’s rose bushes, some school drills go awry and an actual quake clears its throat a day ahead of a planned, statewide earthquake drill. As if we’re not all edgy enough – our phones are…
Alleged Mail Pirates Thwarted Saturday
While you were sleeping two groups of people were hard at work: People who wanted your mail even though it wasn’t theirs, and people in blue determined to stop them. Walnut Creek police got wind of an alleged crew of mail pickers at work near Tice Valley and Olympic boulevards and moved into the area…
Armed Men Enter Alamo Home, Demand Jewelry Before Escaping Thursday
A group of as many as four armed men entered a home on Mystic Place in Alamo Thursday night, brandishing weapons and demanding jewelry from the panicked residents. Police are looking for a crew of Hispanic males, hooded and masked, believed to be driving a newer, white SUV with black dealer plates. The men reportedly…
Circuitous Oakland PD Chase Bisects Lamorinda Wednesday
An air and ground pursuit of three men wanted in connection with an assault with a deadly weapon case in Oakland whipsawed through Lamorinda – entering from the Canyon side – and briefly toured the area before heading back to Berkeley on westbound Highway 24 Wednesday. The pursuit, which at times included several police cars…