Standoff In Danville Neighborhood Following Alleged Assault Friday
A Danville neighborhood was cut off and homes evacuated as police attempted to talk a man suspected of an attack on a family member out of his residence. Details of the alleged attack, reportedly with a knife, remained murky as the suspect retreated into the family home on Glasgow Drive and resisted efforts by police…
Burglary Crew Runs From Airship, Valley Officers In Morning Dash South On I-680
A Parks Police helicopter and various San Ramon Valley law enforcement officers pursued a car with suspected burglars aboard early Friday, eventually cornering the vehicle in Milpitas and taking at least one person into custody. It was not immediately known if the crew involved in the chase was responsible for a burglary reported in San…
Lathrop Man Arrested For Hoax Shooting Threat At Las Lomas High
Walnut Creek police have announced an arrest following the threat of a shooting at Las Lomas High School on Feb. 10. Police said they arrested Demoni Costello, 18, of Lathrop on suspicion of making criminal threats and a false emergency report. The arrest follows a series of threats against California schools in recent weeks, but…
Antioch Homicide Suspect Arrested During Bizarre “Return Trip” Pursuit To Orinda Charged Wednesday
The threads of many of the stories we chase are interwoven – and sometimes unravel in mysterious ways. Take the case of Corey Hill, a 19-year-old Antioch resident wanted by police there as a suspect in the January 17 killing of liquor store employee Emani Flenoid, 25, of Pittsburg, after a dispute between the two…
Ten Armed Men Attempt To Rob Pacheco Cannabis Shop Monday
A group of robbers armed with rifles and pistols who arrived in two black SUVs attempted to hold up a Pacheco cannabis business Monday but were reportedly thwarted. It was not immediately known what deterred the robbery crew, who were reportedly similarly dressed in black clothing and masks. The business, STIIIZY, is based in a…
Lafayette Carjacking Results In Chase, Arrests Sunday
Three men attacked a driver in her car at the Olympic Boulevard Staging Area near Olympic Boulevard and Pleasant Hill Road at approximately 3:30 p.m. Sunday, smashing the owner’s window and making off with her 2019 Hyundai Elantra. Lafayette police officers quickly acquired a visual of the carjacked vehicle and kept it in sight during…
Suspected Getaway Vehicle Found Abandoned In Lafayette Saturday
Neighbors in Lafayette may have noticed some police activity on Pleasant Hill Road early Saturday. Police in Concord are apparently trying to figure it all out but things appear to have started when a witness spotted a crew of suspected burglars attempting to rob a Concord liquor store. The incident was reported at approximately 1:45…
Police Clear Walnut Creek’s Las Lomas High School After Shooting Threat
A report of a gun on campus and then an “active shooter” at Las Lomas High swelled exponentially Friday, bringing police on the run as apparently unrelated events contributed to the parental worry and student angst. Officers cleared the school one classroom at a time after the campus locked down in response to a threat,…
Where Is All That Stolen Apple Gear Ending Up?
From the California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) Organized Retail Crime Task Force (ORCTF): SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol (CHP) today announced the arrest of multiple suspects believed to be part of an organized retail theft ring and the recovery of stolen merchandise. The investigation began in September 2022, when the CHP Organized Retail Crime…
Armed Robbery In Concord Thursday
Police are investigating an armed robbery in the Costco parking lot on Monument Boulevard in Concord Thursday after two men – one reportedly armed with a pistol – robbed a victim at gunpoint at approximately 4:10 p.m. No injuries were reported as a result of the encounter. No description of what was taken was available…