Posts Tagged ‘Bank Robbery’
Lafayette School Locks Down During Search For Robbery Suspects Tuesday
Police from multiple jurisdictions descended on downtown Lafayette Tuesday following an attempted robbery in town and an earlier crime in Alamo. Lafayette Elementary School was placed on lockdown as parents scurried to pickup children and dozens of police searched for two suspects they believed responsible for the crimes. At about 1:01 PM, Contra Costa Sheriff’s…
Read MoreVIDEO: So Much Reality Packed Into A Police Critical Incident Report
We covered it as it happened, Flashing alerts as events unfolded, but recently released body worn camera footage of Concord police responding to a credit union holdup and the extended, often dodgy pursuit into San Jose that followed shows for the first time just what police and civilians were up against that day. The holdup…
Read MoreSerial Robber Keeps Trying – In San Ramon Valley And Elsewhere, Apparently
Earlier today, Friday, the pictured gentleman attempted to rob two banks in San Ramon, according to police. Investigators say the man is also suspected of attempting robberies at several other banks in the area, including branches in Danville, Dublin, and Mountain View. In most of the cases he appeared to approach businesses or victims on…
Read MoreShots Fly In Pleasanton Bank Robbery/Carjacking – Officer Slightly Wounded
A Pleasanton police officer was slightly wounded after his patrol car was fired upon by a carload of armed, masked thieves who robbed a local bank and subsequently hijacked a civilian auto at gunpoint, police said Friday. Events kicked off at 10:41 a.m. as police responded to a reported bank robbery at the Wells Fargo…
Read MoreOrinda Wells Fargo Branch Robbed Saturday
Lamorinda police – with help from neighboring jurisdictions – are searching for a man who simulated a weapon and held up the Wells Fargo bank branch at 80 Moraga Way in Orinda Saturday night. Police are concentrating their search near the BART station at this time. The suspect is described as a white male, 50s,…
Read MorePatriotic Gunman Holds Up Danville Bank Thursday
Danville police are on the lookout for a man who entered the First Republic Bank at 680 Hartz Avenue a little before noon Thursday, presented a banking officer with a note demanding money and reinforced that demand by displaying a pistol. The suspect is described as a white male with fair complexion and acne scars,…
Read MoreAttempt At Unauthorized Withdrawal From Martinez Bank Goes Awry Thursday
Martinez Police Chief Manjit Sappal and his team have been busy lately, descending on the Chase Bank branch on Alhambra Avenue Thursday to arrest a man who had just passed a note demanding money to a teller – doing so before the suspect had a chance to get his cash. Chief Sappal says his team…
Read MoreChef Valentino Luchin Of Lafayette Booked For Robbing Orinda Bank Wednesday
An armed robbery at the Citibank branch in Orinda Wednesday morning triggered a widespread search for a suspect who left the scene in an older model Mercedes, police said, and ended when that suspect left a home on Valente Drive in Lafayette and was taken into custody on the street outside. Records indicate Valentino Luchin,…
Read MoreWells Fargo Branch On Camino Tassajara Robbed Tuesday
Danville Police are looking for a suspect in connection with the Tuesday afternoon robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank, in the 3000 block of Camino Tassajara. Police Chief Allan Shields said that at approximately 2:20 p.m. on February 13, 2018, a suspect entered the bank, presented the teller a note demanding money, and then fled…
Read MoreBad Habit Bandit Busted In Folsom; Used Proceeds From San Ramon Robberies To Gamble
A Sacramento man investigators say used money stolen from San Ramon banks to fund his gambling habit was arrested by police in Folsom after a home surveillance system picked up his license plate after a robbery there in April. Clayton Quiz Smith. Photo: Folsom Police Department Police said Clayton Quiz Smith, 44, told them he’d…
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