Wrong-Way Driver Eludes Police After Walnut Creek Bank Robbery Friday

A suspected bank robber led Walnut Creek and Concord police officers on a brief chase through those two cities Friday, officers terminating their pursuit out of concern for public safety when the suspect began driving the wrong way on Treat Boulevard from Walnut Creek into Concord. Police confirmed that the chase followed an armed robbery at…

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“Bearded” Bank Robber Was Formerly On The Other Side Of The Law

UPDATING WEDNESDAY 3:32 p.m: Police in Los Angeles and Placentia, California have confirmed that McClary worked for LAPD from February 2006 to May 2008, and was an officer with Placentia police in Orange County from 2008 and 2010. She was terminated before the end of her probationary period with the Placentia Police Department for not…

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US Bank In San Ramon Robbed Tuesday

In a busy afternoon for law enforcement in the 24/680, a lone gunman entered the US Bank branch at 2821 Crow Canyon Road in San Ramon Tuesday, relieving it of an undetermined amount of money before running off across the bank parking lot and apparently getting away. Officers flooded the area shortly after the robbery…

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“Construction Hat” Bandits Rob Orinda Bank Of The West Friday

A sleepy Friday morning in downtown Orinda was disrupted at 9:12 a.m. when two black men wearing “construction-type” gear entered the Bank of the West branch at 21 Moraga Way, approached a teller and passed over a note demanding money. Police Chief Mark Nagel said the teller handed over an undetermined amount of cash. Nagel said…

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Female Robber In Construction Vest Holds Up San Ramon Credit Union Thursday

San Ramon police are investigating a robbery at the Pacific Service Credit Union on Crow Canyon Thursday afternoon. No one was hurt during the theft. Readers informed NEWS24/680 of a commotion and police response at the bank, 2005 Crow Canyon Pl., at approximately 1:20 p.m. A Pacific Islander or bi-racial woman in her 30s, wearing a dark…

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San Ramon PD Arrest Bay Point Man For March 2 Bank Robbery

Police in San Ramon Wednesday announced the arrest of a Bay Point man in connection with the March 2 robbery of a Wells Fargo Bank branch at the Nob Hill Foods in their city. Investigators said David M. Beardon, 23, was arrested on robbery charges after a thorough investigation into the crime. He is being…

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El Cerrito Bank Robbery Nets Thief $250,000

As reported earlier on our Facebook page, a man approached a US Bank branch counter at the Safeway store, 11450 San Pablo Avenue, this morning, passed a note demanding money to the teller and left the area with $250,000. A teller reportedly filled several bags of cash and turned them over to the suspect, described as…

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