DeAngelo Charged With Felonies From Alleged Attacks In Contra Costa County

Martinez, Calif. – The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office announced today that Joseph DeAngelo, the East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer, is charged with four felonies from the alleged attacks in Contra Costa County from 1978 to 1979. DeAngelo could face four life sentences plus ten years for his alleged crimes of kidnapping during the course of…

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One Opioid Fatality Per Week In Contra Costa County In 2016 – Supervisors Promise Litigation Against Manufacturers/Distributors

At yesterday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, it was announced that Contra Costa County plans to join a consortium of more than 25 California counties, as well as hundreds of other municipalities throughout the United States, to initiate litigation against the drug manufacturers and distributors responsible for the opioid epidemic that has destroyed so many lives…

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CHP Arrests Alleged DUI Driver On Murder Charge

From the Contra Costa County CHP office: On 3/23/18, at about 11:43pm, a two vehicle crash occurred on SR-4 eastbound, just west of Willow Pass Road, causing major injuries to the parties in a Ford Escape. The party from the other vehicle, a Ford Transit, was not injured. The two female passengers from the Escape…

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Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested For Unlawful Sex With An Inmate

Detectives from the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff have arrested Contra Costa Deputy Sheriff Patrick Morseman for unlawful sex with an inmate. On Tuesday, the Office of the Sheriff immediately launched an investigation after receiving allegations of unlawful sex acts with two female county inmates committed by Morseman at the West County Detention…

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Deadly Two-Alarm Fire Burns Through Martinez Apartments Saturday

A neighbor’s call brought firefighters on the run Saturday after a lethal fire broke out in a series of apartments at 98 Farm Lane in Martinez. Firefighters were met by significant smoke and flame and were almost immediately made aware that a resident was down inside the home. Heavy flames burned through the second floor…

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Martinez Athletic Club Owner Arrested On Suspicion Of Lewd Acts With Child

From the Martinez Police Department: On Tuesday November 28, 2017 Investigators from the Martinez Police Department arrested 41-year-old Martinez resident Benjamin Matthew Borsellino. Borsellino is the owner of the Martinez Athletic Club, where a search warrant was served. Borsellino was booked into the Martinez Detention Facility on four (4) counts of Lewd and Lascivious acts with…

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Teens Lead Police On Hair-Raising, Two-County Pursuit Wednesday Night

Teenagers in a 2000 VW Jetta engaged police from Solano and Contra Costa counties in a nearly 45 minute-long pursuit up and down I680 that ended only after their car had its tired flattened and they were arrested following a minor crash in Walnut Creek late Wednesday. Police and onlookers said the teens, both from…

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County Fire Investigators Make Arrest In Serial Arson Case

Contra Costa Fire announced Saturday morning that they have arrested of a Pittsburg man in connection with a string of arson fires that have hit multiple cities throughout Contra Costa County. Here’s an announcement from Contra Costa Fire: Just before 1:00 am this morning, Contra Costa County Fire Investigators in cooperation with a Deputy District…

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