Posts Tagged ‘Lafayette California’
Lafayette PD Says He/She Team Of Crowbar-Wielding Burglars Have Been Caught
From Lafayette PD: The City of Lafayette experienced a series of commercial burglaries and bicycle thefts beginning on the evening of February 17th. Over the course of the next six days, two suspects committed a plethora of crimes which included at least nine burglaries, five attempted burglaries and three bicycle thefts mostly from businesses already…
Read MoreCoyote Roaming Downtown Lafayette Tuesday; Unconfirmed Report Of A Person Bitten
Investigators with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife are once again turning to science to determine the DNA profile of a coyote that reportedly nipped a store employee in downtown Lafayette Tuesday night. Captain Patrick Foy of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed many reports forwarded to this site of a coyote…
Read MoreLafayette’s Leaders Clarify “Essential Business” Definitions
Due to concerns expressed by Lafayette residents, Lafayette Mayor Mike Anderson, working with Lafayette Police Chief Ben Alldritt and Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jay Lifson, wishes to clarify which businesses are allowed to remain open in the City of Lafayette during the duration of the Public Health Order issued by Country Costa County on March 16.…
Read MoreThree-Alarm Fire Consumes Office Building On Lafayette Circle Thursday
About 50 firefighters and officers battled a fast-moving 3-alarm structure fire at Lafayette Circle and Whitten Lane Thursday morning, an office cluster housing the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, La Finestra restaurant as well as nine other local businesses. Firefighters are declaring the building at 100 Lafayette Circle a total loss. Business owners and neighbors drifted…
Read MoreBurglars, Undaunted By Cameras, Return “With A Vengeance” To Lafayette
We noted the surge in auto burglaries and associated crimes last year, and documented the apparent effect city and citizen-owned surveillance cameras appeared to be having – but police in Lafayette say that downtrend was an anomaly and that the burglars are back – big time. Lafayette Police Chief Eric Christensen opened a recent neighborhood…
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