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What’d I See? SFPD Tactical Unit – And Others – Roll Through The 24/680 Wednesday
There are a thousand stories in our semi-naked Cities and Towns (our weather is cooling so folks should be less inclined to strip off for a while) and we like to think we know about most of them. Yesterday, Wednesday, was particularly frantic with a police pursuit/search effort in Pleasanton and that, apparently, set the…
Read MoreSheriff’s Marine Patrol Continues Search For Missing Boater
The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff Marine Patrol Unit continues to search for a missing boater believed to have fallen overboard in the area of Indian Slough and Werner Cut Sunday night. The missing man is not being identified at this time. The incident was reported on Sunday, September 22, at about 9:07…
Read MoreSan Ramon Police Searching For Motorist Who Attempted To Entice 13-Year-Old Into Car Saturday
From San Ramon PD: On September 21, 2019 at 1112 hrs, officers were dispatched to the report of a suspicious circumstance on Broadmoor Dr at the Cross Valley Trail. A citizen saw a newer, light gray sedan quickly pull to the side of the road near a young female who was walking in the area.…
Read MoreService, Prayers For Victim Of 1996 Crockett Murder Saturday
A remembrance service and candle-lighting will be held this weekend for Priscilla Ann Lewis – murdered on September 24, 1996, in Crockett. The 21-year-old Vallejo resident worked as a waitress at Four Corners Pizza located at 628 2nd Avenue in Crockett. The cook at the restaurant called 9-1-1 shortly before 10:30 pm after finding Priscilla’s…
Read MoreDanville PD Recover Vehicle Stolen Earlier In San Ramon; Find Other Stolen Items Thursday
A 26 year old Bay Point resident is facing multiple charges after he was found to be in possession of a stolen vehicle and other items Thursday morning. Danville Police Chief Allan Shields said that at 6:10 a.m. officers responded to the area of Sycamore Valley Road and I-680 after receiving a notification from the Town’s…
Read MoreSledge Hammer Not Used In San Ramon Road Rage Incident, Police Say – Just A Regular Old Hammer
We’ve said it before, it’s getting tougher out there on our local highways and byways. San Ramon Police Capt. Denton Carlson was kind enough to fill us in on an incident that captured attention on the Montevideo/I680 overpass in San Ramon this evening and while it was still unpleasant for the victim in this instance,…
Read MorePleasant Hill PD Looking For Man Suspected Of Attempting To Rob Chase Bank
From Pleasant Hill PD: On Wednesday, September 11, at approximately 12:48 pm PHPD officers responded to the report of an attempted robbery at the Chase Bank located within the Pleasant Hill Plaza shopping center at 1898 Contra Costa Blvd. Officers determined the suspect passed a note, demanding cash. No weapons were seen or mentioned and…
Read MoreMoraga Police Advise Locals To Watch Out For Nocturnal Prowlers, Opportunists
We’ve been writing about Lone Wolf burglars and organized crews of car burglars wreaking havoc in various neighborhoods throughout the 24/680 of late, and Moraga – despite its away from the highways geography – appears to be getting the same treatment. We Flashed word of a number of overnight thefts from cars along Ascot and…
Read MoreMoraga Chamber Of Commerce Confirms Ouster Of President F. Robert Fritzky; MCF Embezzlement Investigation Underway
Rumors of an apparent shakeup among leadership at the Moraga Chamber of Commerce materialized Friday after the chamber confirmed the ouster of Chamber President F. Robert Fritzky – ushered out under the cloud of a looming embezzlement investigation at the Moraga Community Foundation. Although no specific charges have yet to be filed against Fritzky, search…
Read MoreJohn Muir Nursing Assistant Acquitted Of All Charges In Alleged Hospital Groping, Burglary Case
A nursing assistant at John Muir Hospital accused of groping a male patient at the hospital a year ago has been acquitted of charges he entered the patient’s room and groped him last year. All charges against health care worker Cody Baca, 31, were dropped this week after a jury weighing the case found in…
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