Posts Tagged ‘NEWS24/680.com’
DUI Driver Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison For San Ramon Crash
The wife of an Alameda County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to seven years in prison after she was convicted of vehicular manslaughter following the 2016 collision that killed a 3-year-old boy. Yarenit Malihan had pleaded guilty in the case to vehicular manslaughter with multiple victim enhancements. She was sentenced Friday in Contra Costa County…
Read MoreBusy Day For San Ramon Police Leads To Karmic Bad Luck Day For Parolee
Deep readers of this site know that things were hopping in the 24/680 on January 18 and we were trying to cover it all. As usual, however, some of those stories just didn’t come together until later. We were focused on the discovery of a car found on Minerva Way earlier in the day (shown),…
Read MoreFormer Walnut Creek Resident Convicted Of Commercial Bribery In Housing Scam Targeting Russian Immigrants
A former Walnut Creek resident has been convicted of commercial bribery after subletting affordable apartments at market prices and extracting payments from immigrants eager to find local housing. Aziz Artykov, 50, a former resident of the Avalon Bay Walnut Creek Apartments, was found guilty of bribing a former Avalon Bay employee in charge of Avalon’s…
Read MoreLone Gunman Robs Moraga Safeway Thursday
Moraga police are investigating an armed robbery at the Moraga Safeway store on Moraga Way Thursday, asking for anyone who may have witnessed the crime to contact their agency with that information. Police said a lone, masked gunman entered the store at approximately 7:55 p.m., pointed a gun at a clerk and demanded money. The…
Read MoreBrothers Found Dead Inside Moraga House Trailer Monday
Two men found dead in a trailer parked at the Ranch House property at Moraga Way and School Street Monday were identified by coroner’s deputies Wednesday as brothers Gary Armstrong, 67, and Richard Armstrong, 65. Moraga police said there were no signs of a struggle, no trauma was observed on either person nor has any…
Read MoreFatal Accident In Walnut Creek Triggers SigAlert Wednesday; 2nd Motorist Severely Injured
Reported by Flash and through our Facebook page as it happened this morning, with this update furnished by the CHP: Today at about 10:09am, Contra Costa CHP was advised of a solo vehicle traffic collision in Walnut Creek on the North Main Street on-ramp to northbound I-680. Upon CHP and emergency personnel arrival, it was…
Read MoreWalnut Creek Man Arrested For Danville Residential Burglary Wednesday
A 27 year old Walnut Creek man is in custody following an early morning residential burglary in Danville Wednesday morning. At approximately 6 a.m., Danville Police were called to a home on Savona Ct. on a report of a subject entering a home. Danville Police Chief Allan Shields said the homeowner called 911 immediately, then…
Read MoreDriver Treated After Chain Reaction Crash On Highway 24 Sunday
A local motorist is undergoing for a possible broken leg this morning after a grinding crash on Highway 24 at Pleasant Hill Road Sunday night scattered car parts across much of the freeway and prompted the California Highway Patrol to close much of the freeway until debris could be removed. Officer Nathan Johnson said the…
Read MoreThings Going Bump In The Night Turn Out To Be Two Guys On The Prowl In Walnut Creek Friday
A resident in Walnut Creek’s Pheasant Run neighborhood heard something or someone moving hear his home at 6 a.m. Friday and, after alerting his family and illuminating the household, apparently managed to scare off the trespassers. A check of his camera system turned up this video snippet and it makes you wonder what two guys…
Read MoreCoffee Shop Thieves Snatch Purse From Lafayette Starbucks Customer Wednesday
Lafayette police are investigating the latest in a current string of thefts from area coffee shops – this time after a purse was taken from its owner at a Starbucks location in the 3300 block of Mt. Diablo Boulevard Wednesday afternoon. Officers were dispatched to the coffee shop at 2:29 p.m., learning that a thief…
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