Posts Tagged ‘Orinda PD’
Lafayette Street Sealed Off After Homicide Saturday; Chico Man Under Arrest
Curious neighbors were asked to leave the street and return home following a sizable police response to a residence on Westminster Place in Lafayette on Saturday, scene of a suspected stabbing. Heavily-armed officers from several local agencies descended on the quiet residential street at 11:36 am Saturday, quickly sealing off the area and ordering gathering…
Read MoreShort Police Pursuit Of Suspected Package Thieves Ends In Moraga Way Crash; Search In Canyon
Police believed to be on the trail of suspected package thieves fell in behind a car on Moraga Way Friday, the driver of that car speeding off, nicking cars on Moraga Way and balancing an apparently freshly stolen push stroller on its roof as stunned motorists looked on. Lamorinda police swarmed into downtown Moraga and…
Read MoreAttempted Catalytic Converter Theft Leads To “Old Switcheroo” And Arrest At Cal Shakes Thursday
An inquisitive Orinda police officer touched off a stranger-than-usual confrontation with two suspected catalytic converter thieves Thursday – one of the suspects sacrificing his pal in order to get away. Officer Devyn Hom was on routine patrol at Cal Shakes, 100 California Shakespeare Theater Way in Orinda around 11:30 a.m. when he spotted a person underneath…
Read MoreOrinda PD Officer – And Instinct – Combine To Stop Burglary In Progress Monday
Orinda Police Chief Mark Nagel said one of his officers spotted a suspicious person entering the side gate of a home on Altarinda Drive Monday – detaining that person for further investigation while waiting for backup from a fellow officer – and determined that the residence had been ransacked. Nagel said the so-far unnamed officer…
Read MorePair Arrested After Alleged Mail Theft In Orinda Monday
Two people were arrested Monday after someone allegedly spotted them picking off a package from a doorstep in Orinda and placing it in the bed of their rental truck, according to Chief Mark Nagel. Nagel said his officers were “immediately alerted” and were able to stop the truck on Moraga Way at Orchard. “Officers approached…
Read MoreCar vs. Pole Accident On Moraga Way Monday
Orinda police responded to a reported car into pole accident on Moraga Way at Camino Pablo Monday morning and arrived to find that, indeed, contact had been made. The motorist, luckily, was uninjured and traffic flow through the area was restored quickly. This story brought to you by:
Read MoreOrinda Police Seek Suspect In Near-Fatal Beating Of Florida Man On Camino Encinas Saturday
Orinda police are looking for a person suspected of inflicting a life-threatening head injury to a 21-year-old Florida man found outside of a Camino Encinas residence reportedly rented for cash through Airbnb. Investigators said the incident appears to have occurred in the area where a large party convened Friday evening. The victim was found beaten and unconscious in the parking…
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