Posts Tagged ‘police pursuit’
Lamorinda Police Pursue Grand Theft Suspect Into Oakland Friday
Police in Lafayette initiated a pursuit of a grand theft suspect in their city shortly after 4 p.m. Friday, touching off a high-speed chase through the city onto Highway 24 and on into Oakland. Flasher Kathleen wrote: “I heard the race on Mt Diablo by the veteran’s hall; followed immediately by your text…” as the…
Read MoreTwo Detained After Wrong-Way Pursuit On Highway 24 In Lafayette Sunday Morning
Two men were detained after a wrong-way chase on Highway 24 early Sunday morning, police backing off but keeping their car in sight until it was stopped at Pleasant Hill and Deer Hill roads at 1 a.m. The two occupants were detained at gunpoint as police converged on the area. No injuries were reported. The…
Read MorePittsburg Thunder Runner Booked In Connection With Injury-Causing Crash Sunday
On Sunday, October 6, 2019, at about 8:10 PM, a vehicle heading south on Highway 680 near North Main Street passed a Deputy Sheriff at a high rate of speed. The Deputy attempted a traffic enforcement stop on the vehicle but the car did not yield, police said, instead leading Deputies on a pursuit. The…
Read MoreSuspect In Custody After Police Chase From Lafayette To Orinda’s CalShakes Thursday
An apparent attempt to contact an individual in his car in Lafayette at around 6:35 a.m. Thursday sparked an apparently aggressive, high-speed chase that eventually went to ground when the suspect abandoned his Nissan on Highway 24 near the CalShakes Theater in Orinda and fled into the area on foot. Orinda Police Chief Mark Nagel…
Read MorePolice Pursue Suspect Vehicle From El Sobrante Into Lafayette Wednesday
Lamorinda police and neighboring agencies are currently tracking a vehicle which fled from police on San Pablo Dam Road, drove east in the westbound lanes of Highway 24 through Orinda and is now on Sessions Road in Lafayette. A helicopter, believed to be a sheriff’s aircraft, is orbiting the area of Sessions Road and Northridge.…
Read MoreArmed Robbery Suspect Leads Police On 100mph Chase Along Highway 24 Tuesday
A suspect wanted in connection with an armed robbery in Oakley earlier Tuesday led police on a 100mph chase along westbound Highway 24, into the Caldecott Tunnel and out onto southbound Highway 13. Several jurisdictions handed off the pursuit as the suspect’s car, a black Audi with red paper plates, passed through their respective areas.…
Read MoreTwo Bicyclists Injured – One Critically – In Danville Hit-And-Run Saturday
A Saturday afternoon marked by a sudden flurry of pursuits, wrong-way driving and crashes was sadly capped by a hit-and-run crash on Diablo Road in Danville – an incident which left at least one cyclist critically injured and the roadway closed as police looked for the responsible driver. The Danville incident was reported at Diablo…
Read MoreMoraga Police Chase, Catch Motorcycle Thief Thursday Morning
A Moraga resident called police at 3:05 a.m. today, Thursday, to report that his motorcycle had just been stolen from the 300 block of Calle La Montana and was being driven away from the location. Moraga police immediately responded and an officer located the stolen motorcycle being driven on Campolindo Drive. The officer attempted to…
Read MoreWrong-Way Driver Eludes Police After Walnut Creek Bank Robbery Friday
A suspected bank robber led Walnut Creek and Concord police officers on a brief chase through those two cities Friday, officers terminating their pursuit out of concern for public safety when the suspect began driving the wrong way on Treat Boulevard from Walnut Creek into Concord. Police confirmed that the chase followed an armed robbery at…
Read MoreFriday Morning Police Pursuit Through Lamorinda Ends In Orinda Crash; Two Arrested
Two people were arrested after a morning police pursuit ended in a crash on westbound Highway 24 approaching the Wilder exit, startled residents contacting this site as the latest incident to rock the 24/680 unfolded. Police fell in behind a black Lexus with paper plates cruising the area of Mt. Diablo at Dewing in Lafayette,…
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