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Local Businesses Alarmed, Confused By Email Ransom Threats

Businesses throughout the 24/680, the East Bay, the Bay Area and the nation received alarming, threatening emails Thursday informing them that explosives placed in their businesses would detonate if specified ransom demands were not met. None of the threats bore out though police were kept busy comforting some owners – both frantic and angered by…

A Blackhawk resident was arrested and booked at the Martinez Detention Facility on charges of criminal threats and battery after a strange and reportedly violent attack on his Uber driver. John McSherry, 53, of Blackhawk was arrested at about 11:04 p.m. the evening of March 2, shortly after guards at the gated community’s front entrance…