Posts Tagged ‘Walnut Creek PD’
Walnut Creek T-Mobile Store Held Up Sunday; PD Searching For Suspect
A lone gunman robbed the T-Mobile store in the 2300 block of Oak Grove Road Sunday, apparently making off with cash and a bag of electronics. Police are maneuvering in their search for the suspect. He is described as a white or Hispanic male wearing a black hoodie, black pants, sunglasses and mask. He was…
Read MorePup Commandeers Walnut Creek Police Car – Gives Officer A Tonguelashing
Walnut Creek police are trying to reunite a lovely and, apparently, highly affectionate pup with its rightful owner after the animal sought refuge in Officer Akers’ car in town yesterday and let him know in dog language that she was lost. No word if the department’s uniform policy covers excessive drooling but Officer Akers got…
Read MoreSearch For Car Theft Suspect Locks Down Walnut Creek Neighborhood Saturday
Walnut Creek police moved quickly to seal off the area of Minert and Arkell roads in their city early Saturday after a suspected car thief bolted from a traffic stop and fled into the surrounding neighborhood. Residents in the area were advised to stay in their homes as police searched for the suspect shortly after…
Read MoreWalnut Creek PD: Victim, Alleged Killer Worked Together; Suspect Named
Walnut Creek police investigators announced Friday that a security guard at a local construction site attacked and killed a colleague with a metal pole Thursday evening. Police identified the suspect as Hakim Madjour, 34, of Concord, and said that at approximately 6:52 p.m. Thursday Madjour “violently and unexpectedly attacked the victim” – inflicting life-threatening wounds…
Read MoreDriver Strays On Pleasant Hill Road Thursday – Splinters Power Poles, Blacks Out Neighborhood
Walnut Creek police are investigating a single car crash on Pleasant Hill Road in front of the Palos Verdes mall after the driver smashed through a series of power poles, knocking out power to the surrounding neighborhood. About 2,000 people were still without power at about 3:20 p.m., with readers saying their lights flickered and…
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 MoreWalnut Creek, Four Police Officers Exonerated In 2012 Fatal Shooting
Jurors in San Francisco Thursday exonerated the city of Walnut Creek and four of its officers in connection with the shooting death of a 22-year-old man during a bizarre altercation at the Creekside town home complex in December 2012. Antony Banta Jr., who worked as a hairdresser in the city, was shot and killed by officers who…
Read MoreWalnut Creek PD Arrests Pair For Alleged Package Thefts Wednesday
Two people were arrested in Walnut Creek Wednesday after allegedly stealing packages from local homes, according to WCPD. Walnut Creek resident Craig Lancaster and Martinez resident Shawna Byars were arrested on suspicion of possession of burglary tools, possession of stolen property, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to Walnut Creek police.…
Read MoreCharges Filed In 2014 Halloween Honey Oil Explosion Case In Walnut Creek
Two men, both of whom were severely burned when a suspected drug lab operation in their Walnut Creek apartment caught fire – leveling the apartment in a resultant explosion – have been formally charged with drug manufacturing and unlawfully causing fire resulting in injury. The pair, Daniel Burgess, 34, of Danville, and William Brown, 37,…
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