I confess that I’m reporting news and information that’s a few-days-old. But bolt of delayed inspiration!!!! It suddenly occurred to me how the actions of the subject… Read more “Stupid criminal tricks: guy at center of WC SWAT team operation returns the next day–only to get arrested”

Recent news stories relating to several high-profile East Bay murders and child disappearances were on my mind as I paid a visit Saturday to Pleasant Hill’s park-like… Read more “Crime degrees of separation: A girl’s 1983 murder, Pamela Vitale’s 2005 killing, the Oakmont cemetery and the kooky guy at the center of the story”

Walnut Creek and neighboring cities became the scene in a high-speed, and at one point, a wrong-way freeway police chase of a red Infiniti G35 that had… Read more “Here’s one way to avoid being stopped for running a stop sign: Lead lots of cops on multi-city chase”

Update May 12: The blogger the DUBC reported that the man who started the whole Monday SWAT operation was arrested Tuesday when he broke into his girlfriend’s… Read more “Fears of gun-toting suicidal man that prompted school lockdowns ends without incident”

Update 2:30 p.m. Lt. Mark Covington just sent over this information on the robbery at the Wells Fargo Bank in the Rossmoor shopping center: At about 10:50… Read more “Two men rob Wells Fargo bank prompt school lockdown?”

Down six attorneys and with his office struggling to keep up with its case load, District Bob Kochly has suggested that the cities can pick up the… Read more “Kochly’s latest solution to the misdemeanor prosecution crisis: have cities take over some cases”

Walnut Creek police Sgt. Lanny Edwards filled me in with some more details about three locals who pitched in, above and beyond, to help out the community.… Read more “Some more scoop on Walnut Creek’s crime-fighting civilians”

Is Walnut Creek going to you-know-where? First, as Walnut Creek blogger DUBC reports, a resident of the Keys Condomiums on Civic Drive woke up one morning last… Read more “Car burglars! Tire thieves! Walnut Creek besieged? A sign of the apocalypse?”

This verdict must come as some relief to the family of Joshua Rhoads, who was shot in the head by a man who broke into his mother’s… Read more “Jurors find Martinez man guilty in 2008 Walnut Creek murder”

Walnut Creek police will honor several citizens who pitched in, above and beyond, to help police do their duty over the past year. A ceremony to celebrate… Read more “Good citizens: Walnut Creek police honor ordinary folks who pitched in to help out”