The gravestone in the Meditation section at Oakmont Memorial Park in Pleasant Hill reads: In Loving Memory of Our Little Angel: Angela Jane Bugay, March 6, 1978… Read more “Remembering Angela Bugay, a little girl murdered long ago … On the day we learned her killer apparently took his own life on San Quentin’s Death Row”
Category: Suburban Crime
Are Orinda kids (or their parents) circling the wagons in teen’s drinking death?
The mother of Joseph Loudon, the 16-year-old Miramonte sophomore who died, reportedly after drinking too much at a May 23 teen party, is asking for people to… Read more “Are Orinda kids (or their parents) circling the wagons in teen’s drinking death?”
Memorials this weekend at Miramonte High for Joseph Loudon
UPDATE: A community celebration of the life of Joseph Loudon is to be held today at Miramonte High in Orinda from 2 to 3 p.m. Joseph, 16… Read more “Memorials this weekend at Miramonte High for Joseph Loudon”
In case of Orinda teen’s death, should parents of home where party occurred, or anyone else, be charged under city’s "unruly party" ordinance?
I realize I might be asking an insensitive or trivial question, in the face of the horrific tragedy that is the death of the 16-year-old Joseph Loudon,… Read more “In case of Orinda teen’s death, should parents of home where party occurred, or anyone else, be charged under city’s "unruly party" ordinance?”
Lamorinda, and communities throughout our suburbs, have long tried to deal with an out-of-control teen party scene
For a long time, some parents in Lamorinda have tried to get a handle on a teen party scene that involves binge drinking, property destruction, violence, and… Read more “Lamorinda, and communities throughout our suburbs, have long tried to deal with an out-of-control teen party scene”
Orinda boy dies at party, possibly by drinking too much; 18-year-old rugby team friend arrested
Update 7:30 p.m.: An 18-year-old fellow rugby team member and neighbor, suspected of hosting a raucous, unsupervised party involving underaged revelers, was arrested in connection with the… Read more “Orinda boy dies at party, possibly by drinking too much; 18-year-old rugby team friend arrested”
Stupid criminal tricks: Mugshot mishaps among notable perps and suspects
I was viewing the mugshot photo of Haithem Ibrahim (right), one of four Cal Poly fraternity members arrested this week in the December hazing death of his… Read more “Stupid criminal tricks: Mugshot mishaps among notable perps and suspects”
Former high school football coach gets 50 years for Walnut Creek pot debt slaying
Jonathan Marvin cried tearfully and proclaimed his innocence before a judge sentenced him to 50 years to life in the 2007 killing of Eric Martin of Pittsburg,… Read more “Former high school football coach gets 50 years for Walnut Creek pot debt slaying”
Be on the look out! Goateed guy robs WC bank
Police are asking the public’s help in finding this man. Just before 3 p.m. Friday, this 30ish guy, in sunglasses and baseball cap, entered the Guaranty Bank… Read more “Be on the look out! Goateed guy robs WC bank”
Lafayette man arrested in Cal Poly hazing death
Haithem Ibrahim, 20, (right) is one of four California Polytechnic University students arrested Thursday in connection with the December hazing death of an 18-year-old student. CBS5.com reports… Read more “Lafayette man arrested in Cal Poly hazing death”
Crazy in Suburbia 