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OFFICER INVOLVED CRITICAL INCIDENT

Originally published as an Antioch Police Department Facebook post –  “On 12/10/2021 at approximately 1:11 PM, Antioch Police Department Dispatch began receiving numerous 911 calls of multiple gunshots being fired

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Two drivers arrested in street race

Photo: scenes from the street race Originally published as a Concord Police Department Facebook post –  “This past Saturday, the Pittsburg Police Department notified the Concord Police Department of a

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Contra Costa County inmate identified as primary suspect in 1996 cold case murder

Above: File photo of Danny Lamont Hamilton | Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office has announced charges of murder against a current inmate after he

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Increased Downtown Patrols Net Another Suspect in Organized Store Robberies

WALNUT CREEK — Increased patrols are being conducted downtown in response to organized store robberies—and another suspect was arrested during one such patrol. The woman arrested has prior arrests for

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Suspect in Custody on Suspicion of Setting Fires Inside Walnut Creek Library

  WALNUT CREEK — A man suspected of setting fires inside the Walnut Creek Library and elsewhere downtown is in custody. Police and the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District

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Robbery and Carjacking Suspect Remains in Custody in Lieu of $1.2 Million Bond

“SAN RAMON — Philander R. Johnson is being held in custody in lieu of $1,240,000 bond for two carjackings following a hardware store robbery. The 30-year-old resident of Antioch has

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Girlfriend Arrested for Attempted Murder, Resulting in her Boyfriend’s Paralysis

PINOLE — A 26-year-old woman with a lengthy rap sheet is behind county bars again. Denishia Pannessa Ann Griffin who lives in Richmond was booked for attempted murder of her

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Nordstrom Store Looted, 3 Suspects in Custody as Investigation Continues

  WALNUT CREEK— Three suspects were arrested in Contra Costa County during a night of looting organized on social media. They allegedly participated with a mob of 80 hooligans who

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Woman Arrested on Suspicion of Vehicle Theft and Kidnapping a Baby

Photo: Nataly A. Ayala PITTSBURG — Police recovered a stolen car with a one-year-old baby inside and later arrested a woman suspected of stealing the car. The baby girl was

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Son Arrested on Suspicion of Murdering his Elderly Mother

WALNUT CREEK — Tragedy struck at a small normally quiet condominium community in the predawn hours of November 8. A son was placed under arrest at Unit 4 on suspicion