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Laptop Computer Robbed from Priest, 2 Suspects Arrested at Church

MORAGA – Police in East Bay suburbs of San Francisco are teaming up to confront a wave of laptop computer robberies. One recent robbery involving a priest triggered a manhunt

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Suspected Arsonist Arrested for Fire Behind Shopping Center

EL CERRITO – Police picked up a suspected arsonist on November 30, following a painstaking analysis of evidence gathered from a fire scene. A suspicious person was reported to police

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72-year-old Caught with Cash After Bank Robbery

Photo: Robert Waterman (fugitive.com) CONCORD – A disheveled 72-year-old man was arrested a few minutes after a bank robbery on November 27 in which he peacefully meandered away on foot

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Suspected Gang Members Charged with Murdering High School Student

Kristhiam Uceda and Bryan Sermeno-Chachagua CONCORD – Police have arrested several suspected gang members believed responsible for the fatal shooting of a high school student on November 6, and a

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3 Persons Arrested 3 Hours after Brentwood Bank Robbery

Donte Davis, Maquetta Sanders and Eddie Starks BRENTWOOD — Three suspects were apprehended and police recovered an unspecified amount of cash—three hours after a downtown bank robbery occurred on November

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Arrests Made as Laptop Computer Robberies Rise at Coffeehouses

3225 Danville Road ALAMO – Four suspects were arrested last weekend for a computer laptop robbery in suburban Alamo—a crime that’s becoming alarmingly commonplace at coffeehouses in parts of the

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New Evidence Identifies Suspect in 2005 Sexual Assault Case

Keith K Asberry Jr EL CERRITO — Police reopened a sexual assault case that remained unsolved for 12 years, and identified a suspect already in custody since March 2015 for

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2 Men in Custody Denied Bail, Accused of Fatal Shooting

Jose Maravilla and Ignacio Sanchez-Gomez SAN PABLO – Two suspected gang members have been arrested for allegedly killing a young man who was found lying dead from gunshot wounds three

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Victim Photographs Getaway Car, Suspect Nabbed 48 Hours Later

Willie Johnson PINOLE— An armed robbery suspect was arrested thanks to a victim who photographed his getaway car, and an automated license plate reader that helped authorities locate him. Police

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Hit and Run Driver Kills Pedestrian, Suspect Arrested Nearby

Angelia Spikes PITTSBURG – Police said a hit and run driver is cooperating in their investigation of an accident that killed a pedestrian early Wednesday morning on busy commuter route.