CRIME & SAFETY
Organized retail theft task force makes arrest in San Mateo
A suspected shoplifter picked the wrong store on the wrong day. New video shows police chasing and detaining a man suspected of stealing from the Target store in San Mateo's Bridgepoint Shopping Center on March 14. That same day, an organized retail theft task force happened to be working in...
VIDEO: Man gets out of car, attacks two people on San Francisco street
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Video shared with KRON4 (above) shows a man getting out of a car and attacking two men on a San Francisco street. The San Francisco Police Department says one of the victims is 78 years old. The attack happened at about 10:20 a.m. on Wednesday. The video shows the two victims […]
1 dead in motorcycle crash on Highway 80 at 580 transition ramp in MacArthur Maze
One person died in a crash involving a motorcycle on eastbound Interstate Highway 80 just east of the Bay Bridge in Oakland, according to the California Highway Patrol.The crash was reported at about 7:30 a.m. on eastbound Highway 80 at the transition ramp to southbound Interstate Highway 880 in the MacArthur Maze. The connector ramp remained blocked as of an hour after the crash, CHP officials said.No other details about the case were immediately available.
San Mateo Man Suspected of Attempted Robbery at Coyote Point Charged, Arrested Near Target
A San Mateo attempted robbery suspect is now facing a slew of charges after trying to take a teenage boy's cell phone at gunpoint, authorities reported. The 33-year-old, Michael Stephen Bruni, encountered resistance when his intended 15-year-old victim fought back before fleeing to safety and prompted a community-wide alert. This incident occurred at the popular Coyote Point, usually known for its tranquility.
32 citations of drivers, 1 drug possession arrest in pedestrian safety operation
(KRON) – One person was arrested after police located methamphetamine and paraphernalia in a pedestrian safety operation, according to the San Mateo Police Department. The San Mateo Police Traffic Unit conducted a pedestrian safety operation at two intersections from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday. Police set the operation at N. Delaware Street/E. Bellevue […]
Hayward man who died in apparent drowning in Fremont creek identified
Multiple agencies in Alameda County on Tuesday evening attempted to at first save and then recover the body of a man who appeared to drown in a creek in Fremont, the Sheriff's Office said. East Bay Regional Parks District employees reported a 911 call describing a man in the creek near Third and I streets in the Niles district of the city of Fremont at about 5 p.m. The caller reported seeing the man attempting to cross the creek, but then struggling in the water, going under and then not resurfacing. Alameda County Sheriff's deputies responded to the scene, along...
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