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Lockdown Antioch neighborhood lifted as police arrest homicide suspect
UPDATE: Police have arrested a homicide suspect from Stockton, the Antioch Police Department said. No further details about the arrest were immediately available. Original story below. (KRON) — A neighborhood in Antioch has been placed under lockdown Monday afternoon due to police activity. There is law enforcement activity in the area of Gentrytown Drive and […]
Suspects' murder charges reduced to manslaughter because of Antioch PD racism scandal
Racism and police brutality came back to haunt Antioch police on Monday, as four murder suspects struck a plea deal eliminating possible murder convictions and knocking their charges down to manslaughter and other lesser charges.Superior Court Judge David Goldstein accepted the plea deal Monday in Contra Costa County Superior Court in Martinez, after all four men changed their previous pleas from not guilty pleas to no contest. Terryonn Pugh, 23, Eric Windom, 23, Keyshawn McGee, 25, and Trent Allen, 23, were all charged in the killing of Arnold Hawkins and the attempted killing of Aaron Patterson, both of Antioch,...
Tow trucks go up in flames
Four tow trucks in Contra Costa County went up in flames.
Video: 4 tow trucks torched in East Bay
(KRON) — This past weekend, the owner of an East Bay towing company said several groups of men deliberately set his tow trucks on fire. The owner of California Towing told KRON 4 he thinks his business was targeted. In video of one of the incidents, you can see a person going up into the […]
Man speaks out, woman arrested after hit-and-run in Pittsburg
A 65-year-old man is speaking out after surviving a hit-and-run in Pittsburg. Rene Cisneros described the terrifying moment he saw a car driving straight at him. Cisneros had just left his lawnmower repair shop on Buchanan Road in Pittsburg. "She was on the phone or she was with her hand...
Father stabs son in Oakley after son fires shotgun: police
(KRON) — An Oakley man was hospitalized on Thursday morning after he was stabbed by his father, the City of Oakley said. The father stabbed his son several times in an attempt to subdue him after the son shot at him, per police. The city’s Facebook account said Oakley officers responded to a home on […]
Bryant Bell Tops Logan Mitchell in Western Midget Racing Thriller at Ventura
2023 Western Midget Racing champion Bryant Bell of Oakley, Calif. outlasted series runner-up Logan Mitchell of Santa Cruz to claim round three of the WMR at Ventura Raceway on Saturday night. Bell became the third different winner of the 2024 season as well. Bell and Mitchell were separated by just...
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