CRIME & SAFETY
Antioch neighborhood on lockdown as police hunt for suspect
(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 Putnam Street, according to an alert from the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office. Police are searching for a suspect who fled the area. The suspect, Carlos […]
Brentwood: Officer Whose Police Dog Scalped Shoplifting Suspect Cannot Claim Qualified Immunity In Resulting Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit, District Court Rules
BRENTWOOD: OFFICER WHOSE POLICE DOG SCALPED SHOPLIFTING SUSPECT CANNOT CLAIM QUALIFIED IMMUNITY IN RESULTING FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT, DISTRICT COURT RULES
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...
4 tow trucks burned in Concord, Bay Point
Four tow trucks were burned in the East Bay early Saturday morning. At least two of those fires are being investigated as arson. A local towing company said that all four of those trucks belong to their fleet. On Summerfield Drive in Bay Point, one homeowner's Ring camera captured a...
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.
Brentwood Police Department Remembers Retired K9 Lexie After a Decade of Dedicated Service
The Brentwood Police Department is in mourning after announcing the death of K9 Lexie, a retired narcotics detection dog who dutifully served the community for a decade before passing away at the age of 15. WSMV reported that the Belgian Malinois, having been trained to sniff out various controlled substances, became an indispensable part of the force from August 2010 until her retirement in February 2020.
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