Crime & Safety

Roaring Fire | Vandals Damage Park: Fremont, East Bay Police Log

A store clerk shoots an alleged thief and is arrested for homicide; police need help to identify suspects; an accused firebug is jailed.

A look at East Bay police and fire logs.
A look at East Bay police and fire logs. (Alameda County Fire Dept., Walnut Creek Police Department, East Bay Regional Park District Police Evidence Photo)

EAST BAY — These are a few of the police and fire stories that made news in the East Bay this week —

Fire Roars Through Fire Department Building

  • The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Homicide Ruling: Body Found In Regional Park

  • The man's body was found Sunday just off a trail in Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve in the Oakland Hills.

Alameda Homicide: Store Clerk Arrested

  • Police say the victim was allegedly stealing from the store, but that his killing was not justified.

Castro Valley Home Damaged By Fire

  • The fire was confined to the kitchen.

Little Yosemite In Sunol Regional Wilderness Vandalized

  • The park district police department has arrested two women.

Can You ID These Suspects For East Bay Police?

  • The 2 suspects are accused of using credit cards stolen in Walnut Creek.

Can You Identify This Suspect?

  • Help solve a crime by helping police find this man.

Transient Arrested Following Arson Investigation

  • Four fires were set over a 2 day period, but firefighters put out the flames before they did any harm.

Walnut Creek Police Arrest Man: Attempted Homicide Investigation

  • A second man was also arrested on weapons, drugs, identity theft, and other charges.

Scam Warning From Alameda Municipal Power

  • "AMP will never ask for credit card or debit card numbers..."

Sheriff's Lieutenant Fired Following Jail Death

  • The man was arrested by Fremont Police and transferred to Santa Rita Jail, where he died.

Small Vegetation Fire In Fremont Sunday Night

  • Firefighters pounced on it with resources, to quickly douse it.

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