Police are seeking witnesses or video to help lead them to a man accused of assaulting a woman and attempting to rob her in Novato.
A look at some of this week's police, fire and courtroom stories from around Marin County and across the North Bay.
The Sheriff's Office's Search and Rescue team found a woman with dementia who walked away from her Novato home early Monday morning.
The deadly collision happened at a railroad crossing at Grant and Railroad avenues, according to the Novato Police Department.
Petaluma Police Department's SWAT team was able to take him into custody following an hours-long standoff on Western Avenue.
A man with dementia who went missing from Novato was found safe by police in San Francisco, Novato police said.
Bertrand Wittman, 82, suffers from dementia and has a history of falling. Police said he may be headed to San Francisco.
Two Novato residents were arrested on suspicion of possessing property stolen from vehicles and mailboxes in Larkspur, police said.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Marin County coroner's office will determine the cause and manner of David Glen Ward's death.
Police recovered 16 stolen packages, and found meth and other drug paraphernalia in the vehicle, officials said.
Novato police Capt. Matt McCaffrey has been with the department since 2015, overseeing both the operations and administrative divisions.
Joshua Quinn Meade, 18, of Fairfield, was arrested on suspicion of multiple charges including battery and vandalism, police said.
The fire broke out near Lakeville Highway and Highway 37.
A Berkeley man was arrested for attempted murder after shots were fired into an occupied vehicle in Novato, police said.
The 4-year-old boy, his 7-year-old sister and their mother were in a crash last Wednesday on Highway 101 on the Novato-San Rafael border.
A Novato teen who died in a car crash over the weekend was identified as Mario Lupercio Jr., a student and football player at San Marin.
A 16-year-old boy was killed and two other 16-year-old boys were injured Sunday afternoon in a solo-car crash in Novato.
The fire, which moved at a slow rate of speed, scorched 2 acres, fire officials said.
Leticia Marie Algere of Novato allegedly possessed the personal information of at least 19 people in Marin County.
A brush fire near Highway 37 burned an outbuilding and prompted evacuations Tuesday afternoon in unincorporated Novato.
Novato Police and dozens of other agencies participated in the take-down.
A two-acre grass fire sparked near the Marconi Conference Center in Marshall.
A delivery driver was arrested after allegedly breaking into a home in Novato and stealing thousands of dollars worth of belongings.