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New tax could boost police force
An Antioch Police Crime Prevention Commissioner has floated the idea of a parcel tax earmarked to help the city hire officers, a measure that could find its way onto ballots by November. At the Ja...

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Brentwood Cop Log: Jan. 21 to Jan. 29
Jan. 21, 6:15 p.m. On Big Basin Drive, an unidentified person stole a bicycle that was eventually recovered. Jan. 21, 9 p.m. On Reagan Way, two subjects were engaged in an argument over an ill...

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Six people were injured Saturday night when shots were fired during a Sweet 16 party on Wilmont Court in a relatively quiet part of Antioch.<br><i>Photo by Richard Wisdom</i>

Birthday party shooting stuns Antioch
Six people were injured in a shooting Saturday night at an Antioch girl’s “Sweet 16” party. Updated: 1-26-12 11 a.m.

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Brentwood Cop Log: Jan. 11 to Jan. 18
Jan. 11, 5:39 a.m. An unidentified person pried open the driver’s side door of a vehicle parked on Orchid Drive and stole a stereo, loose change and jackets. Estimated loss: $1,200; property dama...

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APD scores K-9 grant
Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback Ben Roethlisberger recently announced that the Antioch Police Department will receive a grant for its K-9 department from the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation at the G...

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Discovery Bay gas station robbery suspects arrested
Two Discovery Bay residents were arrested Wednesday in connection with an armed robbery of the Safeway gas station earlier this month. According to a press release from Contra Costa County Sheriff...

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Sheriff’s Office detectives seized nearly nine pounds of methamphetamine from an Oakley home on Tuesday night.<br>Photo courtesy of the Contra Costa County Sheriff s Office</br>

Sheriff's Office seizes $250,000 worth of meth in Oakley
At about 8 p.m. Tuesday night, narcotics detectives from the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office arrested two Oakley men, seizing roughly $250,000 of methamphetamine. According to a press release...

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Bretnwood Cop Log: Dec. 28 to Jan. 1
Dec. 28, 2:06 p.m. On the Highway 4 Bypass at Sand Creek Road, a driver swerved to avoid an animal, struck the rear of another vehicle and was taken to a local hospital for medical treatment. D...

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Oakley Cop Log: Dec. 26 to Jan. 1
Dec. 26 – A juvenile runaway was reported on the 100 block of Carol Lane. Dec. 26 – Battery was reported on the 300 block of Hill Avenue and on Burgundy Drive at Gamay Drive. Dec. 26 – On t...

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Antioch Cop Log: January
Jan. 7, 10:56 a.m. Officers of the Antioch Police Department responded to the report of a collision at the intersection of East 18th Street and Crestwood Drive. The driver of a car had pulled ou...

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