Crime & Safety
School Bomb Threat; China Spy: Fremont, East Bay Police Log
School hit-and-run, burglar in the house, cyclist killed, abducted infant, jewelry scam and other stories from police precincts in East Bay.
EAST BAY, CA — A look at this week's police and emergency reports from the communities of the East Bay.
Bomb Threat Closes Thornton Jr. High In Fremont
- Students were evacuated Friday morning, police said, adding no suspicious device was located on the campus.
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- Suspects crashed their car while trying to flee the scene when witnesses intervened, police said.
Hayward Man Charged With Spying For China: FBI
- Justice Department officials charged Xuehua Peng, 56, of Hayward, with delivering classified U.S. national security information to China.
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- The Oakland man hit a car's open door, then was thrown into traffic and struck by a pickup, police said.
Shooting Prompts Change In High School Football Schedule
- After shooting at regional game, Contra Costa officials are re-doing when football games will be played at area schools.
Woman Killed, Child Injured In Hit-And-Run Crash Outside Oakland Elementary School
- The woman was dead at the scene and the four-year-old girl was injured.
Resident Reports Burglary Suspect Inside Her Walnut Creek Home
- The man was arrested on numerous charges, officials said
Abducted Emeryville 4-Month-Old Found Safe On Oakland Street
- A distraught mother called 911 and told police someone had just stolen her car with her infant child still inside, strapped into a car seat.
Fatal Hwy Collision In Walnut Creek: DUI Suspected
- A 38-year-old man died at the scene of a possible DUI collision involving a dump truck early Friday on I-680 in Walnut Creek, the CHP says.
Prosecutors Will Retry Ghost Ship Fire Defendant Derick Almena
- The Ghost Ship master tenant will be retried on 36 involuntary manslaughter charges.
Fremont Police Warn Of Roadside Jewelry Theft Scam
- Since January, Fremont Police have taken 9 reports involving a roadside scam where suspects used a jewelry ruse to steal from victims.
More Details Released On Shooting That Killed 2, Injured 1
- Police were called Thursday afternoon where the three were shot on a street in Richmond.
Name Released Of Oakland Woman Killed In Suspected Hit-And-Run
- The Alameda County coroner's bureau has released the name of a woman who was killed a vehicle collision Tuesday morning in Oakland.
Niles Canyon Reopens After Solo-Car Crash
- The wreck was reported west of Palomares Road.
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