Antioch and Pittsburg police with FBI arrest 15 on various charges, Thursday

By Sergeant Morefield, Investigations Bureau, Antioch Police Department

On Thursday, June 5, 2014, between 2:00 and 9:00 PM, officers and detectives of the Antioch Police Department, in partnership with members of the Pittsburg Police Department, as well as the FBI conducted a proactive enforcement detail in the City of Antioch and parts of Pittsburg. This operation was targeted at some of the high crime areas of these cities. A high risk parole search was also conducted in the 1600 block of Sycamore as part of this operation.

The entire operation lasted from early afternoon into the evening hours and yielded a total of 15 arrests for charges ranging from narcotics possession and sales to weapon possession, counterfeiting, and fugitive warrants. In addition to these misdemeanor and felony arrests, three loaded firearms were seized during this operation along with various narcotics and counterfeit bills.

No additional information concerning this operation will be released at this time.

Any further information will be provided by the Investigations Bureau at (925) 779-6939. You may also text a tip to 274637 (CRIMES) using key word ANTIOCH.


2 Comments to “Antioch and Pittsburg police with FBI arrest 15 on various charges, Thursday”

  1. Margaret says:

    When doing a sweep of Antioch, I agree the Sycamore area is bad, but another really bad area is Cavallo & 18th st. That area is a serious blight on the entire town. Drug deals happening in the open as you drive by. (and sometimes you get caught up in the violence that spills out into the street AS you drive through) I live around the corner and I have to go so far out of my way to get to (example) Savemart for fear of taking a risk of being shot or car jacked, or accosted by some thug. A couple days ago as I drove past Cavallo I noticed a group of young men all doing what they always do on the corner and one of them had a baby in a stroller. Come on Police. DO SOMETHING about this!!!!

  2. skip says:

    I think that part of the crime in the cavallo neighborhood has to do with the hotel on the corner renting rooms to sex workers. There seem to be a lot of troubled girls who hang out there.

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