Purse snatchings, armed robbery, stolen cars, guns, drugs, shoplifting among Antioch Police calls for service, July 21-28, 2016
Antioch Police calls for service highlights as published in City Manager Steve Duran’s Weekly Report dated July 29, 2016 and provided by Chief of Police Allan Cantando.
Calls for Service & Arrest Data Summary:
Time Period: 07/21/16 00:00:00 – 07/27/16 23:59:59
Number of Calls for Service: 1,698
Number of Case Reports: 289
Number of Arrests: 81
Felony: 38
Misdemeanor: 43
Arrests with DUI charge: 1
The data is based upon unaudited CAD/RMS data at time of report generation.
- ·On 7/21/16 at 12:31 pm 42 year old Morris Jack came to the APD lobby to attempt to do his yearly PC 290 sex registration. It was determined that not only was he 11 days late doing his yearly registration but he had moved from Stockton to Pittsburg in June and failed to register the move with Stockton PD and Pittsburg PD. Jack was arrested and sent to county jail.
- ·On 7/21/16 at 8:03 pm an officer made a vehicle enforcement stop on 18th Street. 28 year old Jessie Zupancic was contacted inside the vehicle. It was discovered Zupancic had an outstanding Ramey warrant for his arrest. He was taken into custody without incident and later transported to county jail.
- ·On 7/21/16 at 10:03 pm citizens from CVS on Buchanan Rd called to report shots heard in the area. Officers checked 3421 Hudson Ct where they located a total of 8 .45 caliber expended shell casings in the south portion of the parking lot near the trail. During a neighborhood canvass, officers located several bullet holes into an apartment. The apartment was a considerable distance from where the casings were located and did not appear to be the intended target. The resident was contacted inside of the apartment and he advised he was home at the time of the shooting. No bullets were located and it did not appear the rounds actually penetrated the exterior walls. Officers were unable to locate any witnesses or other victims. It appeared the shooting took place directly underneath a camera on the exterior portion of the building. Officers attempted to contact security and the apartment manager to view the video; however, dispatch was unable to contact either. No further leads or suspect information.
- ·On 7/21/16 at 10:22 pm a delivery driver for Pizza Guy’s had just completed a delivery on West 5th Street and was walking back to his car when he was confronted by two adult males. One of the males brandished a pistol and demanded the driver’s property. He complied and the other male went through his pockets taking his phone, cash, and car keys. An area check was made for the responsibles with negative results. The victim’s car keys were located a block away on the ground.
- ·On 7/22/16 at 4:53 am officers responded to a hold up alarm at the Valero Gas Station on Somersville Road. On arrival it was learned an adult male entered the store holding a Mac-10 style gun. He demanded cash and fled on foot towards CVS after getting a small amount. No one was injured and an area check was made with negative results.
- ·On 7/22/16 at 10:25 am officers were dispatched to Garden Court for a report of an unwanted guest. 46 year old Brian Scott was the unwanted guest and a name check revealed an outstanding warrant for his arrest. He was taken into custody without incident and transported to county jail.
- ·On 7/22/16 at 12:42 pm officers were dispatched to the 10th Street Dollar General on a loitering complaint. 49 year old Christopher Cordero was contacted and a name check revealed he had a warrant for his arrest. He was arrested without incident and transported to county jail.
- ·On 7/22/16 at 2:25 pm a 60 year old female was seated in her vehicle with the door open while her husband was in a Credit Union located on Lone Tree Way. An adult male approached her and forced her purse from her grip and fled into a white Infinity SUV occupied by 2 more adult males. She was able to obtain the license plate which returned to a stolen Infinity SUV. The vehicle fled in an unknown direction on Vista Grande Dr. This is at least the third incident with the same modus operandi in the past week. It appears the responsibles are targeting elderly females in parking lots. An area check was met with negative results. A county wide BOLO was sent for the stolen vehicle.
- ·On 7/22/16 at 9:30 pm officers responded to the railroad tracks to the rear of 2200 Sycamore Dr on a report of a transient male setting several fires along the railroad tracks. Upon arrival, several fires were located along the tracks. Witnesses in the area provided a description, which matched a 53 year old known transient who is known to frequent the area and per the witnesses, was seen walking away from the fire. An area check for him met with negative results. ConFire Arson Investigator was notified and responded to the scene.
- ·On 7/22/16 at 10:15 pm officers were dispatched to Knollcrest Drive on a report of glass breaking and subjects going in and out of the residence. Upon arrival, Officer Harger and his K-9 observed a 17 year old juvenile and another male exit the side residence carrying items. When the subjects saw Officer Harger they immediately fled to the rear of the house and began to jump the rear fence. K-9 Donna was deployed and was able to detain the 17 year old in the neighboring rear yard. Officer Harger attempted to detain the second male; however, the male was able to break free from Harger’s grasp. Officers located a shattered rear sliding glass door and shattered downstairs window. A search of the victims’ residence showed the home to be completely ransacked. Officer White and his K-9 attempted to track the second responsible. During the track some of the victim’s property was located several blocks away. The second suspect was not located. Officers were unable to locate the victims who appeared to be out of town camping. We had the board up company respond to the scene to secure the residence. The 17 year old was treated at an area hospital and later sent to Juvenile Hall.
- ·On 7/23/16 at 12:06 am officer observed a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed eastbound on W. Tregallas Rd. The officer called in the license plate which returned as a lost/stolen plate. The driver pulled into the 19th Hole parking lot where the officer conducted a traffic stop. Upon contacting the driver a loaded 9mm semi auto handgun was in the driver’s door pocket. All three juvenile occupants were arrested without incident. During a search of the vehicle another loaded 9mm semi auto was found underneath the passenger seat. A computer check on the guns revealed one of them as reported stolen out of San Francisco. All three juveniles admitted knowledge of the guns. All three were booked into Juvenile Hall.
- ·On 7/23/16 at 9:26 pm 54 year old Khitsamone Kenyatta was contacted during a disturbance call on Sycamore Drive. Kenyatta had a warrant for her arrest and was arrested without incident and transported to county jail.
- ·On 7/24/15 at 3:25 pm officers were dispatched to the Desrys Blvd. for transients trespassing in a vacant residence. 37 year old Horatio Toure was contacted in the residence and found to have a warrant from San Francisco County. Toure was arrested and booked at county jail.
- ·On 7/24/16 at 6:16 pm an officer conducted a pedestrian stop on 33 year old Tiphanie Hill on G Street. The officer noticed a portion of a plastic baggy protruding from Hill’s bra and asked her to remove the baggy, which was found to contain methamphetamine. Hill was released from the scene with a citation.
- ·On 7/24/16 at 7:25 pm officers were dispatched to Sears on a delayed report. We learned three male suspects entered Sears on several other occasions and took stacks of Levi Jeans from the store. There have been confrontations between Loss Prevention Officers and the suspects where they have made threats to shoot the Loss Prevention Officers if they intervened. The same style theft occurred yesterday (7-23-16) and the incident was caught on video. The Loss Prevention Officers tried to stop the theft when they saw the suspects enter the store, but additional suspects stepped in the way. The employees followed the suspects out of the store where the suspects made additional threats to shoot them if they called the police. Store employees estimate over $10,000 in jeans have been stolen to date. Officer McDonald watched the video and recognized the main suspect. Officers attempted contact with him but he was not home. The investigation is on-going.
- ·On 7/24/16 at 9:35 pm 32 year old Shay Butler was involved in a traffic collision on Hillcrest Avenue and found to be DUI. Butler was arrested without incident and sent to county jail.
- ·On 7/25/16 at 1:04 a.m., 38 year old Damien Adams broke a window at a business on East 18th Street, filled up his shopping cart with tools and money and fled. Officers located Adams and he was arrested without incident. Adams was sent to county jail.
- · On 7/25/16 at 6:10 pm an officer observed 25 year old Charles Johnson in the passenger seat of a vehicle and knew that he had warrants for his arrest as well as probable cause for a recent armed robbery. The vehicle was stopped and Johnson was detained without incident. 29 year old Deshun Levingston was a rear passenger in the vehicle and also had probable cause for his arrest for a robbery from Sears where several thousand dollars in jeans were stolen. Levingston was also arrested without incident. No weapons were located in the vehicle. Both subjects were booked at county jail.
- ·On 7/26/16 at 2:16 pm a male called APD to report he located his company security guard patrol car in front of 128 E. 7th Street. The male saw a subject inside the car and the occupant was possibly engaged in hand to hand drug dealing. We arrived a short time later and located the fully marked Black Charger with 24 year old Roger Joseph in the driver’s seat. He was arrested without incident and booked in county jail. The car had the VIN numbers removed.
- ·On 7/27/16 at 12:05 am 20 year old Alexis Oberg was contacted during a traffic stop enforcement stop on Cavallo Road. Oberg was found to have two warrants for DUI. She was arrested and booked at county jail.
- ·On 7/27/16 at 1:00 am, 26 year old Durrell Anderson was contacted during a dispute. He was found to be in possession of prescription medication (Alprazolam) and a .45 cal magazine. A search of Anderson’s residence on 19th Street revealed 9 grams of heroin and a .45 cal firearm. Anderson was arrested without incident and he was sent to county jail.
- ·On 7/27/16 at 5:42 pm a 30 year old female arrived home and pulled into her driveway on Spire Street. As she opened her door and stepped out of her vehicle, two males grabbed her and shoved her down in an attempt to take her purse. She struggled with the males and eventually lost the grip on her purse. The males fled the scene on foot. The take was her purse, wallet, keys and cash. Later in the evening we arrested two males associated with similar crimes from Walmart. The victim suffered minor abrasions from the fall.
- ·On 7/27/16 at 10:06 pm Walmart employees contacted APD regarding two males inside the store. They explained that detectives were in the store looking for the males earlier in the day related to a string of purse snatching cases in both Antioch and Pittsburg in the last few weeks. The males were actively purchasing gift cards using the victim’s credit cards. When they saw officers approaching them they began to flee the store but were detained without incident. The investigation led us to Koala Ct where we located a stolen vehicle used in several purse snatch cases over the last week. Detectives were called out and took over the investigation. Pittsburg PD was also informed and will be conducting a parallel investigation for their cases. A 17 year old male and 20 year old male were arrested. We will not be releasing the names right now based on the on-going investigation.
- ·On 7/27/16 at 9:58 pm a Subaru was reported stolen. At 2:48 am, an officer spotted the stolen vehicle parked on West 19th Street near Joe’s Liquor. It was occupied by 20 year old Robert Wickham and 20 year old Savaughna Heneby. Both were taken into custody without incident. Heneby was later released and Wickham was booked into county jail. The vehicle was returned to the owner.
- ·On 7/28/16 at 3:00 am a 40 year old female called to report she was being followed by a subject. When officers arrived, they contacted a 17 year old male walking away from her. He was detained and found to be in possession a loaded stolen pistol. He was taken into custody and later booked into Juvenile Hall. The gun was stolen out of a Reno.