Staff Report A San Pablo man was arrested on suspicion of shooting two people on Bayview Circle last week, according to a Facebook post by the Benicia Police Department. On Tuesday night, a man and woman in the 1600 block of Bayview Circle were shot and transported to area hospitals where they are being treated […]
Benicia ranked as one of 100 safest cities in California, per FBI crime report
Benicia is one of the 100 safest cities in California, according to a ranking by the National Council for Home Safety and Security. The Council, a national trade association made up of licensed alarm installers and contractors, released lists of the safest cities in each state through its website at Alarms.org. According to the authors […]
3 arrested for shoplifting from Rite Aid
Three shoplifters were nabbed by police Tuesday night, according to a post on the Benicia Police Department’s Facebook page.* Three women– all from the East Bay– were caught shoplifting from the Rite Aid in Solano Square. Police arrested 24-year-old Antioch resident Yolanda Woods, 22-year-old Oakland resident Samantha Hardy 19-year-old Oakley resident Shamirra Soriano, after they […]
Matt Talbot: Crime, fear and reality
On Tuesday morning, Donald Trump posted the following on his Twitter account: “Crime is out of control, and rapidly getting worse. Look what is going on in Chicago and our inner cities. Not good!” Something about that didn’t seem right, so I checked crime statistics for both Chicago and for the nation as a whole. […]
Chief: Crime lowest in 27 years
Improvement comes amid budget cuts, top officer reports; Benicia called one of California’s 50 safest cities Benicia’s 2013 crime rate was the lowest in 27 years, Benicia police Chief Andrew Bidou wrote in his annual department report, in which he recognized several employees for their accomplishments last year. Bidou cited statistics from the FBI’s Uniform […]
At anti-crime rally, students told: ‘We need you’
■ U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson, Bobby Scott address Vallejo school, keeping youth out of jail An auditorium packed Monday morning with Vallejo students of Jesse Bethel High School’s law academy, Advanced Placement government class and senior humanities class heard national and local officials say, “We need you.” U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, the Democrat who represents […]