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Suspect’s mom in Sherman Acres standoffs ‘grateful’

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Suspect’s mom in Sherman Acres standoffs ‘grateful’

MARTINEZ — The mother of a former Pittsburg police detective who held police, SWAT and FBI members at bay and shut down a Pleasant Hill neighborhood during two tense standoffs over a 36-hour period last month thanked police Thursday for “saving my son’s life.” “I can’t tell you how grateful I am to the law … Read more

Ex-cop in standoffs ‘did not intend to kill’

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Ex-cop in standoffs ‘did not intend to kill’

MARTINEZ — A retired Pittsburg police officer who held Pleasant Hill police at bay during two standoffs over a 36-hour period is a “polite, pleasant, kind, calm” man who was spiraling downward during a mental health crisis and not a monster who wanted to kill police, his attorneys said Thursday. “This is a textbook mental … Read more