The Oakley Police Department announced two arrests on Friday resulting in a pursuit, drugs and a firearm within the City of Oakley and City of Antioch.
On Friday February 9, 2024 at 2:11PM Oakley Police Special Services Team Officers T. Burton and F. Williams were conducting a follow-up investigation in Antioch looking for a 2015 Dodge Charger Hellcat (black satin wrap over original dark gray paint) that had been stolen during the night from the 800 block of Stickney Way in Oakley.
During this investigation our officers observed a vehicle driving at a high rate of speed and running two Red lights.
Officers Burton and Williams tried to stop the vehicle but it continued to drive at a high rate of speed in an attempt to flee from our officers. The vehicle pulled into an apartment complex located at 2747 Winding Lane, Antioch and the driver fled from the vehicle and ran away.
Officers Burton and Williams caught up to the suspect after a short foot chase and took him into custody.
The suspect, identified as Andrew Early (20, Antioch) also had two fake forms of identification on him. Early was booked into jail for fleeing from officers, resisting officers and forgery.
Also on Friday, Officer C. Johnson was on patrol when he located a black Chevrolet Silverado that was wanted by the San Francisco Police Department for its involvement in a pursuit. Officer Johnson stopped the Silverado At Main Street and Bridgehead Road. Officer Johnson identified one of the occupants of the Silverado as Irie Benson (46, San Francisco).
During the investigation Benson was found to be in possession of a backpack containing a Glock pistol with a fully loaded 17 round magazine and a live round in the chamber, Benson was found to be in unlawful possession of this firearm. Also found in the backpack was approximately a combined half pound of methamphetamine, crack cocaine and cocaine powder packaged in multiple separate baggies with scales. Benson was placed under arrest and booked into jail for:
- Unlawful weapon
- Loaded and concealed weapon
- Armed while being in possession of dangerous drugs and controlled substances
- Dangerous drugs
- Possession of controlled substance
- Possession of dangerous drugs and controlled substances for sales
“Both of these cases are indicative of how egregious and felonious driving behaviors are very often indicative of involvements in deeper crimes. While that does not ring true 100% of the time it is a trend we have been seeing for the past few years with the relaxed laws and soft legislation that do not serve to hold offenders properly accountable. One of the best ways to prevent future crimes from occurring has always been to identify criminals and incarcerate them and then properly sentence them so they are severely hampered in re-offending or victimizing others. Yesterday Officers Burton, Williams and Johnson stayed true to their duty and identified criminals and took them into custody. Due to their efforts they prevented, at least in some small measure, future crimes of identity theft, sales of drugs and possible gun violence from occurring. I am proud of the work that was done yesterday and I applaud each officer who was involved in these cases.
Stay safe Oakley
~Chief Paul Beard
6 comments
Oakley PD is a great agency. Most of the officers are from Oakley and that makes a big difference in the commitment to the people. Great work job. Keep it up.
We are blessed to have a proactive police department. It makes a huge difference every day!
We should pass more gun laws. That would make this guy with the Glock with a more than 10 round magazine (illegal in CA) who wasn’t supposed to have a gun in the first place totally start following the rules. Yeah, more gun laws would fix this.
Thank you Oakley PD. Great job Tyler! Im proud of you
We are so thankful for the heightened awareness and details of those who are actively involved in criminal behavior. We are so grateful for the continued law enforcement presence and pursuit to keep the Oakley residence safe. We love our Oakley Police Officers and all of the surrounding support provided by other law enforcement agencies. We pray for your safety while protecting our city.
Only two more weeks of this magic month.
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