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Oakley Police Catch Package Theft Suspects

Oakley Police

by CC News
Oakley

On December 17, 2024 Chief Beard stated “Criminals beware — the officers of the Oakley Police Department are diligent in detecting crime and locating offenders. It is our desire to see no crime occurring at all, but if it does, and if you are the one committing it, we will commit our resources towards finding you and arresting you.” The next day the officers of the Oakley Police Department fully executed the meaning of that statement…

On December 18, 2024 at 1:46PM a victim who resides in the 800 block of Walnut Drive was not at home but reported seeing a person steal a package from the front porch via a Ring camera. The suspect fled in a green Kia vehicle. Officers began working on this case and started conducting follow-up investigations on it.

At 2:34PM Officer Palmer responded to the 4300 block of Redwood Drive to take a report of a package theft from a front porch. A video of the theft showed a female wearing a black Hollister hooded sweatshirt removing a package from the porch before fleeing the area.

At 3:23PM Officer Palmer responded to the 400 block of Devon Court to take a report of a package theft from a front porch. A video of the theft showed a female wearing a black Hollister hooded sweatshirt removing a package from the porch before fleeing the area.

At 4:34PM Officer Palmer responded to the 900 block of Almond Drive to take a report of a package theft from a front porch. A video of the theft showed a female wearing a black Hollister hooded sweatshirt removing a package from the porch before fleeing the area.

At 4:39PM Special Services Team Officer Navarrette was conducting follow-up on the string of package thefts and saw what we believed was the suspect vehicle driving in the 200 block of Delta Road. Officer Navarrette stopped the vehicle and he was assisted by Officers Horn and M. Jackson. Randal Locke (38, Antioch) and Ashlee Fletcher (35, Oakley) were both found to be in possession of a plethora of stolen items most likely from several days/nights of package thievery. Locke and Fletcher were both arrested and booked into jail for these thefts.

Even after these arrests were made we continued to take reports of package thefts involving Locke and Fletcher:

At 5:02PM Officer Palmer again responded to the 900 block of Almond Drive to take a report of a package theft from a front porch. A video of the theft showed a female wearing a black Hollister hooded sweatshirt removing a package from the porch before fleeing the area.

At 6:27PM Officer M. Jackson responded to the 3800 block of Creekside Way to take a report of multiple packages stolen from the location. The victim’s property was located in possession of Locke and Fletcher and returned.

So far we have been able to identify a total of eight victims and we have returned their items back to them. One of the victims said every Christmas package she had ordered for her children was stolen from her porch and returned to her by Oakley Officers.

We have not yet identified all victims and we still have several items of stolen property in our custody. If you believe you were the recent victim of having your packages stolen please call us at 925-625-8060 and we will try to identify any stolen property belonging to you.

information released by Oakley Police

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3 comments

stove December 19, 2024 - 5:11 pm

Show their faces, name and shame them into oblivion!!!!

Street Sweeper December 19, 2024 - 6:03 pm

Lazy F-ing Scum.

Robert Taylor December 20, 2024 - 10:14 am

People need to be a little smarter as far as getting packages delivered, especially when they’re not home. Even if they are going to be home, they can still have their packages stolen if they’re not keeping a close eye on the tracking of that package.

If you’re keeping a close eye on the tracking and see that the package has been delivered, you could have a trusted neighbor or a friend pick it up for you.

If you order anything from Amazon, which I’m sure 99% of the people do, have your package delivered to an Amazon locker at a local store.

It might be a little inconvenient to have to go pick your package up, but at least it can’t get stolen from there. Besides, you have to go to the store eventually anyway, so why not be smart and take advantage of that option?

Another option is to have it delivered to your workplace if it’s okay with your boss.

There is also a delivery option to have it placed inside your garage. The driver receives a one time code to open your garage door and place the package inside, but that’s provided you have a
Wi-Fi enabled garage door opener. You can also put a camera in your garage if you want to keep an eye on things.

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