WCPD: Jason Amen Watts The forgotten shooting victim
Jason Amen Watts
Published on June 13, 2001,
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
CORONER'S INQUESTS A MIXED BAG
More than a few people were puzzled by a recent coroner's inquest ruling that it was accidental when a Walnut Creek police officer killed a Pittsburg man Feb. 13.
After all, Officer David Wright testified during the May 29 hearing that he fired four bullets that killed 23-year-old Jason Amen Watts.
Yet the nine-member panel ruled the shooting an accident rather than "at the hands of another."
The ruling sheds light on an enduring quarrel between civil rights attorneys. .
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Fake-Credit-Card-Suspect-Draws-gun-Shot-Dead-by-2952175.php
Published on June 13, 2001,
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
CORONER'S INQUESTS A MIXED BAG
More than a few people were puzzled by a recent coroner's inquest ruling that it was accidental when a Walnut Creek police officer killed a Pittsburg man Feb. 13.
After all, Officer David Wright testified during the May 29 hearing that he fired four bullets that killed 23-year-old Jason Amen Watts.
Yet the nine-member panel ruled the shooting an accident rather than "at the hands of another."
The ruling sheds light on an enduring quarrel between civil rights attorneys. .
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Fake-Credit-Card-Suspect-Draws-gun-Shot-Dead-by-2952175.php
Fake Credit Card Suspect Draws gun, Shot Dead by Police / 2nd person ever killed by Walnut Creek cops
Charlie Goodyear, Matthew Taylor, Chronicle Staff Writers
Published 4:00 am, Thursday, February 15, 2001
A police officer shot and killed an armed suspect at an electronics store in Walnut Creek after he refused to drop his gun, authorities said yesterday. Jason Amen Watts, who, according to court records, had a prior conviction for theft and burglary in Walnut Creek in 1998.
Police identified the slain suspect as 23-year-old
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Pete Bennett in Kasier Hospital
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Officers responded shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a man using a fraudulent credit card at the Good Guys at 2044 Mt. Diablo Boulevard.
Customer Jeff Stimson was 10 feet away when he saw police confront Watts, then shout, "Don't move! Keep your hands out."
Customer Jeff Stimson was 10 feet away when he saw police confront Watts, then shout, "Don't move! Keep your hands out."
The officers repeated the commands several times before the shooting began, which Stimson heard but did not see.
"I first thought it was the TVs making a popping noise," Stimson said, adding he thought he heard a total of five shots.
"I first thought it was the TVs making a popping noise," Stimson said, adding he thought he heard a total of five shots.
"It was shocking," Stimson said. "It's too close to home."
Police were releasing few details of the shooting yesterday but Lt. Damien Sandoval confirmed that two veteran officers have been placed on paid leave pending an investigation by the department and the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office.
Sandoval said only one officer was believed to have fired at Watts after the suspect drew a gun and pointed it at police.
"We're not sure yet how many times," Sandoval said. "It was multiple shots. We don't know if there was an exchange of gunfire."
Asked whether the officers had told Watts to drop his weapon, Sandoval said,
"There were some orders shouted. There were orders shouted back and forth."
Watts was later pronounced dead at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.
Police have had prior contacts with Watts, whose last known address was in Pittsburg. A man who answered the telephone at Watts' family home said his relatives were not available for comment.
Investigators had trouble determining the identity of the suspect after finding several "conflicting" documents on his body. Watts was recognized by some officers and his name was eventually confirmed through fingerprints, Sandoval said.
In 1998, Watts pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery and petty theft. He was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail, a $100 fine and three years probation. The state Department of Corrections has no records for Watts.
Detectives were also looking into another possible male suspect who was arrested outside the store for an outstanding warrant. Police would not say if that person was a suspected accomplice.
"There was another person contacted at the scene," Sandoval said. "They're trying to clear that up right now."
Yesterday's incident was only the second fatal shooting by Walnut Creek police. In December 1999, police killed a suspect near the Broadway Plaza Shopping Center after he fired at them.
Asked about how the officers responded Tuesday, Sandoval said, "They were confronted with the most extreme set of circumstances," adding he believed the officers acted appropriately.
PG&E Incident Page Domestic Terrorism or Incompetent or Both
Phone: 510-460-5641
Posted: 12/05/2013
Walnut Creek CA: During summer 2012 my business/personal laptop was stolen in front of Walnut Creek Safeway and returned via the Walnut Creek Police. Getting a laptop back is rare enough and Kudos' to Officer Kholmeister.
The laptop was returned broken and more or less parked for nearly eight months. In June I moved that hard drive over to my current system. I started digging through the PG&E data as by June 2013 I'd concluded that something important was on my laptop.
It wasn't until August I realized that PG&E Sub Contractor Ravenel had placed far too much data on my laptop.
Iron Horse Trail: Driver Drives Into Creek on Safe Street? Yep, sure, same location as my incidents
Phone: 510-460-5641
Posted: 12/05/2013
Attempted Hit and Run Pete Bennett - Finally they believe me?
Sept 2013 1200 Block Walker Ave East Bay Parks Trail
Dec 2011 Bennett chased by man with trained Pitt Bull - wearing hoodie
July 2011 to Present stalked in Walnut Creek Safeway
Aug 2013 -
About Tim Hogan: I knew Tim via the Greenery Walnut Creek where I used to sing Karaoke - I've been banned from that restaurant
Officials Find Body of Man Swept Away in Walnut Creek Canal
Created by Kimberlee Sakamoto on 4/15/2010 12:07:00 PM
CONCORD (BCN) -- The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office found the body of 79-year-old James Hogan Wednesday evening in the creek east of Buchanan Field Airport in Concord, sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said Thursday.
Hogan was in a car in the city of Walnut Creek on Sunday evening with his wife Janet Hogan, 75, and their son Tim Hogan, 40, when their 2000 Honda Accord crashed near Mount Diablo Boulevard and San Miguel Drive and plunged into the rain-swollen creek, police said. Tim Hogan, a San Diego resident, was trapped inside the car and died at the scene, police said. Janet and James Hogan, both Walnut Creek residents, were able to escape, but were quickly swept away in the current. A California Highway Patrol helicopter was able to lower a rescue swimmer from the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District into the water and pull Janet Hogan to safety. James Hogan, however, disappeared after being seen floating face down in the water near Bancroft Road. The sheriff's office conducted an extensive search Monday with more than 50 members of its search-and-rescue team, K-9 units, helicopters and boats. Crews scoured the 11.3-mile length of Walnut Creek between Bancroft Road and the Sacramento San Joaquin-Delta, but found no sign of James Hogan's body. The ground search was called off Monday evening. On Tuesday, the sheriff's office searched the area again by helicopter, but again found no sign of Hogan. During a helicopter search Wednesday, two members of the sheriff's office dive team aboard the helicopter spotted Hogan's body shortly after 6 p.m. An autopsy today confirmed that he drowned. James Hogan had volunteered with the sheriff's department for almost 16 years at the Alamo station, where he coordinated other volunteers, Lee said. |
