The following is a sampling of the Pittsburg Police Calls reported between August 14-20 which focuses on the higher priority call responses in the City of Pittsburg.
Pittsburg Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years For Sale of Fentanyl That Killed a Young Woman
SAN FRANCISCO – Gage Pascoe was sentenced to 68 months in federal prison for distributing pills laced with fentanyl that caused a Walnut Creek woman’s overdose death.
Pascoe, 23, of Pittsburg, California, pleaded guilty on February 14, 2022, to the charge of distributing fentanyl. In his plea agreement, Pascoe admitted that on the night of June 16, 2020, a former high school classmate came to his house to buy oxycodone pills. He sold her thirteen M30 pills, which lab tests later showed were laced with deadly fentanyl. The next morning the victim was found dead in her bed, and the baggie containing the M30s that Pascoe sold to the victim was found in her bedroom. Pascoe agreed in his plea agreement that the victim ingested the M30s he sold her and as a result suffered an overdose of fentanyl. — Full Story
Pittsburg City Council Approves $100k Gun Buyback Program
On Monday, the Pittsburg City Council voted 4-0 to approve funding for a gun buyback program hosted by the Pittsburg Police Department.
The goal is to reduce the guns sold illegally in the community and to reduce the number of associated injuries and deaths. The $100k in funding will not come from the city general fund, but rather from the Pittsburg Power fund balance which would finance the gun buyback program. Any excess funds not utilized at the event will be rolled over to a future firearm and violent crime reduction programs. — Full Story
Call Log
Assault w/Deadly Weapon
- 8/15 – not available
- 8/19 – Garcia Ave
Battery
- 8/15 – 200 block Jimno
- 8/18 – 800 block Del Tren
Burglary – Auto
- 8/16 – 2100 block Abbott Ave
- 8/16 – 3800 block Century Ct.
- 8/19 – 1500 block Kingsly Dr.
Burglary – Commercial
- 8/18 – 2100 block Harbor St.
Burglary – Residential
- 8/15 – 3800 block Shasta Cr.
- 8/16 – not available
Drugs – Possession of Narcotics
- 8/16 – Power Ave & Bruno
DUI
- 8/17 – W Leland Rd & John Henry Johnson PW
Failure to Obey Traffic Officer
- 8/17 – 4600 block Century Blvd.
Grand Theft
- 8/14 – 1600 block Roma Dr (Vehicle Parts)
- 8/15 – 100 block Andrw Ave
- 8/19 – 2000 block Aragon Dr (vehicle parts)
- 8/20 – 1100 block E Leland Rd.
Interfering with Public Officer
- 8/18 – 10 block Atlantic Cr.
- 8/18 – 2100 block Railroad Ave
Other – Felony
- 8/14 – 2100 block Burton Ave
- 8/16 – Concord Bl & Ayers Rd
- 8/17 – EB SR4 & Somersville Rd.
Petty Theft
- 8/14 – 2100 block Rain Drop Cr. (vehicle parts)
- 8/15 – 10 block Panoramic Ave
- 8/20 – 1200 block California Ave (all other)
Robbery – Armed
- 8/20 – Chelsea Way & Frontage Rd.
Shooting – Into Occupied Dwelling
- 8/19 – not available
Stolen Vehicle
- 8/15 – 100 blok El Dorado Dr.
- 8/15 – 100 block W 10th
- 8/15 – 10 block Salisbury Dr.
- 8/15 – Dover Way & Huntington Cr.
- 8/17 – 10 block River Park Dr.
- 8/18 – 70 block Alturas Ave
- 8/18 – E 3rd St & Railroad Ave
- 8/19 – 2900 block Railroad Ave
- 8/20 – 4300 block San Miguel Cr.
Vandalism
- 8/15 – 2100 block Railroad Ave
- 8/16 – not available
- 8/17 – 2300 block Loveridge
- 8/19 – 1700 block W Leland Rd
- 8/20 – 10 block Bruno Ave
Warrant Arrest
- 8/18 – Harbor St & E 10th
- 8/18 – Railroad & Alvarado
- 8/18 – E 17th St & Railroad
- 8/18 – 100 block E Leland Rd
- 8/18 – Davi Ave 7 Civic Ave
- 8/19 – 2100 block Railroad Ave
- 8/20 – 2200 block Loveridge
