Police Catch Car Thieves in Walnut Creek After Brief Car Chase

Two suspects police say were seen breaking a car window and taking things out of it on the 2700 block of Oak Road early Friday morning were captured by police after a car and foot chase in downtown Walnut Creek. It was later determined that the car they were driving was also stolen.

A witness saw 34-year-old Sherre Rene Gaffney breaking a car window and phoned police. Gaffney and 34-year-old Joshua James Brown, both of Oakland, led police on a car chase that ended on N. Main St. The two suspects then tried to run away on foot, but were caught by police.

No one was injured during the incident.

The car the suspects were driving turned out to be stolen out of San Francisco. Police later found three cars on Oak Rd. that had been broken into, and items from those cars were found in the suspects' car. 

If anyone in the Oak Rd. area has a report of an auto burglary, they should call either Walnut Creek police at (925) 943-5844, or if it is in the unincorporated area, the Sheriff’s office at (925) 646-2441.