The mother of a former Pittsburg police detective who held police at bay and shut down a Pleasant Hill neighborhood during two standoffs over a 36-hour period last month thanked police Thursday for "saving my son's life."
A former Pittsburg police officer who shot and wounded his wife then later shot at police during a 36-hour standoff at his Pleasant Hill home last month pleaded.
A retired Pittsburg police officer who held Pleasant Hill police at bay during two standoffs over a 36-hour period is a "polite, pleasant, kind, calm" man who had a mental health crisis and not a monster who wanted to kill police, his attorneys said Thursday.
Retired Pittsburg police officer Chunilam Saechao, accused of shooting his wife and charged with attempted murder, had his first court appearance on Thursday. His court appearance was a week after the shooting led to a days-long stand-off with Pleasant Hill SWAT Police.
A retired Pittsburg police officer who held Pleasant Hill police at bay during two standoffs over a 36-hour period is a "polite, pleasant, kind, calm" man who had a mental health crisis and not a monster who wanted to kill police, his attorneys said Thursday.