Lamorinda Police Help Arrest Armed Robbery Suspect

LAFAYETTE, CA — Lafayette police helped spot and arrest a suspect accused of robbing a Danville gas station, Danville police reported.

On Feb. 22 at 9:54 p.m., Danville police responded to reports of a robbery at a gas station on the 100 block of Hartz Avenue. Four men in hooded sweatshirts and ski masks robbed the store of merchandise and fled before officers arrived, according to a DPD news release.

On Tuesday at 11:19 a.m., Lafayette police officers located a black Chevrolet Blazer on east Highway 24 near Pleasant Hill Road that was identified as the suspect vehicle. Lafayette officers pursued the car into Concord, with help from the Concord Police Department. The driver left the Blazer and fled into another car, but was arrested in Concord.

Police arrested the driver, 28-year-old Sean Shavers of Oakland. Shavers was booked into the Martinez Detention Facility on numerous charges, including using a vehicle to evade a police officer and being a felon in possession of firearms, ammunition, and high-capacity magazines. He was being held on a $155,000 bail.

DPD Lt. Heather Transue told Patch that the case is still being investigated, and it appears the other three suspects are at large. Police are still investigating a Nov. 10 robbery at a gas station at the intersection of Crow Canyon Road and Camino Tassajara, Transue said. Anyone with information on either incident should contact Transue at 925-314-3702, or email htransue@danville.ca.gov.