Full Notification

CRIME:
Robbery, Penal Code Section 211
Burglary, Penal Code Section 459
Assault, Penal Code Section 242
Possession of Stolen Property, Penal Code Section 496
Possession of Burglary Tools, Penal Code Section 466
Violation of Parole, Penal Code Section 3056

DATE AND TIME:
12/3/11 at 8:37 p.m.

LOCATION:
1200 Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek (Nordstrom)

CASE NUMBER:
WCPD 11-40998

SUSPECTS:
1) Bryan Charles Black
42 year old resident of Oakland

2) Unidentified black female adult, short in stature
Hair in a pony tail and wearing a hooded sweatshirt

SUSPECT VEHICLE:
Beige Ford Fusion
“Future Ford” paper plates

NARRATIVE:

On 12/3/11 at approximately 8:30 p.m., Walnut Creek Police Dispatch received calls of a possible robbery and people running out of Nordstrom carrying merchandise. It was then learned that at least one person was being detained by citizens.

Officers arrived and found a subject identified as Bryan Black being detained by a Nordstrom Loss Prevention Officer and several citizens. Witnesses told officers Black and an unidentified female entered Nordstrom and selected armloads of high-end purses. They ran from the store with the purses setting off a security sensor alarm. Black pushed past customers entering the store as he fled. A customer tried to grab Black’s arm and Black pepper sprayed him in the face. A second passerby tackled Black as he ran toward a waiting vehicle. Black attempted to pepper spray him as well so he struck Black several times in self defense. The two fought for a few moments until other citizens and a Loss Prevention Officer arrived to help detain Black. Officers recovered a knife, a can of pepper spray and several burglary tools from Black when he was arrested.

The unidentified female accomplice got into a waiting vehicle and fled the scene. The car was described as a Beige Ford Fusion with paper plates being driven by a male suspect.

Black was transported to the hospital for minor injuries before being booked into Martinez County Jail for a variety of felony charges. Black is also on active Parole and is being held for a Parole Violation.

Two of the good samaritans were treated at the scene for minor injuries and released.

Over $10,000 worth of high-end purses were recovered and returned to Nordstrom.