Walnut Creek: Suspect charged in $500,000 robbery after release from manslaughter sentence

"WALNUT CREEK - A year after he was released from prison for killing a man in Bay Point, a 30-year-old man is back in jail facing charges related to an armed robbery here, court records show. Khalil Hardy, who has addresses in Dixon and Antioch, was charged with robbery and gun possession by a felon, according to court records. He's being held in Contra Costa, with bail set at $2.3 million, and is due for a preliminary hearing in mid-October, records show."

"Walnut Creek police linked Hardy to a March 23 armed robbery involving three suspects who accosted three patrons of a bar on Treat Boulevard around 10:15 p.m. They stole a cigarette carton, wallet, and $500,000 Richard Mille watch from one of the victims, authorities said. Police later found the Hyundai sedan used in the robbery, which had been rented in Dixon, and found Hardy's phone on the vehicle's floor."

"In 2018, Hardy pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and carjacking - charges that stemmed from the August 2014 killing of 25-year-old Paul Chambers IV in Bay Point and an unrelated robbery - and he was sentenced to 18 years in state prison. He was given credit for roughly three-and-a-half years spent in county jail. In 2024, he was released from prison after serving two-thirds of his sentence, court records show."

Khalil Hardy was arrested and charged with robbery and gun possession by a felon after Walnut Creek police tied him to a March 23 armed robbery that accosted three bar patrons on Treat Boulevard. The suspects stole a wallet and a $500,000 Richard Mille watch. Investigators found the Hyundai used in the robbery and recovered Hardy’s phone on the vehicle’s floor; the car had been abandoned with two flat tires. Hardy pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and carjacking in the 2014 killing of Paul Chambers IV, was sentenced to 18 years and released in 2024 after serving two-thirds. The earlier homicide involved both men armed and reaching for guns during a personal conflict.

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