Update, May 13: Police have released the names of the three people arrested in this incident. A male suspect is still at-large. Berkeley Police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer Coats identified the three as Kenneth De Arman, 18, of Oakland, Kameron Caine, 18, of Berkeley and a 17-year-old girl from Oakland. They were arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest and being an accessory to a felony. De Arman also was arrested on suspicion of robbery and hit and run.
Original story, May 11: Police detained three people, but are still looking for a fourth, after a robbery near Berkeley High School on Friday afternoon.
According to Berkeley Police Officer Jennifer Coats, department spokeswoman, police responded to a report of a strong-arm robbery near Bancroft Way and McKinley Street on Friday just after 3:45 p.m.
The suspects left the scene in a red sedan, but an officer spotted the car leaving, and followed it.
The occupants led police on a chase through town, but ultimately stopped on Acton Street north of Carleton Street in South Berkeley, then fled on foot.
Police detained two females on Parker Street west of Acton, said Coats.
A male occupant fled through several yards, but police caught up with him near Blake Street and San Pablo Avenue.
Coats said a fourth person got away, but the investigation is continuing.
The person who was robbed was not injured during the encounter, she added.
The names, ages and cities of residence of the people arrested were not immediately available. Berkeleyside has requested additional information.
There were 108 robberies reported in Berkeley, handled by the Berkeley Police Department, through the first six months of 2014. So far this year, there have already been 110, according to CrimeMapping.com, a data portal for local police statistics.
Read more about robberies in Berkeley.
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