The crime scene at Sacramento and Oregon streets where Devin Lee Whitmire was killed in March 2012. Photo: A citizen reporter A man charged with the murder of Devin Lee Whitmire last year, and the attempted murder of Berkeley officers after a shootout with police, is set to appear before a judge later this month […]
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Relatives remember slain Berkeley woman
Jessica Kingeter. Photo: Courtesy of Cindy Burgos The young Berkeley woman who was stabbed to death in East Oakland at the end of December loved cooking, dancing and styling hair. Jennifer “Jessica” Kingeter grew up in Berkeley and Albany, dancing for 12 seasons in The Nutcracker at the Julia Morgan Theater on College Avenue, swimming in […]
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New details emerge in stabbing of Berkeley woman
Jessica Kingeter, left, with cousin Cindy Burgos. Photo: Courtesy of Cindy Burgos The five-time felon charged in the stabbing death of Jennifer “Jessica” Kingeter was found at the scene of her killing naked and covered in blood with a knife nearby, according to authorities. Last week, police arrested Jamaal Prince, 34, of Berkeley in Kingeter’s death. He […]
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Five-time felon charged with murder of Berkeley woman
Police found the body of Jennifer “Jessica” Kingeter of Berkeley in an apartment in East Oakland on Dec. 28. Image source: Google Maps A 34-year-old Berkeley man who was on parole for a 2010 assault on his mother has been charged with the stabbing death on Friday of a Berkeley woman in her 20s, according […]
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Shooting of bicyclist Pam Mullins in Berkeley not random
A memorial for Pam Mullins outside Longfellow Middle School, photographed on Dec. 7. Photo: ilovemytank The shooting of 50-year-old Pam Mullins as she was riding her bike on Sacramento Street on Dec. 4 was a targeted attack and not a random killing, according to authorities. Mullins was not the victim of a bullet gone astray, […]
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City of Berkeley offers reward to find ‘Cowboy’ killer
Police are offering a reward for information about the homicide of Mark Stannard, aka “Cowboy.” He was often seen around northwest Berkeley with a white pitbull. Source: Berkeley Police Department Authorities have announced Berkeley’s fifth homicide of the year, a longtime homeless community member who lived in northwest Berkeley and went by the name “Cowboy.” On […]
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Few clues in Berkeley’s fourth homicide of 2012
The family of Pam Mullins, who was killed Dec. 4 while riding her bicycle on Sacramento Street, set out tea lights spelling her first name. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel The family of Pam Mullins, who was shot dead Tuesday night while riding her bicycle on Sacramento Street, honored her memory by setting up a street memorial […]
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Sacramento Street neighbors reel from latest shooting
Yellow police tape marks the spot where a woman was shot and killed while riding her bicycle on Tuesday night. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Update, 6:44 p.m.: The Berkeley Police Department has confirmed the identity of shooting victim Pamela Mullins, 50, of Berkeley. Mullins was killed in the 2700 block of Sacramento Street. According to a written statement […]
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Female bicyclist shot and killed on Derby Street
A woman bicyclist was shot Tuesday night in the 1500 block of Derby near Longfellow Middle School. This story was updated at 10:42 a.m. See the updated post here. The original story appears below. A woman was shot and killed Tuesday night while riding her bike in the 1500 block of Derby Street, according to Berkeley […]
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Family of murder victim Cukor files suit against Berkeley
Peter and Andrea Cukor. Photo: Matthew Sumner The family of Peter Cukor, killed by a mentally disturbed man outside his Berkeley hills home on February 18, filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against the city. R. Lewis Van Blois, the Cukor family attorney, charged in the lawsuit that the city and police acted grossly negligently […]
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Family of murdered man files claim against Berkeley
Peter and Andrea Cukor. Photo: Matthew Sumner The family of Peter Cukor, killed outside his Berkeley hills home on February 18, took steps Wednesday to sue the city of Berkeley for wrongful death. R. Lewis Van Blois, the Cukor family attorney, filed a claim against Berkeley and its police department for wrongful death and severe […]
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Man accused of murder released after witness speaks up
The scene of the March 29 shooting near Bob’s Liquors on Sacramento Street. Photo: A citizen reporter The scene of the March 29 shooting near Bob’s Liquors on Sacramento Street. Photo: A citizen reporter Randall Oscar Alston, one of two men arrested in connection with the murder of 24-year-old Devin Lee Whitmire in Berkeley in […]