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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4 charged with 12 felonies; search nets drugs, guns, cash
The Berkeley Police Department arrested four people in east Oakland earlier this month in connection with large amounts of drugs and cash, and the possession of five firearms, one of which had been reported stolen. Image source: Google Maps A Berkeley Police Department operation in east Oakland earlier this month resulted in the arrests of four […]
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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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2 arrested after shootings on Sacramento Street
Berkeley police investigate a Sacramento Street shooting on Dec. 23, 2011. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Update, 01.25.12: New information received from Assistant District Attorney Teresa Drenick from the Alameda County District Attorney’s office clarifies that Tyler Frank Jamison is in fact 16 but that he was filed on as an adult. Two 18-year-old Berkeley men have been arrested in connection with the […]
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Berkeley to move cautiously on marijuana grow facilities
Marijuana plants for sale at Berkeley Patients Group. By John C. Osborn As Berkeley prepares to form a new medical marijuana commission to draw up rules governing the growth of cannabis, it must decide whether recent threats of legal retribution by the Alameda County District Attorney will nix plans for large-scale cultivation facilities. In December, District […]
