The woman who was stabbed repeatedly by her son at their North Berkeley home last week was asleep in bed when the attack woke her, according to charging documents.
Attempted homicide
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Berkeley man alleged to have stabbed his mother picked up by Pinole police
A man sought after the stabbing of a 76-year-old North Berkeley woman Tuesday morning was picked up in Pinole on Wednesday, authorities report.
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Man, armed and dangerous, wanted in stabbing of Berkeley woman in her 70s
Police are looking for a Berkeley man they say stabbed a woman in her 70s early Tuesday morning. The incident was not random, BPD said.
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Update: BPD says man, 19, drove into water during fight with girlfriend
A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, battery and domestic violence after driving a car, with a woman inside, into the San Francisco Bay.
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Berkeley Police: Rock attack on cyclist was a hate crime
A man authorities say used a rock to strike a cyclist in downtown Berkeley walked to the police station to turn himself in after the crime, according to BPD.
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Woman paralyzed, man charged after near-fatal Berkeley stabbing
The woman who was stabbed in Aquatic Park in Berkeley last week was left paralyzed, and her attacker has been charged with attempted murder, according to court papers.
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Update: Woman found stabbed at Aquatic Park is in critical condition
A woman found Thursday afternoon with stab wounds in West Berkeley’s Aquatic Park has been taken to the hospital for treatment, authorities report.
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Berkeley police seek witnesses after near-deadly beating, hit-and-run
Police are trying to find the occupants of a vehicle that passed a woman lying on San Pablo Avenue in December after she was beaten unconscious, left in the street and run over.
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2 women charged with attempted murder after violent Berkeley beating
Two women, a housewife and a waitress, have been charged with attempted murder after the beating that sent a third woman to the hospital in critical condition Monday.
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Man charged with attempted murder after setting sleeping woman’s tent on fire
A 43-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after police say he tried to set his former girlfriend’s tent on fire as she slept, then violently attacked her last week.
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Man, with knife in pocket, arrested after double stabbing
Homeless people make camp in Civic Center Park in early June (file photo). Photo: David Yee Homeless people make camp in Civic Center Park in early June (file photo). Photo: David Yee The man police say is responsible for stabbing two people at Civic Center Park in June has been arrested and is set to appear in […]
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Man takes plea after beating 2 with bat at Berkeley frat
Police police cars outside the Zeta Psi fraternity in November 2014 (file photo). Photo: Emilie Raguso Two years after being charged with attempted murder in connection with the beating with a metal bat of a pair of UC Berkeley students, an Oakland man has entered dual “no contest” pleas for assault with a deadly weapon. Frank Paul Watson, […]
