Selected calls to the Berkeley Police, via CrimeMapping.com. Scroll down for detailed maps. Click the map above for the list. (Click “show crime report” to see the list.) See the map key here. This overview of recent crime in Berkeley is based on reports to the Berkeley Police unless otherwise noted. Share photos, videos and tips by emailing crime@berkeleyside.com or on Facebook and Twitter. Don’t assume someone else […]
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Crime log: Rape reported at dorm, actor surrenders after near-fatal crash, arrests follow robberies, more
Selected calls to the Berkeley Police, via CrimeMapping.com. Scroll down for detailed maps. Click the map above for the list. (Click “show crime report” to see the list.) See the map key here. This overview of recent crime in Berkeley is based on reports to the Berkeley Police unless otherwise noted. Share photos, videos and tips by emailing crime@berkeleyside.com or on Facebook and Twitter. Don’t assume someone else […]
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Teen arrested after robbery attempt, assault at BART
Emergency vehicles at the downtown Berkeley BART station (file photo). Photo: Karima Zweena Emergency vehicles at the downtown Berkeley BART station (file photo). Photo: Karima Zweena Police arrested an 18-year-old who grabbed a cellphone from another person at the downtown Berkeley BART station, then punched him in the face before fleeing on a train after a bystander was […]
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Crime in Berkeley: Fight with pepper spray, student fight at Realm, woman arrested with burglary tools, more
Selected calls to the Berkeley Police, via CrimeMapping.com. Scroll down for detailed maps. Click the map for the list. (Click “show crime report” to see the list.) See the map key here. This overview of recent crime in Berkeley is based on reports to the Berkeley Police unless otherwise noted. Share photos, videos and tips by emailing crime@berkeleyside.com or on Facebook and Twitter. Don’t assume someone else will […]
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Woman arrested (again) in Berkeley after arson
Police arrested a transient Berkeley woman in connection with arson Wednesday night. Photo: Paul Kealoha-Blake A transient Berkeley woman who’s had repeated run-ins with police in the past is back in custody Thursday after authorities say she set at least one dumpster on fire by the library Wednesday night. Dawn Carraway, 26, was arrested just before […]
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Crime log: Narcotics operation, community session about shooting, checkpoint arrests, ‘Click it or Ticket’
Police arrested two people in East Oakland in connection with drugs and guns, and police were out in Berkeley today doing a narcotics enforcement operation, too. Learn why it’s especially important to buckle up, and see what a recent DUI checkpoint led to. All this and more in this week’s blotter.
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Crime in Berkeley: Man asks for his own arrest, gun found in car after medical cannabis buy, fraud arrest, more
Police recovered a number of guns and made arrests in connection with many of them; asked for help — and released a new suspect sketch — to solve a murder on Grizzly Peak; and arrested four people in connection with identity theft. One of the guns, which was loaded, was taken to school by a BUSD student. Another one, also loaded, was found in the purse of a woman who had just purchased marijuana from a medical cannabis dispensary, police said.
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Crime in Berkeley: Head-butt battery, lost quadcopter, donut theft, ‘intent to inhale’ arrest, 19 stolen vehicles
In this week’s blotter: a spate of stolen vehicles, proactive patrols at People’s Park, youth fights downtown, a repeat offender is back in custody after a robbery, a fire displaced 30 people, and a difference of opinion led to a head-butt battery at Willard. See what happened in your neighborhood.
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Crime in Berkeley: 9 robberies in 2 days, video of restaurant robbery, armored van grant, fall from frat roof
In this week’s blotter: New video from the recent robbery series reported by BPD, a UASI grant award to help BPD get an armored van, a purse snatch robbery on Hillside, a 19-year-old woman fell off a frat roof (but survived), the discovery of a skull and bones at Berkeley Lab and much more. All the Berkeley crime news you won’t find anywhere else is wrapped up for you here.
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Crime in Berkeley: Jaywalkers beware, flyaway drone damage, pilfered postage stamps, found ammo, more
Selected calls to the Berkeley Police, via CrimeMapping.com. Click the map above for the list. See the map key here. This overview of recent crime in Berkeley is based on reports to the Berkeley Police unless otherwise noted. Share photos, videos and tips by emailing crime@berkeleyside.com or on Facebook and Twitter. Don’t assume someone else will alert us. We rely on readers to help us stay informed. From April […]
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Crime in Berkeley: Teen raped on Grizzly Peak, high-speed chase on Dohr, fake report of shooter on campus, more
In this week’s blotter: an 18-year-old reported having been raped on Grizzly Peak, an elderly man with mental issues tried to rob a bank using a note, there was a high-speed chase and crash on Dohr, and a local sandwich shop owner said he was underwhelmed by the police response when he found a drugged-out man locked in the bathroom when the owner came in to open the shop one morning.
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Crime in Berkeley: Apple store theft alert, threats of shooting — over stolen steak — at Berkeley Bowl, more
A very busy week: Police are looking for a couple they say stole steak and beer from Berkeley Bowl, and a pair who took an iPad from the Apple store. In other news, a standoff on Fairview, burglars arrested at Cal, a $6,000 burglary at the journalism school on campus and geyser videos galore.
