Anthony Medearis III Family members have identified the man who died Sunday in a shooting in West Berkeley as Anthony ‘Lil Tone’ Medearis III. The 22-year-old lifelong Berkeley resident and father of three children, ages 1, 4 and 7, loved to dance, and was a compassionate family man and “social networker” who was very popular […]
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Defendant in 2012 murder found mentally unfit for trial
A man charged with shooting a Berkeley man to death in 2012, and later getting into a shootout with Berkeley Police officers, has been deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial at this time by a Superior Court judge in Oakland, according to court documents. Calvester Houston Stewart, 20, of Berkeley was arrested in April 2012 after he […]
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Psych review delayed for man charged in murder
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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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 […]
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Man in police shootout charged with Berkeley murder
Calvester Stewart has been charged with the murder of Devin Whitmire on March 29 near Bob’s Liquors on Sacramento. Photo: A citizen reporter Calvester Stewart has been charged with the murder of Devin Whitmire on March 29 near Bob’s Liquors on Sacramento. Photo: A citizen reporter Update, 4:40 p.m.: Calvester Houston Stewart, 19, has been charged with the attempted […]
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Berkeley police identify suspect who was shot
Berkeley police have identified the man who was shot by an officer on April 13 as Calvester Stewart, a 20-year-old Berkeley resident. Stewart was shot in the arm and the leg after he fled from a traffic stop and went inside an apartment in the 900 block of Delaware Street, according to a police statement. […]
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Berkeley police exchange gunfire with fleeing suspect
Berkeley police exchanged gunfire with a suspect near 8th and Delaware streets on Friday April 13, 2012. Berkeley police shot and wounded a man Friday night who opened fire on them from an apartment near Eighth and Delaware streets. Police were in the area looking for a man who had fled from a car several blocks […]
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Berkeley victim’s brother fought suspect after the killing
Police on the scene of the March 29 homicide on Sacramento Street. Photo: A citizen reporter It has emerged that the brother of 24-year old Devin Lee Whitmire of Berkeley, who was murdered in south Berkeley on March 29, was with the victim on the night of the killing and he fought with the suspect […]
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Reward offered to help find suspects in Berkeley homicide
The homicide on March 29 happened close to Bob’s Liquors on the corner of Sacramento and Oregon. Photo: A citizen reporter The homicide on March 29 happened close to Bob’s Liquors on the corner of Sacramento and Oregon. Photo: A citizen reporter After making one arrest related to the March 29 shooting on Oregon and […]
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Police identify victim and suspect in Thursday slaying
Berkeley police are holding 18-year-old Randall Oscar Alston in connection with the Thursday shooting death outside of Bob’s Liquors of Devin Whitmire, 24. Alston, a Berkeley resident, is being held without bail at the Berkeley jail on suspicion of murder, according to Lt. Ed Spiller. Whitmire and a friend were leaving the corner store around […]
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Southside residents contend with spate of shootings
Seal Lolis prepares his barbecues Friday morning for The Bootstrapper’s lunch crowd on Sacramento Street. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Seal Lolis prepares his barbecues Friday morning for The Bootstrapper’s lunch crowd on Sacramento Street. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel It was a normal-seeming morning on Sacramento Street on Friday, 14 hours after a man had been murdered on […]
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Sacramento Street shooting victim dies, arrest made
The crime scene at Sacramento and Oregon where a shooting occurred at around 7:30pm on Thursday night. Photo: A citizen reporter A man who was shot in the area of Sacramento and Oregon streets near Bob’s Liquor store on Thursday night at around 7:30 pm was pronounced dead at Highland Hospital last night. Berkeley police […]
