UC Berkeley campus police have arrested three people — including a 14-year-old — after an armed robbery, assault and carjacking on Grizzly Peak Boulevard on Monday night.
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Berkeley police report carjacking of deliveryman
A food deliveryman returned to his vehicle Sunday night to find a stranger with a gun in the driver’s seat, authorities report. The stranger drove off with the man’s vehicle after a brief struggle.
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Woman beaten and robbed during Berkeley carjacking; teens also robbed
A woman was attacked and robbed when three people stole her Range Rover in a violent carjacking in South Berkeley on Thursday afternoon, according to police and community reports.
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Man arrested after carjacking attempt
A San Jose man is in custody after he tried to carjack another man early Wednesday morning in southwest Berkeley, authorities report.
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Men, girl arrested after carjacking attempt and robbery
UCPD badge logo Authorities arrested two men and a teenage girl after a carjacking attempt and subsequent robbery early Thursday morning. One person was able to evade authorities and is still at-large, according to a statement released by the University of California Police Department on Friday morning. According to the statement, on Thursday at 1 […]
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3 men sought after Berkeley carjacking
Berkeley Police station. Photo: Emilie Raguso Police are investigating a carjacking Wednesday night in northwest Berkeley involving three men in dark clothing, at least one of whom had a gun, authorities said. The incident took place around 10 p.m. in the 1500 block of Seventh Street, near Cedar Street. A reader told Berkeleyside she saw six police […]
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2 arrested after South Berkeley carjacking
This replica gun was used during a Berkeley carjacking over the weekend. Photo: Emilie Raguso Police arrested two Oakland men, including a parolee, after a carjacking in South Berkeley late Thursday night. According to the Berkeley Police Department, a 24-year-old Los Angeles woman had parked her car just before midnight in the 2100 block of […]
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More details emerge about carjacking on Friday
A suspected carjacker crashed this stolen car into a house on Sixth Street, then fled on foot to the railroad tracks, where he was arrested. Photo: Berkeley Police Berkeley police have arrested 22-year-old Theodis Evans in connection with the carjacking and crash on Friday that slowed down Amtrak train traffic. According to police, Evans allegedly […]
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Man suspected of carjacking crashes into house; flees towards oncoming train
A suspected carjacker crashed this stolen car into a house on Sixth Street, then fled on foot to the railroad tracks, where he was arrested. Photo: Berkeley Police Berkeley police have arrested a man who allegedly carjacked a car from the North Berkeley BART station, raced through Berkeley, crashed the car into a house in […]
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Carjacking of older Berkeley woman ends with arrests
A Berkeley police cruiser (file photo). Photo: Emilie Raguso A woman described as elderly was nearly killed Tuesday evening in Berkeley during a carjacking that led to two arrests in Oakland on Wednesday morning, authorities report. According to the Berkeley Police Department, the dispatch center got a report of a crash involving a vehicle and […]
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2 arrested after West Berkeley carjacking, robbery
The north end of Aquatic Park in Berkeley. Photo: Emilie Raguso Police arrested two men early Monday morning after they reportedly brandished knives and carjacked a motorist in Berkeley’s Aquatic Park. Berkeley Police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer Coats said authorities received a call at 3:10 a.m. Monday alerting them of the incident. The victim, a man from Hayward, […]
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Berkeley man arrested after dog theft, carjacking
A man broke into the animal shelter and stole a dog, then carjacked a driver last week. Photo: Emilie Raguso Police have arrested a man they say carjacked a driver in West Berkeley after breaking into the municipal animal shelter last week to steal a dog he’d been turned down from adopting. Berkeley Police spokeswoman Officer […]
