Image via Facebook Berkeley police serving a search warrant at two homes linked to an Oakland felon last week turned up more than a thousand Xanax and Viagra pills packaged for sale, along with both marijuana and methamphetamine, and several firearms. Police ultimately arrested 32-year-old Kaechan Saechao after discovering those items during the April 1 searches. According to […]
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Berkeley Police recover loaded firearm, 9 ounces of pot during bust of 13-time felon
Image via Facebook A man with 13 felony convictions dating back to 1978, who was stopped by police recently while driving in Berkeley, has been charged by the Alameda County district attorney’s office with three new felonies related to firearm possession and drug sales. A woman with him in the car has been charged with possession of marijuana […]
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Drugs, guns seized during 2 CHP arrests in Berkeley
CHP officers took two illegal firearms off the street in Berkeley early Wednesday. Photo: CHP Two vehicle stops in Berkeley, near Gilman Street on Interstate 80, early Wednesday morning led to arrests and the seizure of weapons and drugs, authorities reported. The Oakland CHP said “quite a bit of contraband” was recovered during the stops. […]
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Man with crack cocaine in mouth arrested by police
Image via Facebook An Oakland man arrested last week by Berkeley Police officers had 20 individually wrapped pieces of what authorities believe to be crack cocaine in his mouth at the time of his detention, according to court papers. Berkeley Police officers served a search warrant at the man’s West Oakland home Sept. 3 shortly before 11 […]
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3 busted in Berkeley with firearms, marijuana for sale
Image: Google Maps Police arrested a man and two teenagers last Friday night after finding a stolen handgun, a second firearm and a large amount of marijuana in their car during a traffic stop south of the UC Berkeley campus. Berkeley Police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer Coats said officers conducted a vehicle stop shortly before 9 […]
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Felons face drug, weapons charges after Berkeley arrest
Police served a probation search warrant in June in the 1400 block of Fairview Street in South Berkeley. Image: Google Maps A Berkeley man is facing five felony counts after a probation search by Berkeley Police detectives turned up illegal drugs and four shotguns at his South Berkeley home, according to court papers. And a man identified […]
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Police: West Berkeley fire caused by hashish operation
One man was taken to the hospital for treatment after a fire in West Berkeley on Tuesday night. Photo: Jef Poskanzer A small fire at a West Berkeley business on Tuesday evening, which sent one man to a burn center for treatment, appears to have been caused by a hashish production operation, police said Wednesday. Very […]
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Police arrest 3 after People’s Park drug deal
People’s Park. Photo: Mario Antonio Pena Zapatería/Flickr Two men have pled guilty and a third is set to appear in court next week after police say they sold drugs to a teenage girl at People’s Park earlier this month. According to court papers, undercover University of California police officers watched the girl meet up in […]
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Berkeley Police nab convicted drug dealer with gun
Image via Facebook. A convicted drug dealer with multiple Berkeley Police contacts has been charged with three felonies after a search of his motel room by police in April turned up a loaded revolver, cocaine packaged for sale, and other items associated with drug sales. Police tried to stop and search the man in Berkeley in January, […]
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Oakland woman faces cocaine, meth, gun charges
Image via Facebook. An Oakland woman has been charged with four felonies after her arrest last week by Berkeley Police officers in connection with a loaded handgun and suspected cocaine and methamphetamine for sale that were found at her home. Berkeley Police detectives served a probation search warrant at the home of Anita McBroom, a convicted felon, […]
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Berkeley Police arrest alleged drug dealer with gun
The 5600 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Image: Google Maps An Oakland man has been charged with five felonies after a probation search led to his arrest and the recovery by Berkeley police of a loaded handgun, marijuana and two types of cocaine, all packaged for sale, according to court papers. On April 8, […]
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Man tied to Berkeley drug sales charged with 5 felonies
Image via Facebook. An Oakland man with 12 prior felony convictions has been charged with five more, related to drug sales and gun possession, after his arrest by the Berkeley Police Department in late March. Arage Hayes, 51, has been charged with possession for sale of cocaine base and powder cocaine; possession of a controlled substance […]