Berkeley police are offering a $15,000 reward and Bay Area Crime Stoppers is offering an additional $2,000 for information leading to the capture of the killer of Kenneth Jerome Tims Jr. Tims was shot and killed around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 3, as he was walking along King Street near 62nd in southwest Berkeley. The slaying, […]
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Man shot and killed in South Berkeley
The Berkeley police report that a man was found dead near the corner of 62nd and King last night, the victim of a shooting. The man, whose details have not yet been released, was found at 6:30 p.m. There have been no arrests in the shooting. The incident occurred only a block away from the […]
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Award offered on anniversary of unsolved homicide
The City of Berkeley is offering a $15,000 reward, and the Bay Area Crime Stoppers has offered an additional $2,000 reward, for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect, or suspects, responsible for the city’s only unsolved homicide of 2009. On May 4, 2009 at 11:29 pm, community members reported hearing gunfire […]
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Berkeley murder victim identified
A man fatally stabbed in Berkeley on February 11 was identified by police today as 40-year-old Michael Joseph Mayfield of Richmond, the Chronicle is reporting. Mayfield was stabbed in the chest on the 2100 block of Curtis Street at about 7:40 p.m. February 11. Police are looking for Kevin Aaron Alvarado, 22, in connection with the killing. He […]
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Accused pleads not guilty in Berkeley Marina killings
Curtis Martin III pleaded not guilty today to charges that he murdered his girlfriend and their baby, both of whose bodies were found, separately, in Berkeley’s Aquatic Park in November. Martin is accused of killing his 17-month-old son, Jashon, and later killing Jashon’s mother, 23-year-old Zoelina Toney, according to a report by KTVU. Martin has […]
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Police seek help with year’s single unsolved homicide
The Berkeley police are looking for help to solve the only remaining unsolved homicide for 2009. The murder took place around 11:30 pm on May 4 in south-west Berkeley. Shots were fired on the 1300 block of 67th Street and the victim, Maurice Robertson, 18, of Berkeley, was pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives are […]
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Missing baby search centers on Berkeley
A search is currently under way for a missing 8-month year-old baby who disappeared around the same time his mother was found murdered in Berkeley’s Aquatic Park. Follow the story on ABC7. [Photo: abclocal.go.com]
