Berkeley Police Department. Photo: Emilie Raguso The following items represent just a sampling of calls, and were selected by the Berkeley Police Department unless otherwise noted. Click to see past narratives from police, and Berkeleyside’s most recent compilation of calls for service. See calls for service statistics here for the past several weeks; they were provided by the Berkeley Police Department. […]
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Anti-police demonstrators march in downtown Berkeley
Demonstrators calling themselves Anonymous Queers in Action march against the Berkeley Police on Tuesday March 12. Photo: Ted Friedman A group around 75-strong at its peak gathered Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. to demonstrate against the Berkeley Police, claiming they were responsible for the “murder” of Xavier Moore, who identified as Kayla Moore, the 41-year-old mentally ill transgender […]
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Berkeleyside Police Blotter: Crime in Berkeley, 2/28-3/6
Selected calls for service to the Berkeley Police Department, Feb. 28 to March 6, 2013, via CrimeMapping.com. (Scroll down for maps of home and auto burglaries.) The green icons represent vandalism; the red icons show physical violence; the blue icons with a white mask represent robberies. The purple icons show vehicle thefts or weapon-related calls. […]
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Breaking: Woman sustains serious injuries in robbery
A least four Berkeley Police units, and members of the Berkeley Fire Department, responded to the 2100 block of Blake Street on Tuesday evening. Photo: Emilie Raguso Berkeley Police officers responded to the 2100 block of Blake Street in downtown Berkeley on Tuesday evening for a report of a robbery that sent one woman to […]
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After robbery, police arrest youths with gun near school
A boy and two girls were arrested on suspicion of robbery, and a gun was recovered, on Tuesday Feb. 26 near Washington Elementary School in central Berkeley. Image: Google Berkeley police have arrested three juveniles who reportedly used a gun in a robbery near Washington Elementary School on Tuesday evening, according to authorities. Berkeley Police spokeswoman officer Jennifer Coats said police […]
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Arrests, crime narratives from Berkeley Police, Feb. 17-23
Photo: D.H. Parks The following items represent just a sampling of calls, and were selected by the Berkeley Police Department, unless otherwise noted. Berkeleyside also requested information about several recent calls, and these items appear first below. Click to see past narratives from police, and Berkeleyside’s most recent compilation of calls for service. From Feb. 17-23, there were 12 burglary reports, 27 auto […]
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Police arrest Oakland woman in Berkeley homicide
Update, March 4, 3:35 p.m. Berkeleyside has removed the name of the woman who was arrested because of the decision to release her without charging her last week. Update, Feb. 27, 10:50 p.m. According to the Alameda County district attorney’s office, the woman was released Tuesday by the Berkeley Police Department under Penal Code section 849(b). Charges […]
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Police arrest 5 in home-invasion robbery attempt
Police responded to a report of a home-invasion robbery on Saturday night. Image: Google maps On Saturday night, Berkeley police arrested four men and one woman who tried to force their way into an inhabited bedroom on Allston Way in the downtown area, according to authorities. Just before 10 p.m., police responded to a possible […]
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Berkeley police arrest felon, find gun after short chase
Image: Google Maps Earlier this week, police arrested a felon on probation after an attempted “investigative stop” near the Ashby BART station, authorities said Thursday. On Tuesday at about 4:20 p.m., police tried to stop a man walking near the intersection of Harper and Woolsey streets, said Officer Jennifer Coats, Berkeley Police spokeswoman, near the southwest […]
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Authorities say Berkeley stabbing was hate crime
Ayo Hogue is scheduled for arraignment Tuesday afternoon. Source: BPD Update, Feb. 6, 5:40 p.m. Police said Wednesday that the victim and his partner were walking in the 2100 block of Haste when Hogue approached them and asked the victim about his sexual orientation. According to police, Hogue then stabbed the victim. It doesn’t appear that […]
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Two arrested after Berkeley Police foil robbery attempt
Police say two men with a gun tried to rob a third man in south Berkeley on the afternoon of Jan. 31. This photograph shows the crime scene about an hour after the robbery attempt, with police still on scene. Photo: M.C. Horng A police officer on patrol interrupted a robbery attempt late last week […]
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Man shot dead in Berkeley, first homicide of 2013
Berkeley police’s crime scene van near the site of the shooting on Delaware Street. Photo: Emilie Raguso Berkeley police’s crime scene van near the site of the shooting on Delaware Street. Photo: Emilie Raguso By Lance Knobel and Emilie Raguso Update, Feb. 5: The name of the victim of the Feb. 4 fatal shooting on […]