Ohlone Park: scene of a mid-morning armed robbery. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Matt Raimi was sitting in Ohlone Park at 11.30 in the morning on the Thursday before Thanksgiving chatting on his cell phone with a cabinet maker about a possible kitchen remodel when he felt something nudge him in the side. He looked up and saw a young man […]
Robberies
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Early morning robbery ends in double arrest
The UC Police report that at 2.27am today, Wednesday November 24, an armed robbery occurred in the 2100 block of Bancroft Way. Both 21-year-old suspects in the case have been apprehended and taken into custody. The male victim was walking when he was approached by two suspects on foot. The first suspect brandished what appeared to be a […]
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Quarterly report shows drop in Berkeley crime
Police Chief Michael Meehan The city’s quarterly report on crime, to be presented at tonight’s City Council meeting, shows a 17% drop in violent crime and a 7% drop in property crime for the first nine months of the year compared to the same period in 2009. The police department’s goal was for a 10% […]
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Cops look for 7-Eleven robbers
Berkeley police have released pictures of two young men suspected of robbing the 7-Eleven at 2887 College Avenue on Oct. 28 around 5 am. The two suspects came into the store an hour before the hold up to look around, according to a posting on Berkeley’s “Who Are These Suspects” webpage. (Photo at top left.) […]
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Strong arm robbery early today on Grizzly Peak Blvd
University of California police are reporting that at 2:32 am today, Friday October 22,, a strong arm robbery occurred on Grizzly Peak Blvd. The victim, a 24-year-old male, was sitting in his vehicle using his cell phone when two suspects approached him on foot. The suspects opened the victim’s car door and took his cell from […]
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Police capture men suspected of armed robberies
With the recent rash of armed robberies, walking in Berkeley has become somewhat of a hazardous sport. In addition to the two men who were robbed in front of Top Dog on Durant on Sunday (and reported today on Berkeleyside), on Sept. 13, there were three armed robberies in one day. (One occurred in Oakland). […]
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Two men robbed outside Top Dog
Two 26-year-old men who were sitting outside Top Dog restaurant on Durant Avenue were robbed by gun point early Sunday morning, according to police. One of the men was sitting inside a car eating a hot dog, and another was standing by the car when four men approached them at 3:05 am., said police. One […]
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Recent rash of armed robberies in North Berkeley
The Berkeley Police Department reports that there have been three armed robberies of pedestrians in Northeast and North Central Berkeley in the past 16 days. On Thursday September 30 at about 11:15 pm a pedestrian walking on Acton south of Cedar was robbed at gunpoint. The suspect was described as a black male adult in […]
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In Berkeley slaying, victim defended fiancée
Amber Nelson and Adolfo Ignacio Celedon. Photo: San Francisco Chronicle Adolfo Ignacio Celedón, the 35-year-old Chilean man who was shot and killed during a robbery in south Berkeley on Sept. 12, died as he tried to protect his fiancée, according to an article by Henry Lee in the San Francisco Chronicle. When two men jumped out of […]
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Berkeley slaying victim was planning to marry
Adolfo Ignacio Celedon. The 35-year-old man who was shot and killed Sunday night while walking home from a party was a Chilean native who planned to marry his American fiancée next year. Adolfo Ignacio Celedón had moved to Berkeley in February to be with his fiancée, a graduate student in architecture at UC Berkeley, according to […]
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Berkeley man shot and killed while walking home
A 35-year old man who had moved to Berkeley just seven months ago was shot and killed Sunday morning while walking on Adeline Street with his fiancee. Two men confronted the couple on Adeline near Emerson as they were coming home from a party around 3:41 am, according to Berkeley police. The men attempted to […]
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Berkeley’s Southside gets new joint police focus
Residents living on the Southside of campus will soon see a greater police presence in their neighborhood, particularly late at night on the weekends and during Cal football games. The city of Berkeley police department and the UC Berkeley police department announced Tuesday that they are forming joint patrols to cruise the neighborhood. They hope […]
