Last March, Genevieve Mage saw a 2003 yearbook photo of her colleague Matthew Bissell inappropriately hugging a 17-year-old student. She couldn’t let it go.
Sex crimes
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Suit claims former Berkeley High teacher sexually assaulted students for years, district covered it up
Shortly before the suit was filed, a district Title IX investigation found that former chemistry teacher and football coach Matthew Bissell engaged in a years-long pattern of inappropriate behavior.
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Trackers Bay camp counselor arrested in child pornography investigation
According to Trackers Bay, neither camp programs nor campers “are involved in this matter in any way.”
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Man charged with attempted sexual assault of UC Berkeley student
Gabriel Jordan is also facing separate rape charges from a 2019 attack in Oakland.
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Berkeley man charged with sex crime series that spanned a year
Police said DNA linked the man to at least one of the crime scenes and that surveillance footage, cellphone video and witness identification also helped detectives crack the case.
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Man, 28, faces felony sex crime charges after Berkeley assault
Christopher Szabo has a long list of arrests in Alameda County dating back to 2015, according to records online.
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Man arrested after home invasion, attempted rape in Berkeley RV
Hugo Espinoza was on probation at the time of his arrest and, as of publication time, remains in custody, according to court records online.
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Crime log: Guns seized, elders attacked, hate crime arrests, more
Police investigated two shootings, made two hate crime arrests and seized several guns during traffic stops. Strangers attacked two older women.
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Police: Man arrested after following Berkeley teens; no charges filed
The man also followed women in several other cities, police said. He is no longer in custody and police are seeking additional witnesses.
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After DNA link to 1997 rape of teenage boy in Berkeley Hills, man charged
Police say the man enticed the teenager with marijuana and offered him a ride home, then locked the doors, drove him around and ultimately sodomized him.
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Man charged with attempted murder, sex crime after freeway stabbing
Authorities said the stabbing was the culmination of a domestic violence attack and sexual assault that began in Berkeley.
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Man charged with rape of unconscious woman after night at Berkeley bar
An Oakland man was charged this week with the rape of an unconscious woman after a night out at Kip’s bar in 2019, according to court papers.
