A female student at Berkeley High School has sued the Berkeley Unified School District over how administrators handled her attempted rape on campus last year, new records show.
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Berkeley man charged with trying to kidnap girl, 3, to commit a sex crime
A 42-year-old Berkeley man has been charged with trying to take a toddler from her parents in January with the intent of committing a sex crime, according to court papers.
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Parolee charged with 4 Berkeley cases including home-invasion robbery
Freddie Worthman of Berkeley was released on parole in 2019 after serving a 20-year sentence for a case in which he had been sentenced to 40 years to life, according to police.
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UC Berkeley budget director arrested after child porn investigation
A Berkeley man who oversees Cal’s operating budget was arrested in connection with a child pornography investigation by BPD, according to authorities and records online.
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Berkeley DoubleTree restaurant manager charged with drugging, raping hotel guest
A man who worked in the restaurant of the DoubleTree at the Berkeley Marina has been charged with drugging a hotel guest and raping her in her room while she was unconscious, according to officials and court papers.
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Public nudity activist from Berkeley charged with attempted abduction, stalking of teenage boy
A “body freedom” activist who once shed her clothing in protest during a Berkeley City Council meeting is now facing felony charges for what authorities have called her ongoing “obsession” this year with a teenage boy.
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‘Rape of drugged victim’ reported in UC Berkeley housing
UC Berkeley police are investigating allegations of a sexual assault in UC Berkeley housing Sunday, the agency reported late Wednesday night. The report is described as the rape of a drugged victim, according to UCPD.
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Man charged after early-morning report of sexual battery, use of pepper spray
A Berkeley man has been charged with felony assault after police say he attacked a teenage girl in West Berkeley early Sunday morning. Police say the man and girl knew each other prior to the attack.
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Felon charged with battery, lewd conduct at Berkeley library
A 27-year-old man reported to have pushed and hit a librarian after “masturbating to pornography” on a computer at the downtown Berkeley library is now facing criminal charges and a civil restraining order.
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UC Berkeley student charged with stalking 2 students, other felonies
A 21-year-old Santa Monica man who used to attend Cal has been charged with stalking two fellow students — choking one of them at a fraternity in 2018 and later telling her he wanted to rape her, according to police.
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Sex offender charged again with child molesting, sexual battery by restraint
A sex offender who took a high-school-aged girl to a park, where he kissed her and touched her over her clothes, has been charged with child molesting and sexual battery by restraint, according to authorities.
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UC Berkeley student charged with sexual assaults ordered to stand trial
A UC Berkeley student charged with raping one young woman at his former fraternity in 2017 and forcing another to perform oral sex on him earlier this year must stand trial, a judge ruled Monday.
