The corner of Delaware Street and San Pablo Avenue: the area has seen three separate shootings in as many years. Photo: Emily Dugdale The corner of Delaware Street and San Pablo Avenue: the area has seen three separate shootings in as many years. Photo: Emily Dugdale “How much is too much?” The question lingered in the air as folding […]
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Cousins take manslaughter plea in Berkeley shooting
A small memorial was set up in West Berkeley near the site of Zontee Jones’ death earlier this year. Photo: Emilie Raguso A small memorial was set up in West Berkeley near the site of Zontee Jones’ death earlier this year. Photo: Emilie Raguso Update, Jan. 5, 2015, 12:30 p.m. Cousins Maurice Thomas Jr. and Jevon […]
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Dispute over woman led to Berkeley man’s murder
Two cousins are slated to face murder charges in the shooting death in West Berkeley last year of Zontee Jones after an Alameda County Superior Court judge’s ruling this week. After a short hearing, which included testimony from two witnesses Wednesday morning, Judge Trina Thompson said the district attorney’s office had presented enough evidence for the […]
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‘Ceasefire Walk Against Violence’ comes to West Berkeley
A small memorial was set up in West Berkeley near the site of Zontee Jones’ death earlier this year. Photo: Emilie Raguso Residents, officials and members of community and religious organizations will walk through West Berkeley on Thursday night to take a stand against violence and remember three men killed in shootings earlier this year. Councilwoman […]
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Berkeley homicide suspect arrested in San Diego
Mourners set up a small memorial in West Berkeley in February near the site of Zontee Jones’ death. Photo: Emilie Raguso Mourners set up a small memorial in West Berkeley in February near the site of Zontee Jones’ death. Photo: Emilie Raguso A 21-year-old man named by authorities as one of two people responsible for […]
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Breaking: Man shot and killed on Derby Street in Berkeley
Police are investigating the second homicide of the year on the 1800 block of Derby Street, just west of Martin Luther King Jr. Way Police are on the scene investigating a homicide on the 1800 block of Derby Street in Berkeley, just west of Martin Luther King Jr. Way. The police began to receive multiple calls reporting […]
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2 men named in Berkeley murder case; details emerge
A small memorial was set up in West Berkeley near the site of Zontee Jones’ killing earlier this year. Photo: Emilie Raguso A small memorial was set up in West Berkeley near the site of Zontee Jones’ killing earlier this year. Photo: Emilie Raguso A man arrested Sunday in connection with Berkeley’s only homicide of […]
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Berkeley police make arrest in Zontee Jones murder
A memorial for Zontee Jones, who was killed in West Berkeley on Feb. 4. Photo: Emilie Raguso Police have arrested an Oakland man in connection with the premeditated killing of Zontee Jones, who was fatally shot Feb. 4 on Delaware Street near San Pablo Avenue in West Berkeley. Jones, 34, was the city’s first homicide of 2013. Jevon Calland, […]
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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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West Berkeley neighbors ask for answers after homicide
Councilwoman Linda Maio (left) organized a community meeting in her district over the weekend following the homicide earlier this month of Zontee Jones. She appears here with Detective Sgt. David White and Lt. Dave Frankel of the Berkeley Police Department, and Rev. Este Gardner Cantor, vicar of The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd. Photo: […]
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Police make arrests related to 2 Berkeley homicides
A tea light display at the site of a memorial for Zontee Jones, who was killed earlier this month in west Berkeley. Photo: Emilie Raguso The Berkeley Police Department has confirmed that an arrest has been made following the fatal shooting of Zontee Jones on Feb. 4. Details, however, were scant. Police declined to provide […]
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Police name Zontee Jones as year’s first homicide
A small memorial has been set up near the site of Jones’ death Monday. Photo: Emilie Raguso A small memorial has been set up near the site of Jones’ death Monday. Photo: Emilie Raguso Police have released the name of Berkeley’s first homicide victim of 2013, identifying him late Wednesday afternoon as Zontee Jones, 34, […]